SoS: May 4, 2015 - May 10, 2015

Saturday Morning Planned Shave
Razor: Feather AC-SS
Blade: Kai Titan Mild Pro touch MG (D7)
Brush: Wiborg 26mm Manchurian
Bowl: Dirty Bird Travel Scuttle
Pre Shave Scrub: RazoRock GLO
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Lemon Lime Chill
Shave Soap: Lemon-Lime Freeze (Cryogen as base)
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Alvarez Gomez Agua De Colonia​

The Cryogen crop came in this afternoon, and they were not kidding that this is soft soap. They advertised it as a crop, but mine is more like a cream which actually worked out better as it was easier to mix in the EO's that I wanted. Now I see why they decided to forgo adding a fragrance as it took a boatload of 5 fold Lemon, Lime and a touch of Valencia Orange to override the menthol blast in their Cryogen. Giving the soap a test run but possible I might be adding in some additional EO's to this. Only used half the jar and will come up with another blend after some thought. Going to make tomorrow a Lemon themed day starting out with a bar of homemade lemon zest soap courtesy of @Hodge and finish up with Agua De Colonia​

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Pre: Proraso - Green Tea & Oat
Razor: Parker HD TTO
Brush: Nasty little Omega badger
Soap: D.R. Harris - Arlington
Post: The Musco brothers (ASB, ASL)

This was the last shave with my Parker heavy duty TTO. I am going to give it away in a PIF soon. It's a decent razor but I have decided that for TTOs, I will only keep the vintage ones which I have had restored. The Parker razor is moderately aggressive; maybe just a bit more so than a Red-Tipped Gillette Super Speed. However, I find it a somewhat less forgiving than the Red-Tip. With light pressure and good control of the blade angle, this razor can easily deliver the BBS goods.
Now as for the brush... grrrrrr!! This brush sucks. Love the handle (that's why I bought it), hate the "bristles". I am certain this brush was trimmed to shape with scissors. For a brush that retails for about US $45.00, this is inexcusable. Currently I am experimenting with various ways of getting the clipped hairs to develop split ends. If I am not successful, you will see this brush coming to a PIF near you. Might be good for one of you guys out there who has leather-like skin or a complete lack of nerve endings on your face. If I get rid of this brush, I might get the same one but with the "HI-BRUSH" synthetic bristles instead.

Cheers, Lyndon

 

Thank you for your kind words my friend I'm pleased with the single ring, I got it recently and unusually it has most of it's Gold plating

 

Feather / Gillette Slim (Adjustable) / Valoba Crema di Sapone Purissima / Floid Genuine / Plisson synthetic

 

May 9 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Vie-long Horsehair Brush
TSD Lavender Rose Wheat SC
EJ Chatsworth Barley
Trig Silver Edge
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman AS

 

Terrific Tabacstag!
Yesterday's shave felt rougher by the end of the day, so I went to an old friend. Tabac never fails me, and the New LC is very efficient and forgiving. I made überlather with Tabac cream and soap over a base of Mickey Lee preshave butter. The result is a very smooth and happy face and neck. Cologne Russe finished it up right.

 

Oh baby - what a super-duper shave I had just now with the Glacial Lemon Chill soap. It's from one of Rod's older batches but it lathers so EASILY, not to mention the menthol freeze it gives. The skincare this soap gives is perfect - it left my face feeling not only frozen, but also so smooth and very, very comfortable. The Penguin gave me a ton of extra menthol goodness.

 

5/9/15

Prep: warm wash and Cornhusker's Lotion
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Brush: TGN Finest badger
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Rapira Lux (3)
Post: Captain's Choice Cat O'Nine Tails

2 pass shave. Bowl lathered with the fan shaped TGN finest and it did fine. I do believe I have to work a little harder with badgers and soaps compared to creams, but the lather was good for today's shave.

 

5/09/15 - Razosabato

Razorock Tobacco #1
Omega 10066
GEM 1912
GEM Carbon Blade
Barbasol Afterahave

The Carbon blades wasn't as smooth as the PFTE coated. And it got caught up in the coarse spots of my face. Don't think these will be my blade. Search is still on.

 

Saturday
Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain
Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade: Gillette 70’s “Spoiler” Super Stainless (2)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club Southern Oud

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

Stirling Ozark Mountain today. 20 seconds to load the ER Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. Gillette “Spoiler” in the Red Tip. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with CC Southern Oud.

Bob

 

Lyndon, I first looked at your picture and was drawn to the brush, I love the handle! I'm sorry to hear it's not performing well for you.
Kerry

 

SOTD
May 9, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: RazoRock “Bamboozled RAKE”
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Brush: Red & Black acrylic Silvertip 22/50mm
Lather: Stirling Executive Man
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Stirling Executive Man
Perfect shave. Rod has hit a grand slam with Executive Man. The RAKE is pretty darn nice.
Go out and get it

 

Nice brush also.

 

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Bulldog Original face wash, sandalwood bar soap

[B)Soap/cream- Figaro shaving soap[/B]

Brush- Whipped Dog 24 mm Silvertip

Razor- Weber polished head all stainless steel

Blade- Astra SP(2)

Post- Cold water rinse, Homemade aftershave lotion, Lucky Tiger bay rum lotion and Nivea sensitive aftershave balm with 1 drop of M-Bomb

Hmm… Tiki gave me irritation but no redness, figaro gave me redness but no irritation. But made my skin feel a little raw to the touch…. whats going on.

I believe the soap maker that makes Figaro also makes razorock soaps, and Razorock classic also gave me irritation, I see a pattern there, wiry annoying because these are GOOD soaps!

just an okey shave, disappointing =/ After the first pass I chose to continue the shave with my mix of Cyril R salter wild rose and TOBS ST jermyn street. This mix was planned to be a Sandalwood/rose scent, but I reached for the wrong tub and I didn’t realize before someone pointed it out to me hahaha. But it was a pretty nice blend.

 

Yesterday's shave with TOBS Almond was disappointing because I was left with irritation. I solved that today by using MDC unscented with the TOBS Almond. The result was a great lather in terms of scent, slickness and cushioning. I don't add glycerin when using MDC because I have found there to be no need.

I usually do 3 passes and only go with a fourth pass if the first three are perfect with no cuts, weepers or irritation. Today was such a day and I took a very light WTG fourth pass. This eliminated virtually every missed whisker on my face for a delightful BBS finish.

TOBS Almond with MDC Unscented
Sputnik blade
Slim adjustable

 

5/8 French made Size-Gold
PdP #63
homemade badger, shavemac finest silver tip knot
This razor always seems to treat me right. Nice shave this morning. Have a good one.

 

Saturday 9th May



Warm shower
Hot towel
Stirling Lime bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Gold Single Ring (1921)
Rapira Swedish (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
TOBS No74 Victorian Lime aftershave

 

Hot shower
Arko
New SC/GSB
I forgot how much I like this razor.

 

9 May 2015

* WR1-SB + WRH3c Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Stubby 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
* Mystic Water Marrakesh
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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