SoS: May 18, 2015 - May 24, 2015

There's nothing like a great analogy to emphasize a point!

 

Absolutely Gorgeous brush!!! I love that zebra wood. I really need to get a mini lathe

 

Friday 22nd May



Warm shower
Hot towel
MWF bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW LC, Windsor set (1930) Made in England
Gillette Nacet Stainless (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Old Spice Sensitive aftershave

 

5/22/2015 Frozen Friday!

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Gillette 1903, Imperial Razor Warranted Barbers Favorite straight razor
Blade: Pol Silver (5)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: Chiseled Face - Cryogen
After: Home made ASB, Osage Rube after shave
Cologne: Midnight in Paris

A 2 pass Darn Fine Shave on Frozen Friday. The Cryogen whipped up into a cold and thick lather. The lather was so cold that the second pass was almost painful. The 1903 and the Barbers Favorite took down the stubble with ease. The Osage Rub was barely felt because of the Cryogen being so cold and the Midnight in Paris will have me smelling good all day.

Have a blessed day!

 

Friday

Soap: Catie's Bubbles "Le Nude" unscented
Brush: Oscar11 HIS synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Astra SP
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

Soap: Stirling Nag Champa

Razor: R89 with SI blade

Post: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel, Aqua Velva Musk, Vaseline Cocoa Butter lotion, Pinaud Musk

Cologne: Tommy Hilfiger

Face = BBS. Neck = DFS. 1 weeper on fool's pass on ATG pass, and 1 weeper on neck doing touch up. The lather in the pic doesnt look very good because I took the pic after shaving. I took a long time shaving and enjoyed my shave! That Nag Champa scent transitions very nicely and smoothly with the post shave products I used. Hope all you have a great day.

 

May 22 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
WD High Mountain Badger 30 mm
Stirling Cocoa Forest
Ralf Aust 5/8
EJ Chatsworth Barley
Derby Super Stainless
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman Vanilla AS

Great shave today as I went into work late and got to use a straight for the first time in over a month. I also shaved with my little boy, so it was extra-special. Nice DFS this morning.

 

Unscented MDC w/ AOS Sandalwood
Rapira Platinum Lux blade
slim adjustable

Nice, quick, clean 3 pass shave .

 

May 22, 2015

Prep: hot shower and face wash with Kirk's CocoCastile soap
Lather: TSD Wheat
Brush: Omega silvertip
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Rapira Lux (5)
Post: Ogallala Bay Rum

2 passes and wow!

 

5/22/15 Knockout Friday!!!

Knockout Shave Silver
WSP Monarch Silvertip
GEM Featherweight
GEM PTFE Blade (4)
Fine Fresh Vetiver

 

May 22, 2015 (my dad's 90th BD! - why oh why did you let me leave home at 18 with an electric razor?!)

"Tiger Facial Friday"

60 yo newbie’s intro to traditional shaving. (Day 4)

Morning Hot Shower
Pre-Shower Prep: Lucky Tiger Lemon Facial Cleansing Cream *
Pre-Shave Prep: Proraso Pre Cream (Green) Menthol & Eucalyptus
Razor: Gillette Tech “Fat Handle”
Blade: Shark Super Stainless
Brush: Omega Pro 48
Cream: Proraso Green New Formula
Aftershave: Proraso Aftershave Splash



In a lifetime full of carts and electric razors, I never bothered with pre-shave products. Just a can of goo, or 'lectric shave and I was off to the races. I learned about preshave oils from this site and experienced a remarkable difference when using it vs. just using the lather.

*Additional searching led me to the TSD thread "Pre Shave Methodology" from 2007. Posts in the thread by member Fritz and TraderJoe led me to try to replicate their process this morning using the Lucky Tiger product. The result was very good. I can't say it was better than the preshave oil experience of the other day, but like anything else, experience and improved technique will clue me in at some point. (hopefully ;-)

Using just a minimal amount of the LT, I worked it into my face, entered the warm shower, and at the end of the shower, began soaking my face with a hot towel, wringing it out and then repeating until the bulk of the cream was off my face. (About 3 minutes) I then did the Pre-Shave Prep (Proraso) and went right to the lather. I had three very good passes.

Now this stuff looks like a container of lemon pudding, and today's GQ subscriber will be repulsed by what feels like a tub of grease!



But I'm content to keep experimenting with this unless it begins to react horribly with my skin in some fashion, because it sure does lube the beard up for shaving. (not to mention, the $8. tub will probably last for the rest of my shaving days!)

Respectful Memorial Day Weekend to all,
- RT

 

I completely concur with you as it is extremely photogenic!

 

If you ever get an opportunity to try a Weber DLC, it just might be the best American burger you will ever try! Similar to the best barbecued triple cheese and bacon burger you will eat! American made and the smoothest DE shaver around!

 

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Rituals Samurai Bamboo and Wakame foaming face wash

Soap/cream- Cella

Brush- Plisson synthetic

Razor- Merkur 37C

Blade- Rapira platinum lux
Astra SP

Post- Cold water rinse, alum, Speick aftershave lotion and Nivea sensitive aftershave balm

Man... I really haven't had any luck with these Russian blades. I had to switch blades.

All this talk about Cella got me I'm the mood for some cella=D very nice soap! Good slickness and protection

 

FRIDAY
Day#1 of a Seven-Day Razor use

Today was the first day using the Henckels Friodur. It is the largest razor I've used this month (nearly 7/8") and fresh of the hones with the Apache Strata as a finisher.
The lather was the thick & creamy Valobra. The shave? Absolutely magnificent. This was one of those shaves where I had to pause in the middle and say to myself, "whoa...!" The edge on this razor was so incredibly smooth—no stubble resistance nor hint of tugging anywhere. The only clue that I was actually removing hair was the noisy feedback from the big blade. Three passes and some touch-up—just for fun! A true BBS shave was the result.
Today's shave raised the bar for how good an SR shave can be!

 

Finished the week with my Thiers-Issard No 17 - and the Gillette Blue tip for clean up.
It went really well and am enjoying this so much that I might try to dedicate one day/week for straight razor shaving at the same time as I work my way through my DE/SE backlog.

Razor: Thiers-Issard No 17
Razor II: Gillette Blue Tip w/ a 7 O'Clock blade
Brush: SOC Boar
Soap: Klar Kabinnet
Pre-Shave: Myrsol Emulsion
A/S: Myrsol Agua Balsamica and Emulsion

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Feel better!

 

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Feeling fresh and smooth this Friday. I didn't use the blades from the picture, instead, I loaded this pre-war tech with a Gillette 7 'O Clock Blue and lathered up with CRSW American Barbershop. I'm one shave away from FINALLY finishing my first full tub of soap.

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend. Have a good one Gents.

 

Sitrling MITA
Parker best badger
Muhle ('11) Feather blade
Cold water/alum
Wm Neumann Absolute Zero

This has been the line-up for the past two days. The Neumann pairs well with MITA. It just puts cold on top of cold. It might not be sufficient for some of the menthol fans around here, but for me it's just perfect for when I am looking for a blast of cool. The shave was nothing short of terrific. After about 6 weeks with the '11 R41, I just can't stop using this razor. I wound up keeping the '13 for sentimental reasons... but this thing is just too good to NOT use.

 

Not as good as I hoped. First time in a couple weeks i didnt use Myrsol Emulsion and i missed it