SoS: March 2, 2015 - March 8, 2015

Saturday
hot shower
DB Brush Scuttle/Savile Row 3824
Corn Huskers Lotion (prep)
Yeti Snot (stick) boosted with Proraso Green SC For some reason the lather from Yeti Snot was disappearing on me so I added some Proraso SC right on my face and that helped.That never happened before with The Snot so I'm thinking maybe Yeti's don't go well with Corn Huskers Lotion.Still got a great shave and a very righteous freeze.
EverSharp Hydro-Magic/Pella coated injector (5)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Levan Rose Beard Oil
Iced Walgreens WH mixed with a pea sized amount of 444
Quorum

Stay frosty,my friends and enjoy the weekend!

 

Saturday 7th March



Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Bay Rum scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Single Ring
Polsilver Super Iridium (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Super Hazel
DR Harris Bay Rum aftershave

 

6/8 Hart
Harris Eucalyptus SC
homemade boar
Nice shave this morning. Have a good one.

 

7 March 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Cold River Vetiver
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
Ever-Ready 150 boar
BOMBED Nana June's bay rum soap
Gillette New Standard(28)
persona lab(4)
ICED pinaud virgin island bay rum.
today's shave was great. I'm always amazed by this set-up. I got this old brush thinking re-knot. for some reason I cleaned it up and tried it. it's not pretty, but sure does it's job nicely. the New standard makes me wonder why they ever made another razor. three passes for bbs. finished with iced bay rum for a great cold blast.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Answer: AutoStrop and Gillette's patent violation of their blade design, hence the "NEW" replacing the"NEW Standard."

 

I'm sure your right. but I can't prove it by the greats shaves this razor gives me.

 

Thanks Doug

 

Excellent looking brush. What size is the knot? Well made I might add. Everything else looks good also, the brush just caught my eye, so when I pulled it back...

 

3/7/15

Prep: warm wash and Cornhusker's Lotion
Lather: frankensoap (samples and slivers)
Brush: Vie-Long 13061M horsehair
Razor: Gillette New LC
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Sharp Edge (1)
Post: cool rinse and Proraso green aftershave

3 pass shave. After yesterday's meh shave, I added the cornhusker's lotion back in as a pre-shave after washing my face with soap and hot water and I believe it makes a tremendous difference for my face. Fresh blade could have hurt either, but the shave was smooth and resulted in a DFS.

 

Congratulations, sounds like you had a great start to the day. Your off on the right foot.

 

Thanks you for your kind words. The brush knot is a TGN 24mm Finest Fan, the wood is Zebra wood.

 

Today I enjoyed a very nice and smooth 3 pass shave.

LPL
Sputnik blade
Gillette New Long Comb

 

Very nice!

 

SOTD Saturday 3-7-2015

Weber PH Bulldog w/Crystal
Noxzema
Classic Brand Lilac SS
GP Scuttle
Semogue 1460 Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal ASL

Loving the Lilacs this morning. It won't be long and the real Lilacs will be in full bloom; spring is just around the corner!

 

7 March 2015 Shave

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SOTD Saturday, March 7, 2015

Prep: Shower, Neutrogena Face Wash. Jojoba oil as a pre-shave.

Razor: 1941 Gillette Ranger Tech.

Blade: Baili Stainless.

Brush: Restored Ever-Ready with a pure badger knot.

Soap: WSP Rustic Shaving Soap "Fougère Noir".

After: Proraso Lozione Dopobarba.

So I had a small balance left in my PayPal account and figured I'd use it to enhance my soap collection. Read a few reviews of the WSP rustic shaving soap collection and thought I would give it a try.

The scent is awesome. Not quite sure how to describe it. Razor Emporium describes it this way: "The scent is a Drakkar Noir type. An aromatic fougere with top notes of bergamot, rosemary, lavender, middle notes of cardamom & geranium, and a dry down of vetiver, cedar, and fir balsam." For me, I didn't get a Drakkar scent from it as much as I could smell the bergamot and lavender and the wood notes as well. I will be interested to see if my wife picks up on the Drakkar comparison... She used to date a guy who wore Drakkar, reportedly. Hopefully I haven't acquired some version of "Eau d'Ex-Boyfriend."

As for the lather, this stuff lathers like a dream, almost exploding off the brush. And it's a fairly firm soap, so my first couple of lathers with it didn't seem to wear it down much. It's rich and fairly thick and slippery, though doesn't have as much slip as Omega Crema da Barba (which I also love). I have hard water here, so a lather that whips up easily and lasts are critical. This certainly meets that criteria.

I also love that it comes in a metal screw-top tin that seems to have a water-resistant label. I'm fond of containers -- I have an unnatural fondness for places like The Container Store -- so this is a nice touch. They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but in this case the cover is an added plus.

All in all, a great head shave... With no errors on my part.

Oh, almost forgot about the Baili blade. I frankly haven't read anything about these but got them with a sample pack. I purposely didn't read anything about them or even search (yet) on Google or here or B&B to see what people had to say about them. The blade seemed pretty good to me... Maybe comparable to a Gillette 7 O'clock Yellow, and a little lower-rated (for me anyway) than a Gillette Silver Blue or an Astra. At least as good as the CVS-branded Personnas I've used. Now I will have to satisfy my curiosity and look up other people's reviews of the Baili blades.

 

Bartmann 86
H.I.S. XL brush
Nancy Boy Signature shave cream
Booster June Clover AS

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SoTD 7mar15

My first ever shave with my short OC. Not bad.

A little aggressive. I had an excellent smooth thick lather but it still felt a little "scratchy" at times. Had a few scrapes but no weepers. Wtg and xtg passes. Just a slight sting when I put on the post shave, like a slight sunburn, but that's gone now.

Overall a good shave. I'm learnin'

 

Nice razor! A Richwood version with a Mahogany case just went for $197 today on the bay. The same bidder picked up a Arisocrat for $200 5 min later. Ahhhhhh