Tuesday Prep: Hot shower, soak brush Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Rwanda, BLACK Soap: TSD SOTQ A2, Barber Shoppe Brush: Mohawk 3-338 with original knot Razor: '55 Red Tip Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 2, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB, Clubman AS, hand strop blade 'Stache Wax: Steve's Own Shave Rating: 5 Blades Another great shave. The Mohawk brush has quickly become one that I really look forward to using when it comes around in the rotation.
Tuesday July 12, 2011 Shave HOT SHOWER: Sandalwood& Vetiver& Rose Shower Gel LATHER: Geo Trumpers Rose Soap puck BRUSH: Handturned 22mm pure badger(scratchy) SCUTTLE: YES R.Becker Medium RAZOR: GILLETTE Injector BLADE: Schick Twin Blade Injector AFTERSHAVE: Sandalwood & Rose Splash COLOGNE: Rose Verte Trumpers soap whipped up fine. 2 pass BBS. Love that rose scent!
Lord L6 razor VanWilder SS Voshkod (1) Ever Ready C40 vintage boar AV Ice Blue Deliberately not elaborating. My final impression of the Lord will be published next Monday in the review. overall 3.5 out of 5 blades
July, 12 Got back to heavy workouts again. What an interesting feeling when holding a straight and your hands are shaking :happy102. So there were 'shaking straight' shaves last 2 days. Eveline shave gel as preshave 4/8 Rebell Paddle strop Vie-Long horsehair brush Painted ceramic bowl Wilkinson Sword soap in a blue bowl Cold water rag Was too afraid of cutting myself with 'shaking straight' hands, so DFS!
Tuesday! Warm Shower Green Marvy Mug Omega Pro Boar AOS Lemon SC Lady Gillette Stars - Champagne! Voskhod (1) Cool Water Rinse Hyatt Portico Citrus & Lavender Body Lotion Florida Water Used up the last of the Lemon AOS, I will definitely have to get more. I smelled like lemon icing! Yummy!!
Muhle R41 ToothComb Gillette 7 O'clock Super Stainless (Russian Green - Day 1) MC 24mm Butterscotch Finest Arko Shave Stick Alum Boosted Superior 70 Bay Rum I am coming to the conclusion that this razor needs a very sharp blade. Out of the blades I have tried so far in this razor, the Feather was easily the best and most comfortable shave I have had with it. The Russian Green left me with a smooth face, but entirely too much irritation. I have a few more blades to test in this razor before I solidify an opinion, but I am thinking sharper is better.
I bet you like it! The best part is when you're trying to place a blade on your neck for an upward pass and see how it shakes back and forth :happy102 Or when shaving that small areas like the corner under the jaw or under the nose...
First add menthol to a bowl. Always the first step Then get you a puck each of VDH deluxe and select and a puck of Williams. Grate the Williams. Melt the VDH deluxe in the bowl with the menthol. Not too much on the nuker, several short bursts of ~7 seconds each will do, until completely melted. Stir in the grated Williams. Now, take the unmelted puck of VDH select and carefully sink it into the blend of deluxe and Williams until the surface of the two are even. It should look like a white puck in the center of a pink and white speckled liquid. Voila! VanWilder. It beats the uncondensed version of VanWillDerluxiamHaganslect :happy097 Works pretty well too. I am one of the unfortunate souls who can't get a good stable lather with Williams so I heard some of the other folks on here have made a blend so I just took two ideas and mated them. I think that the Williams brings the lather down a bit to be honest, but the VDH powers through. Don't try to nuke Williams or any other tallow soap, it'll burn. Only the glycerine soaps and still only in bursts. Too much nukin' will kill it too.
I just completed 3 hours of Muay Thay training - but I'm going to the shower, and then to the bed - my shave will be in the morning!
I prefer to shave tonight. It is a proven method to fall asleep later, you know what I'm talking about... ;-)
Shave Of The Day - July 12th, 2011 Hot Shower Vie-Long Sardinero Horse Hair Brush VDH Luxury Scented Soap Lord L6 head on Parker Heavyweight Handle Gillette Permasharp Blade ~ Day 5 Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend Aqua Velva Original Sport ~ :freezing
Wednesday, July 13 65’ Gillette Slim (set on 8) Supermax SS (d1) Ever Ready Boar Col. Conk Amber SS Master Bay Rum 4.7 Blades today on 3 passes. Could have hit 5 easily with some touch-up.
Wednesday's Shave Gillette Red Tip Fred's Personna Semogue 830 QCS Key Lime croap Ivy Spice AS splash Gillette Intense Cool ASL
Tuesday's Shave 1952 Black Tip Super Speed, with the steel handle... Astra SP (Day1) Omega 10029 Arko UberLather:Shave Stick/Adventure SC Post Shave:Arko Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS/Rebul Turkish Lavanda Cologne Wednesday's Shave 1953-58 Eversharp Schick Hydro-Magic EMS/Personna (Day2) Omega 10029 Arko UberLather:Shave Stick/Adventure SC Post Shave:Arko Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS/Rebul Turkish Lavanda Cologne Tuesday I had a very special photo and video shoot...Hot Day..Hot Lights...So I went with the Super Speed to guarantee no burning...and sure enough...super close and all the Sun and Spot Lights and no burn.... Today I'm back with the 1 pass injector close shave plus touch-up to attain BBS...:happy108