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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
