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!
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.
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!
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.
