SOS: June 2018

13 June 2018

Day 4 of this week long set-up. Simple stuff, outstanding shaves.

Started a 12 day course of prednisone today which hopefully will kill this rash. I just hate reading about all the nasty side effects related to prednisone. But if it works..................

 

Wednesday June 13, 2018

Razor: Gillette Guard
Blade Gillette SE Guard (2)
Lather: Neutrogena Shave Cream
AS: Mennen afta

A good, smooth 2 pass, WTG/ATG shave, with a small amount of clean up, cold water rinse and some afta AS. Happy Camper here with another great shave. God Bless.

Bill

 

June 12, 2018 Shave of the Night
*Bath with MITA bar soap and Clubman CC shampoo.
*Personna Floating Head injector
*Modern Schick Twin Blade [JAP]
*Jack Skully - Synth Fan Knot by Brent Jacobson
* STIRLING GIN & TONIC! much like Mita and just as awesome

 

Wednesday, June 13

Barrister & Mann Seville~~Mondial 26mm Boar~~2011 Mühle R41~~Personna 74
Have a great day!​

 

Pre: Cold water face wash
Brush: EJ Medium BB
Soap: CRSW Bergamot & Bay
Razor: ER Streamline/Jewel
Blade: Gem SS
Post: Cold water rinse, @BartsBalm Bergamot & Vanilla ASB

What a cracking shave that was.
The Streamline requires a bit more concentration than the Cobra but isn't far behind it in the efficiency stakes.
Finished off beautifully by the Bart's Balm.
Happy Shaving one and all.

 

An inspired SOTD
The 1941 Aristocrat is an awesome shaver. The AOS sandalwood is my favorite scent. Working the hard puck with the boar T-400 tribute brush by @Vlasta was a breeze. Finished the shave off with some pinaud vanilla and I’m ready to go!

 

Colorado Razor Designs two band badger brush, Turtleship Lime soap, WCS 84B razor with an Astra blade, Proraso green aftershave.

The Turtleship Lime rocks the lather. Two passes, nice shave.

 

Schick G4 razor
Personna 74 blade
Shave Revolution Evolution Synthetic brush
Williams SS (modern)
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Barbasol Brisk A/S w/added menthol

Dayt 8 and the Schick/Personna combo is still doing fabulous. Still smooth, comfortable and extremely effective making my face very very happy. Haven't used Williams for a long time and the lather was just so-so but still worked great. Have to practice with it some more. Now go enjoy your day folks

 

SOTD June 13th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
RazoRock Game Changer
GSB(3)
Yaqi Mysterious Space(24mm Finest Fan, Frigate Class)
Catie's Bubbles '95 Liquid Labels
Homemade Lime AS & Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill ASB (lemon lime finish!)

Another nice close smooth shave from the Game Changer. After using this razor for a solid two weeks now I can tell you that top me it is definitely on the mild side and skin stretching is a must to get the close finish that I'm looking for. Some may find this statement to be heretical but I think I might actually prefer the Mamba to the Game Changer, and I definitely prefer the Baby Smooth to both of them. If I'm looking for a more aggressive razor in the RazoRock camp with more blade feel the MJ-90A has me covered. I don't find the Game Changer to be any more efficient or aggressive feeling then my Merkur 34c and honestly if you aren't paying attention to technique and skin stretching you probably wont be ending up with a shave that has the closeness that your looking for. I can tell you that several times these past two weeks I had areas that weren't as closely shaven as the rest of my face due to what I can only assume was caused by a lapse in angle control. Hopefully when Joe releases some more aggressive base plates this razor will really shine.

 

Thanks brother! it was great - my 3 older daughters did not fight - and my 2 year old son and I played in the dirt with tonka trucks - perfection!

 

Interesting thoughts on the GC Andrew. Do you know for a fact that different base plates are on the horizon?

 

June 13th

This Furbo pre shave is a real treat, get the skin more protected and improves the glide!

 

Joe has confirmed that there will be more aggressive base plates in the near future on twitter:

 

GartBnx.....

 

KMF Peaceful Patchouli cream
Vulfix badger, Suribachi, cool water
Schick G-8 & Chick blade
Homemade lime patchouli AS


Tapatalk Via Kyocera

 

Thanks. I am on the waiting list, perhaps I should hold off...

 

That's a "Pure Badger"??? Gorgeous.

 

It is reknoted with FS

GartBnx.....

 

Thursday SOTD



Razor: OneBlade GENESIS
Blade: Feather FHS (D4)
Brush: Semogue 2016 LE 2 Band
Scuttle: TheMudPlace Big Daddy Oiled Mahogany
Pre-Shave Scrub: Lisa's Sunny Citrus
Pre-Shave Balm: Mickey Lee Lime
Shave Soap: Grooming Dept Conca d’Oro
Post: Organic Shea Butter
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Fourth & Pine​