SoS: April 6, 2015 - April 12, 2015

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



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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!

 

Nice FB! Where off to a good start for FAT Tuesday

 

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!

 

That would be great!

 

Great story! Thanks for sharing!

 

Alright a Double Header! Nicely done

 

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

 

Great photo as always!

 

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!
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Thank you for your kind words.

 

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.

 

That's great!

 

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)