Nice shave Bruce! I think the Muhle R41/T2 w/Crystal works great. How did it go for you?

Neck SOTD:

Gillette Old Type w/custom maple handle

Boar hair shaving brush w/mulberry tree handle

Knockout Shave "Silver" shave soap

Stetson AS

Focused February
SOTD 5 February 2015


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The shave was great Phil! I was inspired by your post showing your R41/T2 the other day and I almost always use the Crystals so, I gave them all a go this morning. The R41 always delivers a really close two pass shave. I usually do a third ATG pass on my neck but that's all that is needed with this razor. A great razor and blade combo and the Sabi T2 handle delivers the needed heft and grip to provide the control for the R41's aggressive blade geometry. I hope yours was a pleasent as mine; if so...we're both "walkin' in tall cotton"!

Yes, that combo works great and will be used more often. I plan on using that combo until I feel the need to change the blade. Using the razor daily with thick moist lather is very efficient. I feel like 1 pass and a touch-up is sufficient.

Nice handle

FRIDAY
Evening shave for Tomorrow
I decided to mix it up tonight and break out a DE razor for a change: a fine CADET 3-piece that provides a comfortable, relatively mild shaving experience.
Since my evening shaves are rather leisurely-paced, doing 3-passes plus some lengthy touch-up time is welcomed. The PP soap 'Oak Moss & Sage' lather is quite nice, but the scent is…different. Not bad, just not my favorite scent. Normally, I'm all over herbal & 'mossy' scents, but I have a difficult time warming up to this particular soap scent. This is probably why it does not appear that often in the daily rotation of soaps. All & all, though, a DFS!

Have a blessed Friday, everyone!

SOTD 02/06/2012



iKon Deluxe OC | SuperMax SP Tiger (8)
Doug Smith 5" Shaving Mug | Shavemac D01 24mm
SPAtopia Dead Sea Scrub | Shea Moisture Iced
Catie's Bubbles IB Tonsorial Parlour | Monster Alum Block​

Handmade Soap Co. Soothing Cream | WSO Signature​

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February 5 (day 5)

Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser
Feather Artist Club razor
Feather Professional blade (day 4)
Two-band silvertip
Stirling Naked and Smooth soap plus a few bits of leftover soap & glycerin
Two-passes - WTG and XTG
Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, & unrefined shea butter

My February goal is a close and comfortable two- or three-pass shave with this set up. Today's shave was not as good as yesterday. I had to break out the styptic for weepers on my upper lip and chin. I hurried through the shave, so lesson learned.

I hope you all are well. Apologies for the late post.

TD Friday
I went with Test Depth again and I got another smooth easy shave. I didn't load the brush enough before the first pass, so I had to reload. I think I detected the water lily note in the scent a little more today. I finished with Fine Platinum and I had more sting than yesterday. It could just be the extra alcohol in Fine, or maybe I went more quickly.
Prep: Proraso White
Soap: Reef Point Test Depth
Brush: HIS
Razor: Der Vorschlaghammer
Blade: Voskhod
AS: Fine Platinum

That's my boy!

SOTD 2/6/15

Catie’s Bubbles Boucles Fruite soap
Wolf Whiskers custom Plisson brush
RazoRock SS Stealth Slant razor
Feather blade
Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm
Maurer & Wirtz 4711 EDC

today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
Oscar11/ omega boar
Pyrate' cove coconut
Coates lime
Muhle r41
persona lab(3)
ICED Florida water(atomized)
today's shave started poorly. I made lather with PC coconut, nice lather,I thought. two strokes in, the lather began dissipating.
what to do?
inspiration struck
I grabbed my mixing bowl, then some Coates lime.
I put the lime in the coconut.
and mixed it all up
I put the lime in the coconut
and put them both together.
that fixed my problem. three passes, nice close shave.I finished with iced, atomized Florida water.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

SOTD
February 6, 2015

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: RazoRock Stealth Slant
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Brush: WD Silvertip
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Post: Alum.Thayers Lavender WH.
Aftershave: AV Ice Blue
Fantastic shave.
Go out and get it!

That cracks me up! Thanks for the happy start to my day!

Friday's Shave



Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap
Lather: Kiss My Face Lavender
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: '46 - '50 Gillette Heavy Gold Tech
Blade: Astra SP
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm
Scent: Pinaud Clubman

Another great shave today. Astra SP goes on the short list for blades. The KMF was a nice change of pace, especially since this was the first time I used it with a brush.

Friday
Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Cold Water Soap Works “Original”-Bergamot & Bay
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (4)
Brush: oscar11 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club Sweet Water

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

CRSW “Original” Bergamot & Bay today. 20 seconds: load & go with the oscar11 brush. Great, easy, thick, lather. Rapira Platinum Lux still in the Slim. Nice smooth, close, shave. I finished with Country Club Sweet Water.

Bob

PSO: Palmer's oil
lather: MWF
brush: Omega 31064
blade: Astra SP (2)
razor: Muhle R41 2013
finish: tuxxdk 's fantastic DIY AS splash >here<

Shave #2 on my new R41. Yep, still a little easier to handle than the FaTip. Still tweaking in "the touch," though. Today's BBS was better than yesterday, but still a wee bit scrapey. Not so scrapey that I needed Kevin's balm, so that's progress!

I used about a quarter sized puddle of Palmer's oil as PSO. I noticed neither "creamy-silky" nor "lightly waxed" at the end, just good ol' "feels like a little bit of something" nice. I tend to get that from MWF alone, so I am not sure about the PSO effect of today's shave. (NOTE TO SELF: Try the Palmer's + MWF with a milder razor.)

On the brush side, I notice my growing affection for the Omega 31064. I still say that the Omega 10098 is one of the best shaving brush values currently available and it is a lather cannon! However, the 31064 is a mighty beefy brush, just a step or two down in size from the 10098. It may load more soap than my Semogue. My 31064 is nicely broken in, but has not fanned like the Semogue 1250. I think its narrower shape delivers the lather more precisely. I like that.

Huh... I just realized that I have never compared (brush + soap) performance combos. I'm not sure I have the energy for the recordkeeping!

Nice to see that maple handle again.

Schick I2 razor
Personna blade
Omega 10065 brush
Stirling Cool SS
OR/WH/S mix
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S

Mighty fine Friday shave. Injector razors seem to work so well for me since I finally figured them out. Wonder if I should hold on to all my DE's?