SoS: February 3, 2014 - February 9, 2014

Mine too!

 

Myrsol Emulsion
Merkur 11C
Personna Lab
Simpson Duke 3
RazoRock ABCBA
Captains Choice Bay Rum

 

Razor: GEM MMOC
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (D10)
Brush: TGN 30mm Super Silvertip & H2 Handle
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime Basil
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Lime & Spearmint
Shave Soap: Mikes Bay Rum
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: : Dominica Bay Rum

 

2/8/2014

Prep: Hot shower and wash
Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable Long (4)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (6)
Soap: Body Shop Maca Root Creme
Brush: Omega 31025
Post: Cold water rinse and Captain's Choice Bay Rum

Relaxed shave today. 3 pass - still trying to figure out my lower neck. One weeper.

 

SOTD Saturday 2-8-2014

5/8 Blue Steel, Full Hollow, Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Classic Brand Lilac SS
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal ASL

 

Saturn's Day (Speick Saturday):

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, Crown Shaving Co. Supreme Glide Preshave lotion
Brush: Beeline Boar
Cream: Speick
Razor: FaTip Piccolo Nickel
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG (6, 7)
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, Speick AS splash

The Speick once again produced spectacular lather for my shave this morning, more than enough for the two passes I took. The results were a DFS with a single weeper on my throat, most likely a result of a combination of the blade starting to wear a bit and my head cold playing havoc with my coordination. Naturally, the alum in the Speick aftershave took care of that with no issues. If the scent were less herbal, I'd probably be even more effusive in my praise for this stuff.

 

If it was less herbal, it wouldn't be Speick!

 

SOTD Feb 8 -- Blade safari day 8

Prep: hot towel
Razor: Weishi
Blade: Personna Blue Lab (day 4)
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Proraso White tub
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: Nivea Men cool kick

Actually got not a bad shave out of the blue lab and Weishi combo today. It's not any closer then what I was getting with my tech, but no irritation... That could just be a lack of touch ups, but this might have been the best shave out of the blue lab, too bad it took four shaves.

 

Saturday 2/8/14
Hot shower
Nivea menthol face wash
Merkur Progress (4)
Gillette 7 o'clock black (2)
Stirling Glacial
Omega Pro 48
Face lather
Cold rinse
Alum
Cold rinse
Dickinson WH
Osage/444

Not a great shave. I haven't used the Gillette 7 o'clock black in some time. Now I remember why. I don't care for them, I had a lot of tugging and a nick on my chin. The Pro 48 holds enough lather for 3-4 passes. Glacial was COLD! Along with Osage and a dab of 444 I'm well protected.

 

Saturday 2/8/14

Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Dovo Shavette
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Cream: AoS unscented
Brush: Muhle Black Fiber
Post: Alum, Lucky Tiger AS, AoS Lemon ASB

Wasn't going to shave tonight but wanted to test out my new Muhle black fiber synthetic brush. Just used the little tube of AoS unscented cream I was gifted a while ago. I think I used too much cream. At first the brush got too thick with cream, wasn't working well at all. So I took all the lather out twice and washed the brush clean. The second time did the trick and it was working well from there. I forgot I used to hand apply the cream to my face and then come in with a wet brush when I used to have my Muhle STF. So i'm interested to see how this works with my soaps. Once I was all lathered up, I got tempted to get a shave in. Just picked up a Dovo shavette for fun. Used it and had a pretty damn rough shave. Some nicks, some irritation, needed a lot of touch ups. Not sure if I like this shavette as much as my Parker. I think I used too much new/unfamiliar product in one shave. A shave I didn't particularly need (had a good close shave yesterday). So crap shave, face is a little red and beat up. Hate that.

O well, it's been a while since I had a shave this bad, can't appreciate a close comfortable shave with out a rough one every now and then.

 

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: EJ DE89L
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)
Cream: TOBS Shaving Shop
Brush: Semogue 830
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea ASB
Aftershave: Pinaud Citrus Musk

I've got to get up really early tomorrow morning and won't have time to shave, so I decided to have today's shave this evening rather than this morning. Hopefully, this evening's BBS will hold me over through tomorrow. I don't think I've ever had a bad shave when using the Personna Lab Blue blade or any TOBS cream. When you put the two of them together, the shave can't help but be fantastic.

Have a great day!

 

Razor - Edwin Jagger DE89L
Blade - Rapira Swedish Supersteel (day 2)
Brush - Omega 50014 travel brush
Shaving soap - Route One Pumpkins Lavender Cedarwood Shaving Soap
Aftershave - Lea Aftershave Balsam

I used a boar brush to see if it would do a better job of lathering the Route One Pumpkins soap than my badger brush. It is hard to get a decent lather out of the soap, but the little Omega worked reasonably well. The soap was still a bear to lather, but the effort was rewarded with a baby bottom smooth four pass shave that is still bbs this evening. Simply amazing!

After getting the Omega brush, I realized that boar brushes are just as good as badger and a fraction of the price. I would have done just as well to get an Omega boar brush in the first place.

 

A lot of men seem to feel the same way. I think it is because of cartridge and electric razor commercials back in the day that showed people nicking and cutting themselves. In reality, the nicks and cuts are only that bad when an advertiser is trying to sell a different kind of razor.

 

Sorry to hear your little friend passed away. My condolences.

 

Hot shower
Stirling Barbershop body soap
Stirling Shave soap
Merkur 23 c
Gillette Nacet Stainless
VDH badger brush
cetaphil lotion

Razor burn with the Nacet, but a Nice 3 pass shave.

 

I agree 100% Personna Lab Blue and any flavor of TOBS is perfect!

 

Kawashima extra tungsten
Muhle 35 K 257 V1 brush
EJ Pre Shave
Tabula Rasa Dark Lavender soap
TOBS Lavender cream
Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel
Ach. Brito Eau de Cologne Lavanda
Institut Karite balm

 

That is one attractive looking straight razor!

 

Thank you. I love the Japanese razors. They have a special look and feel and hold an edge well.

 

Saturday

CeraVe cleanser
Perak Pusher Fancies unscented soap
Mühle hjm black fiber brush
Bic Sensitive 3 disposable razor
CeraVe lotion

On a quick weekend trip to LA to attend a memorial service for an uncle who recently passed away. Shaving kit is minimal with a disposable razor to be legal in my carry-on. I haven't used the Bic disposables for a couple of years, so I was a little apprehensive. It wasn't too bad, a little bit of irritation from a three pass shave. Heading back to Seattle tomorrow.