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.
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
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
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
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.
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 Preshave : Floid sandolor Brush: Semogue 1305 Blade: Personna platinum/2 Soap: CAD Phoenix accoutrements AS: Myrsol antesol 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.
