SoS: August 3, 2015 - August 9, 2015

Nice shave!
I think the Fatboy is better at higher settings, too.
Tabac never fails!

 

Cold River Thursday
Second superb shave with JdO today. The lather loaded and built even more easily today, if that is possible. I put a little hot water on the soap while I prepped, so perhaps that helped the lather and bloomed the amazing scent. I like complex scents, and this is on par with other artisan's offerings. My stubble had not fully recovered from yesterday's shave yet, and it was almost cruel to subject them to the Fatboy, but the resulting drama free BBS made it worth it. The balm is a perfect scent match and compliments the top notch post shave feel. I can see myself getting more soaps and aftershaves from CRSW.
Prep: Van Yulay PSO
Soap: Cold River Soap Works Jardin d'Orange
Brush: HIS Lather Monster
Razor: '59 Fatboy
Blade: Voskhod (3)
AS: Cold River Soap Works Jardin d'Orange balm

 

My SO laughs all the time at my ADs. But she is at least helping me pick out my next soap. Not to sound ignorant, what is veg? Im not familiar with it.

 

Thursday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Executive Man
Soap: Maggard’s Limes & Bergamot
Razor: Gillette Fat Handle Tech (Triangular Slots)
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue SP (2)
Brush: oscar11 High Mountain White-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Krampert’s Frostbite

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

Maggard’s Limes & Bergamot today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 HMW. Great easy, thick, lather. 7 O’Clock Blue SP in the FH Tech. Great smooth, close, shave. I finished with Frostbite.

Bob

 

THURSDAY
My maiden voyage using this Japanese western-Style razor. This razor feels very nice in the hand; pins are tight, tang is slim with subtle lower jimps, and the thin, broad blade has a comfortably-rounded square tip.
It provides good audible feedback (no surprise there as it is a wide, full-hollow grind). Easy to manipulate/navigate this razor. Three passes plus some touch-up areas resulted in a near BBS shave.
Have a great Thursday, all!

 

Pinaud Lilac Vegitol the aftershave of John Wayne maybe even Bruce Wayne.One must be chosen to wear this fine elixir.

 

Thursday
warm shower/cold water shave
M&F Chief
Myrsol Emulsion PPC
TSD 2x Iced Mojito Lanolin soap
Feather AS-D2/Gillette 7 o'clock Black Ninja (1).........First time with something other than a Feather blade in the AS-D2.Very smooth shave,face and dome BBS!!!
cold water rinse
Bloc Osma
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Levan Rose B.O.
TSD 2x Iced Mojito ASM
TOBS No. 74 Victorian Lime layered with Escentric Molecules Molecule 01

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Razor: Gillette 195 Fat Boy (f1) 1960 (5) (3)
Brush: e-shave finest Badger
Coffee Mug: Harry Potter
Cream: The Body Shop Maca Root cream
Blade: Feather (1)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black Post Shave Gel, Old Spice Lime original Shulton cologne Frosted Glass 1960s
Back from VACATION shave! Love Harry Potter, great time in Orlando, rode everything, that was cool and or fast. Ok, now my first shave back home. Whipped up the Maca Root in my favorite mug with my Silvertip. My favorite Magic Wand is my Fat Boy. It's weight does all the work and it sings a nice toon with a Feather blade. WTG XTG on my face and neck on 5. ATG on my neck on 3. Nice and slick and with my FB on 3 for my neck I can buff a little for a DFS. Great cucumber smell with the WH, and then some soothing JB. After cleanup some vintage OS Lime from the 1960s. Abracadabra (POOF)

 

SOTD: Thursday, August 6
Mystic Water Irish Traveller
Simpson CH2 Synthetic
Feather AS-D2
Polsilver SI (2)
Creed Green Irish Tweed

Have a great day!​

 

Thursday 6th August







Warm shower

Hot towel

Shannon's Coconut Lime bowl lathered

Finest Badger brush made by myself

Gillette Aristocrat 16 Gold

Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (1)

Cold rinse

Thayers Lemon witch hazel

TOBS No74 Victorian Lime aftershave

 

Thursday:

Prep: Nuskin Shampoo and Body Wash (used as facial wash too)
Shave soap: Stirling Confirous
Razor: PAA Double open comb
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (2nd shave)
Brush: Satin Tip The purest white
Alum
After Shave: Osage Rub (lime sec hasnt arrived yet for combo)
Balm: Proraso Pre/post shave balm

 

6 August 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro
* Mystic Water Irish Traveller
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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As one is chosen for cholera, irritable bowl syndrome or diphtheria.

 

Weber Triad / GSB

Paladin

CB LPV x2

 

Great shot! Love the box!

 

I'm already thinking about my set-up for tomorrow!

 

Face it, you're (we're?) just a big kid! Sounds like you had a great time!

 

Always love that razor!

 

Thursday 6 August 2015



Still on vacation with a Mastro Livi Stainless Damascus Razor​

Still on vacation and still suffering this incredible heat. Italy seems to be on fire this summer and it is pretty impossible to find some relief from this tremendous hot temperature joined to a quite oppressing humidity. I fortunately have a sort of relief by shaving, something I am doing with my Mastro Livi "Rasoio Italiano" made of artisan stainless damascus steel. This shave was also the occasion to try this new Felce Azzurra aftershave lotion I bought in a local market and, to tell you the truth, it did not impress me that much. The result was however very good, also thanks - of course - to the excellence of this razor and, let me add this, the smoothness and slickness of my shaving soap. The more I use this soap, the more I like it! I guess I have almost achieved my goal, that is making a shaving soap suitable for straight razor shaving - it can also be used for DE shaving, of course - and I think the formula and the making process I am using are almost meeting the idea I have in mind.​

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
• Soap: RazorGuy Shaving Soap
• Brush: Mühle Travel 31 M 530, Silvertip Fibre - Aluminium - 21 mm - Size M
• Bowl: Gerby Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Travel Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi Stainless Damascus "Rasoio Italiano", 8/8 Full Hollow, Spanish Point
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
• Post-Shave: Extravirgin Olive Oil
• After Shave: Felce Azzurra Aftershave Lotion