SoS: February 16, 2015 - February 22, 2015

p.160razorock,WD badger brush,black handle flairtip with lord cool stainless blade and Gables original as.

 

SOTD Friday 2-20-2015

1959 Gillette Fat Boy w/Personna Stainless
Noxzema
Arko SS
GP Scuttle
Semogue 1460 Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal ASL

 

Frey's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock Cumba Cheech
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bolzano Superinox (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (6, 7, 8)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock Cumba Cheech AS lotion
Cologne: Le 3e Homme de Caron by Caron

After the tightness left by yesterday's shave, I opted for the Cumba Cheech today, as I know it can lather more easily and is - in my case - paired with a lotion, rather than a splash. The blade appears to be done, as I caught a weeper on my upper lip on the first pass, and another on my throat on the last pass, in spite of copious slick lather. Despite how cold it's been and how my face reacted yesterday, the Cumba Cheech lotion still doesn't absorb as well as I'd hoped. Ah, well. DFS+ results otherwise.

 

SOTD
Friday, February 20, 2015

Hot-Warm Shower, Neutrogena Face Scrub, Stirling Soap–Bergamot & Lavender
’48-49 Gold Super Speed
Bic Chrome Platinum #2
Doug Korn - Florescent Amber, 27 X 49
TSD Shave Stick - Iced Barber Shoppe
Alum, Witch Hazel +Menthol, Gold Bond Green Lotion
Fine - American Blend

 

Thank you! I figured out the angle right away, it was easy to "find". Really enjoyed this morning's shave.

 

I forgot that today was Western themed day.So I quickly made up this photo. The cigarette is for the Marlborough man in case you were wondering.
Had a great shave today. The Sputnik blade and Pils razor are proving to be an awesome combination. I also made a discovery today. I accidentally dropped to much water in my shaving bowl, or so I thought but actually I got a brilliant lather with the Tobs. That was a nice surprise.

Razor - Pils DE
Brush - Whipped Dog 22mm Silvertip
Lather - Taylor of old Bond Street. Jermyn St Shaving Cream.
Blade - Sputnik
Aftershave - Nivea sensitive balm

 

SOTD 2-20-15

I never shower first because my shaves are usually in the afternoon when I have time. Whoever today was a rush. I had to meet the wife for lunch but only had twenty - twenty five minutes to shave, dress and get out the door. So twenty minutes before I was to leave I said to myself, I have time to shave so did my usually few minutes brush soak while brushing teeth and opening up my two RAD packages, then time to get on it.
Prep was the usual just wash my face with hot water and soap, towel dry but leave damp, then get the Arko out, wet the tip and apply to face, make lather with brush and do first pass WTG, rinse/moisten face, reapply Arko, lather and go for second pass XTG, repeat for third pass GTG (XTG opposite, I think!) and some ATG in neck area, then just a little more water on face and lather from brush on one or two rough spots using the brush method and done! With some cleanup all completed within the 20 minutes (about 18 actually), finished getting ready and out the door! On time!

Results were a DFS with no nicks or irritation! Feels about the smoothest ever so might be dang close to a BBS but if not I dont care! Very good results with the weapons used listed below!

iKon Standard head w/bulldog handle
Astra SP (4) - I usually pitch in three but didnt wanna waste any more time as I was on deadline!
Arko soap stick
VDH Boar brush.

I never use AS or Cologne or Balm, just cool water rinse that I let hit a few times, then let set for a few second and pat dry!

 

SOTD - Friday, February 20, 2015

Hot shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: B&B Essential Boar
Soap: WSP Rustic Barbershop
Razor: Weber Wave
Blade: Lord Super Stainless (2)
Aftershave: Clubman

 

Hey David, I already know I like personnas. You sent me a couple with the slim. I have one more plus a 5 pack I got in my blade sampler.

I'm gonna use all of them in consecutive shaves to see how my skin reacts and I will judge if they are one of my new Go2 =)

 

Friday Evening Shave
20 February 2015

Gillette Super adjustable
PERMA-SHARP SUPER
Semogue 620
ARKO
Nivea Replenishing Post Shave Balm

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Relaxing and cooling...

 

•Gillette SuperAdjustable on 7
•new Treet carbon blade
•VDH

Excellent, smooth 2 pass BBS. Really sharp carbon blades don't last long but they come out swinging every time, and do not disappoint.

•Lucky Tiger lotion

 

I love that razor. It is on my wish list.

 

Saturday's


Nivea Men's Face Wash
Proraso Green Shaving Soap
Jayaruh WC3 Pure Badger
Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant (regular hammer)
Personna Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Barbasol AS

The Proraso Green Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh WC3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant and a Personna Stainless 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 WH and then Barfbasol after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Shave of the Day 2/20/15
Pre: Hot Towel (X2), Noxema
Shave: C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream with a few drops of Glycerin. Edwin Jagger DE89 loaded with a Astra Superior Platinum Blade
Post: Cold Water Towel Rinse (X2), RazoRock Alum Stick, Brut Dominant mixed with a little Cornhuskers lotion, Nivea Post Shave Balm

Have to admit I didn't have the best shave today. I loaded a new blade yesterday and it didn't shave well. Shaved again with it today and yep, it's a bad blade. Many nicks and very bad neck irritation. I usually don't get that. The post shave combination of the Brut Dominant with cornhuskers lotion followed by the Nivea Post Shave Balm did leave my skin very hydrated and smooth. Man I love the smell of the Brut Dominant. The scent sticks around a long time too.​

 

Wonderful looking brush!

 

XX February MMXV Shave

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Saturday's face-freezing plans are as follows:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/SuperMax Blue day 6
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen SS
Diana Sport Menthol Balm
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash

There's a whole lotta menthol going into tomorrow morning's shave and I'm going to enjoy every single second of it. By the way, I started my new Glacial Wintergreen soap and at first it gave me some lathering issues, but I let it sit out in an open container for a couple of weeks and I find it lathers much better. I also use a dryer brush to begin with, and I add a bit of water after loading it for 25 seconds, then I add some more soap followed by a bit more water, and that really causes the lather to perk up nicely. The menthol effect from this darned soap is so overwhelming, and the skincare is perfect. The Diana Sport balm and the Penguin combined can wreak havoc on anyone who's not able to handle this level of menthol power. I'm hoping to get as smooth as I did today!

Enjoy the weekend, folks!

 

Thanks Jim. Don't know why I wanted one, but I'm glad I picked it up. The seller had a 1908 in exactly the same condition (plus a tiny crack at no extra charge) but I checked his site and it's gone! Now my RAD is saying I need something from the teens to round things out.

 

Thanks, one of my favorites and it was my first high quality brush that I purchased two years ago.