SoS: June 22, 2015 - June 28, 2015

Pal Adjustable razor
Personna blade
WD Silver Tip brush
CO Bigelow SC
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Pinaud Lime Sec w/added menthol

Nice cool refreshing shave this morning. Great way to start another hot summer day. 1st use of the Pal Adjustable, think it's going to be a keeper for sure.

 

That Lime Sec is on my list to get.

 

June 22nd, SOTD
One days’ growth
Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Wade & Butcher 5/8 square point (pre 1890) with worm eaten scales
Strop: Drygulch Chromexcel Horsehide/ Linen (20 on linen, 50 on leather)
Soap: Barrister & Mann Seville
Brush: Eveready 100T re-knotted with 22mm TGN Synthetic
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue

 

22 June 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* M&F 3XL Heritage
* Mystic Water Marrakesh
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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Monday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Catie’s Bubbles-La Terre Verte
Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green Super Stainless (1)
Brush: oscar11 High Mountain White-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Country Club Frozen Vetiver

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

Catie’s Bubbles LTV today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 HMW. Great, easy, thick, lather. I loaded a new Gillette 7 O’Clock Green SS in the Red Tip. Great smooth, close, shave. I finished with CC Frozen Vetiver.

Bob

 

Wolfman OC
Voshkhod
M&F Chief
B&M - Arctique
Fine - Snake Bite

http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Christian-Dior/Gris-Montaigne-17842.html

 

Happy Birthday!

 

Roaming Tabacstag!
I recently traded for some B&M Roam aftershave and I thought the best way to try it out was to pair it with Tabac. I have to say the AS starts off very intensely smelling of burning tobacco and wood, but it mellows as it dries down to a leathery smoke scent. Certainly not for the faint of heart. I will reserve my opinion on the scent for a while. The skincare is beyond reproach, however. My face feels great - smooth and well cared for. I used the Fatboy on 8/7/7 this time to take it easy on my neck, and it worked well, though I'm not sure I'd use this progression instead of nine. There were no weepers or irritation, but I'm not quite as smooth as when I use nine. The Colonel made superb lather from Tabac, as always.
Prep: Mickey Lee Lime
Überlather: Tabac mit Tabac
Brush: The Colonel
Razor: '59 Fatboy
Blade: Voskhod (1)
AS: B&M Roam Kyovu

 

Menthol Monday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Stirling Glacial Obsidian
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic (5)
Passes: WTG, XTG (10, 11)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

Lathered up with the same process as yesterday, but the lather didn't respond as well. Couple that with a blade on its last day, and the results weren't as good. I felt a sharp enough tug my my jawline on the second pass that I had to check twice for a nick. There was no bloodshed, but the shave wasn't very comfortable, and barely more than SAS.

 

Menthol Monday
warm shower/cold water shave
Custom Shavemac 167,2 band,d01
Proraso PPB
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen
iKon SC 102 slant/Astra SP (1)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Can You Handlebar Beard Dry Oil
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH mixed with a pea sized amount of 444
Nasomatto Hindu Grass

A very frosty start to the summer!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Monday 22nd June





Warm shower

Hot towel

B&M Ferox bowl lathered

Finest Badger brush made by myself

Gillette New Improved Bostonian (1922)

Polsilver Super Iridium (1)

Cold rinse

Thayers Lemon witch hazel

Myrsol Lemon aftershave

 

:rah: Patrick

 

M2 Dr Bomber / med prep

M&F polo

Captains Choice sandalwood

Captains Choice sandalwood

 

MONDAY
Second day using my new vintage C-MON. Just as with the Dubl Ducks, smooth shaver!

 

6/22/2015 Menthol Monday!! Woo Hoo!!

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Stahly Live Blade, Dubl Duck Goldedge straight razor
Blade: Astra SP (3)
Brush: Turkish #6
Soap: Chiseled Face - Cryogen
After: Home made ASB, Osage Rub after shave
Cologne: 1969

A frigid 2 pass Darn Fine Shave on Menthol Monday! This is the way to wake up the face. The #6 brush whipped up the Cryogen soap into a decent lather. The Stahly and the Duck did a fine job knocking down the stubble. The Cryogen was so cold that I could barely feel the Osage Rub being applied and the 1969 will have me smelling good all day.

Have a blessed day!

 

Menthol/Margarita Monday!



Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar
Soap: Stirling Margaritas In the Arctic
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: '46 - '50 Gillette Tech
Blade: Astra SP
Post: Witch Hazel, Stirling MITA Balm
Scent: Pinaud Lime Sec

Awesome 3 pass shave today. Love the MITA soap and balm. Finished of my Lime Sec sample, might need to find a bottle.

 

Happy birthday! Hope you have a fine day.

 

My first contribution to SOTD in over a month due to a hectic travel schedule and job commitments. I have some new Stirling soaps to discuss, which I'll put up in the soap forum... For today though...

Stirling Rosemary Mint
Parker best badger
Muhle R41 ('13) Personna blue
Cold water splash/alum
WM Neumann aftershave splash

I pulled out what I consider "old faithful" in the form of the '13 R41. This thing, just like it's older cousin, never fails to deliver a perfect shave.

The Rosemary Mint soap is simply delightful. The performance is superb, basically what I've come to expect from Stirling Soaps, and this one doesn't fail to astonish me with how easy it whips up into a dense, slick and protective lather. The mint adds an amusing feeling of cool that is is about 1/10th that of the MITA that I just finished up. The scent, for me, is as delightful as the soaps performance. A subtle combination of rosemary and mint. I realize scent is subjective and everyone has his or her preference, but this could easily rocket to the top of my favorites,

 

SOTD JUNE 22nd

1. Preshave : Floid sandolor
2. Brush: Semogue 1305
3. Blade: Personna platinum/2
4. Soap: CAD Phoenix accoutrements
5. AS: Myrsol antesol
6. alum

 

SOTD

'53 Super Speed
Gillette 7 o'clock black (2)
Shavemac Americana
Truefitt & Hill Almond
Witch Hazel
Pinaud Clubman

A great shave with some classic scents. I do believe that my alum block will be replaced with the witch hazel.