SoS: April 7, 2014 - April 13, 2014

4/11/2014 Single Edge Week

Prep: Hot shower with L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash, home made PSO
Razor: Valet Autostrop, John Jay Velvet Shaver straight razor
Blade: modified GEM PTFE coated (1)
Brush: Turkish #6
Soap: Tabac
After: Home made ASB
After Shave: Tabac after shave lotion
Cologne: Tabac Eau De Cologne

A good 2 pass shave with a Darn Fine Shave as the reward. Have a great weekend!

Have a blessed day!

 

Wacker
WSO White Lightning
homemade brush
Nice shave, good soap.

 

Friday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap
Soap: Stirling Bay Rum
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Perma-Sharp (3)
Brush: Plisson Grey Badger
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum Acadian Spice

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

As expected, I got a great shave with the Stirling Bay Rum, Plisson Grey Badger, Slim, and Perma-Sharp. I got a very quick, easy, thick lather. Stirling has nailed the scent in the Bay Rum! I finished up with Krampert’s Bay Rum, a perfect match for the Stirling Bay Rum.

Bob

 

Razor: Paul Revere Injector
Blade: Ted Pella
Brush: iKon engraved "Scottish Lion"
Lather: Floris (thanks again Teiste)
ASB: Floris Santal
Scuttle: dougr special: Broke the inner bowl so the Merkur Satin bowl is inserted and works much better.

It is an absolutely gorgeous morning here in the Low Country; just look at the Master's broadcast on TV to get an idea, only an hour drive here on the coast.

 

Jeff, where is Sir Grapefellow these days? It is such a cool looking razor.

 

The Cadet seems to be working out fine. It is aggressive, but not as aggressive as the Parker I piffed a while back. I like the weight, but I am thinking about taking off about half of the thread post. It is way too long. I guess better too long than too short. So far, no one has claimed the credit for this nice gift. There was no clue on or in the packaging as to who the sender was. "Thank you, Anonymous."

 

Frey's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Healthy Accents Daily Renewal Face Wash
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood Shaving Stick
Razor: FaTip Piccolo
Blade: Bolzano (4)
Passes: WTG (8)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Captain's Choice Cat o' Nine Tails AS
Cologne: Gigember Estragone by Dr. Vranjes

Yesterday's shave was close enough that I could have easily skipped a day, but I wanted to give the shaving stick another try. I opted to skip the preshave balm today, just to set a baseline for lathering, and while it took more time to lather than my other soaps and creams, I was able to get it to produce a stable, slick enough lather with which to shave. One pass was all that was necessary to get me near DFS territory, with no irritation or weepers.

 

SOTD 4/11/14
Pre/Post - Shea Moisture tea tree as
Shear - R89 Bulldog
Blade - Gillette 7o'clock SharpEdge (2)
Cream - Bowl lathered Taconic Eucalyptus Mint
Brush - Omega 71276 Finest banded boar


SOTD - 4/11/14 by Blaidd0905, on Flickr

 

FRIDAY
Single-Edge Week

Three passes with the Böker this morning left me with an ultra-smooth face and no irritation.
The "Sage-y" scent from both the Pre de Provence soap and post-shave balm I also find refreshing.
It looks to be a great day, so far...

Have a blessed Friday, everyone!

 

Friday, April 11, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: EJ DE89 Head w/ Weber Classic Handle
Blade: Voskhod (3)
Soap: Stirling Cool
Brush: Semogue 830
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Brut

Good shave today. I had a couple of weeper for some reason. This is a very rare occurrence for me. Oh well, I'll have a "No Shave Saturday" tomorrow and give my face a chance to heal up.

Have a great day!

 

4/11/14 - 3 razors needed today!

Prep: Warm wash with Stirling bath soap
Lather: Stirling Barbershop
Brush: Vie-Long 13061
Razor #1-Merkur 34HD - Dura 7 O'Clock Platinum
Razor #2-Gillette Ball End Tech - Rapira
Razor #3 - Gillette Fat Handle Tech - Shark

I knew that the Dura blade was a little tuggy at the end of my last shave, but thought I would try it again. Not a good choice, tug, pull and almost bite. So rather than change blades, I grabbed the Ball End Tech after pass 1 and finished in smooth fashion. Tried a little Gillette slide on the 2nd pass and was well rewarded for my efforts.

I thought I had a lot of lather left so decided to go ahead and shave my scalp as well. Grabbed the Fat Handle and did 2 easy passes with plenty of lather left over. As near as I guess, I could have done 4 full face passes and 3 full scalp passes with the lather in my Vie-Long brush.

 

Friday

Prep: CeraVe cleanser
Soap: Tiki Bar unscented
Brush: Plisson synthetic
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft
Blade: Astra SP
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe

Excellent shave: close, comfortable, smooth. The Tiki soap performed well, as usual. My face feels great!

I have commented before that the unscented Tiki soap smelled like popcorn. Now I realize that the smell is closer to the smell of freshly cooked rice in a rice cooker, which makes more sense, since rice bran oil is one of the ingredients of the Tiki soap.

 

Razor: GEM MMOC
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (D5)
Brush: IBLE 2012
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Balm: TSD Iced SubZero
Shave Soap: Glacial - Spearmint
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Osage Rub

Daughter took my camera with her to visit friends in Oregon so no pics until beginning of next week.

 

SOTD Friday 4-11-2014

6/8 Gold Bug, Full Hollow, Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Old Spice Original SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Gold Bond Moisturizing Lotion
Old Spice Classic ASL

The Bug is wickedly sharpe and left my face super slick. I love the Old Spice SC and ASL combo; lots of memories of days past.
Have a great Friday Gentlemen!

 

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Sorry guys, haven't been able to keep up. Got the flu, bronchitis, or some type of respiratory wickedness going on. Had it for 4 days now.
Really wanted to shave yesterday morning, but was afraid I'd fall and cut my throat with the straight.
Was able to finally shave about 9 last night. Thought I was getting better. Alas, it was not to be.
So I will just share the tools and the process. Don't have the energy right now to do the picture thing.

SOTD 10 APRIL
Prep-Hot towels

Strop- Musicians Friend
Razor #1- Boker American Line SS St Louis
Razor #2-Lady Gillette
Blade- Family Dollar Dorco(1)(I assume the parentheses with the number in the middle means how many times the blade was used. For me, this means this is the first use of this blade)
Brush- VdH Boar
Soap- Vdh Deluxe

Post- Cold towels
Old Spice AS

Ended up with a very nice CCS. If my muddled mind's observations are correct, the Dorco is much smoother out of the gate than the Feather. The feather is definitely sharper. But it is more audible as well, and a bit "rough" cutting wise, for lack of a better word. Not uncomfortable, by any means. No pulling or tugging. But the word "smooth" certainly describes the characteristics of the
Dorco in relation to the Feather.
I believe the Feather gives a bit closer shave, and I got 4 days out of it. I normally only get 3 out of the Dorcos, but we shall see.
I did one pass with the straight. Still need to work on my technique, but I may be relegating the straight to weekend duty, or at least only once or twice a week. The constant stropping is killing my arthritis and nerve damaged hands and fingers. But I'll reserve judgement on that for a bit. I really want to get my technique down with it, first. If I am able.
Two passes with the DE.
A shave really made me feel good, and helped me to rest last night, thank God.
Have a great shave, all of you. Keep posting the wonderful pics. My sophomoric efforts will return as soon as possible.

 

"Kood be yoozink za Voskhod Russian blades gifs yoo weeperz, comrade. Jes like my dear babushka used..."

 

SoS - Friday, April 11, 2014

Fruit Friday -
Straight off the trees in my backyard to the photo. Juiced and into the glass for breakfast 10 minutes later.

Hot shower
Prep: Lime &Tea Tree PSO
Brush: Omega 49 boar
Soap: Stirling Grapefruit
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Aftershave: Pinaud Lime Sec

A very enjoyable shave. Stirling Grapefruit smells just like the real thing. I really loved the citrus theme. I'll try it again soon with the Castle Forbes Lime that I received this week. The 38C and Personna was the combo that I started with in DE shaving, so it really took me back and reminded me how my technique has improved. I still have a long way to go.

 

Friday, April 11, 2014

Gillette Mach3 Sensitive (2)
with a Semogue 1305 boar Brush,
Lather up with CO Bigelow (can) - shave,
Finish with water, Witchhazel
and SFM Brisk Aftershave

A great shave with the Mach3 Sensitive. Aces!

 

Sorry to hear you are under the weather Mike. I had the same thing about a month ago and it lasted for about three weeks! It will take about 10 days before you start feeling human again and another two weeks to recoup from it. Hang in there it's gonna be a rough ride! Take care of yourself and beat that thing.