SoS: May 4, 2015 - May 10, 2015

MAYhem & Mercy
May 9, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Soap - Williams (As good as it's going to get)Mug Shaving Soap
Razor - Rapira
Blade - (2)
Post - Alum, Nivea Replenishing Post Shave Balm.

Thought I'd share a picture of the back of the blade wrapper for the Baili. Notice the slogan.....Get Baili - Get Perfect. Perfect what? Certainly not shaves. Oh wait, perfectly dull hunks of steel? That works. Perfectly useless imitation blade? That seems about right. Perfect wasted attempt to shave? Yep, even better. Did I mention this blade SUCKS?!?!?!?!?! Yes, it really does. I had heard that this blade is truly on the horrible list and thought maybe some people just hadn't worked with it to figure it out. There is no figuring it out. In the milder Soyuz it barely shaved but pulled and tugged like crazy. In the Rapira it did the same thing, it just made more noise doing it since it's more aggressive. I did one pass on the right side of my face and neck, checked the result, said a few bad words and picked up my Aristocrat and Voskhod and finished shaving. It's that bad. I'm not sure you could cut your wrists with this thing. I think we could issue it to prisoners and not worry about them hurting anyone with it. Decoy blades for those who want to try to hurt someone. I'm not even going to waste my time with it on a third day. Done, finiti, over. Now, I will revisit it in a week or so during the Mercy round to see if a good razor and setup can rescue it. I'm not optimistic. This may be the defective tool @GDCarrington warns us about. This may have been the only blade available upriver in Apocalypse now. If so, it definitely explains what happened to Colonel Kurtz.....the horror.....the horror.....


On the plus side the Williams has become consistent for me, or perhaps I've learned to get consistent with it. Three days in a row of a persistent lather. It's thin but it does provide slickness and enough durability to last a shave.

 

Mother's Day Planned SOTD
Razor: ATT S2 Slant
Blade: Triton R3 (D1)
Brush: Shavemac Extra Extra stuffed Silvertip
Bowl: Turkish Porcelain Bowl 4 ¾”
Pre Shave Scrub: RazoRock GLO
Pre Shave Oil: Cedar-Frankincense-Mint
Shave Soap: Dr. Jon Propaganda
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Alpa 378

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I'm with you on the vintage Gillette razors, they are the best!

 

Good Sunday!

Marfin shaving brush n°152
Mondial N°908 Homme
Basanta Kaissa Presto 8/8"

 

Brush: Baxter of California Silvertip
Razor: Mühle R106 (safety bar)

Had a day off today so I took the time to make a very nice three-pass BBS shave. I really enjoy using the big Baxter silvertip. The Mühle razors are really good too, but I think I prefer the Edwin Jagger head a bit more. Some people say they are same but there seems to be a slight difference to me. The Edwin Jagger head seems to be just a bit smoother. Both are great though. I think the Feather blade was on shave #4 so it was a bit tired. Finished up with good old BRUT which, if I am not mistaken, stands for "Burns Right Until Tomorrow"! Anyway, I like the smell and it lasts all day.

Cheers everyone, Lyndon

 

SOTD Mother's Day 10 May 15




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Razor: Weber 3 PC. W/Classic Handle
Razor Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: "Oscar 11" Custom 24/48mm TGN Super Finest Black& White Resin Handle
Bowl: Arletta's Mug II Cobalt Blue Mug
Pre-Shave Face Wash Face Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Almond
Pre-Shave Oil: Stirling Bay Rum Pre-Shave Oil
Shave Soap: Stirling Soap Spice
Post: RazoRock Alum Block
Aftershave: Stirling Bay Laurel

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

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May 10 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Vie-long Horsehair Brush
Cella
EJ Chatsworth Barley
Trig Silver Edge
Stirling Unscented PSB
Proraso AS

 

A most delightful shave with my Glacial Spearmint soap - the scent filled the bathroom and the menthol sensation actually gave the Chiseled Face Cryogen some stiff competition. I swear, Rod increased the amount of menthol in these new Glacials (God bless him!) because I've never felt them being this intense before.

Happy Mothers Day!

 

You are my least favorite person right now... Here is my view.

 

SOTD
May 10, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89 w/MR5 handle
Blade: Rapira Stainless
Brush: Ever-Ready 150 TGN 24/54mm Synthetic by GDCarrington
Lather: Martin de Candre
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Folsom & Co. Muir
Beautiful shave. The ER150 has plenty of backbone to whip up a mountain of lather. These Rapira Stainless aren't that bad! My first couple blades I wasn't sure about them, I'll use them.
Go out and get it

 

New Colonel in town
Today was my first shave with a Simpson Colonel brush and I'm already impressed. I'll leave detailed remarks for later, but I like it. Rhapsody provided near optimal lather as usual, and my New LC removed my stubble smoothly and comfortably. Cologne Russe finished up right.

Prep: Mickey Lee Lime
Soap: B&M Rhapsody
Brush: Simpson X2L The Colonel
Razor: Gillette New LC
Blade: voskhod
AS: B&M Cologne Russe

 

5/10/15

Prep: warm wash with Kirk's CocoCastile
Lather: TSD Wheat Lemons and Cedarwood
Brush: Omega 6214 silvertip
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Rapira Lux (1)
Post: Ogallala Bay Rum Limes and Peppercorns

 

Sunday 10th May



Warm shower
Hot towel
CRSW Classic No2 bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette ABC Shell (1911)
Astra SP (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Myrsol Formula K aftershave

 

Sunday
Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Reef Point Soaps-Peerless
Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade: Gillette 70’s “Spoiler” Super Stainless (3)
Brush: oscar11 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Chiseled Face-Ghost Town Barber

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

Reef Point Peerless today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 badger. Great, easy, thick, lather. Gillette 70’s “Spoiler” in the Red Tip. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber AS.

Bob

 

roses for the moms
( no longer with us)
today's shave in loving memory of two lovely mothers who meant alot to me. my grandmother (Bessie) and my mother-in-law (Ida). both ladies loved roses.
today's shave
hot water/shower wash with dove+ care
Parker pure badger
Pyrate' cove rose
Muhle r41 rose gold handle
Ladas(3?)
soap commander love balm
today's shave was nice. Pyrate' cove in a new to me mug. Parker made nice lather. the r41 got three very nice passes for a great smooth shave. finished with the sc Love balm.
hope y'all love on your mom's, and fondly remember the ones who've passed.

 

Lovely brush!

 

Happy Mother's Day!!

Masgo Real Classic
WSP Monarch SilverTip
GEM 1912
GEM PTFE Blade
Fine Fresh Vetiver

Tried Treet SE Blade but had to change back to the coated GEM's during the shave. Just didn't work for me.

 

Thank you for your kind words

 

10 May 2015

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



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Awesome pic!