Wednesday - 4/2/14 Prep: Shower followed by homemade PSO. Soap: Stirling Grapefruit. Brush: Vulfix 374. Razor: Gillette Slim set on 4. Blade: Astra SP (6). Post Trmt: Nivea Sensitive ASB. Aftershave: Aqua Velva Ice Blue. Excellent shave. The Stirling soap smells EXACTLY like the grapefruit that I pull off the backyard tree every morning. I don't know how he does it, but I hope he keeps it up.
Wednesday morning - Prep - Noxzema & hot towel Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi Brush - Omega 40033 Razor - Gillette Single Ring Blade - Personna Red (6) 2 pass Warm water rinse & cold water splash Alum block & Witch-hazel AS
A midday shave Prep: Shower & Axe Oily facewash Blade: Voskhod Razor: Fat Handle Tech Soap: Razorock Fresco Post: Maggard's Alum & Dove Men's Revitalize It was quite frankly a bad shave with irritation on my neck. (It's been a LONG time since I've had a bad shave.) It was a day of revelation as well. I figured out a better way to get my neck closer shaven. It was what I shall call a Tao shave.
Frankenrazor (Senator open comb bottom plate, Tech cap, Clix fat plastic handle) 45 year old Hai Karate can goo vintage Walgreens Super Platinum blade BBS
NO picture I am a little upset at the shave today! I don't understand what happened, my lather was crap. I lathered my Speick stick like I have a 100 times before but this time the lather was gooey. It stuck to my razor blade made the blade tug like crazy! I haven't had any problems with any soap or cream lathering in a year. It made for a bad day all around!
Did you use the same brush, razor, and soap combo the last shave or was this different than the last shave?
Gondola Frankfurt Wednesday H.I.S. XL synthetic brush Prep pre shave Razorock XXX soap Weleda Lavender cream Paco Rabanne pour Homme EdT Razorock King Louis skin wax
Do you have a pic of the razor? I would be interested in seeing how you got the TTO base plate to mate up with the 3 piece top cap.
SOTD April 2 -- Blade safari day 58 Synthetic week day 4 Vacation Shave! Prep: hot towel Razor: WW2 Gillette Khaki Tech Blade: Astra SP(day 1) Brush: Wilkinson Sword Soap: Arko shave stick Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG) Post: alum Just not feeling the love for the Wilkinson Sword brush any more, at least not with soap.
This what I am doing tomorrow Thursday 3Apr14 SSS {if you were in the US Military you know this acronym } I am going to shave in the shower. I will use my 1968 Gillette Astra SP DE Blade VDH Pure Badger Brush. {when I am not in a hurry I use my WD SilverTip 30/65, so I can really enjoy my shave} Dr. Bronner Magic Eucalyptus Soap for my shower. I am going to use for my shave Dr. Bronner's Magic Tea Tree Soap {it lather up great. } Mennen Skin Bracer.
Pre : Valobra Balsamo for my oily face ( Awesome effect) Simpson Chubby 3 Best Badger Robert Becker Scuttle #1 DE87811 with BIC Blade #1 Valobra Menthol Nivea Cool Nivea Balsam
Thursday Morning Shave Razor: Edwin Jagger DE8911 Blade: Shark (3) Brush: Vie-Long White Horse Hair Soap: Arko Cologne: Tariş Lavender
Thursday Cella from a brick face lathred with TGN boar knot in Ever-Ready handle Ikon Slant with SuperMax blade (2) 3 passes, cold water splash and finish with Nivea Energy
R41 Bulldog Perma-Sharp Super Omega 80265 CO Bigelow SC Finished with a cold water rinse for a simple but very nice shave today.
Thor's Day: Prep: Hot shower, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger Soap: RazoRock Cumba Cheech Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (1) Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (1, 2, 3) Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock Cumba Cheech balm Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by ELdO This was definitely a jasmine-centered shave, and I loved it. Armed with a brand new Bic, I got nearly BBS results on three comfortable passes with only one weeper in my moustache area, brought about by that treacherous ATG pass. The lather was easy to make and stable, needing only a bit more water after the first pass.
Wacker Tiki Bar Soap homemade brush More snow overnight. Very nice shave this morning, smooth and close. Have a good one. Busy day today.
65’ K2 Gillette Slim (set on 9) Ladas (d2) Vulfix 404 DR Harris Arlington Dickenson WH Old Spice Great shave today.
