Menthol Monday

a. PRE: hot shower, hot towel, Proraso Pre/Post Shave menthol cream
b. RAZOR: Merkur 38c
c. BLADE: Astra SP (new!)
d. BRUSH: Whipped Dog 30mm Badger
e. SOAP: Proraso Eucalyptus & Menthol cream; whipped up in a scuttle
f. SHAVE: 3 passes (WTG, XTG, ATG) plus touch-up
g. POST: Cold water rinse & dry; Osage Rub (cool sting!), Per De Provence balm

COOL, tingly menthol shave this morning, even WITH hot lather. DFS+

Hope all is going to be well! Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Monday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Koen De Cauter, Chante Brassens (On this page you can listen to excerpts)
• Brush: Omega travel boar
• Soap: Daisy's mountain naturals, cold water (that's the name of the soap, no Cold Water Shave!)
• Razor: Rolls Razor
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

It is vacation! So I think I'll be Rolls Razor shaving these three weeks!. Oh goodie!
This was a really nice one. The music was just right. As was the lather.

Happy Shavings!

Thanks Mike. Hopefully we will find out what happens tomorrow.

I hope all goes well Bruce.

Monday
Razor: Mergress XL
Blade: Crystal
Brush: Amber 28mm TGN finest 2 band
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: Cella
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: TSD Sub Zero AS Balm

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Dove Men's Face Wash​

Col. Conk Lime Shave Soap​

Semogue 1305 Boar Brush​

Edwin Jagger DE89​

Shark Super Chrome SS blade​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch Hazel​

Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS​

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I love this brush: great looks and excellent performance. Today, for a change, I did a face lather with it. Two passes and touch-ups resulted in a great shave.​

Thanks Dale. We'll see tomorrow.

Yep...Certainly pray all will go well. Just had an appt. at the orthopedic surgeon myself today. Torn ACL...surgery potentially next week! Ughh...

Sorry, Bruce - My wife Norma suffered a spiral fracture of her left femur, just above the knee, six years ago. I hope your wife's surgery goes well.

Monday morning, July 22, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (3)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

I'm sorry she's hurt Bruce. I hope she heals quickly and is able to walk in no time. My dad broke his femur and knee in a car wreck 10 years ago. I will pray for her health and for your ability to stay relaxed during all this.

Not much has changed for me lately. Good news is that my unit fired all of its rounds today and we go back to the rear tomorrow. Thank God.

Prep: washed my face with TBS shave cream.
Razor: Gillette Slim.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Post: Cold water rinse, Thayer's Lavender WH, Barbon AS.

All of my shaves have been with cold water. They were close, but I didn't enjoy not having my brush or a lot of water. I had to throw away the blade today because it became so gunked up due to lack of water.

July 22, 2013 Monday evening shave:

Prep: Hot water rinse/baby oil rub
Brush: Restored Made Rite Finest Badger
Cream: TOBS Mr. Taylor
Razor: Weck & Sons Sexto Blade
Blade: Personna SE

Two pass shave WTG and ATG with touch ups.
Post: Rinse and Ice cube rub
Aftershave: Myrsol Blue

First attempt with a straight tonight. I was fine until I tried moving down the neck WTG. Pretty bad patch of weepers so, I stopped with the straight and finished the shave with my DE Merkur.

I don't know if I will bother going back to the straight again this year. Perhaps it's not for me. The DE finished the job with a Gillette Yellow blade after the bleeding stopped. Result is a limping DFS.

Frank

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I'm so sorry to hear about your wife. I wish her a speedy recovery, and may God guide her back to good health.

Sounds like you are in the same boat as my Wife. I think the Doc doing her surgery is a sport medicine doctor. She will get pins in the bone just below the joint.
Hope your surgery goes well and mends fast as well. Take care and our thoughts are with you as well.

Thanks Nick. I guess we get kind of brittle when we get up in years, so that's a good sign to slow down. lol

Thanks to Ryan and Jeff and all that have expressed their best wishes for my Wife. I really appreciate having your support during times like this. Your thoughts and prayers are very much welcomed.

First here's to hoping Bruce's wife's surgery went well!

SotN

Gingers Garden Sandalwood
Gillette New LC
ER200 w/TGN 2 Band Finest

Loved every bit of this shave.

Tuesday

Gillette New LC in nickel
Rapira Swede (d1)
TSD Iced Florida Water SS
Vulfix 2235
Osage Rub
Stephans Island Lime