SOTD for Monday Nov 30th......... Where did this year go? TOBS Sandalwood face lathered w/Semogue SOC Boar Gillette Fat Handle Tech w/Wilkinson Sword blade Witch Hazel rinse finishing w/Clubman Vanilla A/S 2-passes for a near BBS shave!
6/8 Friodur Green Mountain homemade brush/Omega S knot Great shave this morning. I'm done with Green Mountain for awhile and will play around with some other soaps. Have a good one.
Gem Clog-Pruf razor Gem Blue Star blade WD Synthetic brush Lea Menthol SC Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe Pinaud Lime Sec cologne w/added menthol A nice chilling shave this morning. The combo of the Clog-Pruf and Blue Star blade proved to be outstanding, very smooth and effective. That's 2 razors these blades work in for me and I'm happy. Now go enjoy your day folks.
Menthol Monday Cold water shave Duke 3 Manchurian Proraso PPC TSD 2X Iced Vanilla Lanolin Soap Schick E3/Pella coated (1) Bloc Osma Beard Brand Blank Slate BO TSD 2X Iced Vanilla ASM Reyane Tradition Insurrection for men A nice and frosty start to the week!!! Stay frosty,my friends!
Monday, November 30, 2015 Mongoose with TRIAD Helix Hex Ti Feather Pro Super #7 Simpson M6 LE Krampert’s Soap Frostbite Alum, Witch Hazel + Menthol, Whipped Shea Butter Krampert’s Frostbite Aftershave Had an excellent Monday shave, two quick passes with a new blade and I paid the reaper with a weeper or two. The end result was near BBS but too close in spots. Closeness: A, Irritation: A-. Added Gold Bond Menthol Lotion for some extra cooling along with the whipped shea butter and I’m good to go. Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite Aftershave, nice and cool with excellent skin care. Have a good week everyone!
30 November 2015 * Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze * Iridium Super * M&F 3XL Heritage * Mystic Water Vetiver & Oakmoss * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
SOTD November 30,2015 Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost Razor: Gillette British Rocket Blade: Personna Lab Blue Lather: Stirling Bay Rum Brush: Stirling Synthetic Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate Aftershave: Layrite No. 9 Bay Rum Rod's Bay Rum is so good! The lather explodes off of the brush, such a wonderful moisturizing soap. WOW! Jeff, you would love this one. Never let the things you WANT Make you forget the things you HAVE
Menthol Monday, November 30 Proraso Sapone SOC Boar '58 Fat Boy Feather (2) Proraso AS & Balm Have a great day!
Monday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Gatlinburg Soap: Country Club Tallow-Cahaba Blues Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb Blade: Personna Med Prep (5) Brush: oscar 11 Boar-26mmx60mm Aftershave: Country Club-Southern Oud WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) CC Cahaba Blues today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 Boar. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna Med Prep still in the NEW SC. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Country Club Southern Oud. Bob
menthol Monday hot water wash with nuetrogena men's invigorating face wash and a washcloth Ralph Lauren safari silvertip BOMBED Palmolive classic Staley head/ maggard mr5 handle Ladas(1) ICED Skin Bracer today's shave was nice. bombed Palmolive bowl lathered. three passes with the Staley. smooth and comfy. finished with iced bracer. hope y'all did as well, or better.
Went back to my G3 today as it had been months since I shaved with it. I put in a new Personna blade as my last shave wasn't the greatest. What a difference a different blade and some months of technique refining make. Grade A shave all the way around. T&H Ultimate Comfort PSO Savile Row 3824 AOS Lavender Cream Schick G3 Personna (1) Osma Alum Block T&H Classic After Shave Balm Happy shaving everyone - Karl
SOTD TOBS Grapefruit Rubberset 400 Feather AC SS Feather Professional (7) Witch Hazel Old Spice AS Enjoy your week!
BBS-1 B&M M&FI'm really loving this soap. Can't remember the last time I used a soap three times in four days. The M&F tips look very white when the brush is dry. It is marked Blonde Badger but shows the characteristics of Lee's Finest. I simply asked for this handle style and he chose the size and knot. One of my very favorite brushes.
NOVember - NO Variation November 30 Razor - Durham Duplex Folding Blade - Brush -Wolf Whiskers Custom Silvertip Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat Post - Cold Water, Alum, The Veg Final shave for November and I'm finishing on the second day of the Durham Duplex. Only change in setup is the soap. Went to the Fat and kept the Wolf Whiskers brush in. A fantastic load and lather from the Silvertip, enough to name this combo too. FatWolf seems appropriate. Alongside BoSFat I now have to great setups for brush/soap with Mitchell's. I will summarize this shave by saying the Durham Duplex is an interesting razor. It does work, but I'm not going to say it works really well. One pass gets enough reduction to know you've been there. The second pass gets CCS but anything further requires something else, at least for me. Now, a third pass might get to DFS but I seriously doubt it. I used my EJ DE89 and Bic Chrome Platinum again today to finish with DFS. The Durham is a unique piece of shaving history and for the cost (they sell cheap on the bay) it's worth having around. Will it ever make it into rotation? Nope. However, I could see using it as a backup straight in the event you needed to avoid further damage if that should happen with a straight razor. The technique is smiliar, since it's really a safety straight, but you certainly wouldn't risk further damage from it. I'm not sure what it would take to cut yourself with this thing. And, probably don't want to find out. As November ends I want to say a big thanks to everyone who has read my posts and commented as well. It was a fun month with a few of us on the pain stick together and watching a lot of other really great progress from the regulars. As for the newbies, you're all great and on the right road to really enjoying your shaves! Keep at it. Technique, Technique, Technique.............on to December.
Good Monday morning! I hope everybody had a good weekend. I sure as hell did. It was the first Black Friday weekend in a long time for me NOT working in retail, and so will be December! Anyways, here goes: TOBS Sandalwood shave soap Fendrihan badger brush lathering into my black shaving mug Thiers Issard 6/8 straight razor Almond aftershave balm.
November 30, 2015 SOTD - No Variation NoVember This month is perfect for me to learn skills with new-to-me equipment. 60 yo newbie’s intro to traditional shaving. (Week 29 AC*) Razor: Mongoose B3 Blades: Feather Artist Club Professional (5) Soap: Saponificio Varesino Manna Brush: Omega 31025 Scarlatti Boar AS: Changes at will. Today: Myrsol Plastic Shave My mid-morning shave yesterday (Sunday) was so close that I decided that I would do a one-pass ATG shave this morning. Face-lather. This was the last day of my month-long intro to the Mongoose - my first use of a non-vintage razor. Between a design totally different than what I was used to and the sharpest most unforgiving blade I’ve ever used - this month challenged and ultimately further developed my skills. Simply, this combo is capable of incredibly close shaves that requires sharp focus at all times (for me). Whereas I can get away with a mental lapse now and then with other razors without needing a transfusion! It will definitely find a place in my rotation, though with so many razors yet to try - getting to a set rotation may take awhile! Why oh why did I wait sooooo long to dump my carts! Cheers! RT *AC = After Carts
