SoS: January 26, 2015 - February 1, 2015

Sunday

Prep: Hot Shower-MdC Fougere Bath Soap
Soap: Martin de Candre Fougere
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (3)
Brush: Plisson #12 Grey Badger--22mmx56mm
Aftershave: Country Modern Fougere

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

MdC today. 20 seconds: load & go with the Plisson badger. Superb, easy, thick, cushioning lather. Rapira Swede SS in the New Short Comb. Excellent, smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Country Club Modern Fougere.

Bob

 

Super Bowl Sunday! I'm going to give a clue as to my age and tell everyone that the first Super Bowl I watched had players named Joe, Johnny, Earl, Emersoon and Tom, last names were Namath, Unitas, Morrall, Boozer and Matte. I wished they still played them in the afternoon
This morning's shave was a sweet one
Razor: 1960 Gillette Adjustable "Fat Boy"
Blade :NOS Personna 74 (1, and weeks and weeks to come)
Brush: Frank Shaving "Chubby 3" style, Ebony/ High Mountain
Soap: vintage Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad, bowl lathered
After Shave: Fine Fresh Vetiver

 

SOTD
February 1, 2015
Face and head shave
Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: iKon Shavecraft 101
Blade: Red I.P.
Brush: Simpson Berkeley 46B
Lather: Mike's Barber Shop
Post: Alum.Thayers Lavender WH.
Aftershave: Country Club Southern Oud
Great shave! The iKon SC101 was a nice change, hadn't used the Berkeley in a long time, super brush. Mike's. Awesome! Country Club Southern Oud is grrrreat... Go Pats!
Go out and get it!

 

2/1/15 - Blade Focus February/Face Lather February

Prep: face wash and Cornhusker's Lotion
Lather: sample of B&M Solstice
Brush: Omega 10066
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Derby Extra (1)
Post: Proraso Green aftershave lotion

This month I am focusing on blades in my Weber PH. First up is a Derby extra. I palm stropped the blade 30X per edge before inserting it in the razor - yep added maybe a minute to prep. I also did the same after the shave. This was a first use of the B&M sample and it was okay. Its hard to get enough soap on my face with the small sample wedge, so I had to add soap between each pass. Otherwise it was just fine. 3 pass shave and I have a SAS - not the best, but not the worst.

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SOTD
Sunday, February 1, 2015

Warm Shower, Neutrogena Face Scrub, Stirling Soap – Margaritas in the Arctic
Gold Gillette Milord
BIC Chrome Platinum
B&B Omega Essential Boar
Knockout Shave - Cotton
Alum, Witch Hazel+ Menthol, Gold Bond Green Lotion
Fine - Platinum

 

SUNDAY
Tranquil early morning shave using my old reliable Böker. Three passes, a final splash of the Heartwood balm & I'm ready to face a busy day!
My hope is to get everything 'tidy' and be home by around kick-off; 3:30pm PST.

Have a blessed Sunday, all!

 

Ahhh…Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus'—she graced one of the walls in my dorm room in college (I began as an Art major).

 

Weber PH Bulldog
Shark SS
Semogue BC Texugo
Institut Karite Soap
Alum
Tet-a-Tet ASB

First shave with a Shark SS. I have used plenty of the SC, but not the SS for some reason. I'll need a few more shaves before I make up my mind on it. Nice shave today.

 

Sunday 1st February



Warm shower
Hot towel
Stirling Sharp Dressed Man scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Single ring (Made in England)
Personna Lab Blue (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Aqua Velva Musk aftershave

 

I February MMXV Shave

Blade #2 - Shave #1​

 

1 February 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Graphite Black
* Super Iridium
* Chubby 2 Super + Oscar11 Black C7
* Shannon's Soaps Woodlands
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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1 Feb 2015
Day 1 of February Focus Challenge
2 Things. 1. I am focusing on my 1966 3rd quarter Slim Adjustable. 2. Using until it's gone my RR XXX and loading like I hate it. Which isn't too far from the truth. It's an OK soap for me. Lathers fine, cushion and slickness is lacking especially compared to MWF..again for me.
Soap - RR XXX
Brush - Vulfix 660S Medium
Razor - L3 Slim Adjustable
Blade - Personna 74* (5)
AS - M&L Florida Water

Good shave overall. Finishing fighting off a cold, so my upper lip is not as close due to soreness from cold so I have been treading very lightly in that area. Again the XXX performed OK. I have to admit, I got sucked into the hype when it was finally back in stock in Oct/Nov, it works, but for me there are much better soaps in my den. Also coming to realize that the Vulfix, which is a very good brush, is just a little too floppy for my tastes. It is soft and whips up lathers just fine, but for me not even close to my WD in overall performance. The Personna 74* continues to impress and fells like brand new still. Finished off with the Florida Water...refreshing.

 

02/01/15

Prep - Hot Shower
Razor - Mongoose Satin B2
Blade – Feather Pro (1)
Brush – Every-Ready 100T with TGN Finest
Lather – Strop Shoppe SE Baker Street
Post - Witch Hazel, Dove AS balm and CC Sandalwood AS



The focus for this month will be the evaluation of blades available for the Mongoose Razor. I have on hand the Feather Pro, Feather Guard, Kai Captain Sharpblade, and Feather Super Pro. The first 3 blades have the same blade exposure. The Super Pro has more blade exposure thus should make the razor more aggressive. I will be rotating brushes and soaps throughout the month.

The Ever-Ready brush used today is one that I restored late last year. I had forgotten how nice this brush is to use. The Strop Shoppe proved very easy to lather proving to be very slick with good cushion.

The Feather Pro felt much sharper than the Kai Milds I used last month. Today’s shave was 2 passes with touch ups around my chin yielding a near BBS shave with no irritation or weepers.

 

I have been using the ikon 102 with great results lately but since coming back from a business trip last week, I had allowed a 3 day growth to appear. My only gripe with the 102 is that it doesn't have a very large opening between the blade and head so it gets clogged rather easily in my experience. So I went to the merkur progress with a new Wilkinson blade.

Growth: 3 days
Razor: Merkur progress set to 3
Blade: Wilkinson
Cream: vitos
Preshave prep: hot shower and a noxema face wash
Brush: Gillette badger from AoS
Passes: 3 with clean up

What a great shave I had. One wiper low on the neck but with, across, and against the gain all fab. No pulling or tugging. Loved this combo for a long growth shave. But, when you start bragging to your wife about how great a shave you have, make sure you don't miss a spot on your lip that she can point out. Duh! Back at it tomorrow!

 

Did Woody help?

 

Did Cap'n Murphy work on that razor? I see the red indicator! Very nice.

 

Great idea on the hot sauce bottle. I hoard them for my homemade hot sauce but hadn't thought of them for AS. Will be waiting for your AS recipe/review....

 

A cold snowy Sunday morning SOTD

Razor - Gillette New short comb head/Sabi t2 handle
Blade - Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum(black)
Brush - Klenzo (restored)
Soap - ARKO
AS - Witch Hazel

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Super Bowl Sunday
Soap: Straight Razor Designs unscented
Brush: Muhle VIVO Black Fiber
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Super Iridium
After: cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

Revisor 8/8
Muhle V2 synthetic brush
Strop Shoppe Baker Street soap
Booster Mosswood AS

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