SoS: July 27, 2015 - Aug 2, 2015

July 30

Gillette Fat Boy G3
Feather blade (3)
Edwin Jagger XL Synthetic
Trumper's Coconut cream
Two passes
Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Trumper's Coral Skin Food

 

Razor: Merkur 34 C
Blade: Merkur Super (4)
Brush: Semogue 1305 Superior Boar
Soap: Razo Rock XXX
A/S: Osage Rub
Excellent shave this evening with good equipment. The 1305 is still losing hair and after all the use this month it shouldn't be. IMO

 

Mitchell's Wool Fat
Vintage Ever Ready 150 TGN Best Knot
Vintage Gillette Fat Handle Tech
NOS Schick Krona Stainless Steel
Fine American Blend

 

For Friday morning:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/SuperMax Blue day 3
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
Pe Re Ja Cologne

A most delightful, frigid set-up for my Friday shave - the Glacial Lemon Chill soap is so wonderful. I must say that to this day I'm not used to these new Glacials being so easy to lather up. Rod worked very hard to improve his formula and it shows in the performance. This Lemon Chill has an awesome scent with perfect lather and more than enough menthol in it to make a polar bear want to move to Miami. The skincare of this soap is unbeatable as well. The Penguin is another favourite face-freezer of mine. The SuperMax Blue blade is doing a respectable job, so far.

A nice weekend to everyone in advance!

 

Looks great! Have a great weekend yourself.

 

SOTD - Thursday, July 30, 2015

Cool shower
Prep: Homemade Citrus & Cedar PSO
Brush: Rooney 1/2 super Silvertip
Soap: Catie's Bubbles Spanish Holiday
Razor: Weber PH Wave
Blade: Voskhod (4)
Aftershave: Mennen Skin Bracer

 

Nice setup and equipment.

 

SOTD 7-30-15

Comments: Today was almost exactly the same as yesterday, except for the soap used! I did two passes (WTG, XTG), then a cleanup type pass (XTG/ATG), which worked fine! No irritation or nicks!!! I do feel a couple of areas that could have been closer but I will still call it a DFS shave! No issues with the Proraso soap as it works well for me. A very good shave today!

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.

 

Friday's


TOBS Lavender
Jayaruh #12 Black Pure Badger
Ever-Ready 1912
Treet Super
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Florida Water

The TOBS Lavender Shaving Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #12 Black Pure Badger brush. Two passes with my Ever-Ready 1912 razor and a Treet Super blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Lemon WH and then Florida Water after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Planned casual Friday SOTD

Vintage Kabrand OC razor
Rapira SS blade
The "Grosvenor" bristle & badger brush
MdC Huille Vegetale PSO
Castle Forbes lime EO shaving cream
Myrsol Formula C aftershave
Royall Rugby EdT
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This will be my third day in a row using high quality shaving creams and I'm liking it. The Castle Forbes says "for skin prone to niks and cuts" so guess they're suggesting it's gonna improve my technique just by using it

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SOTD July 30

Pre hot shower with nutragena invigorating face wash
Derby blade (4)
VDH Tto
Arko stick
VDH bore bowel lather
Barbasol pasific rush
Nivia face cream

First time using the face wash and I can't wait till my paraso green come in. Definitely a good combo for menthol monday​

 

Thank you very much! It was an excellent shave, and made me realize that I should grab the Skin Bracer more often.

 

I'm back after a super busy June and July. We moved into our new house today and are already loving the expanded options available at 3700 sf compared to our last house of 1200 sf. We have room to move and not sit on top of each other!

First shower and shave in the bathroom that doesn't need work.


This new house has a water softener system installed in the crawlspace. The lather from my Dusy Kabinett was phenomenal and super slick and quick to make. 2 passes and all is slick again.

Prep: shower
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Brush: TGN synthetic
Razor: Weber
Blade: Astra Superior Stainless
Post: Old Spice Pure Sport aftershave

Yesterday we made a little hike up the Manitou Incline. 2,000 feet of vertical gain in about a mile over 1700 steps. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done, but we made it. I'm really proud of my wife and son. They rocked the climb!

Here is my son and I just a few minutes after we finished. He didn't look sweaty at all. Me, on the other hand...

 

30 Day Rule - July 2015
July 30th
Razor - Feather SS AC
Blade - (4)
Brush - Omega 10066 (BoS)
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Cold Water splash, Alum, Nivea

End of the month madness. Now, if only sales would be as good as the shaves I've gotten these past few days. Next to the last day and the lather came back into line today. I do believe I had the brush too wet yesterday. Funny thing about MWF - it likes to be soaked prior to the shave but doesn't like the brush to be very wet. So I made sure to shake it a few extra times today before starting to load. Right on the money. Two passes with the Feather and no problems. WTG and XTG nice, though as always not as close as I can do with a DE yet. The ATG on the neck produced a couple of nicks as I set down slightly wrong. Still have to work on that. Overall it was a burning Alum and produced a CCS on the neck, DFS on the face. Again, good enough to head out to figure out where all the customers have gone. Too quiet for this close to EOM. Maybe they're waiting to see if I finish in one piece with this razor! Happy Full Moon!

 

I've done the Manitou Incline...when I was much, much, much younger. Much younger. Did I mention MUCH younger? I'm pretty sure you would just have to find a spot to bury me on the way up if I tried it now.

 

I'm 51 and I wish I would have done it when I was much, much younger as well. We had a 23 year old in our group who said the same thing!

 

I had an uncle who lived in Colorado Springs. He retired from the Air Force and went to work at the academy. His daughter lived in Manitou Springs. Beautiful country.

 

Friday's Planned SOTD
Razor: Joris Black\white pin stripe
Blade: Feather (D4)
Brush: Shavemac D01 Flattop 24mm
Bowl: Symmetrical Pottery
Pre Shave Scrub: RazoRock GLO
Pre Shave Oil: Saponificio Varesino
Shave Soap: Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary
Post: Alum Block
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary



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Friday, July 31, 2015
Day 24 with the Mongoose
B-3 Mongoose with Triad Rolling Hex Titanium
Feather Kai Captain Sharp #1
Whipped Dog Boar
Mike’s Natural Soaps Barbershop
Witch Hazel ++Menthol, Unrefined Shea Butter
Stirling After Shave Barber Shop
Brooks Brothers 1818

Today’s shave was an outstanding two passes including clean up. The first shave for Kai Sharp blade was very smooth and deceptively sharp, not as forgiving as the Kai Mild. The alum sang some high notes but no blood. The Shea Butter felt especially soothing today. The Whipped Dog Boar is an excellent bowl or face lathering brush. Using my Captain’s Choice Bowl, and Mike’s Natural Soap, the WD boar cranked out a ton of creamy slick lather. Set at 30 X 53mm, it has better backbone, a denser knot and softer tips than my Omega boars. Finished off this wonderful shave with generous spritz of Stirling Barbershop Aftershave.

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July 30, 2015

***COMPLETED***
30-Day Focus - Blade Trials for Gillette Tech

Wrapping up the month using my Gillette New LC

Hot Shower
Pre-Shave Oil: Gingers Garden
Soap: Stirling MITA
Brush: Omega Pro 48
Razor: Gillette New LC
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
TSD Witch Hazel
After Shave: TSD Lime
Mustache Wax: Dirigo Blue

Back from my Canadian island getaway. Great trip and great shaves with the Aristocrat. Thanks @NCoxSTL

Decided to use a Gillette New LC today - one of my latest acquisitions (from June - NBJ).

What a pleasant shave. 2 passes on a 2 day growth. Was going to do a 3-pass but the razor and blade cut like buttah on the first pass! So I chose to go right to a ATG second pass - so clean. A few touch ups and that was one nice shave.

First shave as well for MITA soap ( another real nice soap) and the TSD Lime matched up well as you'd expect.

Ended with my new favorite mustache wax - Dirigo Blue. Thanks @swarden43 ! 95 degrees in Seattle today. Wax held up well - even after a 30 minute soak in Lake Washington to cool off!

Stay cool all!
Cheers!
RT