Saturday afternoon SOTD A day late Gillette SS black handle Personna blade Plisson brush HTGAM Choc Bourbon soap Red Cedar AS Photo is wife's grandparents. The red cedar burl was found camping last summer.
Thanks, I am starting to use it more often now. It is a Captains Choice Lather Bowl, should have washed it a little better before taking the the photograph. The camera does lie. Dave
Sunday, February 15, 2015 Whipped Dog Synthetic MWF + Nivea Sensitive Shave Cream '60 Fat Boy (6,5,5) w/Gillette 7 O'clock SP (2) Cold splash, alum, witch hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm, TSD AS Milk W/X/A, touch up (W) Sixth day with this razor/blade combo. I finally found an acceptable balance between a very close shave but with too much irritation (yesterday), and an acceptable shave with limited irritation (today). The difference is going only with the grain on my touch up. I'm just happy to finally be using my Fat Boy. I added the Nivea Cream to my lather after the first pass. I'm still experimenting with the MWF, and I had a rather anemic lather.
Glad you like your FB! Mine is my go to razor using 5 on my face and 3 on my neck. I used mine for all of January and had to force myself to get back to my rotation. On 3 I have to be carefull not to over buff an area or I will get burned.
I used to work in an acute hospital and my wife in a bank. So both jobs can become, shall we say stressful, so as a get away we bought a second home on the coast. Somewhere to retreat to. But I do understand why you ask. But we're close to Sandringham etc, so it's not to bad.. Lol...
SOTD - Sunday, February 15, 2015 Hot shower Prep: Homemade PSO Brush: Plisson/L'Occitane synthetic Soap: MdC Fougere Razor: Merkur 38C Blade: Voskhod (1) Aftershave: Speick ASL
I can vouch for everything Thorsten said about the Anherb conditioner because I have it also. It's one of the finest aftershave balms I ever used. The scent is manly and pleasant and the cooling and soothing sensations are terrific. I have sensitive skin, but every time I use this stuff I feel like my skin has been born again.
Sunday: hot shower w/Pecksniff's Gingerflower & Patchouli body wash Somerset's Tough Stubble PSO '66 Gillette SuperSpeed 2+ passes Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum Black (6) Mystery boar TOBS Almond and TOBS Sensitive Skin creams in a warm bowl (samples) Thayers Rose Petal w/aloe Murray & Lanman Rue cologne Posting a bit late today. I don't normally go past 5 shaves on a blade but that's not a problem with a Black Ninja.
Clint, how does the AOS sandalwood compare with the other sandalwood products you've used? I've only used AOS and TOBS sandalwood creams, so my experience is limited. Both were good, but the scents were different.
Today’s Shave: First time trying the Lea. For a tallow shave stick it is not in the same league as Arko. Its lather was not as thick but it was nearly the same slickness - just thinner. It also doesn’t explode the way Arko does - it took a little while to get it going. Everything worked out fine in the end and I got another DFS/BBS result from the Tech. Here’s a photo of the weeds in my backyard which I am not going to pull. I’ll take any green I can get out here in the desert. Growth: 1 day Prep: Shower; Corn Huskers Lotion Lather: Lea Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club Razor: Pre War Nickel Heavy Tech Blade: Astra SP (2) Post: Alum; Gillette Aftershave Gel
Sunday afternoon SOTD 59' Fatboy set on 8 Lada blade Vie Long horse hair brush HTGAM bay rum CC bay rum AS Great two pass shave with the fatboy. It doesnt seem to matter what blade I use.
Sundays shave A nice relaxing shave today Pre shave - Edwin Jagger Pre shave Razor - Stealth Slant V.3 Blade - Ladas Brush - L'occitane Plisson Synthetic Lather - Taylor of old Bond Street - Jermyn St. scent Aftershave - Williams Ice blue
Thanks! It was a spalted maple handle that Steve @oscar11 gave to me to finish up a few years ago. I did obviously finished it with the stain, knot and clock face base. It is a lather hog at 30 mm.
