Bay Rum Bliss My first two passes on my face were at nine today and I feel great. I even did the first pass on my neck at nine as well. No drama. I dialed down to six for the last pass and four on my neck. I expected the aftershave to sting quite a bit, but it was all good. The Colonel quickly whipped up top quality lather over a thin layer of lime preshave butter. I like this razor better at higher settings... It seems to help me let the razor weight do the work more consistently. I used my favorite bay rum combination to produce this superb shave. Prep: Mickey Lee Lime Soap: Krampert's Finest Acadian Spice Bay Rum Soap Brush: The Colonel Razor: Gillette FatBoy Blade: Voskhod (1) AS: Krampert's Finest Acadian Spice Bay Rum
May 28 SOTD: Homemade PS Oil WD High Mountain Badger 30 mm Stirling Electric Sheep SS EJ Chatsworth Barley Gillette 7 o'clock Super Stainless Stirling Unscented PSB Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill AS
Oh yes, I had a very nice shave this morning with the Frozen Tundra soap which is at the BRRRRRRRRRRR Level. It's one step milder than the Glacials, but I'd still rate it as a good face-freezer. The lather requires a bit of extra effort to get it going but it's well worth it. The skincare is magnificent.
SOTD Face and head shave May 28, 2015 Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89 w/MR5 handle Blade: Red IP Brush: Omega 10066 Lather: Tiki Cabernet Neroli Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH. Aftershave: RR Don Donato My sinus infection is winning! My shave was great! This Tiki soap smells wonderful. Performance is excellent. A better tomorrow. Takes your best today!
today's shave hot water wash with nivea men's rubberset 150 Pyrate's cove bay rum soap Gillette new long comb persona lab(3) superior 70 bay rum siete macho cologne today's shave was nice. sorta old fashioned. bay rum soap whipped up nicely with the ole 150. three passes with the long comb left me smooth and comfy. finished with superior 70, then some macho for color. hope y'all did as well, or better.
5/28/15 Prep: warm wash Lather: IanS artisan puck Brush: Omega 6214 silvertip Razor: Gillette New LC Blade: Rapira Lux (1) Post: Captain's Choice Cat O'Nine Tails and Ogallala Bay Rum cologne Best shave of the week so far! The Omega provided a great tool for face lathering this vintageish puck of hobbyist made soap. 2 full passes and a little touch up on the chin and neck and all is well. I splashed on the CC Cat and then was inspired for a bit more bay rum and added the double strength Ogallala cologne. I smell pretty good, if I do say so myself.
As of today Pre de Provence (PDP) is no longer in my regular rotation. Of all the French soaps I have tried, this is the bottom of the barrel for me when it comes to slickness and cushioning. I have added Cella to the PDP in an attempt to help the cushioning. While it did help, it was not enough to overcome what I view as inherent weaknesses in PDP. So, after several months of trying to make PDP work for me, I am relegating it to the upper shelf for use when I want to make a mixture. 3 passes and a CCS for today. PDP Rapira Stainless slim adjustable
Recovery and play with soap week! May 28, 2015 Prep - Hot shower and towel Brush - VDH Brush Soap - Saint Charles Shave Sandalwood Razor - RazoRock TTO Blade - (1) Post - Alum, Nivea Post Shave Balm A mixed bag today. Changed to the VDH boar to work with the Saint Charles more. Happy to say that a much wetter brush and the short loft helped produce a very decent lather. Nice and slick. Maybe not as much cushion as some but still a very nice lather. I suspect a little more work will produce even better results now that I know which direction to take it. Loaded up a Lord Platinum and that was a mistake. My first time to use this blade and it has a good reputation. Not with me, however. Didn't feel bad but man did it produce some blood. Noticed a very small nick on the right cheek during the first pass, then another one on the left cheek. Hey wait....there's another one under my chin. Lathered up for the second pass and went XTG as usual and all that really did was produce some nice weepers along both sides of my neck. Horrible, just horrible. I could feel the irritation before even putting the razor down. Alum and cold water cleared up the nicks and weepers and the Nivea helped calm down the absolute fire the alum produced. After all that I can only claim a CCS as I refused the third pass. You would think I designed that shave to be bad. Some of my bad gear shaves were better than this. DONE with the Lord Plat. Happy Thursday.
05/28/2015 Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti Blade – Feather Super Pro (13) Brush – Rudy Vey with TGN Finest Lather – Strop Shoppe Baker Street Post - Witch Hazel and Myrsol Antesol Sample Today was the 13th shave with this Super blade. Unlike DE blades there is really no tugging etc as the blade nears the end but it just requires more effort to get the same results. Accordingly today's shave required 3 passes to end up with a near BBS shave. Going to try to get one more shave out of this blade tomorrow. No irritation, nicks or weepers. The SS Baker Street was very easy to lather. I really enjoy the scent of this soap. Finished off with a splash of Myrsol Antesol from the sample pack.
28 May 2015 * Weber DLC + WRH3c Aluminum * Super Iridium * WSP Manchurian + K-Translucent * Mystic Water Barbershop * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
Thursday Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Through the Fire-Ember Razor: Gillette Fatboy Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (3) Brush: Plisson #12 Grey Badger-22mmx56mm Aftershave: Country Club Southern Oud WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) 1st shave with TTF Ember sample today. 20 seconds to load the Plisson badger. Great, easy, thick, lather. Rapira Platinum Lux in the Fatboy (3rd FB test blade). Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with CC Southern Oud. Bob
Hey @Bobcat, how does the FatBoy compare to the Slim? Don't know if I should continue the chase if they are pretty much the same. Awesome brush BTW! Looks like it would cool a glass of Bourbon if you dropped it in there!
Thursday 28th May Warm shower Hot towel Shannon's Coconut Lime bowl lathered HMW Badger brush made by myself Gillette NEW DeLuxe Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (2) Cold rinse Thayers Superhazel TOBS No74 Victorian Lime aftershave Enjoying the scent and performance of Shannon's Coconut Lime soap.
I am really liking the size and weight of the Fatboy. I am also getting a bit better shaves than from my Slim. Both will be in the rotation, but the FB wins with me by an edge. Your search continues...............
5/28/15 - GEM Micromatic!!! Not the best shave. It was either the razor or the blade, but it was jumpy and wouldn't cut. Had to pull out the Type G Injector to finish the job. I believe this will be the last time trying this brush. Just doesn't work for me. TOBS Jermyn Street Vie-Long Horse Hair GEM Micromatic OC GEM PTFE Blade (1) Fine Fresh Vetiver
Thursday May 28, 2015 iKon Shavecraft 102 Slant w TRIAD Rolling Hex Titanium Bolzano #1 Druida Aluminum Chubbic Manchurian 28X50mm Strop Shoppe - Barbershoppe Stirling Aftershave - Barber Shop Brooks Brothers - 1818
Thursday warm shower/cold water shave Shavemac custom 167,2 band, d01,fan Somersets PSO Mama Bear's Lime Ice EverSharp Hydro-Magic/Pella coated injector (4) cold water rinse Monster Block Alum.....I've been using this daily for well over a year,right now it's not much of a monster,it looks more like a sugar cube.This is the first alum block I haven't dropped,now I've prolly jinxed myself cold water rinse Tend Skin Leven Rose Beard Oil RazoRock Evil Eye ASL Acqua di Gio Stay frosty,my friends!
Between you and @crackstar and summer rapidly approaching I think I'm gonna have to try out some of these crazy menthol/ice products! Could possibly add some excitment to this old farts morning routine!
