October - Trick or TREET October 28 Razor - Gillette '46-'47 Aristocrat Blade - (3) Brush - Omega Pro 48 Soap - TSD Lanolin Bay Rum Post - Cold Water, Alum, Nivea Original Sanity returns today as the Aristocrat gets the Classic back for its third and final shave of the month. I went with the Pro 48 again and moved on the the TSD Lanolin instead of the Fat today. I'll be using only BoSFat exclusively in November so I won't use it again until Sunday. Give some other soaps a chance. The third day on the Classic was, surprisingly, extremely good. I really think the blade isn't done yet. However, I won't be giving it another day as I have one more to try. Still, very smooth, quite comfortable and that nice carbon feedback. Give this blade a good razor and it just sings. Even with the Rapira it got the job done. The classic is a TREET! Tomorrow I load the New LC with the Treet 7 Day Platinum, a blade I hadn't even heard of until about a month ago. I'll finish OCtober with an open comb on an unknown blade on Halloween! Trick or TREET indeed!
@crackstar not sure if you've shaved with Polar Vortex yet but I've had a few goes with a sample of it. It lathers easily and I really like the post-shave feel. This soap worked well for me when I started with a drier brush and added water. When I did the lather quality was good-very good.
Planned Thursday SOTD Gillette Sheraton Personna blue Vintage Rubberset c/w TGN synthetic knot Homemade patchouli citrus PSO TOBS Jermyn St shaving cream Agua Brava EdC
Wednesday's Shave Arko Shave Stick-face lathered Omega 10029 Baby-Pro 1914 Ever Ready/GEM SS d1 Kroger/Dickensons Witch Hazel Clubmans Classic Vanilla A shave that could have happened 100 years ago but happened today....And I've had none finer....
GOOD MORNING TSD 10/29/15 THURSDAY'S SOTD RAZOR-GILLETTE OLD STYLE OC BLADE-LORD PLATINUM CLASS (4) BRUSH -WOODEN HANDLE BADGER LATHER-C.O.BIGELOW POST SHAVE -COLD WATER RINSE, WITCH HAZEL SPLASH, PINAUD CLUBMAN This is day four with this combination, another great shave BBS again the Lord blade is still going strong HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!
10/29/2015 Razor – Wolfman OC with Hempel Ti Blade – Feather (3) Brush – Romera Olivewood Synthetic Lather – B&M Seville Post - Witch Hazel & Myrsol F/Extra
My thanks and compliments to Mr. Brian Hoffman for creating such an excellent soap. The Polar Vortex has excellent lather with a nice, mild scent as well as very good skincare. The menthol effect is not quite as intense as the Glacial soaps, but still very strong. I had great post-shave care from the Lucky Tiger a/s cream and of course, the Rubby Dubby Doo. BBS again and so easily and enjoyably!
October 29 SOTD: Homemade PS Oil Stirling Synthetic Brush TSD Lanolin Egyptian Spice Gillette New LC Stirling Unscented PSB Clubman Vanilla AS
today's shave hot water wash with nuetrogena men's invigorating face wash and a washcloth Surrey white/ Vietnamese silvertip Pyrate cove lavender Gillette New long comb/ bar handle Ladas(4) Jockey Club lavender today's shave was nice. the lavender soap is in my granddad's mug. always nice to use it. three passes with the long comb( earlier use was with the ball end) this time with the bar. clean and smooth. finished with JC lavender. hope y'all did as well, or better.
Hello everyone. New razor, new brush today - Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap - Vie-Long Horsehair Fan shape - Phoenix DOC - Sputnik Blade - Myrsol Agua Balsamica The Phoenix Razor looks like a beast, but the shave is actually really mild. Surprinsingly clean first shave with 2 passes and some touchup. And I guess it will improve the more I use and become accustomed to it. The brush ... well ... first impression was mixed. Really prickly - and similar handling to the Omega S-Brush (which I sold because I did not like it much). But maybe it just needs to be broken in properly. I'm still not sure horsehair is the best choice for face-lathering though.
Thor's Day: Prep: Hot shower, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger Lather: Ginger's Garden Oakmoss soap Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (1) Passes: WTG, XTG (1, 2) Post: Cold water rinse, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's witch hazel, Captain's Choice Cat o' Nine Tails AS splash Cologne: Gigember Estragone by Dr. Vranjes I knew I forgot something at the store yesterday: more face-wash. So, considering I was using a new blade, with my beard having gotten less softening prep than normal, things went very well. I've found the bottom of the jar of the Oakmoss soap, as another incentive to buy more product, but the soap remaining produced great lather. The new Bic was extremely smooth and sharp, producing a 2-pass DFS that left no lingering redness or irritation.
Schick I2 razor Personna blade Plisson/L'Occitane brush Vintage Williams SS Osage Rub/Jason's Aloe Gel Pinaud Lime Sec cologne w/added menthol Ah, the creamy goodness of vintage Williams SS...wonderful lather and great shave. Although I think the blade is done in the I2, don't remember how many shaves on the blade. Now go enjoy your day folks.
SOTD for Thursday, October 29th was the same as yesterday's with one more day on the blade.......... TOBS Lavender shave cream face lathered w/Country Uncle Silvertip Gillette Aristocrat w/7 o'clock yellow Witch Hazel rinse finishing w/Clubman A/S Again, 2-quick passes for a DFS!
