Yup I couldn't agree more. Am in the same process right now, in fact in vacation in between the old and the new home and am going through hobby withdrawal symptoms
SOTD September 30, 2015 Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost Razor: Mongoose B3 Dr. Bomber Handle Blade: Feather Professional Lather: Stirling Bay Rum Brush: Stirling Synthetic Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate Aftershave: Halston Z-14 Smooth shave. Stirling soaps are so moisturizing and protecting you don't need other products to finish your shave. Ended the month with the Mongoose! Killer!! My daughter loves Halston Z-14, says I smell like the mall. Never let the things you WANT Make you forget the things you HAVE
SOTD: Wednesday, September 30 SC Indian Sandalwood (3) Simpson 2 "Chubby" Silvertip Mühle R41 w/Weber Bulldog Super Max Platinum (4) SC ASB Meehan Sandalwood EdC Have a great day!
LOL. That's what happens when you think "Hmm...I'll be running out of blades soon. Oh, so many options! Let's explore the information super highway!" and it goes from that to "Well, here's my last blade, and I am still deciding if I want either that 100 pack of Astra's or Derby's" to "Oh snap, the last blade is dull!" One AD that I never really latched onto was acquiring blades. Soaps, razors, aftershaves, yes. Not so much blades.
6/8 vintage T.I. Tabac homemade boar I didn't really need a shave today and probably won't need one tomorrow but...... it was a great shave anyway.
30 September 2015 * Wolfman WR1-SB + UFO Colibri SS * Gillette Silver Blue * Omega Pro #48 * Mystic Water Bay Rum * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
WEDNESDAY Smooth shave with probably my favorite razor in my collection— a $20 antique store restoration. This Wosty is one the few razors I use that hasn't drawn blood, despite countless shaves with it and the large square-point blade. I just love the weight and style of this blade. It just feels right in the hand. Have a great Hump Day, all!
Wednesday warm shower/cold water shave Semogue SOC 2 band Proraso PPC Stirling Sandalwood SS Gillette Red Tip/Feather (3) Bloc Osma alum Tend Skin Can You Handlebar BDO GFT Sandalwood Skin Food Agar Aura Kyara To Byakudan Attar Very comfortable 2 pass shave,skipped the dome for today,hey that rhymes Stay frosty,my friends!
SOTD 09.30.15 Mystic Water Bay Rum SS Doug Korn "Rook" with PLisson Synthetic brush Mongoose with KAI blade and Doug Korn "Hornet Handle" Cucumber Witch Hazel Toner Clubman AS
Wednesday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Country Club-Fern (tallow) Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed Blade: Perma-Sharp Super (3) Brush: oscar11 High Mountain White-22mmx48mm Aftershave: Country Club Sweet Water WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Country Club Fern (tallow) today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 High Mountain White. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Perm-Sharp Super in the Red Tip. Great smooth, close, shave. I finished with Country Club Sweet Water. Bob
September 30 Gillette New LC Feather blade (3) Kent BK4 silvertip brush Trumper's Coconut shave cream and glycerin Two passes Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Trumper's Coral Skin Food Fantastic and easy two-pass shave. Have a blessed day!
30sep15 Used my newly re-knotted brush today.. TGN Finest Badger in an ER100. Very nice! Full of lather, held its shape as I worked it on my face, not floppy and good feel. I will admit, it is contradictory to use the Arctic Hydra and Bay Rum but one is felt during the shave and the other after the shave and into the day. Results are a DFS.
I heard Glenn Beck Advertising "Shave Secret," on the Radio, yesterday. I use it, occasionally, w/very good results; if I let it 'soak-in,' for 15 min/more! I've also been dissatisfied with it, on occasion? Is there a consensus, herein, concerning Shave-Oil? I have made my own Shave Oil, too...with much the same results. I understand the VARIABLES....Razors...Blades; etc... But; I'd like to read of other's "Shave-Oil" experiences. (Or; is this ANOTHER "Here We Go Again" thread?) One thing I've noticed: If, after using Shave-Oils, you don't 'wash your face' before applying After-shaves &/or Colognes...;the over-all 'lingering-affect' of the After-Shave lotions fades VERY fast! ( Well, maybe it's just ME!)
