SoS: March 9, 2015 - March 15, 2015

FRIDAY
Evening Shave for Tomorrow
Cool evening shave with mucho menthol…
Have a great Friday, all!

 

SOTD 3-12-15

Razor: ATT Krono's with M2
Blade: Astra SP (3)
Soap: Arko stick (face lather)
Brush: VDH boar (need a nicer brush!)
Bowl: VDH (used to soak brush)
ASB: AOS Lavender Essential Oil

Thx.

 

What a great shot

 

Friday Morning Shave
Razor: Gillette Super Speed '40s
Blade: Rapira Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Vie-Long White Horse Hair
Bowl: TouchMe Chinese Red&Black Bowl
Cream: Arko Fresh
AS: Fa Sport

It was a great and refreshing shave. I like Gillette Super Speed's shave so much. I tried to find the razor locally but end up online I had a very close shave with it in BBS grade.
Have a great weekend Folks!

 

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Bulldog Original face wash, Sandalwood bar soap

Soap/cream- Taylor of old bond street Sandalwood shaving cream

Brush- Whipped dog 24mm silvertip

Razor- Gillette Slim adjustable(5)

Blade- LADAS

Post- Cold water rinse, mentholated Pinaud Clubman Original aftershave lotion and Nivea sensitive aftershave balm

The scent of this cream is so damn nice, and wow.. It lathers itself hahaha.

I got an Okey lather for a first time. It was weird it was dissipating on some places and drying on other.. How can I have to little and to much water in the same lather? Haha I guess I need to get to know the cream first. But I can definitely see TOBS becoming a PERMANENT member of my den =D

LADAS blades..... I have a love/hate relationship with this blade. I get amazing shaves with them WHEN they work. Sometimes I get a blade that doesn't cut, I don't get this with other blades. There is visible differences in the bevel! So it's gotta be that. Today I opened a new blade, tossed it after the shave. Out of 4 different "sides" of the blade,only 1 was good and another 1 was just okey. I can see this blade being a Go2, but the inconsistency of it is a turnoff. Anyone experience this?

 

Fougere Friday

 

Friday's Shave

Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar
Cream: Kiss My Face Lavender
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: '52 Gillette Super Speed black tip
Blade: store brand Israeli Personna
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm

Think I'm coming down with something, feeling run down and woke up late for the second day in a row!

Decided to try the black tip with something I knew I liked, and didn't have time to use something that took a lot of work to lather, so I used the KMF. Quick, decent 2 pass shave, out the door by 0610 and on post by 0655.

 

My shaves past shaves have been the same.

Prep: hot shower, Neutrogena Face Wash.
Brush: Turkish #6 Brush.
Razor: '62 Gillette Slim.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Cream: Palmolive Menthol.
Post: cold water rinse.

I forgot to put aftershave on this morning. I was doing other stuff and it just slipped my mind. I didn't need it though. I got a BBS shave today.

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
Oscar11/ omega
Nana June's bay rum soap(bombed)
Gillette fatboy(d4)(7)
persona lab(3)
ICED virgin island bay rum
fatboy Friday
today I used a setup that had been very good for me. it didn't disappoint today either. very close to optimum. at least I don't know how it could be improved.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Happy Friday everyone!

Tabac
Parker best badger
Muhle R41 (Personna blue)
Cold water rinse/alum
Captain's Choice Lime

Another splendid shave courtesy of Mr. R41 et al.

 

6/8 Wusthof
TOBS Sandalwood soap
homemade boar
Decent shave this morning but could have been better. The edge wasn't quite where it needed to be. Have a good one.

 

I love my old Tech but I have to agree here. I get great shaves with enough effort and time, but not super close.

 

Lots of fluids and rest. Get better!

 

SOTD
March 13, 2015

Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: ATT Kronos S1 Slant Bar Razor
Blade: Ladas
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: Shaver Heaven Desperado
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: F&C Gun Powder
First time using Shaver Heaven, excellent soap! The leather scent is ok, reminds me of a new baseball glove.
Go out and get it

 

Interesting association =)

 

Wolfman OC w/ WRH7 handle
Personna Med. Prep.
M&F Stubby 2
Tabula Rasa - Dezember

Tom Ford - Noir Extreme

 

Pre: Maggard razors PSO – Cherry Sandalwood Vanilla
Brush: Custom Boar by Steve Brown Swirl Handle
Soap: WSP Rustic Shaving Soap – Pumpkin Spice
Razor: ’55 Gillette Super Speed Blue Tip
Blade: Sputnik
Splash: Thayers Natural Remedies Lemon Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera Astringent
Post: Nivea Sensitive Moisturizer ASB & Master Well Bay Rum AS

Have you ever accidentally snorted lather up into your sinuses while shaving? Don’t do it. It BURNS. A lot. Made my eyes water. I had to stop shaving and address the issue before I could continue. There is still a mild lingering burnning sensation up there. I presume it will fade eventually....

That Shave Life!

 

Sotd started out with fuzzy face burnt sugar soap and and unknown Parker safety bar razor, soap would not lather thickly and the razor was so mild so I traded them in for more my two old reliables. TFS soaps always lathers well no matter what I do, and fatip on burled maple handle ( almost as close as the muhle r41 but without have the chance of burn).

 

Hope you get to feeling better.

 

RaZorBurn,

How Leathery is the Desperado?

Thanks,

moz