SoS: June 15, 2015 - June 21, 2015

Sunday the 21st

Just got back home after an 11 hour drive back from emerald isle NC. Was a long drive but I went to Publix with the wife and picked up some pacific shaving co. Shave cream while I was there. This cream has a very light spearmint gum scent and is supposed to be cafinated. Overall it made for a nice shave but I feel I has to use more product to get the same amount of lather as other soaps/creams I've used. Still enjoying my new black super adjustable.

Cold Water Shave
Pre: home made PSO
Soap: Pacific Shaving Co.
Brush: EJ Finest Badger
Razor: '82 Gillette Super Adjustable
Blade: Gillette Platinum Plus
Post: WH and EJ Sandlewood

 

A truly great shave with my L'Essor and old wedge blade. Read more details about it here if you're interested.

Razor: L'Essor
Blade: Rex wedge blade
Brush: Rubberset 400-3
Soap: i Coloniali Mango
A/S: Myrsol Emulsion

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Thanks a lot! I can't say enough about kens work! His handles r truly amazing. Masterpieces in their own right. That combined with lees knots to me can't b beat.

 

Wednesday 24 June 2015



Yet Another RazorGuy Shave!​

I am continuing testing my shaving soap which I like more and more at each single shave. I am still thinking I should change something in this recipe, but I am however very happy with the amazing and incredible performance of this soap. Also the pre-shave and after shave are part of my homemade production and this time I wanted to use my Bay Rum, as it was quite a long time I did not use it in favor of the fresher Thyrrenus. This time I used a vintage straight razor: a gorgeous Wostenholm "pipe razor", one of my favorite vintage razors, smooth and velvety, I could not be wrong. For this shave I also wanted an icing on the cake and used my father's very old Omega bristle brush 47: although it is about 40 years old, it is one of the finest, softest, super performing and very best shave brushes I have in my shave den.​

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
• Soap: RazorGuy Shaving Soap
• Brush: My Father's Omega 47
• Bowl: Chinese Cheap Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: George Wostenholm & Sons Pipe Razor, 11/16 Half Hollow, Square Point
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
• Post-Shave: Argan Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum

today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care and a wash cloth
Parker pure badger
soap commander endurance(m)
Gillette slim(j2)(7)
Ladas(4)
old spice after shave(red label)
today's shave was nice. Parker did a fine job with the modified endurance. three passes with the slim, very nice shave. finished with red label. brings up memory of my dad, these days he likes nivea. when I was little, he always used old spice.
hope y'all did as well, or better.


SOTD
June 24, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: RazoRock Baby Smooth
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Brush: Semogue 1305
Lather: Dapper Dragon Unscented
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Folsom & Co. Black Powder
I overslept this morning! Very unusual for me. I must admit this DD soap is much better than what I used a couple of years ago! Very good soap. Im really enjoying the baby smooth, I believe Mark said that you don't even feel the blade, it's true. F&C Black Powder my daughter says smells like the mall. That's a good thing! Gold Bond is simply fantastic.
A better tomorrow. Takes your best today!

 

Happens to everyone, Kerry, at least once…maybe twice.