Thursday
warm shower
Shavemac Custom 167,2 band,d01,fan
Somersets PSO
Stirling Orange Chill ,wonderful scent and lathers up great.Not as icy as the Glacial line but still pretty dang frosty
Gillette Rhodium Plated Red Tip/Feather (4)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Stirling Orange Chill WH ,not a Glacial but dang it's very very close,nice burn too
Fine L'Orange Noir ASL ,great scent very close to Terre D'Hermes
Terre D'Hermes edt

Great shave,managed to squeeze one mo' shave from the Feather,BBS face and dome,smell dang good too!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!

Thursday September 4, 2014



Dovo 2Bismarck Pearl, 6/8 Full Hollow, Round point​

On the road again. This time I am traveling with this Dovo 2Bismarck Pearl, not so fancy however it is doing its job. And, yes, it does not compare to a Mastro Livi razor at all but I am however glad because I took with me the lovely Mastro Livi Travel Loom Strop.​

• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre-Shave Green
• Soap: Proraso Shaving Soap White Tub
• Brush: Omega Boar Brush 10275
• Bowl: Chinese Cheap Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Travel Loom Strop and Hand Palm Stropping
• Razor: Dovo 2Bismarck Pearl, 6/8 Full Hollow, Round point
• Post-Shave: Umbrian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum After Shave

Dovo 55 Fritz Bracht
Oscar11 boar brush
Barrister & Mann Fougere Aromatique soap
Annick Goutal Eau du Sud

Episode III – Revenge of the Stick​

Do you like shave sticks? I do, I like them a lot. Do I use them often? No I do not. They more or less “reserved” for travelling and vacations. And since I do not travel a lot these days, we are talking about neglecting some very good soaps here.
I ought to be ashamed of myself..

So this morning I reached for a true classic, the shave stick from SIR Irisch Moos. A wonderful product that might even rival Camelot in latherability and class. Well maybe not class, since (and let’s face it) Camelot is not the classiest of sticks around. It is more of a well-functioning simpleton.
Kinda like me

Anyway, with the Moos, and the same setup as yesterday I had another terrific shave today.
I am not a big fan of shaving in the morning, but I have to admit that the last two shaves has really helped waking me up and given me a good foundation for a great day.

Face Soap: Fitjar Preshave Soap
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Brush: Frank Shaving
Aftershave Lotion: Witch Hazel
Aftershave Balm: Proraso Aftershave Balm

That's a good looking hat. I wouldn't mind having the flair to wear one of these, unfortunately my horns are in the way

Thursday

Prep: soak brush, wash with Clear Essentials glycerin soap
Soap: Petal Pusher Fancies "Scentsless"
Brush: Oscar11 boar
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Kai
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

Continuing with my boar brush week, excellent lather from the PPF soap and the Omega boar knot.

First use of a Kai blade in my AS-D2 razor. It is a good pairing. Pleasant, smooth, comfortable results. The Kai blades are cool: no printing, no markings on the blade at all. The blades have an attractive clean satin metal finish. And absolutely no glue!

SOTD
September 4, 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Boost Energizing Face Wash
Razor: Schick Dial Adjustable
Blade: Schick
Lather: Martin de Candre
Brush: WD SilverTip
Post: Alum. Dickerson WH
Aftershave: Fine American Blend.
The Schick Dial Adjustable is a great razor, I set it on 5 and forget it.
Go out and get it!

Sorry about your loss, Sir. You have my sincere condolences.

Cobra Classic
Feather Pro
M&F Stubby 2
Catie's - LPV
Fine - Platinum

Guerlain - Arsene Lupin Dandy Eau de Parfum

Razor: 2013 Muhle Baseplate w C410i Spitfire Mk. Ia (3D printed top cap)
Blade: Personna Med Prep (D1)
Brush: FS Faux Horn 24mm Pur-Tech
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Balm: Proraso Sensitive
Shave Cream: Cella Extra Extra Purissima (brick)
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Floid SE Mentolado Vigoroso
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This morning, got bold and tried a 3D printed top cap that claims to replicate the venerable Muhle 2011 R41. If you take a close look at the picture you will see a clear top cap with the Personna Med Prep clearly seen. Well after just one shave I can say that his puppy is just as sharp or maybe a tad more aggressive than my 2011 R41. I didn't think of taking a side by side picture of the top caps but they look identical in width and height with the naked eye. Being a 3D printed head if I run my finger from blade side to blade side you can feel ridges going lengthwise and I sure it plays a little bit into the razor being a little aggressive but the razor did not skip, tug, or leave any weepers and as I previously stated it feels as aggressive if not a little bit more so than a 2011 R41 as the top cap can flex a little. The developer is requesting feedback on the design as well as material and eventually they are looking at a metal top cop and farther down the road possibly a baseplate. For little over $21 it was worth the money spent.

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Pretty cool! Can the top cap be polished with 2000 grit sandpaper to take out the printing ridges to elieviate the drag from those lengthwise ridges? Just a thought. It looks like you used the original 2011 baseplate with the duplicated top cap; is that correct? Very interesting to see and looking forward to seeing how durable these items are. Thanks for sharing Guy!

Great Fedora Lloyd! Suites you to a tee! Is that the one your Sweetie bought for you?

I used the 2013 baseplate as this was designed for those who have the 2013 but want the more aggressive shave of the 2011. This can be used with the 2011 baseplate and I'm sure I will be experimenting with that baseplate too. I plan on sanding it down later after testing as shipped for the developers feedback and I'm pretty sure I can smooth it out as I have a grit range from 1600 to 12000. Like the 2011 R41 I can tell already that I would be only able to handle 2 days in arrow without inducing irritation.

More aggressive than the 2011?
Sounds like its time for a razor intervention....

You, Guy my friend, sound like the perfect candidate for my next razor....
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LOL. Funny you show a scycle blade Kevin. Last year I visited my mother-in-law who lives on a farm in Southern Oregon (not too far from Bruce) and my brother in law and I were having a friendly discussion about our new hobby wet shaving and comparing the aggressiveness of our razors when my mother in law stepped outside and returned with a rusted up scycle almost identical to what you show above and told us she had plenty of these around and for us two to save our money and employ a little elbow grease to sharpen this up for a close shave!

Yep, that should eliminate the drag issue of the ridges. With the smooth surface, the plastic will be even more transparent. Should be an interesting look to see the blade under the top cap. These all plastic razors could be used by the crew of the B-2 Stealth Bomber during their flights as they wouldn't show up on radar.

SOTD Thursday 9-4-2014

6/8 C.V. Heljestrand, Full Hollow Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Al's SC - Boheme
Georgetown Scuttle
Custom 28MM Silvertip - Cherry Wood
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Gold Bond Moisturizing Lotion
Jovan Musk ASL/Cologne

The big Swede took care of the whisker issue this morning and the Jovan is always delightful! That 28MM Silvertip is a lather hog for sure but it's a one swipe to cover brush and it whipped the Al's SC into a super dense cream this morning. Had a great one!

Irisch Moos is a great soap. I have some too. I hate that it was discontinued. Me and you were lucky to get some before they disappeared forever.

Last night's shave.

Prep: hot shower, L'Oréal Face Wash.
Brush: Turkish #6 Brush.
Razor: Ever-Ready 1912.
Blade: Gem Stainless.
Soap: Cold River Soap Savon No.1.
Post: cold water rinse, Dickinson Witch Hazel, Myrsol Emulsion.

Something keeps happening to where I tear up my throat area on the second pass. I end up with weepers and my skin is left feeling raw in that one spot. I don't know how that is because the lather is really good and I have no other problems anywhere else on my face or neck. It's a good thing I have something like Myrsol Emulsion to calm down my skin when it's irritated.