7 April 2015 * Ikon Shavecraft 102 + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze * Super Iridium * WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber C7 * Cold River Citrus * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
Aggressive April - Day 4 Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap: TSD Barber Shoppe shave stick Brush: Omega 13522 Razor: Cadet OC Blade: Sputnik Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm Scent: Tommy Bahama Very Cool Same as yesterday, right down to the picture. 2 passes, XTG and ATG today though. Going ATG with this thing is tough. Think I may try a different blade tomorrow.
FAT Tuesday Razor: Gillette 195 Fat Boy (f1) 1960 (5) (3) Brush: Fuller Amber Badger 1920s -1940s Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue Cream: Castle Forbes cedarwood & sandalwood cream Blade: Feather (1) Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black balm, Vintage Avon 1981 California Perfume Co. Anniversary Bay Rum Loaded up a new Feather in my FB checking how the blade set in the razor before I closed the doors. All is good. Hot face wash with Dove Cucumber soap. Kept my face wet while I whipped up the Castle in my Old Spice mug. Taking my time, WTG XTG on my face and neck on 5 ATG on my neck on 3. Two passes and a great shave. Pat dry and then some Thayers Cucumber WH, felt good. After cleaning up and a shower, some more WH and JB. Vintage Bay Rum to finish off a great shave. Have a good "FAT Tuesday" y'all! Remember you can go your own way from 1 to 9!
Tuesday hot shower/cold water shave Omega Proraso boar Proraso PPB (white) Proraso SS (white tub) Rhodium plated Red Tip/Gillette 7 o,clock green Permasharp Stainless (1) cold water rinse Monster Block Alum cold water rinse Tend Skin Proraso ASB (white) Imaginary Authors The Soft Lawn Read a lil too late about Fatboy Tuesday,next Tuesdays shave. Stay frosty,my friends!
Tuesday 7th April Warm shower Hot towel Caties Bubbles Fouet L'Orange scuttle lathered Finest Badger brush made by myself Gillette Slim Twist Polsilver Super Iridium (1) Cold rinse Thayers Superhazel Myrsol Antesol aftershave
SOTD: Tuesday, April 7 Pre-Shave: Alt Innsbruck Emulsion Soap: Cyril R. Salter Indian Sandalwood Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" Synthetic Razor: Feather AS-D2 Blade: Personna Med Prep (2) Aftershave: D.R. Harris Sandalwood Have a great day!
7 Apr 2015 Soap - Tabac Brush - Plisson Synthetic Razor - Rockwell Blade - Ladas (1) AS - Pinaud Clubman Musk How was the shave you ask? So smooth it's a FRD...(Face Rubbing Day)
4/7/2015 Tobacco Tuesday! Prep: Hot shower with Nivea Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO Razor: Valet Autostrop, Dubl Duck Goldedge straight razor Blade: modified GEM PTFE SE blade (7) Brush: Turkish #6 Soap: RazoRock - Tobacco #2 After: Home made ASB Cologne: Prada - Amber Pour Homme It is finally warming up around here. The #6 brush whipped up the Tobacco #2 into a great lather. The Valet and the Duck did a good job. The Prada will have me smelling great all day. All in all a Darn Fine Shave Have a blessed day!
7apr15 aka Fat "on a diet" Tuesday Williams mug soap TGN boar brush SLIM on 3 Gillette SB (5..and done) Nivea sensitive post Not the best, not the worst. Over all good shave. I don't have a Fatboy so I used my Slim...haha, get it.. FB on a diet.... First time using Williams mug soap. Not as slick as VDH and not quite as much lather, probably due to being a slightly harder soap than I'm used to with VDH, but not bad at all (for $1.29). Has a slight "pharmacy" smell but I figure the post shave should be where the days scent should be applied.
Arko April Focus - CJB Kamisori April 7, 2015 - Week 2 Day 3 Prep - Hot shower and towel Brush - VDH Boar Soap - Arko Razor - CJB Blade - (2) Post - Cold Water, Dr. Carver's Magnanimous Post Shave Balm After yesterday's break to heal up I returned to the CJB and ProGuard blade. I mixed the Arko a little wetter than normal, taking some advice from @Keithmax, and got down to business. The wetter lather helped but the Feather is just a beast, even guarded. First pass produced a couple of weepers, second pass a couple more, and the third pass was with my SS and Voskhod to try and get the neck done. Skipped the alum due to my knowledge of how bad it was going to burn today, cold water rinse that closed up all the bleeders, and added Dr. Carver's to cool it all off. Just had to use a touch of alum to a nick on my right cheek near the ear. That's it for Feather blades and me. When I tried them in my DE trials I hated them, and found the Kai to be much better for me. I'm finding the same thing with the Artist Club, at least in the beginning. Going back to a Kai MG tomorrow and will work up to the Kai Captain by the end of the month. I'll keep the Feather Pros for now just to try one once my technique is dialed in but I'm definitely not a fan of the Feather. Spending a month with the CJB leaves all of these guys out of the picture. A quick look of the blade stash.
Merkur 34c, Permasharp Super Hand-carved Ash Pure Bristle Pre/Post Lime Oil Trumper's Coconut Soap Benjamin's Bay Rum Pre/Post Lime Oil Grand.
04/07/15 Prep: hot shower with face wash Pre Shave: Maggards sweet orange pre shave oil Razor: Van Der Hagen safety razor Blade: Personna Platinum Brush: Omega 10049 boar Lather: Van Der Hagen luxury soap Post Shave: RazoRock alum stick, cold water and Pacific Shaving Co caffeinated after shave balm
Stunning shave with the Tradere OC today. Some musings about it here Razor: Tradere OC Blade: Personna Brush: L'Occitane Plisson Soap: Soap Commander Endurance A/S: Myrsol Agua Balsamica (RIP Señor Solé)
