12/8/2014 Menthol Monday!!

Prep: Hot shower with Nivea Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Merkur 37C, Hamburg Concave Quick Cutter straight razor
Blade: Astra SP (4)
Brush: Turkish #6
Soap: Stirling - Frozen Tundra
After: Home made ASB, Osage Rub after shave
Cologne: 007

A cool 36 degree Menthol Monday morning. The #6 whipped up the Frozen Tundra into a wonderful lather. The Frozen Tundra felt like I was rubbing an ice cube on my chin. The Quick Cutter and the 37C mowed down the stubble with no trouble at all. The Osage Rub kept the freezing feeling going and the 007 will keep me smelling good all day.

Have a blessed day!

Menthol Monday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger
Soap: Stirling Glacial Obsidian
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG (1, 2)
Post: Cold water rinse, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue AS splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

Soaked the Stirling Glacial Obsidian longer than I do my Ginger's Garden or RazoRock soaps, and loaded my Simpsons brush half again as long as I do with those soaps. The result was more than passable lather, though not in the league of those contenders - or even of the sample from Rod I used yesterday. My results from yesterday were still so close that I only needed 2 passes for nearly BBS results, though I managed to find that same tiny weeper on the Adam's Apple again. All in all, a reasonably frosty shave on quite the frosty morn.

Guy, I like the new look! Lovely pic!

8 December 2014

* Ikon Shavecraft 102 + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro
* Mystic Water Irish Traveller
* Unrefined Shea Butter




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Wow, the Glacial Obsidian's lather buried my face, not to mention how frigid it was. In fact it felt colder today than it ever did. This soap kicks the Yeti Snot's butt in terms of menthol power!

Monday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (5)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club Southern Oud

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Stirling Ozark Mountain today. 30 seconds: load & go with the ER Silvertip. Easy, excellent lather. Personna Med Prep still in the NEW SC. Incredible, smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Country Club Southern Oud. The Southern Oud matches up very well with the Ozark Mountain!

Bob

I have no doubt. I don't know if it's to do with my technique, or my water quality, but I have a very difficult time getting it to lather consistently; I suspect that my face is simply not particularly sensitive, resulting in my relatively muted notice of the menthol except around my lips.

SOTD
Menthol Monday, December 8, 2014

Hot/Warm Shower, Neutrogena Face Wash, Mike's Natural Bath Soap - Pumpkin Spice
Mergress Long Handle, Comfort Straight
Ladas - #3
Simpson Commodore 3 Best
Proraso Green Sapone'
Alum Stick, Witch Hazel+, Aloe Vera Toner
Proraso Aftershave Green Balm, Proraso Aftershave Lotion
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Starting to work in a Straight Razor to my shave routine. Only the side burns and high on the cheeks so far. This beauty is one of @HolyRollah's restorations. He is The Bacon Lord and the Straight Miester. Today's shave was very cool thanks to the Proraso team. Have a good week friends, and remember STAY FROSTY!

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Menthol Monday
hot shower
Plisson L'Occitane synth
Proraso PPB
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill --made my eyes and nose water,combined with a ice cold water shave
iKon SC 102/Personna Med (1)----much better shave than the lab I used a week or so ago,nice and smooth,I'll pop in another lab this week and see what happens.
cold water rinse----the tap water was especially icy today
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Stirling Lemon Chill WH mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 ----444 got it close to Glacial
Imaginary Authors The Cobra and The Canary edp

A very frosty start to the week!

Stay frosty,my friends!

8 Dec 2014
Menthol Monday
Pre- Corn Huskers
Soap - CO Bigelow
Brush - Turkish #6
Razor - Schick Krona "Eversharp" 1966
Blade - Astra SP (2)
AS - Skin Bracer

Tried the Schick Krona for the first time today. For me a very mild razor but produced a good shave overall but with some irritation based on my Alum block. Will take more practice. First impression, it is almost too mild, required a lot of clean up after 3 passes on chin and upper lip. Blaming operator error at this point.

Actually this is the 23rd time I have used it a SOTD. I have a spreadsheet that I use to make sure I rotate my hardware/software as I have way to much goodies to shave with.

Thanks Celestino. From a fantastic picture taker like yourself that is quite a compliment!

Monday 8th December



Warm shower
Hot towel
WSP Rustic Fougere Noir scuttle lathered
HMW Badger brush made by myself
Gillette President (Y1 1953)
Gillette 7 O'Clock Sharp Edge (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Aqua Velva Ice Blue aftershave

I've been getting great shaves recently with the EJ DE 89 so I carried on with that today, and had another great shave. I am really enjoying going back to my first DE razor. My technique has improved to a level where I can really appreciate how good this razor is.

Razor - Edwin Jagger DE89
Pre Shave - Proraso Green
Lather - Proraso Green
Brush - Whipped Dog 22mm Silvertip
Aftershave - Williams Ice blue
Blade - Gillette Silver Blue

MONDAY
Lazy monday shave after a late Sunday night out…
No menthol but lathered with the fresh herbal scent of the MdC Fougére! Singing full-hollow blade of the GRS for a smooth 3-pass shave!
Have a great week, everyone!

Mongoose B2
Feather Pro
Simpson P8
Maggard's Barber Shop
Fine - Clean Vetiver

Histoires de Parfums - 1740 Marquis de Sade

Come to think of it I might have seen it once before. I can't tell you how many times I've been close to pull the trigger on this AS. Is the scent nice?

Monday AM:

shower
EJ de89
Gillette 7 o'clock
prorasco white tub
cold rinse
thayers witch hazel
Nivea Sensitive Skin Balm

5th shave overall- 2nd with the gillette blades. No burn, closer shave- but probably more due to technique improvement than the blade. Time will tell!

Monday

Prep: wash with CeraVe cleanser
Soap: The Shave Den wheat cream, unscented
Brush: Mühle hjm black fiber
Razor: Schick type L injector
Blade: Schick
After: Cold rinse, witch hazel, CeraVe lotion