Friday morning, August 16, 2013 Schick E2 Injector & Schick blade (11) Omega 20102 boar bristle brush, MWF soap, bowl lather & shave— Krampert's Bay Rum rinse, just right! Aces!
Friday hot shower Shavemac 167,2 band,d01,fan Proraso PSC TSD Cherry Lemonade Lanolin Soap Ranger Tech/Gillette 7 o'clock Green permasharp stainless (2) cold water rinse Shavex alum cold water rinse Thayer's Cucumber WH Captains Choice Lime Woke up with a head splitting headache yesterday so I skipped a shave.Felt much better today and had a nice 2 pass face,1 pass dome for BBS all around,enjoy the weekend all
Part 1, Friday morning (at the gym): Merkur slant Bic Mixed Midget Gillette Menthol Green Aqua Velva An experiment today. I have a wedding to attend this evening (weird, I know). One and done this morning, and I'll give her another two passes, or one plus touch ups at suppertime. I still made enough lather for about six passes. Oops.
My birthday shave! Razor: Super Adj. (1977 Birth Year) Blade: Gillette Blue Blade Brush: BF Greenie Stick: DVH Post: Alum & Thayer's AS: VIBR Nice BBS for my birthday. 40 is coming on to fast. Elvis died 36 years ago today.
Friday Wash with unscented glycerin soap Lather mix of TSD wheat cream, Mike's, Petal pushers, Queen Charlotte Oscar11 brush with HIS knot Gillette fat handled Tech Gillette yellow blade TSD unscented aftershave milk For the past several days I have been saving my leftover lather in a mug. I have always felt slightly wasteful when I have lots of nice lather left in my brush when I am finished shaving. I like my HIS brushes, but their large synthetic knots produce more lather than I ever need. As I added lather each day, I mixed the fresh wet lather in with the dried lather in the mug. The result had a texture much like a prepared shave cream. So, how did the experiment work out? The performance of the franken-lather was quite satisfactory, but the odd mixture of unscented soaps had a curious fragrance. Maybe I will try again but be a bit more careful about what I mix. Three passes with care for proper technique gave me a very smooth, comfortable shave.
Merkur 37C Rapira Swede (d3) Preshave oil blend + M-Bomb Vulfix 2235 DR Harris Arlington Old Spice Pure Sport A/S Giving my face a few days off from the R41. Got very few weepers, but the irritation mounted with continuous use. I can see I have some learning to do before it can be a daily razor. For now it probably needs to be a 2 pass system.
Friday morning, August 16, 2013 Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (5) Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, Arko shaving soap with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
FRIDAY a. Pre: Hot shower,Hot 2-minute towel, Homemade PSO b. Razor: Merkur 38c HD Barber Pole c. Blade: Merkur Super (Day 12), hand-strop pre & post shave d. Brush: Omega 48 Boar e. Soap: L'Occitane Cade soap, MEM Cream & liquid Glycerin— scuttle-warmed Über-lather!! f. Shave: 3 passes and touch-up g. Post: Cold water rinse & dry; Pinaud Clubman AS & Pre De Provence balm Excellent shave this Friday morn! I'm detecting some slight resistance on this Day 12 blade, but no discomfort nor irritation from it. The blade simply keeps mowing through the stubble...with no bloodletting involved. DFS+...could've chased BBS, but I'm being cautious.
SOTD Friday 8-16-2013 Futur @4 w/Crystal Al's SC - Boheme GT G4 Scuttle Semogue 820 Boar Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve Love the Al's SC; great stuff!
That's one of the things that makes me cringe - people telling others they only need to spend 15 seconds or make 20 swirls on the puck to get a good lather. I say spend as much time as you need and swirl the brush as often as you must. Let the lather tell you when it's ready, not the clock. And one should always wet the face and re-lather between passes; helps prevent irritation.
Such a youngster! Happy Birthday, Jacob! And 40 is nothing...it's the 50th that'll make you realize you've some mileage on the tread!
Not "between passes," but "during the 2nd and 3rd passes." In other words, I lathered up 5 times to do 3 passes.
Razor: Mergress XL Blade: Voskhod Brush: 30mm Super Silvertip Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap Soap: Tabac Post: Monster Alum Block Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum W lime & peppercorn
Brush: DoRosso super silvertip Razor: '61 Gillette "Fat Boy" on 4 Blade: Feather, 5 Cream: Taylor's Eton College Toner: little water, little Prep Finish: Royall Lyme splash Very nice and refreshing shave, Feather is still as smooth as can be, though a little less lethal. Great blade/razor combo for me - keeps the Feather from going all ninja on me. Perhaps the head geometry? Happy Shaving! -John
I'm moving on to the next SE razor in my arsenal, the Gem Micromatic Clog Pruf with a Gem stainless steel blade. I'll also be trying out the TSD Lemons and Figs lanolin soap with my EMJ synthetic brush. The few TSD soaps that I have used in the past have not worked well for me, but none of them have been of the lanolin variety. The Lemons and Figs feels completely different from the the other TSD soaps I have tried and it smells great, so I have high hopes. I did a two pass wtg/atg shave followed by a cold water rinse and some SAL Alum. This shave was an improvement over yesterday's, but it was still not quite where I need it to be quality wise. The Lemons and Figs lathered up a bit thin, but it did the job and smelled nice through out the shave. I made sure to keep the Clog Pruf's head flat against my skin and kept a closer eye on my angle, but I still got some irritation and a small nick. My technique with SE razors still needs work, but I'm improving every day and I look forward to mastering SE razors. Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash Razor: Gem Micromatic Clog Pruf Blade: Gem stainless steel Brush: Every Man Jack synthetic Soap: TSD Lemons and Figs lanolin Post: Cold water rinse and SAL Alum
This was the best shave of my life. If this was the only razor I had to use for the rest of my life, I would still be happy. Gillette British Aristocrat New Feather blade Simpson Chubby CH1 Truefitt & Hill 1805 SC
Fri AM (late) shave 7 O'Clock - Black (1) Vintage Merkur slant (old UFO handle) Pre de Provence soap Simpson Commodore X2 Lucky Tiger A/S Pre de Provence balm
