SoS: June 22, 2015 - June 28, 2015

You may find that you can tolerate EO based scents as opposed to chemical based fragrances. I have been "unscented" for years and recently have been experimenting with EO based scents e.g. Sterling EO based soaps...and I am able to tolerate these just fine. Just a thought...

 

I can tolerate them, I do notice that my skin appreciates unscented soaps more. Just as it appreciates a mild razor over an aggressive razor. It's nice to throw in a unscented soap every once in a while.

 

It's available at a barbershop near my house. The owner is Lebanese and he brings it back from Egypt. How would you like a tube?

 

Wouldn't that belong in the NSOTD thread? It's nice to give your face a rest sometimes!

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
semouge 620
soap commander love
Gillette single ring 1918
persona lab(1)
soap commander love balm
Crusella& co legitima rose
today's shave was nice. the 620 May look like a wild beast, but it performs like a sophisticated socialite. three passes with the single ring and a new lab, in a smooth as glass. finished with love balm and a splash of legitima, just to add a little whiskey in my "rose" water.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Dave,
Please tell me about Crusellas and Co. Rose. I was on their website, but there's no way to purchase. Thoughts?

 

Great shave today. French soap mix with the Feather blade worked very well. 3 passes and extremely smooth.

French soap mix
Feather blade
slim adjustable

 

My son Andrew (next to me) is graduating high school (w/honors) today June 25th 2015! He'll be attending Alfred University (Athletic Training) in the fall. He's also been given a roster spot on the football team as a QB. Very proud day for our family!

Barbasol Arctic Chill
Merkur 1904 w/Derby blade
Witch Hazel followed by Fine American Blend Aftershave

2-passes for a DFS!

 

Thor's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger
Soap: Stirling Bay Rum
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bic (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG (1, 2)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Captain's Choice Cat o' Nine Tails AS splash
Cologne: Gigember Estragone by Dr. Vranjes

Good lather today, again produced at the cost of spending more time building it than needed for any other product I own. I probably could have done a 3rd pass, but going ATG with a blade on its 1st day is sometimes a recipe for nicks, weepers, and irritation for me, so I settled for something between SAS and DFS at 2 passes.

 

SOTD: Thursday, June 25
Dusy Kabinett
SOC Boar (12)
Feather AS-D2
Solingen Souplex (3)
Soap Commander Rose Balm

Have a great day!​

 

THURSDAY
Fifth and final consecutive day using this vintage C-MON razor. Paired it this morning with Martin de Candre soap, resulting in a near-BBS shaving experience. Smooth!
This razor goes on the 'keeper' list…
Have a blessed Thursday, all!

 

World Tournament of Blades - Russia vs. the World!!
June 25, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - VDH Boar
Soap - Proraso
Razor - '59 Ball End Tech
Blade - (2)
Post - Alum, Nivea Balm

Wrapping up the Quarterfinals with the Derby! This blade was a surprising winner over the vaunted Feather and has its work cut out for it to keep going. However, @Bama Samurai is using Derbys this month and just ripped off 9 good shaves with one. Let's see if the hot streak continues here!

Lathered the Proraso and went to work on the first pass. Very smooth and the blade is as sharp as it ever was, which is to say it isn't as sharp as some. Still, a great pass, comfortable and effective. XTG for the second and another smooth pass. The lack of sharpness showed up a bit as the blade left a bit more work for the third pass than I normally see. Went ATG on the third on my face, XTG and G-slide on the neck and finished with a very nice DFS. No complaints there.

Scoring - Sharpness - This is a 2. Same as its first run. The Derby isn't among the sharpest blades but it functions well. Smoothness, definitely a 1. Very nice feel throughout. DFS for the finish which is a 2. That's 5 so far. Irritation - this was the one I was waiting on because a 1 forces the tie. And, in the last round, the Derby scored a 1. Let's go to the alum.....but wait....there is a mark high on my right cheek.....red....no blood....but looks like a scrape or near-weeper. Huh? Well if it's nothing the alum won't affect it. So....alum all over and.........yeah, that's a scrape or minor nick which lights up the alum.....and.....the burn is all over. Face, neck, especially the neck, and it's persistent. That makes irritation a 2.

Total - 7. Great effort but not good enough.

Winner - PERSONNA LAB BLUE!!!!!

So, here are the Final Four!

Voskhod vs. Ladas
Bic vs. Personna Lab Blue

Not the pairings I expected but they are good ones. The Final Four.....begins tomorrow!

 

06/25/2015
Razor – ATT R2 with Hempel Ti
Blade – Feather (3)
Brush – Rudy Vey with TGN Finest
Lather – B&M Latha
Post - Witch Hazel and Fine Platinum



Another great 3 pass shave this morning. Not crazy about the scent of Latha but at least it dissipates by the time lathering is finished. The performance of the soap is very good. Finished off with a splash of Fine Platinum.

 

This will be my shave for the next several days. I am moving to Hondo, Texas.


Wednesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Maggard Limes & Bergamot
Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green Super Stainless (4)
Brush: oscar11 Boar-25mmx60mm
Aftershave: Chiseled Face-Ghost Town Barber

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Maggard Limes & Bergamot today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 boar. Great, easy, thick, lather. Gillette 7 O’Clock Green SS still in the Red Tip. Great smooth, close, shave. I finished with CF Ghost Town Barber.

Bob

 

June 25, 2015

I'm back home after 11 days away and boy does it feel good to have a good night's sleep in my own bed with my dear wife stealing the covers and hearing the soft snores of my son in the next room. I spent the last 11 days in Lincoln, Nebraska - which is a beautiful city by the way - expanding my brain and my teacher toolbox and learned new ways to stretch and engage my students this year but boy, I got sick of shaving in a hotel bathroom with a faucet that's not like mine and a mirror that is the wrong distance away. I fell off the wagon and only shaved every other day or even every 3 days because I couldn't relax and enjoy the experience.

But...its great to be home and to get back to my own sink!

Prep: warm wash
Lather: IanS hobbyist soap
Brush: TGN synthetic
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Gillette Nacet stainless
Post: Old Spice Pure Sport

 

Standard black bulldog / med prep

Rudy Vey

Stirling bay rum

Stirling bay rum

 

Thursday, June 25, 2015
Mongoose Shave #4

Warm Shower, Mystic Water Soap - Marakesh, Neutrogena Face Scrub
Mongoose with Jurgen Hempel SS
Kai CT Mild #4
Oscar 11 Blue & White Omega Boar
MDC Le Bol En Bois - Fougere
Alum Block, Stirling Black Ice Witch Hazel, Unrefined Shea Butter
Myrsol Agua Balsamica After Shave

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25 June 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3 Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro
* Mystic Water Sardinian Honey
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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Thursday
warm shower/cold water shave
Vie-Long 13065s-2
Crown Shaving Co PPE
TSD 2x Iced Mojito Lanolin stick
Schick Revere/Pella coated injector (5)
cold water rinse
Monster Sugar Cube Alum........ It's just a shadow of it's former self
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Levan Rose Beard Oil
TSD 2x Iced Mojito ASL mixed with a pea sized amount of 444
Creed Virgin Island Water

Got a tiny ghost weeper on my neck,but besides that a very nice shave.Face and dome BBS!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

June 24th, SOTD
One days’ growth
Prep: Hot water splash and Homemade Pre-Shave Oil
Razor: W. B. Speed Rabbit marked razor
Strop: Drygulch Chromexcel Horsehide/ Linen
Soap: Maggard’s Orange Menthol
Brush: Eveready 100T re-knotted with 22mm TGN Synthetic
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Maggard’s Orange Menthol Alcohol Based