SOTD for Monday July 20th................. Barbasol Menthol Cream Merkur 1904 w/Royal Blade Witch Hazel finishing with Barbasol Pacific Rush Aftershave Single pass w/touch-up for a summertime CCS!
SOTD: Monday, July 20 Coate's Lavender Semogue SOC Boar (28/30) Aesop SS Bowl Merkur 37C Polsilver SI (1) Myrsol Emulsion Have a great day! I just realized what a western European set up this is...:wave:
Monday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Island Man Soap: Stirling Executive Man Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed Blade: ASCO Red Super Stainless (5) Brush: oscar11 TGN 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm Aftershave: Fine Platinum WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Stirling Executive Man today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 badger. Great, easy, thick, lather. ASCO Red SS still in the Red Tip. Great smooth, close, shave. I finished with Fine Platinum. Bob
Menthol Monday cool shower/cold water shave Semogue SOC,2 band Proraso PPC Stirling Glacial Wintergreen Feather AS-D2/Feather (1) cold water rinse Bloc Osma cold water rinse Tend Skin Beard Brand Blank Slate Beard Oil Stirling Glacial Wintergreen ASB Montale Red Vetyver Very frosty shave,face and dome BBS and well chilled!!! Stay frosty,my friends!
20 July 2015 * Ikon Shavecraft Short-Comb + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze * Super Iridium * WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro * Mystic Water Vanilla Sandalwood * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
MONDAY Smooth & easy three-pass shave this monday morn. I haven't used MdC for a couple of weeks now so this morning's use allowed me a refresher on just how easy this soap yields extraordinary amounts of lather. Have a great Monday, all!
July 20th, SOTD Three days’ growth Prep: Hot shower Razor: Cattaraugus Cutlery Co Green Lizard Model B54GL Strop: Drygulch Chromexcel/ Linen (10 laps Linen/ 10 laps Leather pre and post) Soap: The Shave Den Iced Yin Yang (Lime, Lavender, & Menthol) Brush: Spalted Maple Brush with Badger Knot Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aftershave: The Shave Den Iced Yin Yang Aftershave Splash (Lime, Lavender, & Menthol)
July 20, 2015 SOTD 30-Day Focus - Blade Trials for Gillette Tech Weekly Trial for: Personna Red, Derby Green, Gillette Silver Blue, Voskhod Hot Shower Pre-Shave Oil: Gingers Garden Soap: Catie's Bubbles Mile High Menthol Brush: Omega Pro 48 Razor: Gillette Tech “Fat Handle” Blade: Voskhod (2) TSD Witch Hazel After Shave: Myrsol Agua De Limon Yesterday's mid-morning shave set me up with very light stubble this morning. Must've been a very close shave yesterday! Two quick passes (WTG,ATG) and I'm done. Very nice shave yet again. Stay cool all! Cheers! RT
Menthol Margarita Monday Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap: Stirling Margaritas In the Arctic Brush: Omega 13522 Razor: '52 Gillette Super Speed black tip Blade: Ladas Post: Witch Hazel, Stirling MITA Balm Scent: Tommy Bahama Very Cool Great 2 pass WTG & ATG shave today. Yesterday's shave was still close enough this morning that I felt comfortable going WTG & XTG only. Running low on my MITA balm sample.
The Floid Vigoroso following the Myrsol Metilsol created a very refreshing cool combo. I walked outside and it felt like a winter blast on the face.
Razor: Gillette New LC Bar Handle 1930s Big Boy wood case Brush: Vintage Ever-Ready 300L with TGN Silvertip 18/51 Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue Cream: Geo. F. Trumper's Coconut cream Blade: Feather (2) Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black Post Shave Gel, Old Spice original Shulton 1947 glass Talcum powder (ship Mt. Vernon sailing to right), Old Spice original Shulton 1956 glass AS Stopper #3 Another good shave with the LC. Loaded a Feather blade, and checked the alignment. Whipped up some Trumper's Coconut in the OS Mug. Very nice two pass shave with some touchup on my trouble spot on my neck. I Like the scent of this Coconut better than the TOBS. Warm water rinse and pat dry. Some WH and after cleanup and a shower, some JB balm, and some OS talc. Finished up with some Vintage Old Spice from 1956. Let the Spice flow! Y'al have a good one!
Roger, If I remember right you purchased some of the Myrsol Shave Cream, what are your thoughts on it?
Shave of the day Pre- Hot shower, Olive oil bath soap Soap/cream- Arko shaving soap Brush- Turkish nr 6 Boar Razor- Gillette Tech Blade- Astra SP Post- Cold water rinse, Speick aftershave lotion and Nivea sensitive cooling aftershave balm Hmm, not the best shave. I'm not sure why. Maybe the soap? I have never been able to figure Arko out. I just need a little practice =) Oh well.. Tomorrow is another day =P Forgot the picture today.
Prep: MR GLO Brush: WSP Monarch High Mountain Soap: Stirling Glacial Lemon Mug: Fine lather bowl Razor: Ikon 102 Slant Blade: Ladas (2) After: alum, rinse, Stirling Lemon Chill WH and Aloe.
Had my maiden shave w/ my Mergress XL this morning and it was indeed a great shave. Now I understand why all the Pro/Mer/Digress owners out there love their razor(s) so much. Razor: Mergress XL Blade: Polsilver SI Brush: Rubberset 400-3 Soap: Soap Commander Endurance A/S: Florida Water (which felt and smelled great on a warm summer morning).
SOTD 7-20-15 Comments: Dang, I really thought after two passes and some cleanup I was going to get my first complete straight shave. The straight shave felt good and even felt very close until I did a rinse, then I could still feel stubble at the jawline and some on the chin but I did fine with the neck area and all rest though! I used the Wolfman razor (open comb side) for a cleanup pass in those areas listed earlier! One weeper and no irritation today and I ended up with a DFS shave but not BBS. No issues with the Proraso as it lathers easy and gave me very good protection throughout the shave. All in all, it was a very good shave today but could have been better! Please feel free to leave comments on any items used as I enjoy reading them to see what others say about the gear I am using/trying out! Of course, YMMV! Thx.
