SoS: December 17th, 2012 - December 20th, 2012

It's been a while since I posted my shave -- I've missed it!

Mystic Water Soap, unscented
HIS synthetic brush
EJ DE89
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum blade (blue)
Shave Den after shave milk, unscented

First time using the Mystic Water soap, which was a gift from my Secret Santa. It's a soft tallow-based soap, easily created an excellent lather with the big soft HIS brush.

Three passes + touch up = smooth BBS face this morning!

 

Thursday - another day closer

Prep: Hot shower
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya, BLACK
Soap: Daisy Mountain Naturals Spiced Mahogany
Brush: The Dridecker (Hi, Bill!)
Razor: Gillette OLD Type
Blade: Astra SP, day 4, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB, Sean John Unforgivable, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Love these Astra blades.

 

Thursday

Eucerin moisturizing cream
warm shower
Semogue 2000
MWF / Ingrams
Merkur 23c w/ Kai Stainless
Cetaphil gentle cleanser
cold water rinse
Master Bay Rum

Splendid two pass DFS! Brush still breaking in, so the face lather still a bit of a struggle ... added Ingrams into the mix for the second pass. I suspect in a week or two, the brush will be in form and smelling pretty.

 

Thursday 20 December
Since the world will end tomorrow y'all can forward your shaving dens to me. I promise to keep them safe for you.


Awoke to a howling wind leftover last night from the storm, a hot shower was very welcomed.
After the shower facial prep from Proraso preshave soap.
Next brush in the rotation, is my newest member a Shavemac Badger
Soap choice, VDH.
Razor choice Super Adjustable, dial to #6
Blade choice, Derby
A three pass shave that was very comfortable.
Warm water rinse, cold water splash, Pinaud Veg, Fitness, to finish the shave.

 

Thursday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Philip Glass, Powaqqatsi
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger
• Cream: Ingram
• Razor: Autostrop
• Blade: Feather
• Shave : 3-Pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

Great & cewl BBS shave again!

Enjoy your day!

 

Thursday - Night Shave

Had skipped the shave in the morning as had to leave early and tomorrow is end of the world so night is the right time!

Prep: Pure Almond Oil
Shaving Cream: Godrej Rich foam.
Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: EJ DE89L
Blade: Gillette Super Platinum Black, 3rd shave, 3 passes
AfterShave: Nivea Balm.

The almond oil made made the tough beard really soft. Excellent shave.

 

This was yesterdays shave

Hot shower.
Cella soap.
Gillette Aristocrat Rapira blade.
Oscar11 brush.
Not a bad shave the soap is great nice sent. I think the mix was a little dry my fault aslo should of put a fresh blade in.

Todays shave

Hot shower

Nancy boy cream and the 'Wapi'

BBS that cream is so good very slick like it was made for straight razors and it smells great bonus
Thanks to Hanzo for PIFing both soaps

 

Thursday morning shave, December 20, 2012

Schick E2 Injector razor w/ Schick blade (2)
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap w/ hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

The week run too fast. Is it Friday yet?!
The set up was identical all the week long. OCMM week for me...

OCMM/Gem
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Soapy SC/Viking Fresh SC (alternating days)
Cold water splash
Tet-a-tet ASB/Fitjar Miklagard ASC (alternating days)

OCMM is a top favorite for me in terms of usability, effectiveness and shave quality. I miss my straights, though...

 

My Dmitry - my Dmitry!!!!!! It's so good to see you here again!!!!! The Viking Blue Ice cream you sent me is sooooo enjoyable. It gave me so much pleasure today with its lather, the nice scent, and that cooling feeling!

 

Things are running like race horses over here To keep the degree of craziness I boosted ISZ soap with Bomb this Monday and put some boosted AS splash after cold water splash. I can clearly say, that it gives the same feeling, as a walk to work on 30C weather with wind. That's why I can see many people wearing masks BTW - the combo of cold, wind and humidity. I hope the TSD gays and gals still keep the Menthol set up for their shaves, despite the weather outside!
Jeff, it is so nice to get back to posting and reading! Hope you're well and enjoying that nice Christmas time!

 

I'm ok, although I am very tired. A lot of hard work, and business could be and should be better. Still, I manage to stay around. Our weather here in Montreal has been so bizarre, but now it is supposed to become real wintery. Very cold with a lot of snow, and these are conditions which I hate. You know me - I am a menthol lover, and I always will be. Наилучшие пожелания для Рождества, мой друг! (my last comment was "best wishes for Christmas, my friend"!)

 

Merkur 34c
Voskhod Teflon
Semogue 1438 boar
TSD Lime (thanks Ryan!)
GFT lime skin food

 

• Prep PSC
• Proraso Red SC
• Frank Finest Fan Shaped Brush
• Mergress XL Razor
• Feather Blade (2)
• Baxter ASB
• Figaro XFC

Time to say goodbye to an old friend. I am trading my Mergress XL and I will be sending it off today. This really is a great razor. It is basically the original Merkur Progress which has been modified to incorporate a heavy metal adjustment knob which is more accurate than the original plastic one. Weighing in at 123 grams it is 33 grams heavier than the normal Progress (90 g). The heavier knob shifts the balance point further down the handle which I find nice. Teamed up with a Feather blade this razor easily delivers a super comfortable BBS shave. I used a setting of 3.0 for the first pass, 2.0 for the second, and 1.5 for the third pass. A special product today was the Figaro XFC aftershave. The XFC stands for (Xtra F---ing Cold). I added a generous amount of menthol crystals to the Figaro and it now freezes just as good as the mighty Osage Rub! I will try to post more of my menthol Tom Foolery over the next couple of day. Stay tuned.

There seems to be a lot of talk about the end of the world and other such nonsense. I just want to say one thing:

I could care less if the world ends tomorrow... just as long as it happens before the dreaded Shavepocalypse!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Lyndon

 

12/21/2012 4 days till christmas

Pre shave - Hot Shower, Noxima store brand face wash
Brush - VDH Boar soaked in hot water
Soap - TSD 2X Iced LEmon and Cedarwood
Blade - Vokshod (3)
Razor - Gillette 40's Ball end Tech
A/S - Aqua Velva



Man My face is mentholated today. Just on the second pass with the 2X iced TSD soap it was cold. Great shave today. Its now been 2 months since I started wetshaving and its one of the things I look forward to most.

 

Well my luck this week haws held true to form - the world didn't end last night. Though it did give it a good try. When I went into work yesterday it was 52 F and I figured what the heck I won't need the sweater under my coat. But being basically a belt and suspenders type person I put it on anyway. When I left work yesterday it was 32 F and up to 50 mph wind gusts with snow coming down. This morning it was 27 F with wind chill of 22 F. And the world hadn't ended. And I have this song stuck in my head - well the hook anyway- at least it is one that I like. It is an old British music hall song by Flanders and Swann called Have Some Madeira M'Dear. And I did learn a new and unpleasant place it nick myself. I really must learn not to change expressions while shaving my upper lip, I managed to catch my lip just at the edge of shave area and the lip proper. Really a hard spot to get to stop bleeding - it moves a lot and keeps starting to bleed again. So yes I did shave this morning, same as all week TBS Maca Root SC, Merkur HD with Gillette 7 o'clock blade, Nivea shave balm and Clubman AS. And now even though it is only 0602 I could really use (enjoy) a glass of Madeira. And the world hasn't ended.

 

Friday:
In Honor Of The Zombie Apocalypse I listened to Breathe Out,Breathe In,the latest album from the 60's group The Zombies
soak brush,Kent BK8/DB 1.5 Scuttle
hot shower
Proraso PrePost Cream
TOBS Avocado SC
Muhle R41 Grande "Fang"/Gillette 7 O'Clock Black (3)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
warm water rinse
Thayer's Original WH
SCS Avocado Oil Aftershave Balm

Another great BBS shave,I want to look my best just in case the Mayans were on to something

 

Friday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Shark day 5
Aspis Ice Rain SC
Tabiano AS Gel
Max Refreshing AS

Yesterday was a Russian Shave dedicated to my dear friend Dmitry, today was a Bulgarian Shave dedicated to my dear friend Veli who sent me this awesome Aspis Ice Rain cream. This stuff smells so nice and classy, it lathers like a real champion, and it has a good cooling sensation. The Max Refreshing aftershave is also from Bulgaria - it came from another special friend - does anyone here remember Rene? (SSl Studio) He sent it to me. This aftershave smells so much like Polo Original, and it can freeze your face off. The Tabiano gel is not so cooling, but it is soothing and protective. This shave was quick, but still very close and smooth.

 

Lyndon, you might be a candidate for Diana Sport Menthol balsam after all. If you use menthol crystals in your Figaro aftershave, then heyyyy - this balsam might be ok for you! It would be great to know that there's somebody else here who can also use it!

 

5/8 F.W.E. Special
Mystic Water SS
22mm Grade A
AV Ice Blue and a dab of Molinard Rasoline

Great shave this morning with another fine German razor. I'm expecting a Shavemac finest knot to arrive any day now and already have a couple of prospective handles for it. Have a good one.

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