SoS: March 9, 2015 - March 15, 2015

Wonderful picture. That brush is quite a looker!

 

SOTD
March 10, 2015
Face & Head shave
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: RazoRock Baby Smooth
Blade: Ladas
Brush: Red & Black acrylic Silvertip 22/50mm by Gluck Huckelson
Lather: Klar Kabinett
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: RazoRock XXX
The RRBS is a really nice comfortable shaver. I'm very happy with my new brushes. Klar. Lovely Klar.
Go out and get it

 

Tuesday 10th March



Warm shower
Hot towel
Mike's Pine & Cedarwood scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Bell Tube Aristocrat (1916)
Personna Med Prep (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Boots Freshwood aftershave

 

Except for a small nick on my chin I had another great shave. The Glacial Lemon Chill soap felt like a twenty below zero wind.

 

Tyr's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grass Stain Menthol Snow
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (7, 8, 9)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS splash
Cologne: Burberry Brit by Burberry

Once again, the amount of lather produced by the Simpson brush with the Ginger's Garden Grass Stain Menthol Snow soap bordered on the ridiculous. The shave itself was smooth and comfortable, but the blade wasn't able to cut quite as well as yesterday, and I only got a DFS out of it. I may need to consider changing it tomorrow. I'm noticing this odd 'could be better/near-perfect/could be better' progression with blades, where they only seem to have one excellent day (though exceptions have come up).

 

I take mine off.
but I've thought about it.

 

Seeing the new world, 60s are the new 40s
Razor: Gillette Ball End Tech NDC (declared 1947) Birth Year
Brush: Erskine Badger 1947 Birth Year
Mug: Old Spice (early glass Mug 01) 1947 first glass mug Birth Year
Cream: TOBS Grapefruit cream
Blade: Feather (2)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black Balm, Vintage Avon 1981 California Perfume Co. Anniversary Bay Rum
Still feeling nostalgic on my journey back in time. Back in the day, if it was a long weekend, I was out of the country Scuba Diving. Now I Jet Ski and water ski with my family a lot of the summer in Destin Florida. Come on summer!! Keeps me young.

The Gillette Tech is a nice mild razor and it's like new, like me. Remember the 60s are the new 40s. The Erskine brush whipped up a thick warm lather in the OS Mug as it was sitting on a wash cloth, for padding, in the sink that was filled with hot water. Very nice two pass shave with some touchup. Warm water rinse and pat dry. Catch the "warm" drift? Some WH and after cleanup some JB Balm and some Vintage Bay Rum. I feel young and back in the islands, or Destin works just fine too. I can almost feel the warm sand between my toes. Ahhhhh!

 

SOTD Tuesday 3-10-2015

Gillette Old Type Brownie w/Crystal
Noxzema
PC DdC Barbershop SC
GP Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
English Leather Cologne

 

Your welcome! Repeat as necessary

 

Great picture Jamie! Cool blade!

 

Great shave today. Some more about it here.

Razor: M.Peroni
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: SOC Boar
Soap: Irisch Moos cream
A/S: The Veg

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Yeah I do like this brush. One day I might get its big brother.

 

Nice picture.

 

March Focus - Vintage and Carbon
March 10, 2015 - Week 2 Day 3
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Omega Pro 48
Soap - C.O. Bigelow
Razor - '46 Gillette Aristocrat
Blade - (3)
Post - RazoRock Alum & The Veg

Day three and this blade is DONE! Overdone a bit maybe. I noticed yesterday it was a bit rough but today was just a tug and drag fest. I did manage after three passes to end up CCS, which is good enough for my day off, but wow did I have to work for it. Surprisingly the alum was very quiet, but I suspect the blade barely touched my skin given the amount of stubble it refused to remove. At least I know if I'm ever stranded in Pakistan and this is the only blade I can get I can at least look presentable for a couple of days. I'll pick another never-before-used blade to finish the week with the Aristocrat.

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9mar15

Best shave to date! Zero irritation. Zero scrapes/nicks.

The usual setup
Neutrogena shave cream
VDH brush
Merkur 34c HD
Dorco blade(1)
WTG/XTG/touch up
Nivea after balm

I don't know if its psychological or not, but... I do like using the superspeed but I've got better shaves from the 34c and I've used it the least. I still need to try my slim....

 

It's probably more than psychological. The superspeed is pretty mild. While the 34c isn't exactly an aggressive beast it is a bit more than the SS, which would explain the difference at least in part.

 

Which one is the big brother? =)

 

March 10



A nice smooth birthday shave! I'm rationing the MEM...as it is my favorite shave cream!

 

SOC boar brush
Muhle R41 on elite razor burl maple handle
Klar siefen soap
Voskhod blade
Zegna Z aftershave bowl
My Mexican handmade salsa/lathering bowl lol

 

Don, you're on a roll with your music great pic!