2/27/2014 The Shave Den Products Week Prep: Hot shower with L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash, home made PSO Razor: Gillette Aristocrat, Dubl Duck Goldedge straight razor Blade: Feather (2) Brush: Turkish #6 Soap: The Shave Den lanolin shave soap Sandalwood scent with 3 drops of TSD M Bomb menthol additive After: Home made ASB Cologne: Akthar Noir Another effortless 2 pass BBS shave. I do not chase the BBS shave, but it has become a regular occurrence lately. Have a blessed day!!
Thursday hot shower Duke 3 in best Maggard Sweet Orange PSO Cella iKon Slant/o'clock Black (3) cold water rinse Monster Block Alum cold water rinse Thayer's Original WH TSD Almond ASL Wonderfully smooth shave today with iSlant and Ninja blade,BBS face and noggin !!!!
Thursday February 27, 2014 Schick E2 Injector with a Schick blade (4) and using a Semogue 1305 boar brush lather up with Arko - shave, and finish with Walgreens Witch Hazel and SFM Brisk Aftershave A real nice relaxing shave today. Aces!
Thursday Prep: CeraVe facial cleanser Soap: HTGAM unscented Brush: Oscar11 boar Razor: iKon ShaveCraft Blade: Kai After: cold rinse, CeraVe lotion Got a better mix of water with the HTGAM soap today. Last time I added too much water into the bowl when I was building the lather. Today I face lathered and got better results. Every time I use the boar brush it seems to soften up more. Three smooth passes with the ShaveCraft razor and the Kai blade gave me a good result. After day 2 with the Kai blade, my opinion is forming. It is a decent blade, but I like Gillette SharpEdge yellow better both for sharpness and especially for smoothness.
SOTD Thursday 2-27-2014 9/16 Torrey Whipline, Near Wedge, Hollow Point Proraso PSC Erasmic SC GT G4 Scuttle Semogue 820 Boar Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB Florida Water Cologne
Nice razors! I'm assuming you start the shave with the DblDk & finish with the Aristo; versus DE & then straight?
Thursday morning, February 27, 2014 Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (6) Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, Arko shaving soap with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!
Razor: Fatip Grande Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (D3) Brush: Oscar11 Amber 28mm TGN finest Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime Basil Pre Shave Balm: TSD Iced SubZero Shave Soap: TSD Mojito with X2 Menthol Post: Monster Alum Block Aftershave: TSD Mojito with X2 Menthol
27Feb14 I did almost the same as I did yesterday. Except I used my tube of Neutrogena Skin Clearing Shave Cream. I like that WD 30/65 Silver Tip Brush. It lathered up very well
An unusual scent Today I tried the Stirling Bonaparte soap I traded for recently. I have to say the scent is unusual. As I whipped up the lather with my Dad's old boar brush, the odor was rather unpleasant... A complex, musky beginning. It changed a bit during the shave, and has dried down to a spicy incense-type scent that is strong enough to outlast my aftershave. The dry down is still complex, but much nicer smelling than at the start. The brush worked well for me, not as soft or pleasant on my face as my HIS, but it got the job done and left me with a solid DFS with no weepers. Prep: Shea Moisture TBS Soap: Stirling Bonaparte Brush: Ever Ready c40 Razor: Shavecraft 101 Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock yellow Synergy Coconut Bay Butter Balm before ATG Krampert's Finest Frostbite
Thursday, February 27, 2014 Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion Razor: EJ DE89L Blade: Voskhod (1) Cream: TOBS Eton College Brush: Semogue 830 Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion Aftershave: Brut An emergency took me away from home and I haven't been able to shave for 4 days. I just had my first shave since Sunday and it was wonderful! I used all of my favorite products and now feel like a new man. Have a great day!
Razor: Aristocrat Blade: Personna Lab Brush: BF Greenie Stick: Tabac Post: Thayer's & M-Gel Lotion AS: Floid Blue Tabac is amazing. Edit: My finger is in the pic!
First time with the disposable straight. Not bad at all. I must say I'm intrigued and can't wait to do it again!! Luxor Pro SS barber razor "The fat" WD silvertip badger Pinaud Nivea replenishing ASB
Yes, I use the straight for my cheeks, jaw line and neck. I use the DE for the goatee area. I have only shaved my mustache off once in the last 25 years. I figure that I am refining both straight razor and DE razor techniques at the same time. I also use both hands for shaving, right side with the right hand and left hand for the left side. I do seem to get a little better shaving result with my non dominant hand.
Prep:shower Razor: ER 1924 Blade: GEM SS (2) Brush: Omega 10810 Lather: Synergy Cavendish Passes: Sides;XTG,ATG chin;WTG, WTG. Results: 2-pass BBS Looks like the Synergy has met the challenge I place on a soap to prove its worth. A shave with my most aggressive razor the Ever Ready 1924. I'm not sure why i bother with other SEs this '24 gives me a BBS ever time! Lets just see how the PdP and TSD stack up to it.
02/27/2014 Hot shower Nivea menthol face wash Merkur Progress (4) Voskhod (1) Stirling Soap Sandalwood hjm Badger Face lathered Cold rinse Alum Cold rinse Dickinson WH Clubman Original Arko Cool aftershave I could go with this set up for a very long time! The Arko cool mixed with Clubman makes for a nice smelling cream. Have a blessed day! Happy Happy Happy!
That seems to be the case a lot of times. The non-dominant hand delivers the best results! Not sure why (maybe deeper concentration) but a lot of shavers say the same thing.
Call me 'the oddball' then.. Although I am getting fairly comfortable and competent wielding a straight in my non-dominant right hand, I yield to my left hand for any fine tuning or delicate shaving in areas such as throat, upper lip, etc. Using my right hand does require my full attention and concentration—so I completely see how others derive benefit from using the weaker hand. Consider me Sinistra Maximus...
Thursday morning - Prep - Noxzema & hot towel Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi Brush - Omega 40033 Razor - Gillette Single Ring Blade - Feather (4) 2 pass Warm water rinse & cold water splash Alum block & Witch-hazel AS
