SoS: May 4, 2015 - May 10, 2015

Suzumasa 1000
H.I.S. XL brush
Panna Crema Nostalgia soap
Listerine
Coconut oil

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05/5/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade –Feather Super Pro (9)
Brush –Rudy Vey with TGN Finest
Lather – TSD Yin Yang
Post - Witch Hazel and Myrsol Limon Sample



Fantastic near BBS 2 pass shave with touch ups this morning. This was the first time I have used the TSD soap. The scent was very impressive with a mixture of lime and lavender. The soap was very easy to lather and super slick. Finished off the shave with witch hazel and a splash of Myrsol Limon Aftershave from a sampler pack. The combination of the TSD soap and Myrsol made for a fantastic post shave feel.

 

5/5/15

Early morning after a late night shave - I got home from our FFA Career Development Events last night about 12:30 a.m. and well, someone has to teach those kids today, so rolling back out after about 5 hours of sleep. Fortunately I have good stuff!

Prep: warm wash
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Brush: TGN Finest
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Rapira Lux (3)
Post: Old Spice Pure Sport

2 passes somewhat near my face and I'm as ready to face the day as I can be.

Oh yeah, the Ag Mechanics team was in the top 3 out of 60 and the Horse Evaluation team was in the top 6 out of 100 teams. Great kids, despite their teacher.

 

•Gillette Trac II cart on generic handle
•Schick Hydro gel

My second two pass BBS shave with this cart, but no nicks this time. A perfect, comfortable shave. I want to see how many I can get out of cart.

 

First go this morn with this newly-restored Wade & Butcher….

 

Congrats on you and your kids awesome team showings! Wasn't even sure FFA still existed?! Grew up in Chicago but moved to rural area when my kids were small and FFA were some of their favorite classes. Learned a lot about Ag, animal care and equipment operation and maintenance. Should be a requirement in ALL schools.

 

Thanks! FFA is thriving with over 600,000 members nationwide! People will always need to eat and for the most part wear clothes, so agriculture and FFA continues to be important.

 

Planned SOTD 05/05/15







Razor: Weber 3 PC. W/Classic Handle
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Whipped Dog 30/65mm Silver Tip Badger
Bowl: Arletta's Mug II Cobalt Blue Mug
Pre Shave Face Wash Face with Neutrogena Men's Invigorating Face Wash
Pre Shave Oil: Stirling Bay Rum Pre-Shave Oil
Shave Soap: Stirling Glacial Wintergreen
Post: RazoRock Alum Block
Aftershave: Stirling Bay Laurel
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5 May 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* Shavemac Silvertip 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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So for last nights shave I used the following gear.

Wilkinson sword classic razors
Voshkod blade (3)
Nivea sensitive cream
omega 10049 boar brush
Crusella Kolonia 1800 Eau de Cologne- this is labeled as cologne but is aftershave strength, very pleasant but short lived scent.- also on the second splash of aftershave shave I added a couple small drops of olive oil for moisture. I have been experimenting with this and it seems to work pretty well, it does not leave my face oily. I got the inspiration when I realized a fair number of aftershaves contain castor oil and after having tried shaving with olive oil alone a few times.

This was my 5th shave with the wilkinson sword razor, the first 4 were with a wilkinson sword blade. This shave was better, in fact it was an acceptable shave but not great. It was more comfortable than with the wilkinson blade.

 

Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain

Razor: Muhle R-89 with Gillette Silver Blue blade

Post: Lavender Witchazel, Master Style & Comb Iceland Breeze, and Pinaud Musk

Cologne: Versace Eau Fraiche

Beautiful day here in MS!!

 

5/5/2015 Tobacco Tuesday!!

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Schick Eversharp, Imperial Razor Warranted Barbers Favorite straight razor
Blade: Personna (3)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: RazoRock - Tobacco #1
After: Home made ASB, Nivea after shave balm
Cologne: Tom Ford - Tobacco Vanille

Have a blessed day!

 

SOTD: Tuesday, May 5
No Picture today, you all know what products I am using. (shave 18/30)
Soap: MdC Brain Bowl
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" Synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (4)
Aftershave: Floïd Blue
Have a great day!

 

Starting off in Italy and finishing in Spain on this shave... The razor is the Weber Classic with the Bulldog handle. I went over to the Weber website to make sure I got the name right and I noticed that they are no longer selling heads. That's too bad as the Weber razor is my all-time favorite!! I will be using a Feather blade. The Floïd Genuine aftershave is also my favorite aftershave. I really like the modest Frank Shaving best badger since it is such a good all-around brush.



Hope you have a great day!
Lyndon

 

Too bad, Primo! I enjoy seeing that Brain-bowl losing more and more of its soap, every day!

 

Hi Lyndon! I still have the brush I won from a PIF of yours 16 months ago. Good seeing you here. Kerry

 

Thanks Kerry, I have been very busy at work over the last year so I haven't had very much free time. I have really been enjoying my shaves every day but I kinda missed all you guys. It's good to be back! I did some spring cleaning today and I organized a lot of my shave gear. I have some nice razors to sell but I will be giving quite a bit of stuff away in future PIFs.

 

Oh, yeah I did use the bowl to create the lather. I loaded the brush from the tin and then used the bowl to create my lather. It worked fine but as I stated, my only issue is that I wish my bowl was shaped different or bigger to hold a puck in the bottom of it. It is just too small and not shaped that way so I cannot use it for pucks or samples like the TSD ones that is all I was saying!

 

MAYhem & Mercy
May 5, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Soap - Williams (Hmmm.....maybe there is hope)Mug Shaving Soap
Razor - Soyuz 1
Blade - (1)
Post - Alum, Nivea Replenishing Post Shave Balm

If I had to choose one shave as the worst I've ever had.....this is the one. First WTG stroke was all it took to get nicked. And the drag on this thing was horrid. Went ahead and finished the first pass and noticed a couple of things. First of all, extremely draggy, even sticky as it went across my face. The fact that I only got one nick was probably a miracle. I also noticed that when I changed edges the second edge was working a little better. Not much, but a little. I took a minute to examine the blade and I'm almost certain from its performance that, while it does have a bevel on both sides, they are not ground the same and, in fact, one side may not be fully sharpened. Debated what to do and threw caution to the wind and started the XTG using what felt like the "sharper" edge. Two strokes, two nicks. DONE!!! Grabbed my emergency exit razor, the Aristocrat with Voskhod and finished the shave. Alum was harsh where I had doubled up on the right side trying for the second pass, not too bad everywhere else.

As to the Williams issue...progress? I tried bowl lathering and got no real benefit other than letting the puck stay wet while I lathered and shaking it out before returning to reload from the puck. When I lathered for the second and even more on the third pass I started to get a better, slicker lather. Wet puck, drier brush....is it a clue? Going to work on that tomorrow. As for the blade and razor.....I will put the blade in the Rapira tomorrow and try it. The Soyuz does hold the blade slightly at an angle so maybe that will improve it. I doubt it, however, as the Zaza was at the same angle and worked better than this waste of steel. Bangladesh is not exactly known as a bastion of fine steel works. This blade seems to demonstrate why!

 

Tuesday 5th May



Warm shower
Hot towel
Catie's Bubbles Fouet L'Orange bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW DeLuxe (Made in England)
Gillette Nacet Stainless (2)
Cold rinse
Thjayers Superhazel
Myrsol Antesol aftershave