SoS: December 8, 2014 - December 14, 2014

Two Firsts
I recently traded for B&M Petrichor and used today for the first time. It's the vegan formula, so I thought I would miss the lanolin. Surprisingly I didn't miss it as the soap performance was on par with the familiar near optimal B&M tallow. The scent is hard for me to rate now because my nose is stuffy, but it seemed pleasantly sweet and subtle.
The other first today was Voskhod blades from the same trade. I've heard good things, and I wasn't disappointed. The blade paired well with Der Vorschlaghammer, delivering a smooth and close shave. I finished with London Barbershop AS and Tabac EdC for a great shave.
Prep: Proraso Green pre barba
Soap: B&M Petrichor
Brush: HIS
Rasur: Der Vorschlaghammer
Britva: Voskhod (1)
AS: Maggard's London Barbershop
EdC: Tabac!

 

today's shave
hot water wash with noxema
Oscar11 omega boar
bombed Stirling sandalwood
Merkur 39c
persona lab(3)
iced Skin Bracer
today's shave went well. I used noxema to prep. felt nice on my face, but didn't perform like normal nivea. bombed Stirling added to the coolness. the hammer had three passes, but had to touch up heavy on my trouble spots. I'm smooth but not as comfy as normal. finished with iced Bracer.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Love the look of that Turkish Lider brush

 

Thursday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Lord Super/7 AM day 7
Synergy Frost_byte SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Osage Rub AS

Only a Cracky Wacky Ticky Tacky Menthol Monkey like me could use a set-up like this on a cold, snowy winter morning and let me tell you something - this shave was not only frigid, it was awesome. The Frost_byte soap lathered so easily and FAST. Its menthol sensation hit me like ten tons of icy bricks as soon as I started brushing the soap on to my face and the second lathering felt so much colder. The skincare of this soap is pretty good as well and the scent, which I found awkward at the beginning has grown on me since then. My Lord Super did the job beautifully and left me with a superb BBS feeling. As always, the Gold Bond moisturizer and the Rubby Dubby Doo proved their menthol power and great post-shave care is hard to beat.

 

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: EJ89 w/ Weber Classic Handle
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (1)
Lather: Arko Soap
Brush: Oscar11 w/Omega 20248 Knot
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: British Sterling

Another day, another excellent shave.

Have a great day!

 

THURzDAY
Early morning shave with a little Sheffield steel! A bit trickier trimming around the 'stache and lower lip with this blade shape, but I'm happy to report no blood-letting nor mis-shaping of facial hair… A pleasant 3-pass shave & 'eye-opening' Snakebite aftershave splash…
Have a blessed Thursday, all!

 

SOTD
December 11, 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: Gillette Ball End Tech
Blade: Red I.P.
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: Derby Lemon Cream
Post: Alum. Dickinson WH
Aftershave: Stephan Island Lime. Axe Shield Sensitive
Excellent shave! Why have I waited so long to try this cream?! The Gillette Ball End Tech is moving up the rotation spot to #2. Up to 4" of rain today in San Jose! 37mph gust! We haven't seen a storm like this in 16 years.
Go out and get it!

 

6/8 Hart
WSP Black Amber Vanille (I like this stuff)
homemade pure badger
For some reason I like this pure hair (Edwin Jagger). I plan on doing a larger version of this brush with a Shavemac pure knot. Have a good one. Nice shave, btw.

 

12/11/2014

Prep: Hot shower with Nivea Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Gillette Senator, CMON Filarmonica Doble Temple straight razor
Blade: Astra SP (6)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: Cella
After: Home made ASB
Cologne: Prada - Amber Pour Homme Intense

Another Darn Fine Shave! The Vie Long whipped the Cella into a great lather. The Senator and the CMON did their assigned job effortlessly. The Prada will have me smelling great all day long.

Have a blessed day!

 

Lo-ve-ly razor!

 

Troy-Best of luck with your finals. I doubt you will need it though!

Thursday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Speick Cream
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Polsilver SI (2)
Brush: Plisson #12 Grey Badger-22mmx56mm
Aftershave: Speick

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

Speick Cream today. 5 seconds: load & go with the Plisson. Always easy, excellent lather. I loaded a new Polsilver SI in the Slim. Smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Speick.

Bob

 

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  Schick I1 razor
  Personna 74 blade (day 7)
  Colgate Cup Soap
  Vie-Long Silvertip brush
  Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/Sage mix
  Pino Silvestre EDT
  
  Look good, feel great, smell fantastic. It's going to be a great day. BTW, the Personna 74 is still going strong with no apparent drop in performance

 

12/11/14 - Thursday

I've not used my homemade PSO for quite a long time, likely 7 months or so. For some reason I decided to rub a little on this morning. Man! What a smooth and close shave! Maybe I need to get back to using it. My shave was so good I ran (well walked, but you know...) and made my wife feel my face and taught her to say Da** Fine Shave. BBS!

Prep: warm wash and homemade PSO
Lather: Klar's Kabinett (Georgetown Scuttle)
Brush: Omega 10066
Razor: Weber PH Bulldog
Blade: Ladas
Post: warm rinse, cool rinse and Captain's Choice Bay Rum

Today might call for some faceturbation after this wonderful 3 pass shave.

 

Thanks Bob. It was a computer hardware and networking class with 4 of us in it so the final was actually quite relaxed. The graduate education program at Colorado State University is not that large - maybe 50 students total, so the classes are small and the professors are our neighbors. Our "practical" final was last week when we received a non-working computer and had 3 hours to determine the problem and remedy it. I passed that one, so a couple of short presentations were a piece of cake last night.

 

Looking good! My Sis went to CSU..............I was a Buffalo though.

 

Schulze 450 Thursday
Frank Shaving silvertip badger brush
Me Galerna soap
TOBS Eton College Cologne

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Weber PH Wave
Gillette 7OC Black
Oscar11 Purple Omega
Institut Karite Soap

 

1968 Gillette Tech made in England. Cool razor! I was just seeing if it was the aluminium handled version made a few years earlier

 

PRETTY photo

 

11 December 2014

* Merkur HD 34C
* Super Iridium
* M&F 2XL Heritage 3-Band
* Mystic Water Jasmine
* Unrefined Shea Butter




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