Shave 25 January 2015 The Durham Duplex with the Personna Pathology Blade 72-0200 performed slightly less well today. Still a 2 1/2 pass DFS but the blade tended to tug a bit at times. It is time to move on to another razor for the work week.
Sunday: Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave Balm Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger Soap: RazoRock One-X Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (5)/Baili Blue (1) Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (11/ 1, 2) Post: Cold water rinse, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash Cologne: Aoud Forest by Montale The Bic tugged enough on the first pass that I felt compelled to put in a new blade; unfortunately, the Baili is not a spectacular choice for me, either, and I wound up with a couple of weepers and some irritation. At least I got BBS results and smelled good.
SOTD 25 January 2015 Day 23 of 30 30 DAY RULE with a Slim J2 Gillette Slim Adjustable Kroger Israeli Personna VDH Kit Badger TSD Lanolin Shave Stick - Barber Shoppe Scent Today's Great Cheap AS™ is Osage Rub! Another fine shave with the TSD soap! I hope everyone is having a great Sunday! 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!
Sunday Late Morning Shave Pre: Shower Soap: Stirling Glastonbury #2 Experimental Razor: Frankenrazor... Merkur OC head with a nice knurled Cadet handle Blade: Personna Lab Brush: VDH Badger Post: Gameday Balm 3-4 days since my last shave, and got a surprising BBS.
Hot shower with Yardley oatmeal and almond soap. Razor... Gillette ball end tech Blade... rapira platinum lux Brush... rubberset restore with 24 mm 2 band finest badger Soap... maggard mango sage tea
SUNDAY Busy Day & Late Posting A lovely menthol shave VERY early this Sunday morn; Chilly but über-smooth with the Dubl Quacker. Hope everyone had a blessed day today!
Just picked up a sample of the London Barbershop soap. My wife loves the scent, said it made her all "hot and bothered". Oh wait...I gotta go....
LOL. sounds like you might want to head over to his website and buy out his stock of London Barbershop!!
Phil, you are very kind, my friend! It isn't one of my favourites, but if it pleases you, then all the better!
SOTD Jan 25th: Pre: None, just went for it and got lucky Brush: Omega 10066 Boar Soap: Catie's Bubbles Glace Herbe with one drop of Peppermint & Rosemary EO in the lathering bowl Blade: Wade & Butcher 4/8ths Post: Home-mix aftershave and vaseline The Catie's Bubbles is a great soap, really easy to lather and quite protective, but the scent profile just isn't for me, so I'll probably be putting it up for a trade soon (sorry if posting that here is a faux pas)
Sunday Soap: The Shave Den lanolin, unscented Brush: Semogue 820 boar Razor: Feather AS-D2 Blade: Super Iridium After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion
razor: Shake Sharp blade: Ladas (4 ...or... 1b) brush: Omega 31064 soap: Stirling (Spice) finish: HolyRollah's awesome DIY balm >here< It's funny how experience can change your perspective. I was playing 30-day focus with the guys, using an ER 1924. I ended my run a week early because I felt I had completed my learning objective. Also, I really wanted to trot out the Shake Sharp and put it through its paces! It had been on loan for around four months and is the progenitor of the still-only-theoretical DE2SE razor. First, let me say that I still really like the Shake Sharp. Like Ryan said in the original thread, it is a strange middle ground of being both like and unlike several other razors. However, my new impression from the last four days has been a huge re-shaping due to 1) learning to use a FaTip Grande (aka "The Beast") and 2) my (almost) 30-day focus on the ER 1924. Learning to (safely?) use The Beast really altered my idea of what an aggressive razor feels like. Learning to drive the ER 1924 to chase the baby out of the trouble spots really helped with handling the Shake Sharp. However, the Shakey's head is still unique: its angle feels somewhat like the 1924 but its cap makes it drive much more like a DE! Post FaTip, I now consider the Shakey rather mild, but oddly efficient — thought probably not efficient enough to comfortably turn a one-and-done BBS. I was a little worried that, after a four month hiatus, I might think that the Shake Sharp was no longer "all that." Well, I'm no longer worried. In fact, I am reassured that it is a good basis for Kickstarting a unique, hybrid razor that should appeal to shaving enthusiasts. As a side note, I am liking the one-edge-at-a-time use of a DE blade. Ladas is new to me, so I can't draw a lot of conclusions. However, I usually retire a blade after 3-5 shaves. I got 3 good shaves on one edge and started on edge two today. Crazy smooth shave, BBS(rf), hardly a tingle when applying the AS balm. NOTE: There is currently a minty Shake Sharp with case on the bay.($18.95, 1 bid, 4 days to go). These rarely appear, so... I was tempted to bid, but reigned in the RAD. I've added it to my watch list, though. Somebody's gonna get a really super shaver! I wonder what it will go for. Y'know... if I had to choose between my Shakey and any of my Gillette adjustables, I'd take the Shake Sharp. Just sayin'...
