SoS: March 16, 2015 - March 22, 2015

Thorsten, ich habe auch die Kabinett Seife die ich sehr mag. Nach Deiner Meinung - gibt es einen Unterschied?

 

Stirling Margaritas in the Arctic (first shave with this soap)
Parker Best Badger
Muhle R41 (Personna blue)
Coldwater/Alum
Margaritas in the Arctic aftershave.

This is a new shave experience today. My initial impressions are positive, although after reading some of the reviews the soap is not as cold as I was expecting. I'm comparing the chill with Proraso Green and Wm Neumann Absolute Zero. It is colder than Proraso, but not quite Neumann.

Lathering was as good or better than the other Stirling soaps that I use (Coniferous and Bay Rum), and the cushion and glide provided by the soap was top-notch. As expected, the scent was, to my nose, principally lime with some other citrus added for good measure. The aftershave was not as cold as I was anticipating but provided excellent post shave care and I think the scent is a fairly close approximation of the shave soap. Again, colder than Proraso but not quite Neumann.

Overall, it was an excellent experience and I look forward to round two.

Have a great day everyone!

 

22 March 2015

The NOS Erskine lathered like I expected. The handle is wonderfully ergonomic. The preferred method for the 1940s and 1950s was to paint brush lather on, and that is what this one will do. The long hairs and expansive bloom were made for this purpose. It requires a lot of product because it absorbs quite a large amount before the transfer to the skin. Since this is the first time the hairs would be working a lather this was expected. Since this blade is on its last day I knew I would have multiple passes to work with. By the fourth pass on this the hairs had absorbed enough product to transfer a more solid lather. The knot held up well with no shedding from the mixed/best badger hairs. Mild scritch which was also expected given the mix of primarily best with some black badger hair. I will use this brush some more to get a feel for it and allow it to break in.

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Sunday
hot shower
DB Brush Scuttle/Vie-Long Lord Randal White Horse ---- Great face lather today,I have 2 white horse hair brushes and they both perform great.I think it's time to try another type of horse hair as I understand brown horse hair is a bit scritchier.
Corn Huskers Lotion (prep)
SOTQ Dark Rum Lanolin Soap
Muhle R41 "Fang"/Kai (2)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Saint Charles Shave Blue Line ASL mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 ------It was a good burn followed by a nice menthol hit
Acqua di Parma Colonia Intensa Oud

What can I say? Anytime I shave with "Fang" it's a BBS shave,even more so with a sharp blade like Kai,I could see the whiskers cowering in fear!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Tabac never fails! I'm glad you are liking the performance.

 

Flowers on Sunday

Today I lightly loaded my brush with unscented MDC and put some TOBS Rose, and TOBS Lavender into the scuttle. After my lather was about 2/3 mixed, I added some drops of Lilac Essential Oil. WOW! This was a scent to be remembered. This was an extra creamy lather that protected magnificently. 4 passes and I feel like a million bucks.

Rapira Platinum Lux blade
Slim adjustable

 

5/8 T.I.
TOBS Lavender Soap
homemade handle/Shavemac finest silver tip

Very good shave. Very nice knot from Shavemac. Have a good one.

 

Sunday

Soap: Catie's Bubbles "Le Nude"
Brush: Bethlehem olive wood, HIS knot
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Super Iridium
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

SUNDAY
Early Sunday morning shave…too early to snap a shot of my set-up

• Böhler Stahl 'Star of David' 6/8 round point
• MdC Fougére
• Oscar Boar brush
• Black River bay rum

Wonderfully-smooth pre-dawn shave using my new 'favorite' blade. I always look forward to it when this Böhler comes up in the rotation.

 

22 March 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3 Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* Shavemac Silvertip 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Mystic Water Jeff's Lavender
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO




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Every time I see that razor I get a yearning to fire up the RAD and get a SE, or two or.... Oh no!

 

Nice job!

 

SOTD
March 22, 2015

Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Brush: Olive Wood Finest 22/50mm
Lather: VDH Deluxe
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Fine Clean Vetiver
First time using Van Der Hagen Deluxe. I'm a fan! I love my Olive Wood Finest. Great shave. Super post shave from the VDH.
Go out and get it

 

Awesome! You liked the VDH. Did you melt it into the OS mug?

 

SOTD Sunday 3-22-2015

Merkur 41C w/Astra SP
Noxzema
Speick SC
GP Scuttle
Vintage Austrian Barbershop Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
No. 4711 EDC

 

VDH is one of the best kept secrets in my opinion, though it's not much of a secret anymore. LOL Awesome lather, slickness and the price can't be beat. I keep a puck in the cabinet and use it for most of my head shaves as well as part of my rotation.

 

SOTD: Sunday, March 22
Soap: Martin de Candre Fougère
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" 2 Band Silvertip
Scuttle: Dirty Bird
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (3)
Aftershave: Pitralon Swiss

A Sumptuous Sunday Shave.
Have a great day!​

 

I'm sold. VDH is really a good soap. Post shave is excellent, lather was solid, glide, price! Yuppers!

 

Nope. Just plunked it down in the mug.

 

Sunday 22nd March



Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Fougere Imperiale scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Blue Tip Superspeed (Made in England)
Feather (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
T&H Grafton aftershave