What a makeover Bruce! Looking good!! I hope that all my fellow American’s have a GREAT Thanksgiving! We have a lot to be thankful for! Thursday Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap Soap: Maggard Limes & Bergamot Razor: Gillette Slim Blade: Gillette Platinum (1) Brush: oscar11 2-Band Finest-24mmx48mm Aftershave: Fine Platinum WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Maggard Limes & Bergamot today. 20 seconds: load & go with the oscar11. Always great lather! I loaded a new Gillette Platinum in the Slim. Great, smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Fine Platinum. Bob
Thankful Today I am thankful for many blessings, including my loving wife who made me a delicious breakfast this morning in addition to all her work on dinner for this evening. I am thankful for being able to spend time with family when so many cannot. I am thankful for the traditional shaving communities which nurtured my interest in our hobby, and I'm thankful for all the artisan soap makers who are so generous with their time and knowledge while still somehow finding time to create and distribute their wonderful products. Finally, I am thankful for a great shave today... It was two day's growth because I woke up late for work yesterday. I hadn't used my Plisson in a while, and it worked like a champ. Synergy/PAA Pumpkin 3.14 is excellent soap that lathers easily, smells great, and leaves my face feeling better than when I started. I finished up with Krampert's Finest Bay Rum, which pairs well with anything and never lets me down. Have a Great Thanksgiving
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! SOTD ~ Thursday, November 27, 2014 Prep: Hot shower, Mike's natural Bath Soap - Pumpkin Spice Razor: '40-50s Gillette Super Speed Blade: Ladas Brush: B&B Omega Essential Boar Lather: TSD Shave Stick - Barber Shop Post: Alum stick, Dickinson's+ Aftershave: Proraso Aftershave Lotion Cologne: Tom Ford for Men
Thursday 27th November Warm shower Hot towel DR Harris Marlborough soap scuttle lathered Finest Badger brush made by myself Gillette NEW Deluxe Big Boy gold Vintage Wilkinson Sword (1) Cold rinse Thayers Lavender witch hazel Aqua Velva Musk aftershave I've put some photo's up of my other NEW Deluxe razors in the razor section of this forum. http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/gillette-new-deluxe-razors-photos.41598/
Filarmonica 14 H.I.S. XL brush QED Vetiver shave stick Everything Nicki Sandalwood & Vetivert AS QCS Vetiver balm
thanksgiving day shave hot water wash with nivea men's Kent infinity silvertex superman synthetic milagu black shave butter Nana's June's bay rum Matador elegante persona lab(2) Gillette tech(no blade) iced aqua velva musk today's shave was crowded. grandson needed to shave, he did two passes, unusual technique. sorta of all over.I stuck with the three pass method. the milagu black is definitely a brushless cream. no way to make lather. augmented with real shave soap,I got a nice shave. finished with iced musk. must have been strong, it made the penguin puke. happy thanksgiving folks.
Thursday 11/27/14 Prep: glycerin soap Pre-Shave Oil: Shave Secret Brush: 20mm Whipped dog set deep Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery Razor: Gillette New Long Comb Blade: Voskhod Lather: MDC Post: Alum sprayed on Witch Hazel: Generic unscented A/S: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man Balm: Avon Musk Marine After Shave Conditioner I had such a nice shave with MDC yesterday that I decided to use it again today.
THURSDAY I decided to break out the old R41 today in lieu of another straight razor for this morning's ritual. I was rewarded with an extremely close 3-pass shave, completed in about half the time it normally takes to shave with an SR. Almost a 'mindless' routine as shaving with a DE, even one as notoriously aggressive as this Mühle, doesn't require nearly the amount of intense concentration as a straight. Near BBS results so no denying this is one fine razor! Have a blessed Thursday and Thanksgiving, all!
Hot Shower, Nieva Sensitive Skin Face Wash Hot Towel applied 3x RazoRock XXX RazoRock Mission Personna Med Prep Plisson Synthetic Alum, Nieva Sensitive Skin AS Balm, Fine Fresh Vetiver AS Had a wonderful 4 pass BBS shave. Hope every one has a very & blessed Thanksgiving!
27 November 2014 * Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Graphite Black * Super Iridium * WSP 2-Band + Oscar11 Black C7 * Mystic Water Jasmine * Unrefined Shea Butter
very nice, wish there were a double like button. in this case a triple like. razor awesome brush enviously awesome bowl super cool
27 Nov 2014 - Happy Thanksgiving! Pre- Corn Huskers Soap - Li Occitane Cade Brush - WD Silvertip 24/50 Razor - L3 Slim Adjustable (3) Blade - Astra SP (1) Post - Alum Block and Witch Hazel AS - Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve Thinking getting up earlier than normal to prep and put bird in the oven affected my technique. Couple of weepers today and more than normal sting with Alum Block. The end result was still a DFS and the realization that even with the issues I encounted today, still 99.9% better than carts!
Thursday morning - Prep - Noxzema & hot towel Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi Brush - Semogue SOC 24mm boar reset @ 47mm Razor - Joseph Smith 13/16 2 pass Warm water rinse & cold water splash Alum block & Witch-hazel AS Mild and partly overcast here this morning, 28ºF/-2ºC at 07:00, clearing this afternoon with highs 65ºF/18ºC. A great shave with the Joseph Smith this morning, this one seems to be holding it's edge nicely as well. The Mitchell's & SOC were aces, as ever. Standard pre- & -post, all for a lovely turkey day shave. Have a good 'un folks.
Thursday: hot shower w/Yardley Jasmine Pearl bar soap Homemade PSO Gillette Senator 3+ passes Personna Platinum (red) (2) VDH Deluxe boar Van Yulay Jamaican Me Crazy soap in a warm bowl GFT Spanish Leather cream Thayers unscented w/aloe Pinaud Clubman Musk AS cologne Very good shave today and probably the best shave to date with my Senator. I like a closed comb better than an open comb but I like this razor more each time I use it. It makes me wonder about having my Sheraton replated since the worn finish on that particular piece of equipment doesn't glide as well as the shiny Senator and maybe I'd like it a bit better if it didn't seem to drag. Tried out a soap at the request of a friend and I'm not sure why it's called a soap since it's more like a gel. The label says it's made with Emu and Argan oil and you're supposed to massage about a quarter size amount into your face with a brush adding water as necessary working the product into a lather. Of course I didn't follow the directions. I put some in my bowl and soaked the bowl in a sink full of hot water while I showered just like I do most days. When I got ready to shave I noticed that some of the product appeared to have evaporated so I added more and whipped up a thin lather. The scent was great and the product was super slick but it lacked cushion so for my final pass and a half I added a good squirt of GFT Spanish Leather cream. My impression was this is probably a good product for head shaving more so than face shaving. It may perform better in soft water but for me it required too much product to produce too little lather. It would probably be well suited as an additive to provide glide rather than something to use alone. All of that aside, now that it's a few hours since I shaved, I can definitely feel the positive effect that the oils had on my dry skin. Finally, I'm very thankful for an insane amount of shaving gear and products in my den and I just added a bunch more yesterday so I need to get it posted in The Haul. Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating today!
Thanksgiving hot shower DB Brush Scuttle/Vie-Long Lord Randal Horse ----This brush is starting to break in really well,only 2 shaves and this brush is face lathering like a champ.Tips are soft,yet the backbone is there.It's a different face lather technique than other brushes.You don't do circular strokes,it's more back and forth using tips only,at least that's what I've read and seen on youtube.From what I understand circular strokes can make the hairs tangle and combing is recommended.Well I haven't needed a comb in many years so I guess I'll have to go to Walgreens and get one I'll have to come up with a snappy response when the cashier looks at the comb and looks at my dome Crown Shaving Co. PSB TSD Pumpkin Havest Lanolin Soap Gillette Red Tip/Gillette 7 o'clock Green Permasharp Stainless (3) cold water rinse Monster Block Alum cold water rinse Tend Skin Cade ASB Imaginary Authors Cape Heartache Wonderful 2 pass face,1 for da dome,BBS all around. Stay frosty,my friends and have and wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 27, 2014 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion Razor: Merkur 34c Blade: Personna Lab Blue (1) Lather: WSP Rustic Shave Soap Lavender Brush: Omega Travel Brush Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion Aftershave: British Sterling Great shave to start a day of feasting and thanksgiving! I hope everyone has a great day!
November 27 Used my new Gem Damaskene for the first time today. Had a very good shave as one would expect from a razor based on the 1912 patent. Green damaskene / been PTFE Palmolive stick Vulfix 660 Super Badger NGT grapefruit and cedarwood ASB Vintage English Leather AS
