Thank you very much =)

8/24/15 - decided to use a DE for a change.
1945 Gillette Contract Tech.

A great little shaver. BBS in 3 Passes.

Have a great trip. Be safe!

Tuesday morning:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Derby day 2
Lea Menthol SC
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
Old Spice Cologne

Gee, it's been well over a year since I've used Lea Menthol and it's such a good cream. I just found two brand-new unopened tubes so I'll start one of them. This cream smells great, it has terrific, rich lather and the menthol effect is about as cold as what you'd get from the Palmolive Menthol cream, or at least pretty close. Its skincare is not quite, quite as good but it's still good enough. The Gold Bond will make up any lack of moisturizing and the Penguin is another menthol atom bomb which I love.

I have not tried the AOS tallow soaps. I think that might be on my list for next year.

8-24-2015
Hot Shower prep with Stirling Soap Works Ben Franklin Soap.
Razor - Birth Year Gillette Slim Adjustable 1964 (4)
Blade - Voskhod (5)
Brush - Plisson
Lather - RazoRock XXX
Bowl - Fine Lather
Warm rinse, Maggard alum block then cool rinse
Finished up with Witch Hazel & RazoRock Problem Solver Lime AS Splash

Very nice, two pass + a few touch ups for a smooth work day shave.

SOTD - Menthol Monday, Aug. 24, 2015

Cool shower
Prep: Peppermint PSO
Brush: Simpsons Duke 3
Soap: Stirling Frozen Tundra
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (5)
Aftershave: Homemade Snowball Fight splash

August Focus - Slim and Feather AC
August 24
Razor - 1964 Gillette Slim (J1)
Blade - (3)
Brush - BoS
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Cold water, Alum, Nivea Original Post Shave

Back to the focus. Slim and Sharp Star which I have run through settings 5 and 7 with improvement at 7. Let's see if I can open it all the way to 9 and get even better results. BoSFat is the brush/soap combination today and I am seriously thinking that I may as well sell the rest of my brushes and soaps. Well, ok, so I won't really do that but the Omega 10066 and MWF just work fantastically together. It was almost like watching Arko lather today as fast as it exploded to life. Slick, cushiony, perfect in every way.

Dialed the Slim up to 9 and went WTG. Yep, this blade loves the aggressive setting, or the razor loves this blade. Maybe it's mutual. Great first pass. Relathered and went XTG all over and wow. Could have stopped there with a very nice DFS. Went ahead for a third pass, mostly just because I wasn't ready to stop, and it was really more touch up in just a few areas on the neck, and finished BBS and wishing I could justify one more pass. Rinsed, grabbed the alum and felt just a mild sting here and there. Fantastic shave. Went for the Nivea Original just to moisturize and headed off to the wonderful world of cars. Put the Sharp Star down for 9 on the Slim. Awesome shave.

Menthol Monday

Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar
Soap: Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: '46 - '50 Gillette Tech
Blade: Gillette Rubie
Post: Witch Hazel, Stirling Lemon Chill Balm
Scent: Tommy Bahama Very Cool

Great 2 pass WTG and ATG shave this morning. Yes, I'm still around. Busy last few weeks in preparation for today. My first day of college in about 6 years, and my first accounting class in over 10!

Are the AOS tallow soaps still available?

25 August 2015



Enjoyed the setup so I will use it again.

I hope you enjoy the interglatic picture!​

Late post for Sunday and SOTD 24 August 2015

30 Day Rule - Phoenix OC



Phoenix OC
Rapira Swedish Supersteel (5)
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
La Toja Shave Stick
Alum
Pinaud Citrus Musk over TSD ISZ AS Splash

Have a Terrific Tuesday!
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Just bought an unscented myself. (The sandalwood scent is blech, albeit a terrific tallow soap.)
This stuff is as good as vintage William's, Tabac, MWF. The scents are sub-par, but the lather is A-1.

Tobacco Tuesday Planned SOTD
Razor: Gillette Rocket HD 500
Blade: Gillette Spoiler (D7)
Brush: Bethlehem Olivewood w 26mm HMB
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Balm: Mickey Lee Lime Preshave Butter
Shave Soap: Mickey Lee Grand Havana
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Small Batch Shave Tonic


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Planned Tuesday SOTD


Schick Type J Injector razor
Schick Injector blade (1o+)
New Forest Alpolina silver tip badger brush
Myrsol Emulsion pre shave
D.R. Harris Arlington shaving soap
The "Veg" aftershave

Received the shaving soap and the "Veg" as a gift from the wife today. The Lilac Vegetal has since been decanted to a nice glass bottle.

Monday 24.08.2015

Tabac is not my friend, in fact I do not like it at all. And that is extremely unfair, since Tabac has done nothing to me, except given me good shaves.
But it is the smell, the pungent heavy smell. It smells like an old geezer that has bathed in Tabac and forgot to rinse afterwards.
Actually calling it a smell is not sufficient, after I shaved with it yesterday I could literally taste it in my mouth. The Norsewoman commented that my breath smelled flowery not long after I used it.

The soap itself is not bad, not bad at all. It is a slick and protective soap that I can very much enjoy on its own, and that’s why I enjoy my Sir Irisch Moos sticks so much. Same soap, different scent, or so I have been told.

The Personna Platinum Chrome was loaded in my Merkur 34c, and although not as good a match as in the EJ de89, it did a thorough job and removed most of my stubble in two passes.
It was a pretty good shave, despite the soaps attempt to fumigate me


Razor: Merkur 34c
Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome
Brush: Semogue 1305
Aftershave: Proraso

Superb Tabacstag
Back to school today. Getting up was hard because I went to the Foo Fighters concert last night. My ears are still ringing. It was an excellent show! The opening band was Royal Blood, and they were LOUD!
No blood in this shave, though. It was top notch all the way. Lather, razor, splash and balm combined for a drama free BBS. I'm ready for the students' first day.
Prep: Van Yulay PSO
Soap: Tabac!
Brush: HIS
Razor: '59 Fatboy
Blade: Voskhod (4)
AS: Chiseled Face Sherlock; CRSW Jardin d'Orange balm

The scent should mellow out if you leave it open for a while. Just sayin'

It is an "older" stick and I have both used it and aired it out previously

Wool Fat Tuesday August 25 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Gillette Ball End Tech
Stirling Unscented PSB
Old Spice Classic AS