SoS: April 6, 2015 - April 12, 2015

Mongoose B2
Feather Pro
M&F Chief
PdP - No.63
RazoRock - A/S Wax

Maison Francis Kurkdjian - Oud

 

MDC unscented w/ TOBS Rose
Rapira Swedish blade
Slim Adjustable

3 passes and smooth as silk.

 

04/08/15
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – GEM 1912
Blade – GEM SS PTFE (4)
Brush – Brothers Bristles with WD HM
Lather – Soap Commander Passion
Post - Witch Hazel and CC Bay Rum AS



Very good 3 pass shave this morning achieving a near BBS if not a couple of trouble spots. While not a bay rum soap, the Soap Commander Passion matches great with the Captain's Choice Bay Rum AS.

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Executive Man Bath Soap
Soap: Soap Commander-Courage
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (5)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertipo-24mmx48mm
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Musk

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

Soap Commander Courage today. 20 seconds to load the WD Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. Personna Med Prep still in the NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave! I finished with Aqua Velva Musk.

Bob

 

Wednesday

Soap: Straight Razor Designs unscented
Brush: Doug Korn D7 with HIS synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Astra SP
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

SOTD: Wednesday, April 7
Soap: Mike's Peppermint & Rosemary
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" Synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (3)
Aftershave: Alt Innsbruck

Have a great day!

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Emojis or smileys

 

Do you count when you load or just wing it approximately ?

 

Musgo real
Parker best badger
2011 Muhle R41 (Personna blue)
Cold water/alum
Captain's Choice Lime

Today would have been another superb shave courtesy of Sir Muhle (that's right it's been knighted) except I was a dumbass and cut myself by committing the grievous error of letting the razor slide vertically for just a microsecond rather than horizontally in the direction of the shave. The cut was minor and the alum closed it off perfectly, but shows just how a minor lapse and technique/concentration can result in blood. Nevertheless, the rest of the shave was just as smooth and irritation free as I've come to expect from this razor.

Happy Wednesday everyone… And happy shaving!

 

Odin's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint Glycerin-in-a-jar
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (4, 5, 6)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Pinaud Clubman AS splash
Cologne: Aoud Forest by Montale (sample)

Back-to-back BBS shaves Sunday and Monday left me without much need to shave Tuesday, so I skipped that day. This morning, the Grapefruit Mint whipped up into amazing lather with the Simpson brush, with the RAKE/Bic combo performing as well on its second day as on its first. I had a minuscule weeper on my upper lip from the ATG pass, but that was due to too much buffing on my part. Another BBS shave today, without any discomfort.

 

Wednesday 8th April



Warm shower
Hot towel
Tabac stick grated scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Slim Twist
Polsilver Super Iridium (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Tabac aftershave

 

Aggressive April - Day 5



Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar
Soap: TSD Barber Shoppe shave stick
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: Cadet OC
Blade: Astra SP
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm
Scent: Tommy Bahama Very Cool

Good 2 pass, WTG & XTG shave. Again some irritation at first but subsided quickly. Chin seems to be a big issue, can't really buff with the Cadet without regretting it.

 

8 April 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3c Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro
* Cold River Winter
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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A day behind on SoS you helped make my day with that Fleetwood Mac clip! Watched just to get a peek of Stevie Nicks ( still HOT after all these years BTW ) and ended up watching the whole thing cuzz it ROCKED! Love that OS mug and the FB just kicks it!

 

WEDNESDAY
Great shave mit der Böhler very early this morn!
Happy Humpday, all!

 

Bartmann 86
Oscar11 H.I.S. brush
Strop Shoppe Bakr Street soap
Musgo Real AS

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If you wouldn't mind sharing, I would love to know what your homemade PSO is and how you use it! How long do you leave it on and do you rinse before lathering and shaving? I'd love to try a PSO as I have dry skin and anything I can do to alleviate it is welcomed. Thanks.

 

TSD's own moderator, @Sara-s, makes preshave oil of good reputation, and has a thread around here for making your own, as well. The TSD Shave Shop (link at the top of the page) also has a good preshave balm, which @Queen of Blades is generally amenable to scenting however you like.

 

Today felt like an Irisch Moos kind of day so
Schick E2 with Chinese Schick blade (5)
Ever Ready 150
Irisch Moos
Irisch Moos AS

 

Arko April Focus - CJB Kamisori
April 8, 2015 - Week 2 Day 4
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Omega Pro 48
Soap - Arko
Razor - CJB
Blade - (1)
Post - Cold compress on the lower left neck....more cold compress.....alum all over. Clean up the blood.

A quick summary of today's shave.......



That is all.