Friday Soap: The Shave Den lanolin, unscented Brush: Mühle hjm black fibre synthetic Razor: Schick injector, type I Blade: Schick After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion
MAYhem & Mercy May 8, 2015 Prep - Hot shower and towel Brush - Tweezerman Badger Soap - Williams (As good as it's going to get)Mug Shaving Soap Razor - Soyuz 1 Blade - (1) Post - Alum, Nivea Replenishing Post Shave Balm The good news - no cuts, nicks, weepers or any other problems. The bad news - a blade this dull CANT'T cut you even if it wanted to! Seriously....this thing is DULL. As in NO SHARPNESS. As in I could have done better with some sandpaper and it would have felt better too. Three passes to failure. Didn't get CCS this morning and took extra time trying. Wow. Just wow. Plenty of irritation from trying but that's about all I got for it. Will throw it in the Rapira tomorrow to see if that helps. Sheesh! Happy Friday to all who were able to shave today! I just went through the motions!
SOTD for Friday May 8th........ LaToja Stick w/Semogue 1438 Boar (my favorite face lathering brush) '67 Super Speed w/Voskhod Blade (6) Dickinson's Witch Hazel & Nivea Sensitive Balm Nivea Aftershave 2-passes WTG & XTG w/some touch up for a DFS.
Friday Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Soap Commander-Courage Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed Blade: Gillette 70’s “Spoiler” Super Stainless (1) Brush: Whipped Dog High Mountain/Bethlehem Olivewood-24mmx50mm Aftershave: Fine Platinum WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Soap Commander Courage today. 20 seconds to load the WD High Mountain. Great, easy, thick, lather. I loaded a “new” Gillette “Spoiler” in the Red Tip. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Fine Platinum. Bob
Friday hot shower/cold water shave Duke 3 Manchurian Myrsol Emulsion PPB MdC Fougere EverSharp Hydro-Magic/Pella coated injector (10) cold water rinse Monster Block Alum cold water rinse Tend Skin Beard Brand Blank Slate Beard Oil Simply Botanicals Skincredible Hanae Mori HM edp Stay frosty,my friends and enjoy the weekend!
TOBS Almond is the flavor of the day. I love the scent, but there simply is not enough cushioning for me to use this soap by itself on a regular basis. The lack of cushioning, compounded by the last 3 or 4 days with insufficient cushioning has left my face feeling abused. I have been using home made pre-shave oil for the last few days, but both the La Toja Stick and the TOBS Almond do not provide the protection I have come to expect. I think I will use MDC tomorrow. 3 passes, very smooth, but irritated. TOBS Almond Sputnik blade Slim Adjustable
8 May 2015 * Weber DLC + WRH3 Aluminum * Super Iridium * Super 3-Band + Oscar11 Black C7 * Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
Friday 8th May Warm shower Hot towel Mikes Barbershop bowl lathered Finest Badger brush made by myself Gillette Gold Single Ring (1921) Rapira Swedish (2) Cold rinse Thayers Superhazel Aqua Velva Musk aftershave
SOTD: Friday, May 8 Soap: MdC Brain Bowl Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" Synthetic Razor: Feather AS-D2 Blade: Personna Med Prep (2) Aftershave: Floïd Blue Have a great day!
Fridays shave. First shave with the new to me milord razor. I love the look of these even though they look just like a gold super speed. It is quite an aggressive razor. At some points I moved using it today. Others not so much. I will have to try it with different blades and give it some time to get use too. Still got a good close shave today. Pre Shave - Gillette Pre Shave Wash & Edwin Jagger Hydrating Pre Shave lotion Razor - Milord Blade - Wilkinson Sword Lather - I Coloniali Brush - Pilsson synthetic Aftershave - Nivea cooling balm & Old Spice
Mike, thank you for your kind words, my friend and I missed your photos the last few days! I hope you are well and that you were just busy.
FRIDAY Final day (Day#7) of 30-Day Focus with this particular razor After nearly a week of consecutive shaves with this ONE straight razor, I can officially state that Böker made a fine razor—even if this one is at least 80 years old. Now I do have a soft spot for this one because it was my first SR—the one I learned to shave with—but it remains a smooth, efficient performer. A definite keeper that is always a joy to use. The Böker is a tough act to follow, but I'll begin tomorrow with another SR to be used for the next 7 days. Have a blessed Friday all!
Mikey likey the TSD stick? I'm a real fan of them: great lather with a real nice menthol chill (I ordered a stack of them, all 'iced'). EZ to use, too!
5/8/15 Prep: hot shower Lather: Dusy Kabinett Brush: Omega 6214 silvertip Razor: Gillette New SC Blade: Rapira Lux (2) Post: Old Spice Pure Sport Tried face lathering with the silver tip and it didn't work as well as I might have expected. Ended up going to the bowl prior to the second pass and then it was fine. Face lather was a little thin.
I meant to post this yesterday, today's is coming next... Crabtree & Evelyn's Sienna soap bowl lathered with Carrington/EverReady 150 Black/Red brush with a TGN Best knot Grandpa's Gillette T.V. Special SuperSpeed Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum Russian Blue (1) and Floid Amber aftershave mmm mmm good!
Mongoose B2 Polished / iKon SE Feather ProGuard (6) Duke 3 Best L'occitane Cade Geltir Scuttle L'occitane Cade Balm
Frey's Day: Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger Soap: RazoRock One-X croap Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC Blade: Bic (2) Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (4, 5, 6) Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash Cologne: Le 3e Homme de Caron by Caron Why is Jasman posting so late? There was a wasp. I managed to avoid the temptation to burn the house down to get it. As to the shave itself: The croap was fantastic, the blade better today than yesterday, and 3 passes were very comfortable, smooth, and BBS close. Great setup for great results.
