Shave 24 January 2015

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The Durham Duplex with the Personna Pathology Blade 72-0200 performed far better than the Durham Dorset with the 72-0200 as seen in the SOTD from 18 January 2015.

Durham Dorset​

The stainless steel 72-0200 work well in this razor and provided a 2 1/2 pass DFS which could have been a BBS if I had remembered to keep the head flatter to the face during the entire shave. I don't know whether this razor will see regular rotation to the size of the head which makes it less maneuverable for me than DE, Injectors or SE systems. This will more than likely be used as a change of pace razor when I feel the desire for something different.

SOTD 1/24/15

Tim's Greek Peach soap
Plisson synthetic brush
ATT Open Comb Slant with Dr Bomber handle
Personna Lab Blue blade
Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm
Nautica Voyage cologne

First shave with Tim's Soap and the ATT Open Comb Slant razor. I am going to give some thoughts on the soap today and will give my thoughts on the ATT after a second shave tomorrow. First impressions were very good.

Tim's: The scent is as much cream as it is peaches. It is very pleasant, but perhaps a bit overly sweet for me ideally. I would love to see it balanced with something tart. The performance was among the best in a veggie soap. I think he is on to something with the avocado butter, because post shave face feel was very good.

Aristocrat Jr Weekend!

Friday


Saturday

SOTD - Saturday, January 24, 2015

Hot shower
Prep: Lime PSO
Brush: Plisson/L'Occitane synthetic
Soap: WSP Rustic Black Amber Vanille
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3)
Aftershave: Clubman Special Reserve

SOTD 24 January 2015
Day 22 of 30
30 DAY RULE with a Slim

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J2 Gillette Slim Adjustable
Kroger Israeli Personna
VDH Kit Badger
TSD Lanolin Shave Stick - Barber Shoppe Scent
Today's Great Cheap AS™ is Aqua Velva Musk!


The best part of this month has been spending time using TSD Lanolin Barber Shoppe. It is a really nice scent and leaves my skin soft and mousturized. The Slim wide open on 9 and the Personna blades with TSD soap get me to DFS on 2 passes nearly every single time with little effort!

I hope everyone had a great Saturday!

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!

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Congratulations, Clint, on your best shave ever! It looks like you and the Mongoose are getting along well. Enjoy your weekend!

Jeris, Osage and Florida Water...You are a hero of the old school! I love that product combo!

For my Sunday shave:

Nivea Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/7 AM day 6
Euro Palmolive Classic SC
Lubriderm Unscented Moisturizer
Hega AS

I won't be using anything mentholated for this shave because it's going to be very cold again and I haven't shaved with my Palmolive Classic cream for a long time. I want to enjoy a nice shave with it since it lathers great and smells so nice, with wonderful post-shave care. For those who are not familiar with the Hega aftershave, it's from Sweden and it has a very pleasant and neutral scent and it soothes sensitive skin very well.

Sunday's Scuttle Shave

Nivea Men's Face Wash
Tabac
Wild Cherry STB
Schick L-1
Personna Injector
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Aqua Velva

The Tabac Shaving Soap lathered well with my Wild Cherry STB Brush and home-made scuttle. Two passes with my Schick L-1 and a Personna Coated SS 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 Petal WH and then Aqua Velva after shave. The warm lather was very nice, and I must say that it was a very pleasant experience resulting in a great shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Jeff, I have a bottle of Hega! Complements of @Omelmad

January 25 Plans

On day 24, I plan to use my Mongoose loaded with a Feather Pro blade (day 7) and my Kent BK4 brush. All of the shaves this week have been great (no nics or irritation), and I look forward to changing up my kit in a week or so.

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.

Saturday

Hot Shower
Kyoku for Men Exfoliating Facial Scrub
Dermalogica Close Shave Oil
Kyoku for Men Saké Infused Shave Cream
Semogue 1305 (but not really)
Merkur 34c
Shark Super Chrome
Kyoku for Men Razor Repair Balm

I had an interesting shave today. A very good shave. But not what I expected. The Kyoku "Saké Infused" Shave cream was a new product I have never tried. I ordered it along with the face scrub and after shave balm because I like trying new face and shave products. I had tried the scrub and ASB on a previous shave a few days ago, but the shave cream just arrived yesterday. I thought I had read that it could be used with or without a brush. Well, I tried and tried, but could not get any lather with my Semogue 1305. I ended up just smearing it on my face with my fingers. No big deal. I have tried lots of higher end shave creams over the years and many of them are brushless. The scent of the Kyoku was great. Kind of minty, menthol, and kind of fresh clean soap. My face was very cool with the cream applied. My shave was comfortable and smooth. Kyoku claims that their shave cream has "silicone micro-particles to coat the skin". Well whatever it was, I did get a good shave. I do like this cream, even though it doesn't lather.

It was also my second shave with the Shark Super Chrome, and it is turning out to be a great performer in my Merkur 34c. I did a two pass with only minor touch-ups and got a DFS+. I used the Kyoku Razor Repair Balm after a Luke warm rinse. The Kyoku Razor Repair Balm goes really well after the Kyoku Shave Cream. I'm not sure what it is, but they do work well together, as if they were made for each other. My face just feels great. My wife commented on how nice I smelled after using them both. So, another great shave today!

Schick E3
Ever Ready 500PBT w/ TGN Finest F2
Cella
Fine Clean Vetiver

Sunday's Planned Shave

Razor: Phoenix Double OC\Weber Bulldog
Blade: Super Iridium(6)
Brush: Vie-Long Pro Horsehair
Bowl: Woodhead Medium Scuttle
Pre Shave Scrub: SPAtopia Dead Sea Scrub
Pre Shave Balm: Prep
Shave Cream: Al’s Auguri
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Muelhens 4711



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Shave of the Day

Saturday 1/24

Prep: hot shower, shea butter black African soap, shea butter conditioner
Razor: Morley 5/8 Clover
Brush: Rubberset 400-4 Badger
Lather: Scottish Fine
Shave: 3 passes; WTG, XTG, ATG + Cleanup
Post: Asus Velva Musk

Sunday's planned shave

Beard Prep: Hot shower, Oatmeal soap, Hair conditioner
Razor: Merkur 34C
Brush: Omega 13109 Pure Badger
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless
Cream: Kiss My Face Lavender
Post: Cold rinse, Thayers WH Original
A/S: Proraso White balm

I liked these blades before. Thought I'd give these Gillette 7 O'Clocks another try. Thanks to Jason from TryABlade for the free 5 pack!

Saturdays shave
Had a fever for the last two days. Felt terrible yesterday, but being the dedicated shaver I am, i still managed to fit in a shave. Even if it took me till 18.30 to do it. Decided to use the Ladas blade in a tech. Got a really lovely shave out of it.



Razor - Gillette Tech
Blade - Ladas
Brush - L'occitane Plisson Synthetic
Lather - Martin De Candre fougere
Aftershave Nivea sensitive

This is how out of it I was yesterday. I read a headline about Tom Brady deflating his balls. I thought that was so weird, until I realised they meant deflating the football's they use in the game, and not his actual, you know.... Not so feverish today.

That is a really nice looking brush your brother made.

What is the soaps scent like?

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Bulldog Original face wash

Soap/cream- How to grow a mustache Lo Haiku shaving soap

Brush- Plisson synthetic

Razor- Gillette Slim adjustable(5)

Blade- LADAS(2)

Post- Cold water rinse, Alum block, Pinaud Clubman Vanilla aftershave lotion and Nivea sensitive aftershave balm

I have been having subpar results with the HTGAM soap and @RaZorBurn123 suggested I should try a different brush and see what happens. Sure enough, he was right. I got better results. Now I say better and not good or great, because I still feel like it needs to be a little slicker. I'm gonna keep working it and see what I can do =D I do love the scent and the density of the lather it provides!

My Plisson felt heavenly as usual, it's like stroking your face with a cloud of lather haha =)

The LADAS blade agrees with me pretty well, second shave on it. I usually toss my blades after the second shave but I'm gonna give this blade a third shot. After this shave it felt like it could handle one more shave.

Finished with Pinaud Clubman Vanilla. It felt great and the scent was really nice. Definitely a keeper!