SOTD August 28, 2015 Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost Razor: Mongoose B3 Dr. Bomber Handle Blade: Kia Captain Titan Mild Brush: L'Occitane Plisson Lather: PAA Dirt Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate Aftershave: PAA FU Fougère I rotated brushes in/out today, bringing in the Plisson off the bench. This brush still has it! This is my 9th shave with the Mongoose, i have yet to have a bad shave with it. The quality of this razor is unmatched. Never let the things you WANT Make you forget the things you HAVE
SOTD August 28th............ Barbasol w/Lanolin (yellow) shave cream 40's Superspeed w/Gillette Sharp Edge (yellow) Witch Hazel rinse finishing with Canoe A/S 2 quick passes for a DFS! I always enjoy using Barbasol.................
FRIDAY My first shave using a newly-acquired J-West, a Takehana FEON model very similar to the razor loaned to me by Mike (@entropy1049 ). This one required some clean-up and polish, but took a very keen edge off the hones. End result: a near-BBS experience. Such smooth shavers! Have a great Friday, all!
Friday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Cold River Soap Works “Original”-Bergamot & Bay Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (4) Brush: oscar11 Boar-26mmx60mm Aftershave: Fine American Blend WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) CRSW Bergamot & Bay today. Easy, thick, lather with the oscar11 Boar. Rapira Swede still in the Red Tip. Great smooth, close, shave. I finished with Fine American Blend. Bob
Friday, August 28, 2015 - First Shave with a Slant 2 hot towels Cornhuskers Lotion Plisson Synthetic Arko (face-lathered) Merkur 39C..."The Sledgehammer"...w/Gillette 7 O'clock Blacks (1) W/X/A, touch ups Cold rinse, cold towel, witch hazel, L'Oreal Balm, TSD AS Milk Irish Spring Type After everything I've read about slants, I expected either a miraculous one-pass BBS, or to bleed out. What I got was a decently close shave with more nicks than usual, and irritation no worse than I've had before. I need to try this razor with many more blade and soap/cream combinations before I choose "yay" or "nay."
SOTD: Friday, August 28 WSP Gaelic Tweed Simpson 2 "Chubby" Silvertip Mühle R41/Weber Bulldog Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle Personna Med Prep (2) Creed GIT Have a great day!
Great shave today. After reading many raves regarding Biotique Bio Palmyra shave cream I had to give it a try. Boy was I pleasantly surprised. Mine is a little on the runny side but assuming it will dry out a little and smells like apples. This was a easy and had same consistency as the Castle Forbes I used days ago but the part the really surprised me was the post shave feel. I falsely assumed that a big jar of cream this inexpensive would be lacking in the post shave feel but I was dead wrong. Now it could be that I still had some of my PSO on my face and help contribute to the post shave slickness but this shave cream is well worth the money.
8/28/15 SOTD Two days’ growth Prep: Hot Shower Razor: Case Red Imp 133 Strop: Drygulch Chromexcel/ Linen (10 linen 10 Leather post shave) Soap: Jabonman Lima-Incienso (Menthol) Brush: Omega 1066 Boar Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman with M-Bomb
Friday warm shower/cold water shave Savile Row 3824 Corn Huskers Lotion Stirling Sharp Dressed Man lathered with 6 drops M-Bomb Cobra Classic/Feather ProGuard (11) cold water rinse Bloc Osma alum Tend Skin Levan Rose BO The Rub Creed Green Irish Tweed Stay frosty,my friends and enjoy the weekend!
Razor: Gillette 195 Fat Boy (f1) 1960 (5) (3) Brush: Rubberset 400 #3 WD 24/50 Silvertip (Jedi Lightsaber) Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue Cream: Geo. F. Trumper's Coconut cream Blade: Feather (1) Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black balm, Old Spice Lime original Shulton AS Frosted Glass 1960s Whipped up some nice warm Trumper's Coconut after loading up my mug with a dollop. My new Jedi Lightsaber has nice backbone, and the handle fits the hand nicely. My FB, helped with the Feather blade, made quick work in 2 passes. A little touchup on my neck ATG on 3 and done. I actually had enough lather left over for 2 more passes. The WH felt good, nice and cool. After cleanup some JB and when it dried, some Vintage Old Spice Lime from the 1960s. A great Jedi shave! The Force Awakens!
I agree that Gingers Garden don't get mentioned around here as much as it should. They make great products and even do custom scents! I like the flip top containers, which is unique.
I look forward to your progress. I'm very much leaning towards getting a 39c or a Muhle r41 as my next razor.
I really like Biotique Bio Palmyra aka "the thing" I was surprised when I saw your SOTD as this cream doesn't get nearly enough love as many of the other big brand named.
08/28/2015 Razor – Gillette Slim J3 set on 9 Blade – Feather (1) Brush – Shavemac D01 Silvertip Lather – MdC Fougere Post - Witch Hazel and Fine Platinum Another very good 3 pass near BBS shave with the Slim. It's been sometime since I have used this Shavemac brush. I have really enjoyed using it over the last several days and will have to remember to use it more often. Finished off with a splash of Fine Platinum and I am so ready for the weekend.
You are one of the individuals I remember making a comment about this cream and agree this is a bargain cream and doesn't get much love on this site or the other two sites I am on. This one is a keeper for me.
