Gary, my Ever-Ready 150 is fantastic! Anyone who has a C-40 brush body type knows that they feel like a toy, very light and fragile. My GDCarrington custom is the complete opposite, clean, sleek, heavy, fashionable and a lather monster. I am very grateful and honored to have a GDCarrington custom brush.
Soap TFS largara Gelsomino Razor above the tie r2 marble wood handle Blade 1960 Sputnik. I'm test piloting it Brush custom made cedarwood handle vie long horse hair knot
Planned Tabac Tuesday Gillette Fatboy Personna blue blade Pacific Shave Co PSO Vie-Long 14080 brush Tabac shave soap Body Shop Arber aftershave balm Tabac Eau De Cologne If I remember in the morning I'm going to mix Tabac shaving cream and Tabac soap for an Uber lather. My uber lather was whipped up with ease. This soap is without a doubt my favorite soap in my den. It explodes with a thick and slick lather and the scent actually lasts post shave, where most other soaps I use, the scent is washed away with the rinse. Great 2 pass shave no touched ups required.
Tuesday Planned SOTD Standard | Gillette Bleue Extra (D6) Georgetown G12 | M&F 26mm Blonde SPAtopia Dead Sea Scrub | Pacific Shaving Iced Czech & Speake No. 88 | Post: Monster Alum Block Saponificio Varesino Puro Burro di Karitè | Fine Platinum
Planned Tuesday Morning Shave 14Apr15 Razor: ATT R-1 88mm Kronos Handle Blade: Wilkinson Sword DE Blade Shaving Brush: Whipped Dog 30/65mm Silver Tip Badger Black&White Marbled Resin Handle Shaving Mug: VDH Luxury Mug Set Shaving Soap: Vander-Williams Shaving Soap aka Patrick's Blend Pre-Shave Oil: Stirling Coniferous Pre-Shave Oil After Shave Balm: RazoRock Ultimate Aftershave After Shave: Stirling Soap Co. Coniferous WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) This is will be the Third Shave on this Blade. I will be Face Lathering again tomorrow morning I will also use an Ice Cold Wet Face Cloth. On my face as I have each day in the past week. I will again shave with Cold Water tomorrow morning. I will apply T.N. Dickinson's Witch Hazel after my morning shave. This is the 15th. Day of 30 Day Rule using my, ATT Razor R-1 Base Plate W/88mm. Kronos Handle
TUESDAY Evening Shave for Tomorrow A pleasant evening shave —which I probably could have skipped but opted for the enjoyment of another relaxing nighttime shave. Some recent brush discussion prompted me to use the Semo 83o boar which has always been a good performer—and one of the brush 'bargains' out there! I put it to the test lathering The Fat and the Semo was up to the task, yielding tremendous lather. Have a great Tuesday all!
Fat Tuesday, April 14 SOTD: Homemade PS Oil WD Silvertip FB w/Gillette Silver Blue set on 5 TSD Lanolin Egyptian Spice TOBS Sandlewood AS Definitely the end of the line for this blade, 7 shaves was the max. But a good shave none the less.
Oh my God - after shaving with the Cryogen and using the Diana Sport balm and the Rubby Dubby Doo, I feel like my face has a built-in air conditioner!
SOTD April 14, 2015 Face & head shave Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89/MR5 handle Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Super Stainless Brush: Ever-Ready 150 TGN 24/54mm Synthetic by GDCarrington Lather: Klar Kabinett Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH. Aftershave: Fine Platinum Goodness. This mornings shave was wonderful, lovely mild rose scent from the mighty Klar. EJ89/MR5 handle perfect match! Finished with a splash of platinum. Poached eggs over toast awaits! Go out and get it
today's shave hot water wash with dove+ care semouge 620 rustic shave soap tobacco Merkur progress(4) Ladas(1) ICED Skin Bracer original today's shave was great. TOBACCO TUESDAY. very nice lather whipped up by the 620. New to me razor today. the progress, WOW, nice razor. I started on three, but quickly bumped it up to four. three passes and I'm very nicely shaved. the weight and balance of this razor is very nice. finished with iced Bracer. hope y'all did as well, if not, get a progress.
4/14/15 Prep: Hot shower Lather: St. James Mandarin & Patchouli (face lathered) Brush: TGN synthetic Razor: New SC Blade: Rapira Stainless (2) Post: Old Spice I'm not certain that I've every face lathered with this cream. It took quite a while to get a decent lather on my face - I'm guessing around 3-4 minutes. Back to the bowl tomorrow because that only takes about 30 seconds to be ready to paint on.
6/8 Clauss TOBS Lavender Soap homemade boar Nice shave this morning. I found out that I have a tendonitis in my shoulder yesterday. It makes using the lathe a real issue but it bothers me the worst in bed when trying to sleep. It aches like a bad tooth so sleeping has become difficult. Well, have a good one.
Another thing I should mention is that the Cryogen soap is rather thirsty, but it's very easy to lather up.
Tuesday Soap: Queen Charlotte unscented Brush: Omega 49 boar Razor: Feather AS-D2 Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge yellow After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion
Tuesday Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Executive Man Bath Soap Soap: Proraso Blue Cream Razor: Gillette Slim Blade: Gillette Platinum (1) Brush: oscar11 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm Aftershave: Country Club Sweet Water WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Proraso Blue today. 5 seconds to load the oscar11 brush. Great, easy, thick, lather. I loaded a new Gillette Platinum in the Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave! I finished with CC Sweet Water. Bob
