18 April

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Sunday's


Dove Men Face Wash
TOBS Grapefruit
Jayaruh WC4 HMB
Schick M2 Adjustable
Personna Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Aqua Velva

The TOBS Grapefruit Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh WC4 High Mountain Badger Brush. Two passes with my Schick M2 Adjustable razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Lemon WH and then Aqua Velva after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

SOTD 4-18-15

Razor: Muhle R41 head on MR1 handle
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (3)
Soap: Ginger's Garden Havana Cognac
Bowl: VDH
Brush: Tweezerman badger
Post: Gentleman Jon Alum block

Preshave was just face wash with warm water and post shave was rinse with warm water then some cold water splashes and pat dry! I then applied the Alum block.

Razor: First time using the R41 head and thought is shaved fine.

Blade: I like this blade alot and continue to use it in my rotation with my Astra SP which might be in second place now!

Soap: I used this soap one before and it seems to work good. It lathers easy and seems to have good protection. I would use it again!

Comments: Shave was good, I did manage to get a DFS. One weeper and some slight irritation based on the Alum block's feedback on the jawline area on one side. For me the razor can be aggressive as some say but I wouldn't be afraid to use it. Just have to be careful. It worked fine as I didn't have to do any extra passes or cleanup but my pressure must have been a little off hence the weeper and slight irritation!

Please feel free to leave comments on any items used as I enjoy reading them to see what others say about the gear I am using/trying out!

Thx.

April 19 Plans

Stirling Sheep facial soap
Merkur 37C slant bar razor
Feather blade (day 2)
Kent BK8 silvertip badger brush
Arko & glycerin
Two passes plus touch-ups
Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Alt-Innsbruck

Have a great Sunday!

SOTD: Saturday Evening, April 18
Day 4/30
(I was going to take a day off from shaving, but I found myself missing it this evening,
so, even with my self-imposed 30 austerity program, I wanted to shave!)
Soap: MdC Brain Bowl
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" Synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (1)​

Aftershave: Floïd Blue​

Have a great day!

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Cool pic...

Thanks Jim!

Love the pic!! Good eye, awesome setup!

Happy Birthday

Arko April Focus - CJB Kamisori
April 18, 2015 - Week 3 Day 7
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - VDH Boar
Soap - Arko
Razor - 1959 Superspeed
Blade - (3)
Post - Alum, Aqua Velva Ice Blue

With apologies to taskmaster @wristwatchb today was a very early start for the monthly spiff meeting. So, rather than try the CJB asleep I went with a two pass on the SS and Bic blade. Very nice DFS. I'm glad I tried the Bic and will keep a few around from now on. Finished with a very quiet alum and put on the Ice Blue to start the day. Tomorrow it's back to the CJB with a new blade....unguarded this time. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. It's a very late night now so off to bed in a bit to recover from a busy Saturday.

Sunday's Planned SOTD
Razor: ATT S2 Slant
Blade: Gillette Bleue Extra (D11)
Brush: DaVinci 290
Bowl: Georgetown G12
Pre Shave Scrub: SPAtopia Dead Sea Scrub
Pre Shave Oil: Shea Moisture Iced
Shave Soap: Mickey Lee Drunken Goat
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum w Sandalwood


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Yes we will have a great Sunday. Beautiful picture. Excellent shot.

Planned Shave Sunday 19Apr15



Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Executive Man Bath Soap
Wash Face:Neutrogena Men Invigorating Face Wash
Pre-Shave Oil: Pacific Shaving Co. All Natural Shaving Oil
Shaving Soap:Vander-Williams Shaving Soap aka Patrick's Blend
VDH Luxury Mug Set
Razor: ATT R-1 88mm Kronos Handle (20)
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic DE Blades Black Container (1)
Brush: Whipped Dog 30/65mm Silver Tip Badger Black&White Marbled Resin Handle
Aftershave: Captain's Choice Cat O' Nine Tails

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

This is will be the First 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 Day 20 of 30 Day Rule using, ATT Razor R-1 Base Plate W/88mm. Kronos Handle​

Edwin Jagger DE89L razor
with Astra S.P. blade (1),
Edwin Jagger XL Synthetic Silvertip Fiber brush,
Lather-up with Mike's Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper,
finish with water, Witch Hazel
and Pinaud Clubman for a DFS!

Merkur 39c focus
pre: hot towel over lather
brush: Semogue 1800
soap: Proraso Red shaving cream
razor: Merkur 39c
blade: Gillette Platinum White
post: Brion AS

3 passed to BBS land, Platinum White blades are the sharpest mild blades I have in my collection and they're available locally which is a big plus. Proraso Red should be in anyone's software collection. Period!
Brion AS is yet another Pitralon clone, with great performance albeit high alcohol content and it smells of chamomile, just like the Johnson's baby shampoo.

This morning's shave confirmed once and for all that I'm a Stirling Glacial lover - the Lemon Chill gave me tons of rich, slick lemony-scented lather with its incredible menthol effect and such moisturizing, soothing skincare. A couple of splashes of the Glacial Wintergreen witch hazel and I felt frozen-solid. I can't wait for my new stuff to get here!

Superb Sunday
Diamond provided optimal lather, whipped up by my HIS lather monster. My whiskers were so comfortable and happy with the evolving scent that they could not have expected der vorschlaghammer's assault. Cologne Russe finished it off right.

Prep: Bulldog face wash
Soap: B&M Diamond
Brush: HIS XL
Razor: der vorschlaghammer
Blade: voskhod
AS: B&M Cologne Russe

I have some of the Lemon Chill and have not opened it yet. I will be going back to using my Stirling Soaps in a week or so. When I start my second 30 Day rule with my other ATT H-1 or M-1 Base Plate. Haven't figured which handle to use. I will probably switch the Kronos handle to one of the 2 base plates. I reallyy don't like the Atlas Handle it seems too short, for me.(with hands going numb all the time) . I like the longer handle so I can grip it better.

April 19 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Electric Sheep SS
Vie-long Horsehair Brush
FB w/Astra SP set on 6
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill AS

Here are the soaps I ordered from Rod this past Thursday:

1) Glacial Lemon Chill
2) Glacial Obsidian
3) Glacial Wintergreen
4) Glacial Spearmint
5) Black Ice
6) Barbershop
7) Frozen Tundra

I never tried the Barbershop and Frozen Tundra before so I wanted to buy them, and also as time goes by I want to try some of Rod's other non-mentholated soaps.