SoS: April 1, 2013 - April 7, 2013

Saturday



Same pic as last time...same great shave today!

 

Prep: hot towel then Proraso pre/post
Strop: Star Shaving - 100 round trips
Soap: TOBS Sandalwood whipped up in G20
Brush: TGN grade A in a handle PIF'd by Oscar11
Razor: Boker King Cutter
Post: warm rinse, cold rinse,Thayers WH, Alum, Pinaud Clubman.

My first SOTD post after a Str8 razor shave. The Boker is from the bay. I honed it on a Norton 4k/8k before stropping. I have been shaving with a few different straights for a few weeks, and this was my first BBS. Not a single nick or even a weeper. 16 hours later and I am just starting to feel stubble. I have been getting pretty good shaves during the week, but the relaxed time I had this morning let me concentrate on the shave instead of if I was going to be able to get it done in time to get to work.

 

Late Shave

4/6/2013

Hot Wet Wash Cloth
WD Silver Tip
Gingers Sandalwood Soap
'51 SS
Cold Rinse
WH
Nivia Sensitive PS Balm
Clubman!!

 

Mühle samples day 4 - 6.4.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable
• Blade: Personna Med Prep (2)
• Brush: WSP Monarch HMW
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Cream: Mühle Sea Buckthorn
• Post: T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Mühle Sea Buckthorn ASL

Well, this was the last of my Mühle samples. It seems like they made a mistake while packaging some of them and it seems the sandalwood cream I used on Friday was actually sea buckthorn as well. I don't know how this could've happened, but it was the exact same scent. So in a way I was right when I said I've never smelt a sandalwood scent like that. The lotion was different from the sandalwood one so no mistakes here.
Bottom line from these Mühle samples is that I really liked the skin care properties from both the shaving creams and aftershave lotions. I just don't know if they've convinced me to buy full-sized products.

 

Sunday:

NXT Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Dovo Bismarck 5/8
Ginger's Garden Ice Mint SS
Anherb AS Conditioner
Osage Rub AS
Grey Flannel EDT

I was going to use Proraso White soap this morning but my little princess picked up my Ginger's Garden soap and sniffed it and told me, "Daddy, this soap smells soooo nice - please use it!" so how could I refuse? I'm actually very happy I did, because it's an awesome soap which our dear Irena created. A gorgeous minty scent, the lather is wonderful and rich, and the menthol effect blows Proraso Green away. The Anherb conditioner combined with the Rubski Dubski kept the chill going. BTW, my wife LOVES the Grey Flannel on me - when she kissed me this morning she told me, "oh, babe you smell so nice!"

 

Sunday

Prep: Hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB, hand strop blade
CD: Winds of Worship from New England
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya, BLACK
Soap: Daisy Mountain Naturals Sandalwood
Brush: Mohawk 3-338 with original knot
SE: Ever Ready 1912
Blade: Gem, day 1, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Thayer's Rose Petal WH with Aloe Vera, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

A darn fine shave.

 

Sunday morning, April 7, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (6)
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
C O Bigelow shave cream with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Sunday

I1 injector with Schick blade (1)
TOBS Lavender
Omega Mighty Midget
3 passes
Alum
Master's Bay Rum

First time to use the I1, a great shave but I think I prefer the E2. I'll have to shave the rest of the week with it to see.

 

Sunday!

• Prep: none
• Music: Daft Punk, Tron Legacy soundtrack
• Brush: none
• Soap: none
• Razor: none
• Blade: none
• Shave: no-pass
• Post: none

Great no-shave today!

 

Saturday 06-04-2013

Razor: Slim '64 @ 7
Blade: Polsilver SI (3)
Brush: Omega 10077
Cream: Viking Sensitive
ASB: Viking Sensitive

Sunday 07-04-2013

Razor: Merkur 37c Slant
Blade: 7AM Platinum (1)
Brush: Omega 10077
Cream: Rose of Bulgaria
ASB: Nivea Sensitive

Weekend shave was great with both of razor ,BBS after 3 passes.:hooray:

 

Prep: Proraso White
Soap: Proraso Green
Brush:NF Tubby 1
Razor: UFO U2/Gillette New LC
Post: Profs ASB mixed with 444

Third shave with this new head, getting used to it and a much better angle. Practically BBS one side of my neck shows a bit of irritation as I tried two different angles when going ATG.

I do like this head! I just hope I can get it to like me!

 

Sunday:

Cetaphil Face Bar
Shave Secret Oil
Conk Lime
Witch Hazel
Axe Chilled A.S. Gel
Brut Splash
EJ Best Medium
Dovo Natural 5/8 round point

 

Does anyone on here take their pictures with an iPhone? for some reason its now saying my file is too large and I cannot upload photos I used my colgate soap today with lilac aftershave, would have been a good pic. Happy wrasslemania everyone!

 

I take my pictures with my android phone and use an app called quickpic to shrink them for posting. You can get away with a lot lower resolution for posting than if you were going to print them.

 

SOTD Sunday 4-7-2013

Edwin Jagger DE89BA11 Barley Chrome
Astra Superior Platinum Blade
Proraso PSC
Palmolive Classic SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Mennen Original Skin Bracer

Sunday smooth with the Barley Chrome! An outstanding razor!

 

Thank you so much! Have a great Sunday guys.

 

Thought of you the other day! Let me start by saying I'm okay with menthol, not a huge fan, but I enjoy the menthol that is in Skin Bracer and Aqua Velva. The other day I picked up a bottle of Barbasol Pacific Rush ASL, have you tried it? My face was frozen for at least 5 minutes! It was a little to intense, I traded it off to a buddy. However, if you can find it, I bet you'd like it. Cheap too! Two bucks a bottle, have a good one!

 

I take pics with my phone then use the imgur app to upload them and post the link in my post.

 

Saturday: no shave day

Sunday:

Prep: Hot bath, Cetaphil facial wash, TSD Iced Subzero Balm, hot towel
Music: Mad Season, "Wake Up"
Razor: 1946/7 Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Super-max Platinum
Soap: TSD Lanolin Iced Barber Shoppe, dollop of C.O. Bigelow Cream
Brush: Art of Shaving pure badger
Shave: 4 passes, blade buffing on chin
Post: Cold water splash, Thayer's Rose Witch hazel with aloe, cold towel, Nivea Sensitive Balm with added menthol
Pomade: Redken Maneuver
Cologne: Lacoste Essential

Great shave again.

 

Sunday morning.

Axe Chilled face wash
Shave Secret
Arko/Barbasol Arctic Chiller
Van Der Hagen Boar Brush
Astra Super Platinum blade (2)
Edwin Jagger DE89L
Witch Hazel
Gillette Cool Wave
Nivea After-Shave Balm

For a fine BBS.

I tried the Arko stick for the first time, and failed to make a good lather! Man I love the smell though! Clean and fresh smelling. I'll have to read up on how to lather with this stick to try again tomorrow.

So it was back to Barbasol and did two passes with touch-ups, buffing on neck, cheeks and chin, had a weeper but that stopped bleeding during touch-ups. The end result was a fine smooth shave, BBS, better than I thought it would be.

Aces!