SOTD 18 January 2015 Day 17 of 30 30 DAY RULE with a Slim Kroger Israeli Personna VDH Kit Badger TSD Lanolin Shave Stick - Barber Shoppe Scent Today's Great Cheap AS™ is Brut! Check out the 30 Day Crew as we write about our month of focus on razor technique and share our experiences throughout January. Read about it here: 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic and Discussion Thread- All are Welcome!
SOTD - Menthol Monday, January 19, 2015 Hot shower Prep: Peppermint PSO Brush: B&B Essential Boar Soap: Stirling MITA Razor: Merkur 38C Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Black (4) Post: Stirling Lemon Chill WH Aftershave: Mennen Skin Bracer w/ extra menthol - Don
Day 16 - Thirty Days with Merkur 34c (Jan 1-Feb 4 [No shave on Saturdays]) BSG 1-19-2015 Hot Shower and Prep - Neutrogena Men Invigorating Face Wash Razor Merkur 34c Blade Astra SP (4) Brush - Plisson Synthetic Lather - Poraso Green Post - Warm water rinse, Maggard Razor Alum, wait 30 seconds then cool water rinse, Neutorgena Men Razor Defense post shave lotion Two Passes WTG & ATG plus a few touch ups. Had to do quite a few touch ups on my neck and had one nick on my chin. - Alum and Styptic took care of it pretty quick. - Over all a good shave for the day.
lollllll My brother-in-law nearly collapsed when he tried shaving with my Obsidian - the poor guy couldn't even do one pass with it and I'll tell you something else, ALL the Glacials are cold like that - every one of them.
Day 19 BSG ATT S1 Kronos Rapira PL Plisson Cade Soap Cade Balm Been lazy posting. 2 pass DFS today. Nice and easy. No weepers and no irritation.
My planned shave for Tuesday: Neutrogena Men Facial Wash Large Horsehair Barbershop Super Speed/new 7 AM Gada Cool Mint SC Lubriderm Unscented Moisturizer Proraso Green AS Azzaro Pour Homme EdT True, this is a considerably less-mentholated group of items than what I used today but they're still pretty chilly - certainly chilly enough to satisfy my menthol cravings. The Gada Cool Mint cream is so darned cheap that even a pauper can afford to pay 1,95$ for a tube and it smells so nice, gives plenty of great lather with lots of chill and a most relaxing post-shave sensation. The Proraso Green aftershave was a great buy for just 15,00$.
Brush: Artisan Romera Chubby Rustic Bowl: Yoresh (Israel) Soap: TOBS St. James Razor: Fatboy w/Ladas Blade
Okay my first post on SoD, be gentle. Razor: Razorock Mission Blade: Rapira SS (2nd go-round) Soap: Cells (face lathered) Brush: Semogue 1305 Boar AS: Pinaud Clubman (2 handfuls) After a lousy day at work, I was looking forward to a steaming hot shower. Clubman shampoo, a generous dusting with Clubman talc afterwards. Shave was very close, but much more effort with Rapira vs. the Astra. Going to take it easy at TSD and if you smell that gool ol' barber shop aroma; that'd be me
Tuesday's Nivea Men's Face Wash Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap Wild Cherry PTS My Dad's Schick E3 Schick Platinum Plus CWR, Asma Alum Block Thayers Lemon WH Barbasol AS The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Wild Cherry Pur Tech Synthetic Brush. Two passes with my Schick E3 and Schick Platinum Plus Injector blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Barbasol after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
SoTD, Monday, January 19 or, SElebration day 6; there will be blood. Pre- 2x hot towel cycles/ lavender eucalyptus oil Soap- vintage Colgate Brush- Anchorset w/ new finest knot Razor-Ever Ready 1914 Blade- Ever Ready Radio/flying eagle no notch/pal blue/gem carbon Rinse- Thayers lavender Styptic pencil- Clubman Alum block- Razorock Aftershave- Glacial Lotion-Kiehl's Cologne- Tonga So, I had planned on taking today's shave off. But then I got caught up in the excitement while sorting razors. I decided to shave. I probably should have kept with the plan... I decided to finally use one of my favorite razors. It is an Ever Ready set. 1914 style razor in a minty box, complete with unused blades and outer cardboard shell. I love the Trade Mark Face, and I especially love it's application here. To me, this looks like it could have been produced today. Very cutting edge for it's time. Heck, it is a cool concept now. Within the clever package is the razor. Ever Ready 1914. Until today, I have never used one. While checking out the set. I realized that every one of the twenty-odd blades was pristine and looked new. The edges felt good, so I decided to use one. It worked. Not well, but it worked. So with one reasonably iffy pass under my belt, I swapped blades. I decided to try another Flying Eagle, as the no notch blade seemed to be the way to go considering the placement of the holding tabs within the razor. The flying eagle was awful. Utterly ineffective. I now decided to give one of the PALs a second chance. Still not impressed with them, I went with my old trusty blade, the Gem carbon. This in retrospect, was a mistake. It made the razor go from my least used and understood SE, to my most aggressive/dangerous SE. I nicked myself twice on the neck. One was totally my fault. The second, I don't even know how it happened. The third... ooh boy, that was the good one. Keep in mind that my lather was glorious. Thick, wonderful lather. Maybe the best lather I have gotten out of my Colgate. And I love how Colgate lathers. Today I made two lather sessions before my shave just to break in new knots. So the lather was good. And I reapplied between every pass, and after every blade change screw around...so it wasn't dry. But back to nick number three... so I am shaving, I have nicked myself twice, once while not paying attention, so I am being careful. NO pressure. None! So I am coming up under my nose ATG. And the forward momentum of the razor just stops. Like it hit a glue patch stops. And the razor just chops into my skin. Makes about a half inch slice. SEs are noisy. There is a lot of audible feedback. I swear to you, the razor actually made a noise like 'thwoik' as it stuck in my face. It didn't hurt much, but it bled like crazy. I called that the end of the session and rinsed a couple times with Thayers. Hit it with the Styptic a few times until the bleeding stopped. Stingy. Rinsed with Thayers again, and hit the alum block. That was stingy too. Finished up in my normal way, but did my balm stage twice. See how that 'instantly repair damaged skin' boast on the label holds up. So, all things considered, probably would have been best to have not shaved. But the Ever Ready was calling to me. Obviously calling for my blood, but hey, a call is a call.
