SoS: June 30, 2014 - July 6, 2014

7/5/14 SoTD

Prep: warm wash with Stirling Barbershop bath bar
Lather: Tiki Set Sail vegan
Brush: Vie-Long 13061M
Razor: Gillette New
Blade: Cristal (2)
Post: Cold water rinse and Captain's Choice Lime

Went of a good face lather after several weeks of scuttle lathering. Temps already in the 90's by 8:00 a.m. and will only get warmer today. No warm lather! Easy 3 passes with a little more deliberate grain pattern following to get first pass WTG - jawline and neck grow crazy ways and the resulting shave seems to be much smoother.

Have a wonderful weekend all.

 

Saturday
hot shower
Shavemac Custom 167,2 band,d01,fan
Proraso PSC
Stirling Glacial Spearmint
Schick Revere/Pella Coated (10) I should have used this razor yesterday
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Myrsol Formula K ASL
Acqua Di Parma Oud

Very smooth shave,I was almost tempted to go for shave 11,but in the end I ditched the blade.Ten shaves, plus dome shaves is plenty good!


Stay frosty,my friends!

 

It happen to me also. I'm sure glad you didn't have any activity. I like your props.

 

SATURDAY
Another straight razor where I reset the bevel using the same method (or process) as my previous successful honings.
The edge on the Böker wasn't horrible, but I did notice under the loupe it was inconsistent (very weak in the the toe and heel). So last night, I ran it through my series of sharpening stones. Post-honing and testing on my arms, I had arm hairs 'popping off' all across the blade… Next was 50 linen/75 leather strokes on the strop & it was ready to go for this morning.

Super smooth shave this morning with the 'new' Böker and the wonderful Cade soap (applied generously with the ridiculously small Simpson).

Have a great weekend, everyone!

 

Saturday morning, July 5, 2014

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (5)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

 

6/8 Wacker Inox
Prep Shaving Soap
homemade synthetic

 

Steve-What synthetic knot is that? Beautiful brush by the way..............

 

Wonderful brush work!

 

Gem 1912
Pal Carbon Steel
Simpson Duke 3
TOBS Eton College
No.4711

First shave with a Pal carbon steel, little harsh but mellowed out by the end, might see how it goes tomorrow but so far the Gem SS are king for closeness and comfort.

 

Tamako YSK
Omega synthetic brush
Proraso pre shave
Barrister & Mann Fougere Royale soap
Alcolado Glacial AS
Proraso sensitive balm

 

The fougére scent can be polarizing—some love it; others despise it. I happen to enjoy it, but I also enjoy the 'basic' MdC scent as well—which is milder, but similar. The Valobra fougére is more 'intense.'

 

Saturn's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Cleaning Gentle Scrub
Brush: Beeline Boar
Cream: Speick
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG (5, 6)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Speick AS Splash

Well, I managed to break the One-X spell for the day, and reached for the Speick. This time it really was a deliberate choice on my part to skip the preshave balm, as I wanted to try face-lathering the Speick and didn't relish the idea of smearing the cream on top of the balm. The resulting lather was certainly nice, but not as good as what I typically get from bowl lathering the Speick. Two passes did provide a DFS, though.

 

I don't really like P.160. I have other soaps that perform better. This is too strong in the scent department. It's average in the slickness department and it's alright in the cushion department.

This is my third use with the ER 1924. I think I'm sold on it. I can a DFS with one pass from this razor. I am getting used to the angle and I am starting to get a feel for how this razor works. After No Buy July, I'm going to make other forays into the SE world.

 

July 5th
Razor: Gillette Old Type
Blade: Red Israeli Personna
Brush: Muhle SYN Large 23mm
Cream: TOBS Grapefruit
ASB: GFTrumpers Coral Skin Food

 

59’ E1 Fatboy (setting 9)
Ladas (d1)
Vulfix 404
Palmolive SS
Master Blue

 

I have a gem g bar I'm not real fond of. how bout a trade? pm me if interested.

 

Thanks! I try to keep it interesting

 

I really like the handle on the brush!

 

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower + homemade PSO

Soap/cream- Proraso red

Brush- Plisson synthetic

Razor- Mühle R89

Blade- Astra SP(2)

Post- Cold water rinse, Old spice whitewater and Nivea ASB

 

Is that soap chilly?