SoS: January 23rd ~ January 29th, 2012

Tuesday's Shave:

Coffee: World Market Costa Rican Tarrazu, little cream, served in my Old Spice Morning Refresher mug
Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Gillette Short Handled Super Adjustable (6)
Blade: Store Personna
Brush: Ever Ready 200
Soap: TSD Pumpkin Delight
Post: TSD Iced Signature ASM

I also tend to listen to podcast when I shave, in the car, mowing the grass, just about everywhere.
Today's was Craft Beer Radio from Savor 2011: It's Ok to play with your Food and Beer

 

Brush: Semogue 830 banded boar
Razor: Merkur 41C open-comb
Blade: Feather, 3
Soap: La Toja stick
Toner: Thayer's lavender witch hazel
Finish: Ogallala Bay Rum, Lime & Peppercorns

Fantastic shave! Not quite BBS, but really close. Wonderful soap, and the scent of the BRL&P aftershave is truly something beautiful! Happy Shaving!

 

Tuesday 24th January

Hot shower and facial scrub
Proraso Preshave cream
Schick L3 Grip razor with no name blade
Omega 10029 boar brush
Col Conk Bayrum soap
Alum Block and Wilco ASB
Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum

Another three pass BBS. I am really pleased that I revisited this razor ! I have 2 older models which I really must try. I bought them a few years back and just added them to my collection without actually using them.

 

Good idea!

 

Dovo "Black Star" 5/8 :: Simpson KH3 : Floris Elite SC :: Floris Elite ASB :: Floris Elite EdT

 

Tuesday Morning
Hot face wash + Proraso Pre/Post Cream
Merkur 37C + Astra SP (D2)
Omega Mighty Midget
Proraso White
Cold Water Rinse

Beautiful clean shave this morning, helped wake me up since 0400 came mighty early today.

 

I am sooooo glad all of that is behind me!

 

Fast evening shave...
Merkur 23C/Green 7OC (what a blade! become one of my favorites!)
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Tet-a-tet SC
Cold water splash
Tet-a-tet ASB

Clean and smooth!

 

Sometimes it seems like there are good shave WEEKS and bad shave weeks-yes whole weeks, no rhyme or reason. I've given up trying to figure out the nuances. Blades that have failed me suddenly give me shaves that, yes, make babies butt's jealous. Blades that have been my go-t0 become like scratching sandpaper across my face. I think the shave gods are like Zeus-they're in a bad mood and we suffer.

 

Hot Shower
Musgo Real Glycerin oil soap
Merkur 11C
Gillette Green 7 o 'clock
Simpson CH3 Best Badger
P160
RazoRock Alum
Floid suave

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012, Midnight Shave

Prep: Shower, glycerin
Razor: Weber head /w BRW handle
Blade: Voskhod (2)
Soap: Arko
Brush: Rudy Vey Omega Boar
Post: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH + Rosewater
AS/ASB: Floid Blue + Cade Balm

Tonight's shave was a night of "firsts". First time to use the Weber and Voskhod blade together, first time to use my RV Boar brush and my first time to use Arko stick.

The Weber and V. were an excellent combo. The brush and Arko....not so much. Maybe because the brush isn't broken in yet or maybe I didn't use enough water or maybe the Arko sucked. Don't know.

I got away with one though. The shave gods should have whacked me, but I got a 3 pass shave with no irritation. I must make a sacrifice. Where's that Williams......

 

Brush: Semogue 2020
Cream: C&E Sienna
Razor: EJ DE89L
Blade: Astra SP (day 2)
ASB: C&E Sienna
C&E Sienna Cologne

 

L'Occitane Bavx soap
Iron Duke 6/8
Le Tuft Le Une Grande
Vito's Coconut & Almond
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
L'Occitane Bavx EDT

Jamie.

Well I decided after the last shave to take the Iron Duke back to the stones, right back starting at 1000, on to 5000 then 8000 and finally 12000, finish on my two paddle strops first with a little Chromium Oxide paste mix with a little neatsfoot oil, then the final paddle with a little Dovo paste nothing abrasive, and the biggest compliment i can pay this razor was it actually shaved as well as my Feather Straight razor, the smoothest edge i've seen on this razor sweet. Two pass shave with minor touch up.

 

Wednesday

Gillette FB @4
Derby day 3
Vulfix travel
TOBS lavender SS
Musgo Real AS



Monday I planned to use my old Wilkinson brush this week, but it’s no longer in my possession because yesterday I gave it to my brother-in-law, who had shown interest in DE shaving last time I saw him. It’s a familiar story: he shaves with a trillion blade cartridge razor and cream from a can, and hates every minute of it. I shave with a DE razor (and sometime an injector razor), a brush, soaps and creams, and love every minute of it.
So yesterday I gave him a small, but serious, starter kit: a tube of DVH shaving cream, the Wilkinson brush, a Merkur HD, a travel bottle of Proraso AS and a sample blade kit.



And then we talked about the basics of DE shaving. No pressure, how to load a blade in the razor, no pressure, the different ways of lathering, no pressure, blade angle, no pressure, start with short strokes, no pressure, lock your wrist, no pressure, WTG-XTG-ATG. Did I mention no pressure?
He very much liked the hefty feel of the razor in his hand. He is a tall and well-trained man; it's a shame that modern marketing tells big guys like him to shave with a plastic toy.
The brush and cream will be tested tomorrow morning, his first shave with the Merkur will probably be on Saturday. So perhaps this daily routine that he hates so much will soon turn into an enjoyable one.

 

WOW thats one heck of a starter kit to donate, and he has goto person for advise, great way to start out

 

Thanks.
It's more or less the kit I used when I started DE shaving. The brush and DVH soap I already used, the Merkur was my first DE razor and the Proraso came very quick into the den too. Techs are also good starter razors, but my brother-in-law has a heavy and course beard, so he needs a little more aggression in the razor. Just hope he likes it...

 

Merkur 23C/ Green 7OC
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Red Line SC
Cold water splash
Mayor Energy Platinum splash

Last drops of my only mentholated aftershave lotion are gone. Need to search for a spare. My luck I have a bottle of regular Nivea lotion. Let's see how it goes...

 

Barbasol DE Razor
Treet Black Beauty (Thanks Hanzo)
Simpson Chubby 2 Best
Klar Kabinett
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

Very nice shave this morning.

 

Mawnin' Ya'll

Hot Shower
Chubbz I
TSD Iced Blue Juniper Wheat Cream
R-41
Feather (3)
Cold Water Rag
Nivea Sensitive ASB
Clubman Special Reserve

Easy 2 Pass DFS

Have a great day Ya'll

 

Swarvoski ​

Tabac​

DE86​

Dark Blue 7 O'clock​

L'Occitan ASB​

L'Occitan EDT​

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