Barrister & Mann Leviathan Omega banded boar brush Merkur 37C Cold water/alum Captain's Choice Sandalwood Superb shave to begin a beautiful weekend here in the Northeast!
The PIF and GIFT shave. I got a message from Omar asking me if I had used a soap he had Pifed me a long time ago. I felt a bit embarrassed cos I had forgotten all about it. It did give me an idea, to shave using things that I have received as a pif from members of the shaving community, or gifts I had received from friends and family. It was a fun exercise. Going through my shave den and remember who had be kind enough to give me a certain item, and when they did it. So here is my Pif and gift shave. Pre shave - Trumpers Lime Skin food ( Gift from my Mum.) Lather - Palmolive shave stick (Pif from Omelmad) Blade - Personna blue (Pif from Ram57) Razor - Birth Year Black Beauty (a gift from my mum) Brush - L'occitane Plisson Synthetic (a gift from my wife) Aftershave - Clubman Musk (a Pif from dbersh) Had a nice shave. Thanks to all those who Pifed and gifted all the gear for todays shave, couldn't have done this without you.
03/07/2015 Prep – MR GLO Razor – ATT S2 Blade – Persona Lab Blue (1) Brush – RV with Shavemac Finest Lather – MdC Post - Witch Hazel and Dove AS Balm I decided to change up a day early from the ATT S1 to the ATT S2. The only difference between the two base plates is the S1 is a closed comb slant and the S2 is an open comb slant. The S2 was easy to find the correct angle and mowed down the whiskers with ease. A 3 pass shave yielded a near BBS but my errors resulted in 2 small weepers. This is not unusual for me the first time out with a new razor. I look forward to using the S2 the remainder of this week before both go back to their owner.
Saturday SOTD Ikon 101 razor Rapira blade Semogue 730hd Silvertip brush Wet Shave Obsession "The Naud" shave soap Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum aftershave I have my plastic bottled Clubman aftershaves in glass bottles now and I'm liking it.
Terrific Tabacstag! I combined Tabac cream and soap again today with optimal results. The lather was nearly perfect thanks to the lather monster. Der Vorschlaghammer had little trouble with my stubble, leaving my face smooth and irritation free. Kyovu bay rum is a good compliment to Tabac, but I will have to replace my broken Tabac EdC or get the AS at some point. Prep: Kiehl's face wash Lather: Tabac cream and Tabac Soap Brush: HIS lather monster Razor: der Vorschlaghammer Blade: Voskhod (2) AS: B&M Kyovu Bay Rum
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
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
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."
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.
