SoS: March 3, 2014 - March 9, 2014

Friday, March 7, 2014

Gillette 'Fatboy' Adjustable (1960)
With Astra SP blade,
using an Omega 20102 Pro boar brush,
lather up with Arko - shave,
and finish with Walgreens Witch Hazel
and SFM Brisk Aftershave

A week of great shaves with this setup. Aces!

 

Friday, March 7th, 2014



Friday Morning in Milan: Mastro Livi Classic​

• Pre-shave: Proraso Pre-Shave Cream Green
• Soap: Proraso Shaving Cream Blue Tube
• Brush: Omega Bristle Brush 49
• Bowl: Chinese Cheap Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Travel Loom Strop and Hand Palm Stropping
• Razor: Mastro Livi Classic, 6/8 Half Hollow, Round Point
• Post-Shave: Argan Oil
• After Shave: Floïd The Genuine After Shave

 

SOTD
Prep: Shower
Razor: Merkur 42c
Blade: Personna Lab Prep (1)
Brush: 22mm Flop Master Silvertip
Lather: GreenShave Eucalyptus
Post: Nivea Cool Kick ASB face and head
Cologne: Presence
Passes: WTG, ATG, XTG
Results: BBS

 

Frey's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave Balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grass Stain Menthol Snow
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (4)
Passes: WTG, ATG (9, 10)
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, Nivea Energy ASB
Cologne: The Third Man by Caron

I went with a different soap today to see if the lather would stand up any better with the preshave balm, without much success. Additionally, I managed that elusive feat of finding the exact moment when a blade goes from 'cutting' to 'scraping' across my face (partway through the ATG pass); it's as much fun as it sounds.A couple of weepers and a little irritation to show for the dying blade, with an otherwise reasonably fine shave.

 

SOTD 3/7/14 - Birthday Shave

Face Wash - Triumph & Disaster
Preshave - Village Barber Shave Oil (used as preshave)
Brush - Thater 23mm 2 Band Silvertip Fan
Soap - Pre' de Provence
Razor - Dubl Duck Wonderedge 5/8
Strop - SRD Modular Paddle
Astringent - RazoRock Alum
Aftershave - Village Barber Aftershave Balm



Have a Great Weekend Everyone!!!​

 

SOTD Friday 3-7-2014

9/16 W.H. Morley & Sons, Cover Brand, Full Hollow, Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Speick SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Royal Copenhagen Musk ASL

 

Razor: ER 1912
Blade: Don Juan
Brush: Oscar11 23mm HMW
Stick:TABAC
Post: Thayer's & M-Gel Lotion
AS: Floid Blue

 

Awesome photo Jacob!

 

3/7/14
Hot shower
Nivea menthol face wash
Merkur Progress (4)
Astra SS (1)
Semogue 750
Pre de Provence
Cold rinse
Alum
Cold rinse
Dickinson WH
AV Ice Blue W/menthol added
Arko Cool cream

1st time using the PdP. I'll have a better feel after a dozen shaves. But it went well. Friday! Friday! Friday!

 

Wishing you a very happy Birthday! arty:

 

Happy Birthday!!

 

Happy Birthday Jonathan!

 

Thanks guys for the Birthday wishes!

Lovin that Wonderedge! My favorite so far!!!

 

Thursday-
Hot shower
PSO homemade
Stirling Jasmine Sambac tester
Merkur 23c
vdh badger (newly repaired)
Stirling black ice WHAS

Great shave 2pass
the Jasmine Sambac exploded into lather in seconds, I will try to repeat the next time I shave

 

A new Stirling soap?

 

Yeah, Jeff, this is a new one. It's a pretty mellow Jasmine smell. Not real strong, but it is refreshing.
I don't know what I did different, but the first time I tried it I added too much water or something and had trouble getting a good lather. I did use a new brush I wasn't familiar with.

Yesterday, I let my regular brush soak in a little water, light shake, a couple swirls and BOOM. Lather explosion. I don't know what I did, but I will try to replicate it again tonight and with my other soaps. This was the fastest I have ever gotten a thick lather ever. And it was thick too.

The new soap is nice and slick. Rod said he would probably start next week getting it ready in full size for sale.

Hope all is well Jeff, take care.
Tad

By the way, I got a puck of the Black Ice I still need to try. I know I love the Black Ice WHAS. I'm turning into a menthol junkie. Heck, I need to try something else besides Stirling products, but I have enough to last a year. I have a full size Glacial, a MITA i need to try, Scots pine sheep to try, and the black ice. Plus 8 sample size pucks to use up.

So, yeah, it may be awhile before I try something else. Then Rod always has something cool on sale and I look for a reason to get it.
Anyway later.

 

Tad, I have three Stirling soaps which I'm in love with. They're the Black Ice, MITA, and Glacial. I can't believe how awesome they are.