Saturday's Dove Men Face Wash Col. Conk Lime Shave Soap Jayaruh #19 Best Badger Schick L1 Personna SS Injector CWR, Asma Alum Block Thayers Lemon WH Aqua Velva The Col. Conk Lime Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #19 Best Badger brush. Two passes with my Schick L1 Injector razor and a Personna SS Injector 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 Aqua Velva after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
The Crazy Ivan in SEptember! September 18 Razor - Edwin Jagger DE89L Blade - (1) Brush - Vie Long 12601 The Pony Soap - TSD Lanolin Bay Rum Post - Cold Water, Alum, Nivea So, yet another Chinese blade from Crazy Ivan just to see if we can find one that actually works. I've tried a number of them. The Baili Blue, the Blendax and the Dying Duck, better known as the Flying Eagle, all horrible, terrible, awful, though the Wounded Wombat is still the worst of them all. So, now to the Patrix, made by the same company as the Blendax and honestly.....I was not looking forward to this morning. So, I decided to stop being so negative, load up the blade and give it a run for its money. No matter what I was determined to finish at least the first pass and, who knows, might even find it to be able to complete the shave in grand style. Using the Pony and TSD Lanolin provided an incredibly good lather (I really like the TSD Lanolin....plan on ordering more) and I was set to go. First stroke was actually not as bad as I feared. Just down the right cheek, yeah it was a bit tuggy. Ok, more than a bit, but not the worst Chinese blade I have tried. (Did I mention the Krappy Koala?) Went ahead and worked down the right cheek, then endured the extra pain of the right neck. Same on the left. Cheek which was bad, neck which was worse. But....if I'm getting a good shave it's worth it, right? Yeah, I'm not getting a good shave. I ran my hand over my face as I rinsed it and wondered if I had even reduced the beard at all. It felt as rough as when I started. All that pulling and tugging and overall suckiness and I can't even tell I made a pass? Yep. It's a Chinese blade. Bailed out to my rescue setup...Merker 23c and Astra SP. Did a full three passes with that setup without so much as a pull, tug or anything except beautiful DFS result. Yes, boys and girls, the Patrix is as bad as the Blendax and the Baili but still not quite as bad as the Vomiting Vulture. I'm really perplexed at how bad Chinese manufactured blades are. The Schick injector blades they make are really good. So, again, it has to be that a foreign company manufacturing in China apparently has enough weight to control quality while the Chinese native versions just don't care. I believe, though, through some research, I may have pinpointed the problem more precisely. Allow me to explain using what is a very familiar video to many of you. I believe the problem occurs because apparently they skip everything that occurs from around 2:02 to 2:26 on this video. They create blanks, then simply go straight to the packing process. Why bother with sharpening and all that? It just adds time and money to the process. Well, after that fail it's up to Crazy Ivan to figure out what to do tomorrow. The good news is no more early Saturday shaves! As of 8 pm CDT today I no longer sell used cars. I have the weekend off before moving on to the next adventure. Have a great weekend!
Birthday Shave Saturday, September 19, 2015 B-3 Satin Mongoose with UFO Titan Fine XL Feather Pro Super #1 Varlet Mega Badger 29 X 49mm MDC Le Bol En Bois Fougere Alum, Dickinson’s ++Menthol, Cucumber Melon Whipped Shea Butter Derby City Chop Shop Small Batch Shave Tonic Brooks Brothers 1818
Happy Birthday, Mark!. I did just notice that your avatar looks like a Texas cousin of @mrchick . Just saying.
Friday SOTN First Full Straight Razor Shave Pre Shave- Hot shower with Stirling SDM Bath Soap Shave- Stirling SDM Shaving Soap W&M Elliot Straight Razor Stirling Synthetic Brush Aftershave- my blood... Just kidding Stirling SDM Balm and Splash First real shave with a straight tonight. 2 passes for a DFS/ BBS shave. DFS on the jaw line and sides of the neck and BBS on the cheeks and throat. Made it through with no cuts or razor burn so I must be doing something right. Will save the straight for my days off just in case this was a fluke. Hope everyone is having a great day/night and hope you all have a great weekend.
Planned Saturday afternoon SOTD Schick type J razor Schick injector blade New Forest Alpolina brush Myrsol Emulsion Geo.F.Trumper Violet shaving cream Royall Vetiver Im planning to be up and out of the house early tomorrow, therefore will shave in the afternoon when I don't have to rush.
Good job. I've spent the last two days contemplating trying a straight for the first time as well. It's only fear and common sense holding me back
The fear went away once I got halfway down my cheek. It reared its ugly head again when I got the neck though. I honestly think most people just psyche themselves up. But the fact that I have done more damage to myself with a safety razor helped calm my nerves once I realized after the first two strokes that my face was still there.
Great smooth shave today with the Feather MR3. I really was pleased with the way the Dove Expert Shave Cream performed. I liked the balm also, may have to pick up another bottle. Clayton
SOTD Saturday 19Sep15 Gillette Fusion Flexball ProGlide {D-18} Pre-Shave: Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap Pre-Shave Oil: Tiki Bar Frosted Woodlands Pre-Shave Oil Shaving Mug: VDH Luxury Mug Shaving Brush: "Oscar 11" Custom 24/48mm TGN Super Finest Black & White Resin Handle Shaving Soap: Van der Hagen-Williams Shaving Soap aka Patrick's Blend After Shave Alum: Razorock Ultimate Aftershave After Shave Balm: Afta After Shave Skin Conditioner After Shave: Captain's Choice North WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
Saturday 19.09.2015 Saturday morning shaves are always a treat. I usually do not have to rush it and I seldom has to shave at 6 am. Today I shaved about 30 minutes after my shower, and I was interested to see how this delay affected the shave. I picked out a soap from Fitjarsoap and a brush from Lijun shaving, in addition to stars from my last shave, the EJ89 and Astra Superior Stainless blade. The East-Indies soap from Fitjar is a pleasant scent, although not particularly powerful. For me that is a good thing, especially since combined with this brush the scent went from warm, spicy and sensuous to something that reminded me of cat piss. This brush apparently have too much of badger stink to it and it is affecting the lather. A fun experience. I loaded the brush, started my face lathering, smelling the piss and started to shave. It was not the usual performance from both the soap or the blade. The blade ought to have more than three shaves to it, and the soap is usually more slick than this. It was still a good glide, just not a stellar one. After two decent passes I ended up with a comfortable close shave and I am happy with that. I layer of aftershave later and I experienced the wonderful burn of Ogallala Bay Rum with Limes and Peppercorn. I am running low on this stuff and I really should find a supplier for a full jar. Razor: Edwin Jagger de89 Blade: Astra Superior Stainless Brush: Lijun Shaving Soap: Fitjarsoap East-Indies Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum with Limes and Peppercorn
Mark That is a beautiful looking brush. Being American Made is the best reason to purchase it. Also have a Happy Birthday.
Gillette Rocket HD Rapira Platinum Lux blade Omega Hi-Brush synthetic Palmolive stick Floid Suave aftershave Wow! The Rocket truly is "Heavy Duty" after two weeks with a Feather Popular!
