SoS: April 6, 2015 - April 12, 2015

3/12/15 - Cold water shave

Prep: face wash
Lather: St. James of London Mandarin & Patchouli
Brush: TGN synthetic
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: SuperMax Stainless Sunshine
Post: Old Spice

3 simple passes and good to go.

 

5/8 Nev-A-Hone
De Vergulde Hand
homemade boar
Nice shave this morning. I ended up giving away my favorite brush to a coworker so I'm trying a wood handled brush made to the same specs as my old favorite. Have a good one.

 

I used LPL today, which is one of my favorites because of the cushioning of the lather. I am almost done with a pack of the Rapira Swedish blades. IMHO, they are just a touch smoother as well as a touch less likely to nick than the Rapira Stainless Chrome or the Rapira Platinum Lux. 3 passes

LPL w/ 6 drops mysore sandalwood essential oil
Rapira Swedish blade
Slim Adjustable

 

12 April 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3 Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber C7
* Cold River Bergamot & Bay
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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SOTD
Sunday, April12, 2015

Warm Shower, Sea Salt Soap, Neutrogena Facial Scrub
Gillette 40s Super Speed
Rapira Platinum Lux #2
Doug Korn PT Amber 2 Band Finest - 27X50mm
Knockout Shave - Cotton
Alum Block, Witch Hazel+Menthol, Gold Bond Green Lotion
Fine - Platinum After Shave

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SOTD: Sunday, April 12
Soap: Queen Charlotte Fougère
Brush: Simpson TSN LE M6 Manchurian
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (3)
EdC: C.O. Bigelow No. 1585

Have a great day!​

 

Sunday 12th April



Warm shower
Hot towel
WSP Rustic Fougere Noir scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Aristocrat 15
Sputnik (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Aqua Velva Ice Blue aftershave

 

Thanks! I was really pleased how this one turned out, both aesthetically as well as how it shaves!
See more pics HERE

 

te="RaZorBurn123, post: 818092, member: 10455"]SOTD
Giants & A's both win!
It's
April 7, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: ATT Kronos S1 Slant Bar Razor
Blade: Sputnik
Brush: Omega S Brush S10065
Lather: Tiki Cabernet Neroli
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Floid Black
Fantastic shave.
Go out and get it
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Hows The floid black? I love the floid blue.

 

Pre: cocoa butter lotion on face while I bathed

Soap: TSD Frankenscense and Myrrh

Razor: Muhle R-89 with Iridium blade

Aqua Velva with M-bomb drops (about 4) then Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve

Tommy Hilfiger cologne

 

Razor: Gillette New LC Bar Handle 1930s Big Boy wood case
Brush: Vintage Ever-Ready 675 badger 1920s-1940s
Mug: Old Spice (early glass Mug 01) 1947 first glass mug Birth Year
Cream: Castle Forbes cedarwood & sandalwood cream
Blade: Feather (2)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black Post Shave Gel, Old Spice Lime original Shulton AS Frosted Glass 1960s
Back with the Gillette New LC again, and I'm looking forward to another good shave with it. Loaded a Feather blade, and checked the alignment. Looks good and I'm really liking the longer comb. The Ever-Ready badger whipped up a thick warm lather from the Castle in the OS Mug. First pass WTG was very close, and the razor sang a nice tune. Very nice two pass shave with some touchup on my trouble spot on my neck. Warm water rinse and pat dry. Some WH and after cleanup some JB balm. Finished up with some Vintage Shulton Old Spice Lime. Very nice razor, great feedback and it's nice going Old School.....

 

Beautiful blade on that razor. Is that what is called a smiley?

 

Beautiful razor! I've never seen one beforehappy spring

 

Beautiful setup, great picture

 

Arko April Focus - CJB Kamisori
April 12, 2015 - Week 3 Day 1
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Omega Pro 48
Soap - Arko
Razor - CJB, 1959 Superspeed
Blade - (2) (1)
Post - Alum, Styptic, Cold Towel, Dr. Carver's Magnanimous Post Shave

Back to the CJB. Two weeks left to master this thing. I think taking the short break was helpful as the first pass went very well. My left hand is still less effective than my right but that is just the curse I have to bear. Second pass was better, but my neck is really the problem area. I have learned that my beard grows up at an angle on my neck which is why the Gillette slide works so well with a DE. With the CJB, though.....another story. I decided to try a diagonal downward path on the neck, almost a Gillette slide maneuver. It actually worked fairly well except maintaining angle is difficult. Picked up a small weeper on the right side, one on the left side under the earlier cut, and three under my chin. My plan was to do a third pass S-N on my neck but I bailed on that, loaded a Bic Chrome Platinum in my SS and finished my neck with that. The Bic was in respnse to @Jasman during a chat we had last night. It was very smooth and effective for the pass I used it on.

I'm feeling confident I can get this down, at least to the point of a decent two pass shave. If I accomplish that I'll call it a successful month!

 

Sunday:
hot shower w/Mistral Black Amber soap
Maggard Sweet Orange PSO
Gillette Bulldog 2+ passes
SuperMax SP Tiger (3)
Musgo Real Orange Amber cream in a warm bowl
Semogue 1305 boar
Thayers unscented w/aloe
John Varvatos Artisan Black cologne

Maiden voyage for my 1920 Gillette and about what I expected. Usually the angle on the older Gillette's doesn't suit me as well as the post war razors but it won't keep me from giving it a run now and then.

 

Certainly more of a 'smile' to the Wosty blade than a typical blade, but nothing as challenging as the big smiley of some other razors, such as the Rodgers…

 

today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
rubberset 400
Cella
wade& butcher 6/8 full hollow
shavecraft 101
Ladas(2)
pinaud musk
sorry for the late post. church today and I dally'ed around with my shave too long. I used the 400 to whip up Cella, always a favorite of mine. I made a two and two passes shave with a straight and the ikon, very nice shave resulted. finished with clubman musk.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

3P
Plisson Synthetic
Soap Commander Passion
Merkur 37c
Vintage English Wilkinson (1)
Alcolado Glacial
Trumpers Skinfood

 

Hows The floid black? I love the floid blue.[/quote]
I really like the Floid Black, citrus-y, woodsy with a light powdery scent. I have RazoRock Baby Blue, Floid Blue knockoff, the black is more masculine.