SoS: March 23, 2015 - March 29, 2015

6/8 Friodur
Harris Windsor
homemade boar
I'm seeing the bottom of the Windsor puck. Nice shave, have a good one.

 

I leave my adjustable on one number (7) and forget it. Yes! Nice shave today! I enjoy reading what everyone writes, it's part learning and therapy
Kerry

 

me too

 

Is the R-1 head mild? I'm thinking about adding another ATT head to my den, have the S1. Thanks.

 

This brush was re-knotted by @MoAllen and I received it from a PIF. I see the Burma-Shave brush in a couple of our old drugstores in town for around $5

 

I have been using a Fatboy off and on for about 2 years now. I have never gotten the shave from a Fatboy that I can always get from a Slim Adjustable.

And, yes, some people do read these posts.

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Cold River Soap Works “Original”-Bergamot & Bay
Razor: Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green Super Stainless (3)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club Frozen Vetiver

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

CRSW Bergamot & Bay today. 20 seconds to load the ER Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. Gillette 7 O’Clock Green SS in the FH Tech. Nice smooth, close, shave. I finished CC Frozen Vetiver.

Bob

 

SOTD
March 25, 2015
Face & Head shave
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: RRBS
Blade: Sputnik
Brush: Orange & Black 22/52mm Silvertip by KonigShaveDesigns
Lather: Soap Commander Endurance
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Old Spice
Cologne: Old Spice
Where do I start? My Orange & Black Silvertip is in honor of the World Series Champions San Francisco Giants! Soap Commander Endurance is very nice, slick, protective. Sputnik has splashed down! So far pretty good. Old Spice. Classic.
Go out and get it

 

I get an even worse shave with a Slim.

 

This was a refreshing 3 pass shave today. Off to start the day!

Provence Sante
Rapira Platinum Lux
Slim adjustable

 

SOTD
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Gold Gillette Milord
Bic Chrome Platinum #2
Doug Korn Orange Swirl Banded Boar 25X50mm
Barrister and Mann - Seville SS
Barrister and Mann Kyovu - Original

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Odin'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 (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (4, 5, 6)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Pinaud Clubman AS splash
Cologne: Velvet Mood (sample)

I'm required to attend an awards function tonight, so skipping yesterday's shave was to enable today's to get that little bit closer and smoother. It worked, as between the good lather, the smooth Bic, and the mild 41C, I got 3 comfortable passes in for a DFS+ shave that left me with no weepers or irritation. The Velvet Mood + Pinaud Clubman combo should be both pleasant and inoffensive enough by the time the awards function rolls around.

 

WEDNESDAY
Spike n' Fat morning—with wonderfully-smooth results!
Have a great Hump day, all!

 

Revisor 8/8
Muhle V2 brush
Martin de Candre soap
Lucido AS

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25 March 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3c Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + K-Translucent
* Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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I've not had great luck with any TTO razors. 3 piece for me.

 

3/25/15

Prep: warm wash and Cornhusker's Lotion
Lather: TSD Coconut
Brush: TGN synthetic
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Lord Super Stainless (1)
Post: Old Spice Pure Sport

Last night I pondered the whiteness of my goatee and decided to shave it off. More face to shave! 2 passes this morning and DFS all around.

 

That is a big beautiful razor.

 

Wednesday's Shave



Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar
Soap: Mama Bear's Amber Romance
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: '52 Gillette Super Speed black tip
Blade: Astra SP
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm
Scent: Tommy Bahama Very Cool

Good 2 pass shave this morning. Love the scent of the Amber Romance, still not sure if I like the performance. Was a fun change of pace today though.

 

March Focus - Vintage and Carbon - COMPLETE
March 25, 2015 - Week 4 Day 4
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - VDH Boar
Soap - Arko
Razor - Edwin Jagger 89l
Blade - (1)
Post - Alum & The Veg

Trying a couple of blades through the end of the month starting with the Super-Max Platinum from Vidyut in India. I ranked the Super Platinum as the top blade in February's blade trials so was curious about the Platinum. I pulled the EJ89l out and loaded up. Very nice, comfortable shave with very little irritation as proved by the very quiet alum. Just a bit of sting where I buffed a bit on my neck. Otherwise this blade seems to perform at the same level as its "super" cousin. I have read that the difference between most blades in their normal and super versions is mainly marketing, and I tend to believe it. I'm a salesman.....I could explain how much superior the "super" is until you pay three times the price for it, but it's a lot of smoke and mirrors.

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