SoS: April 18, 2016 - April 24, 2016

Love all the colors in the photo. Also like the black handle from Bullgoose. Going to have to wander over to the site and see if what handles Phil has in stock.

 

Thanks Guy, it's surprisingly well made.

 

Shovelhead / Gem

M&F

TFS Crazy Sandalwood

Chiseled Face Cinnawood Boroka

 

Actually the Sandalwood balm sample is scent-free. I think he made a mistake and labeled it Sandalwood. I don't mind, its wonderful stuff.

 

Tuesday


Simpson Wee Scot
Proraso PPC
Stirling Iced Pineapple
Satin Mongoose/Feather Pro (8)
Bloc Osma
Beardsmen Spirit BO
The Penguin mixed with a pea sized amount of 444
Insurrection II Pure

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

This is one to leave me speechless

 

Tuesday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Route 66-Bourbon Jungle
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green Super Stainless (1)
Brush: RazoRock/Chubby Extra Silvertip-28mmx51mm
Aftershave: Chiseled Face-Sherlock

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Route 66 Bourbon Jungle today. 20 seconds to load the RR/Zenith Silvertip. Easy, thick, slick, lather. I loaded a new Gillette 7 O’Clock Green SS in the Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Chiseled Face Sherlock.

Bob

 

Maybe change the setting down a level or 2.

 

Good morning friends. I had a wonderful shave this morning. First time trying the Personna Lab Blue and it was very nice. A perfect balance of sharpness and smoothness, it was very comfortable to use. Not the sharpest blade I've used but it gave me a very good DFS after three passes. I probably could have chased the baby with a little clean up and would have gotten it without irritation but I accepted what I was given and I was happy with the result. Have a great day everyone!

 

Personna blues are a great blade for exactly the reasons you described. Glad it worked for you!

 

Glad they worked for you Andrew.

 

Tuesdays shave
A wonderfully comfortable shave with the trusty Pils.



Razor - Pils
Blade - Gillette Silver Blue
Brush - Razorock Plissoft
Lather - I Coloniali shaving cream
Aftershave - Williams Ice Blue

 

Lovely razor. What a great Pif.

 

4/19/2016 Tobacco Tuesday!!

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Fatip Picolo, Hamburg Concave Quick Cutter straight razor
Blade: Lord Platinum class (3)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: RazoRock - Tobacco #2
After: Home made ASB, Nivea cooling after shave balm
Cologne: Prada - Amber Pour Homme Intense

 

SOTD
Route 66 Cavendish
Doug Korn synthetic brush
Mongoose
Feather Pro Super blade
Alum
Thayers Witch Hazel
Déjà Fougère AS
Have fun!

 

Your problem could have been the razor. Old types tend to be aggressive, at least that has been my experience. Once you get used to it, you can get ridiculously close shaves.

 

Thank you, gentlemen and you are, both, very kind.

 

ArkoApril in Russia!

April 19


Razor - 1959 Gillette Super Speed
Blade - (2)
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Soap - Arko
Post - Cold water rinse, Witch Hazel, The Veg

Up and around for a doctor's appointment today. Well, I see the nurse for five minutes, pay my money and get my prescription. Well, actually pay first, then see the nurse. Doctors are such humanitarians these days. Second day on the mighty Voskhod and that makes waking up a good thing. I will have to admit, 19 days into Arko April and I'm beginning to dream of the Fat or Tabac. Arko is still producing a fantastic and easy lather, but, well yeah.....I may have a shorter attention sp........

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Uh, where was I. Oh yeah. That attention thing. No reason to dwell on that, on to the first pass which was very nice and smooth as always. I made a real point of keeping pressure off today. I felt myself pushing a bit so relaxed and let the razor do the work. I find that I notice my grip tightening and pressure increasing earlier than before I used straights and pain sticks. One of the benefits of using all the systems. Second pass was also a good XTG and I went for the full third pass. Very near BBS so I let it go at that. This blade has nothing to prove to me. I changed from alum to witch hazel today and that may be a problem. I haven't used WH much, and now post-shave I'm feeling some irritation and seeing a pretty good amount of redness. The feel is closer to BBS now, in fact I could call it that, but the irritation is puzzling. I'll go back to alum tomorrow and see if it redevelops. The feel of the WH was mild, no real sting or problems. My face may not like it though.

Still looking for volunteers to pick numbers for MAYhem. So far the following have raised their hands:

@ob1page
@DDuckyMark
@Bama Samurai
@English expat
@mrchick
@Norcalnewb
@Mr. Freeze93

I can take up to 30 volunteers so don't be shy. I'll be sharing the details closer to the start of the month.

By that time I hope to have the guys back in their dungeon. They were making good progress yesterday until they ran into a great example of fine Russian engineering.

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