SoS: March 17, 2014 - March 23, 2014

Dove Men's Face Wash
Williams Mug Shaving Soap
Frank Shaving Finest Badger
'62 Gillette Slim
Voskhod Teflon Coated (4)
CWR
Thayers Cucumber WH
FD Old Spice AS

The Williams Mug Shaving Soap comes up every ten shaves and I am amazed by it every time. It lathers easily and provides a rich slick substrate for a great shave. The Frank Shaving finest badger brush really likes Williams. Two passes and touch ups with the '62 Gillette Slim and Voskhod Teflon Coated blade left me with a near BBS face. I finished off with a cold water rinse followed by Thayers Cucumber WH and Family Dollar Old Spice after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

3/18/14

Prep: Warm wash with Stirling Barbershop and homemade PSO
Lather: Stirling Margaritas In The Arctic
Brush: Stirling badger
Razor: Merkur 34HD
Blade: Derby Extra (1)
Post: Cold water rinse and Captain's Choice Lime

3 pass shave for near CCS today. Starting to think I may not like this badger brush much. I grow weary of the constant shedding and then the appearance of dog hair on my face and in my sink. I haven't counted, but it loses at least 5 hairs every day and I have used it about 8 times.

 

Gillette LC New
Voskhod
Oscar11 Purple Boar
Walter's Rose
Superior 70

 

3/18/2014 Soap Week

Prep: Hot shower with L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash, home made PSO
Razor: Gillette New Long Comb, Wade and Butcher Bow straight razor
Blade: Gillette 7o'clock black label super platinum (2)
Brush: Turkish #6
Soap: D.R. Harris Windsor shave soap
After: Home made ASB, Aqua Velva Ice Blue after shave
Cologne: Tabac Rouge sample

I had a nice 2 pass with a couple of touch ups shave this morning. I found the Wade and Butcher Bow razor as just the blade in an antique store about a month ago. After making a set of scales, pinning it together and doing a hone job it had it's maiden voyage this morning. Making the long story short, the razor honed up nicely and gave a nice comfortable Darn Fine Shave + this morning.

Have a blessed day!

 

iKon Slant
Feather
Semogue BC Mistura
Strop Shoppe - Black Tie
Barbasol Pacific Rush

Profumum Roma - Ambra Aurea

 

C V Heljestrand MK31
H.I.S. XL brush
Tabac soap/Barrister & Mann Roamin' Soap
EJ pre shave
Institut Karite Balm

 

TUESDAY
Soap Week

My wife and I heading out of town today to celebrate my upcoming birthday and for some long-overdue R&R, so this will be my last SOTD for next few days.
My second shave with the Barbasol Floating Head razor—with similar results to my first use: extremely close yet thoroughly comfortable. Yes, I am growing quite fond of this razor after only 2 uses!
The D.R. Harris soap ('Marlborough') has a great woodsy scent (cedar, sandalwood, hint of tobacco), and a slick lather that requires some effort to create; the 'matching' aftershave provides a great finish. A near BBS two-pass shave rivaling the great straight razor shave of yesterday!

Have a blessed week, everyone!

 

Tuesday
hot shower
Shavemac custom 167,2 band,d01,fan
3P PSC
Speick (stick)
Gold Tech/o'clock Black (2)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer Lavender WH
Speick ASL
Speick EDT

Great shave,BBS face and dome,I smell pretty darn good too

 

Happy Birthday Kevin !!!!!

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap
Soap: Proraso Blue Cream
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Platinum (3)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip 22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Speick

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit)

Proraso Blue cream today with the Slim and Gillette Platinum. I finished up with Speick.
I picked up a nasty bug…..still wanted a quick 2-pass shave.

Bob

 

Tuesday

Prep: CeraVe facial cleanser
Soap: Mike's unscented
Brush: Plisson synthetic
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Astra SP
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

I am taking a tour of my unscented soaps this week, using exactly the same hardware everyday.

Sunday: Tiki Bar unscented soap
Monday: Mike's Natural unscented soap
Tuesday: Mike's Natural unscented soap

Yesterday I had an unsatisfactory lather from Mike's soap, so I decided to give it another try today before continuing on my soap tour. Today's later was much better! Clearly yesterday was user error. I softened up the puck by putting a little water on it and letting it set for several minutes. I shook the wet brush to be sure I didn't have too much water when I went to load.

 

I love your homemade brush! As someone who plays around with woodworking, did you use a pattern for it? Would love to hear more about how you made your brush!

 

Tuesday morning, March 18, 2014

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 CCS!

 

3/17/14 Evening Shave

Tried a new Lord blade last night that I received as a PIF from Fram773. Great shave!

VDH Deluxe Soap
VDH Boar Brush
'61 Gillette Flare Tip
Lord Blade
TSD After Shave Milk (Love it BTW)

 

SOTD Tuesday 3-18-2014

5/8 Imperial Warrented, Full Hollow, Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Palmolive Classic SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Lijun Finest Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Gold Bond Moisturizing Lotion
Mennen Original Skin Bracer

 

Razor: Mergress XL (S4)
Blade: Gillette Bleue Extra (D6)
Brush: Rubberset 49-4 W 28mm HMB
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Lime & Spearmint
Soap: Tiki Soaps Bay Rum w Lime
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Dominica Bay Rum w lime

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Received my special order of Tiki Soaps Bay Rum w Lime in tallow and what a fantastic shave soap. Bay Rum first hits you then the lime kicks when you lather up. Lather explodes very similar to Al's the Bomb shave products it was that easy to whip a thick yogurt like lather and the post shave slickness was outstanding. Now I see why reviews are popping up highly praising Amanda's shaving soaps in both tallow and vegan. Tomorrow will try out Set Sail in tallow and the aroma on this soap is quite nice.​

 

Tyr's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (4)
Passes: WTG, XTG (9, 10)
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Cologne: Burberry Brit

Another 'mini-menthol' day with the pairing of the Grapefruit Mint glycerin soap with the AV Ice Blue aftershave. I managed somehow to open up a weeper under my chin, possibly due to the blade starting to dull, so I'll toss in a fresh blade tomorrow. Fortunately, two straight 3-pass, BBS shaves made any more than 2 passes unnecessary today, and I still wound up with DFS+ results.

 

Tuesday 3/18/2014

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Happy Birthday! Have a great time with the wife.

 

Happy upcoming birthday!