SoS: May 18, 2015 - May 24, 2015

Thank you and I may still live the Prehistoric ages! I am a bit of a Luddite so the rocks seem fitting!

 

Thursday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Cold River Soap Works-“Original” Bergamot & Bay
Razor: Maggard Open Comb
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue Super Platinum (3)
Brush: Plisson #12 Grey Badger-22mmx56mm
Aftershave: Pino Silvestre

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

CRSW Bergamot & Bay today. 20 seconds to load the Plisson badger. Great, easy, thick, lather. Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue SP in my new Maggard OC-3rd shave with this razor. Good smooth, close, shave. I finished with Pino Silvestre.

Bob

 

21 May 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* Super 3-Band + ZenShave C7 Snakewood
* Mystic Water Poggio dei Pini
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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No shave today with no good reason why not, but I did enjoy some Aqua Velva and English Leather aftershaves anyway.

 

Thursday 21st May



Warm shower
Hot towel
Jabonman Citricos bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW DeLuxe (Made in England)
Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Myrsol Lemon aftershave

 

Didn't snag a picture but here's my shave last night. A little irritation from chasing the BBS (don't know why I bother). Feels good this morning though.

Pre: Shower and Nivea face wash
Brush: WD 24mm ST
Razor: Futur set on 2 with fresh Derby
Soap: Soap Commander Purpose
AS: Thayers AS and Soap Commander Purpose Balm

 

Thursday
hot shower/cold water shave
Semogue 620
Corn Huskers Lotion (prep)
La Toja (stick)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum.........Not really a Monster Block anymore,it's more of a sugar cube.
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Beard Brand Blank Slate Beard Oil
The Penguin ASL
Imaginary Authors The Soft Lawn

Nice 2 pass face,skipped the dome shave today.

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

I noticed that your CC Bay Rum label is very different from mine. Is this a new label or is it an older one? Just curious.

 

Old version. Have had this around 1 1/2 yrs maybe longer.

 

Schick J4 razor
Personna blade
Plisson/L'Occitane brush
Lord SC
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/Sage mix
Pinaud Lime Sec cologne

Look good, feel good, smell great. Gonna be a good day

 

5/8 T.I.
Cade
homemade synthetic,might be a TGN knot (not sure)
Very nice shave this morning. I've been getting some excellent shaves with Cade and I wasn't a fan of the older stuff. Have a good one.

 

Used my Thiers-Issard No 17 along with a bunch of other vintage stuff

Really enjoyed my shave.

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That's a great looking handle.

 

SOTD - May 21, 2015
“Spring Training Thursday”

60 yo newbie’s intro to traditional shaving. (Day 3)

Morning Hot Shower
Prep: Proraso Pre Cream (Green) Menthol & Eucalyptus
Razor: Gillette Tech “Fat Handle”
Blade: Shark Super Stainless
Brush: Omega Pro 48
Soap: Proraso Green New Formula
Aftershave: Proraso Aftershave Splash



After the euphoria of my first two days, I’m forcing myself to get to the long-term plan, based on all the advice and info from this site and its blade masters. The conventional wisdom taught to newbies appears to be captured in three words - technique, technique, technique! So I’ve set a goal to begin a 30-day Rule regimen hopefully on June 1. To do that I need to find a single brand of blades that are comfortable for me to use everyday during those 30 days.

So Spring Training begins today for my sample of blades. I want to try each blade, hopefully more than once to determine who gets to be in the starting line-up for the 30-day Rule.

Here’s the blades I’m considering for the trials:

Astra Platinum
Astra Super Stainless (2 shaves, very nice)
Bic Chrome Platinum
Gillette Wilkinson Sword Stainless
Personna Lab
Shark Super Stainless (today’s blade - close shave, but tugged noticeable compared to Astra SS)
Voskhod ?

Cheers!
RT

 

As has probably been noticed, I have not posted to SOTD for several days. I have been having problems with my hands going numb on me.(again) It seems to be always happening at the most inopportune moments. I even lathered up a beautiful lather of a new soap that I am testing. The soap lathered up perfectly, but dropping my brush several times, it was more of a PITA than it's worth.

I will wait a couple of days I just wanted all of you folks to know that I did not fall off the face of the earth.

I hope that you all have a great Memorial Day weekend.

 

I hope that feeling returns soon, Pat.

 

5/21/15 - Clog Pruff

Palmolive Classic
Omega 10066
GEM Clog Pruff
GEM PTFE Blade (3)
Osage Rub

 

SOTD
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Prebarba: Shower, Mystic Waters Stella Blue Soap, Nuetrogena Face Scrub
Rasoio: iKon Shavecraft 102 Slant with TRIAD Rolling Hex Titanium
Lametta: Polsilver #3
Pennello: Oscar11 Blue & White Omega Boar 28X55mm
Sapone: MDC Bol en Bois - Fugere
Post: Alum, Stirling Black Ice Witch Hazel, Organic Shea Butter
Dopobarba: Fine - Platinum

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May 21 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Vie-long Horsehair Brush
Stirling Electric Sheep SS
EJ Chatsworth Barley
Derby Super Stainless
Stirling Unscented PSB
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill AS