SoS: August 4, 2014 - August 10, 2014

That sounds lie a very profound statement.
I do not know you , but I feel as though I have known you all of my life. Again congratulations for all of your years together.

 

Wednesday:

Proraso Green Crema Pre/Dopo Barba
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Rapira day 3
Stirling Glacial Obsidian SS
Anherb AS Conditioner
Osage Rub AS
Dolce & Gabbana EdT

Icicles in my face once again from this fantastic set-up which I carefully selected. The Proraso pre/after shave cream started the ball rolling, the Glacial Obsidian soap's menthol effect struck with a force which felt like a ton of frozen bricks and the Rubby Dubby Doo completed the job very nicely. BBS in two effortless passes. Man, I love those Rapiras.

 

Feather Portable
Perma-Sharp Super
Semogue BC Cerda
Palmolive Shave Stick
Alum
Superior 70

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Stirling Lampasas
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Viking’s Sword (2)
Brush: oscar11 TGN 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Fine Platinum

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

I got to use a new Stirling soap today: Lampasas. It is a “You have to be a Texan” experiment Rod was playing with: Texas Sweetgrass, Cedarwood, Sage, and a tiny bit of BBQ Pit Smoke. Good smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished up with Fine Platinum.

Bob

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
kent infinity silvertex
Williams menthol mug soap
Gillette fatboy(d4)(7)
persona lab(3)
aqua velva ice blue
today's shave went well. late night fishing, up early. lucky I could see straight, weeper on end if my chin. it's all good. new to me brush, did fine. made lather out of Williams soap nicely. thanks again JR Reyes. same razor as yesterday, same great results. finished with ice blue. caught and tagged a nice blacktip last evening. the Lord blesses.
y'all have a blessed day

 

Odin's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Healthy Accents Daily Renewal facial cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Beeline Boar
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood shave stick
Razor: FaTip Piccolo
Blade: Perma-Sharp Super (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG (2, 3)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Aveeno Active Naturals ASB
Cologne: Le 3mme de Caron by Caron

I decided to take advantage of the technicalities of my self-imposed scent rotation to give myself more opportunities to work with the Ogallala shave stick, in the hopes of producing a decent lather. I had to apply and then wash off the preshave balm, and use twice as much product as I do with any other soap or cream in my rotation, but I finally managed something that looked decent. . . for about half the shave. I may need to find a replacement bay rum, as I don't know if this one is for me. The shave itself turned out to be DFS, though there was some tugging and a goodly bit of sting from the alum.

 

5/8 bone handled Bismarck Razor Works
Cella
homemade horse
Very nice shave with a typical German made razor. Have a good one.

 

Wednesday:
hot shower w/British Sterling scented body wash
Homemade PSO
Gillette RedTip 3 passes
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum Black (1)
Omega boar
Sample Mix cream in a warm mug
Thayers w/aloe
British Sterling AS

Combined a few remnants of cream samples together to use them up but didn't shake my brush out enough so I ended up with a mountain of lather that was thinner than I like. I was tempted to add more product but I already had such a huge mound I went ahead and did my best to make it stick.
Lotta noise from the RedTip on the first pass. Sounded like I was using an SE and made me wonder if thicker lather absorbs some of the audio or if I was just benefiting from a fresh Black Ninja in an aggressive razor.

 

WEDNESDAY
A late night shave last night with the Rodgers.

I'm getting used to the size and shape of this razor—not just a large, smiley blade, but the longer scales as well.
I had one of my better SR shaves with it. It has a completely different feel from the full-hollow, 5/8 blades of the 'typical' SR.
A memorable shave!

Have a great Hump Day, gents!

 

Am I hallucinating, or is that handle a bit shorter than the ones you typically use? It's a nice looking brush with the horsehair contrasting the white.

 

Wednesday 08/06/14

Prep: Gaia face scrub
Oil: Shave Secret
Brush: 20mm Whipped dog set deep
Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery
Razor: 1912 EverReady SE
Blade: Gem Blue Star
soap: my french soap mix
with a touch of
TOBS Almond
Post: alum sprayed on
Witch Hazel: Generic scented with Almond

This was an extremely nice 4 pass shave with excellent results. No burns, weepers, irritations, etc. I didn't feel anything when I used the alum. Wow! What a shave.

 

8/6/2014

Prep: Hot shower with L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash, home made PSO
Razor: Gillette Red Tip, Wade & Butcher Bow straight razor
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair 23mm knot
Soap: TSD Lanolin - Sub Zero Ice Mint
After: Home made ASB, Barbon after shave
Cologne: Aqua H2O

A cooling and comfortable Darn Fine Shave +. The TSD Sub Zero provides a nice cooling sensation and great skin care. The Barbon after shave keeps the cooling feeling going. The Aqua H2O will keep me smelling great all day.

Have a blessed day!

 

Belated Happy Anniversary to Jayaruh!

WSR Wednesday
Got a great shave with Synergy Chocolate Bourbon soap and my SC101. The lather was near optimal and easy to build. Everything worked very well. As Johnny Bench used to say - no runs, no drips, no errors.

 

Wednesday
hot shower
Semogue BC Mistura
Proraso PPC
Stirling Glacial Spearmint
Face:Muhle R41/Polsilver (3)
Dome:EverSharp Hydro-Magic/Pella Coated (5)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin-I usually only use this when I have a ingrown or razor burn,but I'm gonna start using this full time now.So far I'm liking the results.
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Cerruti 1881 Black edt

Today's shave was very smooth,I had to do a check to see if I indeed was using the R41,Rod's soaps are so slick they can even tame the infamous R41


Stay frosty,my friends!

 

SOTD 6 August 2014...

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SOTD August 6 - Straight Razor-a-thon

Vacation shave

Prep: hot shower, Proraso white preshave
Razor: G. Wostenholm and Son Celebrated I-XL
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Proraso white
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG) + XTG
Post: Witch Hazel, Proraso Blue AS lotion

Switched to my Wostenholm Celebrated for today's shave. The edge is in better shave then the canuck and I was able to get a much smoother shave, even risking an XTG pass. This left me nearly BBS on my face, and DFS on my neck.

 

Prep: Axe Peace Face Wash
Razor: Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Voskhod
Brush: Chopped Made Rite Finest Badger
Lather: C.O. Bigelow
Post: Maggard Razors Alum
Aftershave: Barbasol Pacific Rush

I got near BBS results. I used as much menthol as possible in my Den. I needed the wake up call. Welp, Leif woke up. I guess I need to get him. Bye fellas

 

iKon Shave Craft 101
Personna Med.
Thater 4125/0 Fan
B&M - Lavanille**
Nivea - Energy A/S


By Kilian - A Taste of Heaven

** One of the Best smelling Lavender scents I have used!!!!

 

Wednesday

Prep: soak brush, wash with CeraVe facial cleanser
Soap: The Shave Den unscented soap
Brush: Oscar11 custom boar
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Super Iridium
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

After yesterday's pleasant shave, I wanted a repeat with the same outfit. Great, comfortable shave again today.

 

Razor: iKon Dlx OC
Blade: SuperMax SP Tiger (D1)
Brush: Lijun 24mm Finest Badger
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Iced Citrus Mint
Shave Soap: D.R. Harris Arlington
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Nancy Boy Cooling AS Gel​

Received the Arlington SS in a trade and though the thick, rich lather was there as others have noted, this particular puck had no citrus aroma that I could pick up. Thinking that my sinus issues had kicked into overtime I had my daughter give it a whiff and at first she said no aroma at all then stated a light aroma like her boyfriend aftershave but lighter. Last month I had given him a bottle of HBG sandalwood so not sure what shave soap I was given in the trade but since my face is irritated with any Sandalwood I can rule out sandalwood as I had no reaction at all with this puck. Maybe an older puck or one that was aired out for some time but I was pleased with the overall results of this shave soap except the lack of fragrance. Believe I will be keeping this triple milled soap. Have a great day everyone.

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