SoS: April 27, 2015 - May 3, 2015

Thanks, Charlie. I got a lot of pleasure out of making it.

 

Sweet looking handle.

 

MAYhem & Mercy
May 2, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Soap - Williams (Is it a soap or not?) Mug Shaving Soap
Razor - Vintage Soviet - the "Soyuz 1"
Blade - (1)
Post - Alum, Nivea Replenishing Post Shave Balm

Day two of MAYhem, day one of the Zaza blade. This is a blade from Turkey and I have rarely seen it mentioned in forums. However, it is usually not mentioned favorably, though I do think I saw one fan. Well, YMMV as we all know, especially on blades. For me this is a pretty poor blade. I noticed immediately that it lacked something important to a blade.....sharpness. It also tended to pull a bit indicating it was having trouble cutting which means it lacked......sharpness. It didn't help that the Williams and Tweezerman are woefully bad in attempting lather. For the FULL REPORT YOU CAN GO HERE!

 

Thank you!

 

Sunday Morning Planned SOTD

Razor: Feather AC-SS
Blade: Kai Titan mild Protouch MG
Brush: Omega R&B LE Boar
Bowl: ShaveWorks 4.25"
Pre Shave Scrub: RazoRock GLO
Pre Shave Oil: Shea Moisture Iced
Shave Soap: Catie's Bubbles Bailey's Irish Coffee
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum w Sandalwood



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Today was a No Shave Day.
When I shave tomorrow I will have a couple of days growth. Looking forward to using one of my favorite Brushes and Using my Favorite Razor.

 

Razor.. edwin jagger de89
Blade.. ladas
Brush.. seafoam b&b essential boar
Soap.. custom tiki

 

Planned Sunday SOTD


Gibbs No15 adjustable razor
Gillette spoiler blade (modded to fit)
Butterscotch badger brush (unknown mfg)
Myrsol Emulsion preshave
Castle Forbes Lime EO shaving cream
Captains Choice North aftershave
Royall Lime AS cologne

Im trying the Vintage Gibbs razor for the first time. Standard DE blades need to be modded to fit the razor but it was an easily done with a dremel. The little butterscotch handled brush will be getting a new TGN silvertip knot next week so figured I should use it at least once before the restore. The original knot is way too floppy for my liking.

 

Shave of the Day

Saturday night / Sunday morning

Prep: hot shower, castille soap
Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM PTFE SS
Brush: New Forest 2204 Badger
Lather: WhoostheMan Victory
Shave: 2 passes; WTG, ATG
Post: Stetson

A great shave from the 1912 tonight. Great lather too.

Good night men.

 

May 3 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Vie-long Horsehair Brush
Stirling Cocoa Forest
EJ Chatsworth Barley
Gillette Nacet
Stirling Unscented
Barbasol Brisk AS

 

Outstanding picture.

 

SOTD Saturday May 2

RAZOR: Star SE
Blade: CVS "generic" carbon
Brush: WD Silvertip
Soap: RazoRock XXX
AS: Dollar General "Classic"

I finally had success with a SE razor! This razor (generously provided by @Omaney) was something I really wanted to try. But, if you read my earlier post a week or 2 ago, the blades it came with (Try-A-Blade) were extremely rough. At Omaney's recommendation I picked up SE blades at my local CVS. What a difference a blade can make! While it wasn't a BBS the shave was quite close and fairly comfortable. I found that the Star razor makes it really easy to find the correct angle. When I wasn't sure I just placed the head flat against my cheek and started over. I need to "brush up" on my SE technique, but I'm happy a SE razor is now in my rotation. Unfortunately, my RAD is now calling for SE razors....damn!

(I know, wrong soap in pic. But it's the right razor!)

 

Thank you!

 

I recently won a PIF from @Redrock which included a stick of La Toja. I have never tried it before, so I decided to give it a go this morning. The La Toja stick is harder than other sticks I have used and it was difficult to get the soap onto my face, requiring a fair amount of pressure. My first impression of La Toja is favorable, as I got a good shave and the lather, while not obviously outstanding in any category, was definitely a good, slick and cushioning lather. 3 passes and nice & smooth.

La Toja stick
Ladas Blade
Slim Adjustable

 

Sunday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock One-X croap
Razor: Merkur 1904 41c OC
Blade: Bic (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (1, 2, 3)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash
Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre d' Orange

After a month using the Bamboozled RAKE, I went back to my original DE, the Merkur 41c. I was a little concerned that, because it's milder and smaller than the RAKE, I'd have trouble readjusting, but it was instinctive in my hand. Three comfortable passes, one tiny spot of red on the upper lip, and nearly BBS results, thanks no doubt to the outstanding lather and the sharpness of the Bic blade.

 

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Prep: warm wash
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Brush: Omega 6214 silvertip
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Rapira Lux (2)
Post: cool rinse and Old Spice Pure Sport

2 passes and ready to go.

 

Two passes with the Stirling Black Ice soap cleaned me up very nicely - in fact I was surprised that the SuperMax Blue blade would perform so well today, but it did a great job of giving one last hurrah. The soap lathered awesomely, (it's a brand-new puck!) and gave me very good menthol cooling. Not nearly as strong as what its "cousin" the Glacial Obsidian gives, but still very pleasant.

 

3 May 2015 Shave of the Day


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today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
unknown boar oversized brush
Van Der Hagen deluxe in a matching mug
Ikon shavecraft 101
persona lab(4)
nivea a/s balm original
Tommy Bahamas set sail
today's shave was nice. used my newly aquired brush and mug set. they did nicely, mug seemed perfect, brush ok. handle was comfy, especially for limited use folks. Ikon did marvelous. vdh was revisited, it's still adequate soap. finished with nivea and Tommy Bahamas.
church today, y'all come with me.

 

Why is your picture upside down?