For some reason, the FaTip was the one razor in my collection that always seemed to leave those surprise scarlet streamers on both my chin and throat. At first I thought it was careless technique, then I blamed the blade, then the soap...

Finally I finally arrived at the only logical explanation…

FaTip gremlins!

I have found that - most of the time - I can avoid the flow of red with the FaTip, when the rest of my shave routine is set up correctly. This morning's margarine-like lather on the first pass was not 'set up correctly,' unfortunately.

SOS 6/12

Prep: Gaia face scrub
Oil: Shave Secret
Brush: 20mm Whipped dog set deep
Razor: slim adjustable set to 3
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
soap:

Provence Sante

Post: Alum sprayed on
Witch Hazel: Generic scented with rose oil
AS: Sampsons all natural

This was my first use of a Gillette Silver Blue blade. It was definitely sharper than the Derby, almost as sharp as a feather (to my face). It was also almost as smooth as a Voskhod. If I can get 4 shaves out of it I will be one happy camper.

I pulled out the Provence Sante after about a week. This is quickly becoming my favorite soap. The feeling of smoothness has not yet been replicated by anything else I have tried. @John Beeman - keep playing with Sante - it is worth the effort and gets easier as you use the soap.

Cobra Classic
Feather Pro
M&F Chief
Al's Fougere' about it
Fine Platinum

Hoken 66 H.Y.S 2.7 tamahagane steel
FS synthetic brush
Proraso pre shave
Me Alcala soap
Musgo Real balm
Annick Goutal Eau du Sud

6/12/14

Prep: warm wash and applied homemade PSO
Lather: Tiki Set Sail (scuttle lather)
Brush: Vie-Long 13061M horsehair
Razor: Gillette New open comb
Blade: 7 a.m. Plus
Post: Cold rinse and Captain's Choice Lime

Was not expecting a great shave this morning, but I got one with 3 passes - WTG, XTG and ATG. The Gillette New is the only razor I have used which consistently gets my neck smooth and the more I use it, without irritation. I think I am in love with this razor.

Warm shower
Merkur 23c w/red personna
Tgn 24mm finest restored handle
New Razorock XXX soap
2 1/2 passes
Cold water rinse
New Razorock XXX splash
= ABSOLUTE BLISS

Thursday
hot shower
Duke 3 in best
Proraso PSC
Mystic Water Orange Vanilla SC
Weber DLC Classic Handle/Gillette Silver Blue (2)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's Lemon WH
Lucky Tiger ASL
Montale Red Vetyver

Smooth 2 pass face,1 pass dome,for BBS all around!

Stay frosty,my friends!

Noxzema Original Face Wash
MWF
Vie-Long 12750
Weber PH/Tradere Handle
Personna Red
Nivea Sensitive Balm

SOTD Thursday 6-12-2014

5/8 Shapleigh HDWR, Full Hollow, Spike Point - St. Louis, Mo. - (das Vater)
Proraso PSC
Ogalalla Bay Rum & Sandalwood SS
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega Pro Barbershop Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Gold Bond Moisturizing Lotion
Pinaud Virgin Island Bay Rum ASL

Nice pic Jamie!

I love that bowl.

Razor: Gillette Toggle (S6)
Blade: Rapira SSS (D4)
Brush: Turkish #1 Horsehair
Bowl: Buffalo Horn 5” Lather Bowl
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime Basil
Pre Shave Balm: TSD Iced SubZero
Shave Soap: HTGAM Frost-Byte
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Krampert’s Frostbite

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I know I am late, but that the most beautiful straight I have ever seen.

Thanks! A thrift store find @$1.00

unkown (German made)
L.A.S.S.
homemade boar
I couldn't make to the shop to shave today (or yesterday) so this is what the wife brought up for me this morning. Nice shave. Have a good one.

Thursday

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

Comfortable two pass shave. The Prairie Creations soap does a good job.

Thursday morning, June 12, 2014

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (9)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

SoS
June 12, 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Boost Energizing Face Wash
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
Blade: Ladas Super Stainless
Lather: PannaCrema Vetiver
Brush: Semogue 1305
Post: Alum. Dickinson WH
Aftershave: Halston Z-14. Axe Shield Sensitive
Why did I wait so long to buy PC Vetiver? It's fabulous! I've had 3 great shaves with new soaps and the Ladas SS.
Go out and get it!

Thursday, 06/12

I start each morning with a hot shower.
Facial washed with Axe Peace

Lather for today RazoRock, Don Marco
Brush, Vie Long Cachurro

Fatboy paired with Voshkod, a great pairing

Cold water splash, Holy Black Trading Co. Bay Whiskey Lime