SoS: February 24, 2014 - March 2, 2014

Monday morning, February 24, 2014

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (4)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

 

Monday, February 24, 2014

Schick E2 Injector with a Schick blade,
and using a Semogue 1305 boar brush
lather up with CO Bigelow - shave,
and finish with Walgreens Witch Hazel
and SFM Brisk Aftershave

A great shave with the E2 Injector. Aces!

 

Monday

Prep: CeraVe facial cleanser
Soap: HTGAM unscented
Brush: Oscar11 custom boar
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft
Blade: Gillette SharpEdge
After: cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

This brush was a generous gift from Steve Suko (Oscar11). Thank you, Steve! I don't have much experience with boar brushes, so I am looking forward to learning. I gave the brush several days of preparation by soaking, lathering, rinsing and drying. The piggy smell went away quickly and the fibers have started to bloom out nicely.

The HTGAM soap lathered easily, but I added too much water: the boar bristles hold more water than I am used to with synthetics.

Three smooth passes with the ShaveCraft razor have me an excellent result.

 

Menthol Monday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grass Stain Menthol Snow, face-lathered
Razor: FaTip Piccolo
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG (3, 4)
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, Lucky Tiger Menthol Vanishing ASB

In the absence of a proper preshave balm or oil, I let the Neutrogena sit on my stubble for a few minutes in the shower, which really seemed to help further soften them up. Unfortunately, I left too much water in my brush for the first pass, so I really had to work to get the lather where I wanted it. End results were still a DFS+ shave in two passes, where the only bloodshed came as a result of hitting the same spots that had bled on Saturday, meaning I probably just reopened the cuts before they were fully healed.

 

2/24/2014 The Shave Den Week and Menthol Monday!!

Prep: Hot shower with L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash, home made PSO
Razor: Gillette Slim H3 (7), Ace straight razor
Blade: Astra (2)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair 23mm knot
Soap: The Shave Den lanolin shave soap Sandalwood scent with 4 drops of TSD M Bomb menthol additive
After: Home made ASB
Cologne: Akthar Noir cologne

A wonderful 2 pass Darn Fine Shave ++. Happy Monday.

Have a blessed day!

 

SOTD Monday 2-24-2014

5/8 Frederick Reynolds Faux Frameback, Hollow Point
Proraso PSC
Classic Brand Jasmine SS
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Royal Copenhagen Musk ASL
I'm Back from Alaska and enjoying the mild weather here in Southwestern Oregon!

 

Good to see you gave the Balm and T-Bomb a try. Did you leave the balm on your face when you applied your Stirling or did you rinse it off? I go back and forth on this but lately have been leaving it on.

 

Menthol Monday

Was running behind this morning so no pic today

Razor: Bakelite Slant
Blade: Feather (D5)
Brush: Turkish #6 Horsehair
Bowl: Turkish 5” Copper Bowl
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime Basil
Pre Shave Balm: TSD Iced SubZero
Shave Soap: Stirling’s Margaritas in the Arctic
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: TSD SubZero AS w M Bomb added

 

Menthol Monday

CO Bigelow bowl lathered with SOC
Micro-Matic with Gem CS blade (1)
3 passes, cold water splash and finish with Osage Rub

 

I left it on and lathered over it. The shea butter content of the balm yields a nice slick surface upon which to lather. As with PSOs, once on, the balm(s) remain on for the duration.

 

Fantastic picture, job well done.

 

Monday

Hot shower, Dove Mens body Wash, Old Spice 2in1 shampoo
Neutrogena face wash

Beer Soap Brewing Co. "Spearmint & Eucalyptus "
( New aritisain soap made with variety popular beers. This soap was made with Fosters and is tallow based. Very nice lather, great glide, nice cool refreshing scent.)

Vie Long Cachurro (Really enjoying this brush from my Secret Santa)

Gillette "Black Beauty" dialed to #8 with a Derby
Osage Rub/Spieck Balm
Gold Medal DFS

Everyone have a great week, think spring.

 

~ Gillette Early Tech loaded with an Astra SP.
~ Black badger knot (TGN) in a Calvin Klein aluminum billet handle.
~ Face lathered the Provence Sante, green tea.
~ Clinique moisturizer followed by Spice after shave

 

Weber 3pc. W/Bulldog Handle
Astra Superior Platinum D/E
Arletta Mug loaded with Van Der-Williams Shaving Soap
VDH Badger Brush
Razor Rock Alum Stick

No nicks no weepers.

 

Shavecraft 101
Med Prep
Vie Long 2013 Beehive Badger/horse Mix
"The Naud" soap
Natural Unscented AS Balm


Doesnt get much better from hardware and software to end result. Fantastic. So far Im liking the new brush (only 2nd use). First experience with horsehair of any kind.

 

02/24/2014 TSD Week. Menthol Monday

Hot shower
Nivea menthol face wash
Merkur Progress (4)
Voskhod (4)
hjm badger
Stirling Ozark Mountain w/ TSD M-Bomb
Cold rinse
Alum
Cold rinse
Osage Rub
444
Brrrrr! The 1st time I've used a blade for 4 shaves, excellent performance! I'll try for 5 tomorrow. A Dang Cold Shave was had.

 

Prep: Shower
Razor: GEM MMOC
Blade: Treet
Brush: Omega 10810
Lather: Barrister and Mann Cheshire
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG
Result: DFS

Scary! I dropped my MM from my sink. About a 3ft drop onto the hard ceramic floor it fell flat with a heavy thud. Ouch! I'm glad it wasn't pot metal. I'm not sure even a Super Speed would survive without a bend. But no it was completely intact. Other than that great shave.

I gave the Barrister and Mann another shot today with excellent results. The weakness seems to be its small window of latherability. It is very thirsty and if you don't mix it right it can end up thin with not enough water or airy with too much water. I also noticed I had to go back to the puck with each pass (face lathering)- which is not something that happens with Cella. The pluses are it's excellent performance. It is every bit as slick and cushioning as Arko. Post-shave feel was excellent and I found the soap moisturizing. I didn't like the scent at first. I thought it smelled like old lady but it is growing on me and feels very relaxing. It remained with me very subtly for nearly 3 hours.

The MMOC continues to impress. It is a very smooth shaver and it's aggressive reputation continues to puzzle me- I suspect a number of SE newbies tried to use it like a DE and not flat against the face how it is supposed to be used.

 

From Saturday (I know it should be in the other thread but that's no fun)

Prep: Hot Shower, Nivea Face Wash
Razor: Merkur 34G
Blade: Super Iridium (1)
Soap: HTGAM Cavendish
Brush: Plisson Synthetic
Post: Alum, Lucky Tiger, AoS ASB

And tonight shave:

Prep: Hot Shower, Nivea Face Wash
Razor: ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Super Iridium (2)
Soap: RazorRock Green Tea
Brush: Muhle V.2 Black Fibre
Post: Alum, Lucky Tiger, AoS ASB

 

JRod22, how is that Plisson brush? There are some very good comments about it, but it looks mostly like 2nd or 3rd generation synthetic.