SoS: June 30, 2014 - July 6, 2014

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Thursday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Maggard Fougere Sauvage
Razor: Gillette Super Speed Red Tip
Blade: Gillette Platinum (5)
Brush: oscar11 TGN 2-Band Finest 24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Fine American Blend

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

My “lost” Maggard Fougere Sauvage showed up along with my Fine American Blend AS sample. As expected, the Maggard soap generated a great lather. Combined with the Fougere Sauvage, my 5th shave with the Gillette Platinum in the Red tip was excellent. I finished up with Fine American Blend. Unfortunately, this is also a great scent! Make room for another AS.

Bob

 

6/8 Wacker Inox
Prep Shaving Soap
homemade boar
Get ready to be bored, I'm going spartan for a while. Prep might be the best shaving soap I've ever used. I really like this stuff. It has a medicinal smell, I think noxema, my wife says clove, either way it doesn't hang around for long. Incidently, Prep was supposedly formulated in the U.S. in the 1860's. Have a good one.

 

SOTD July 3

Prep: hot shower
Razor: WW2 Gillette Tech
Blade: BIC platinum (day 2)
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Proraso green
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG) + touch ups
Post: Arko Ice Mint

The BIC seems to give its best shave on its first use. Day 2 with this blade was still a great shave. Finished the shave off with Arko Ice Mint instead of witch hazel for a mildly cooling effect.

I forgot my wacky tacky at work last night, so I went with the petal pusher wax this morning. The blend of the two waxes were doing their best to encourage the "English" styled handlebar...

 

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: EJ DE89 Head w/ Weber Classic Handle
Blade: Voskhod (2)
Lather: Cella
Brush: VDH Boar
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Old Spice

I think I was still asleep while shaving this morning. I was going to use a sample of L.A. Shaving soap that was PIF'd to me, but I used too much water and it was really thin. I didn't have time to experiment, so I pulled out the Cella and it lathered right up. I normally make 3 passes -- WTG, XTG, ATG. Today, for some unknown reason, I went WTG, ATG, XTG. I realized halfway into my second pass that I was had skipped the XTG pass, so I added it to the end. The result was good, but not great. Oh well, looking forward to tomorrow when I have my first straight razor shave!

Have a great day!

 

quick shave today
final push to get ready for the fourth festivities
brushless, fast but really miss the process.
y'all have a happy forth of July

 

Tabacstag!
Another amazing Tabac shave! The soap performed as always, this time I used my Plisson Synthetic to get into the milk glass jar because I'm running out. No worries, I've already got a refill puck waiting to fill that glorious jar. I'm tempted to just push the new puck in on top of the remains of the old now, but it will feel good to use it to the end.
The Synergy Bay Rum Tonic works great with Tabac, the scents compliment each other, the soap and cologne. This is my first use of Tabac cologne, obtained from a generous PIF on TSD. I love it as I love all my Tabac products. Thanks JR!

Prep: RR/HTGAM lime menthol
Soap: Tabac!
Brush: Plisson Synthetic
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Personna lab blue (1)
AS: Synergy Bay Rum Tonic
EdC: Tabac!

 

Thursday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Cream - Cold River Soap Works American Barber Shop
Brush - Omega 11047
Razor - Gillette Single Ring
Blade - Feather (4)

2 pass
Warm water rinse & cold water splash
Alum block & Witch-hazel AS

 

Bartmann 504
Simpson Wee Scot
Proraso pre shave
Proraso green shave cream
Proraso green AS
Proraso blue balm

 

Pre: Maggard Razors PSO – Lime
Brush: Shea Moisture Shave Synthetic
Soap: Maggard Razors Lime & Bergamot
Razor: PAL Adjustable Injector
Blade: Kmart Injector – Platinum Chrome
Splash: Wal-Mart Witch Hazel 86%
Post: Dove Men+Care ASB
After: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue

Another first! Finally got around to breaking out the PAL! Well actually, a Facebook friend sent me a Schick injector to try, with a single blade. it was a tough choice but after some deliberation I elected to use that blade in the PAL instead...

Check out the rest at That Shave Life!

 

7/3/2014 Horse Hair Brush Week

Prep: Hot shower with L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash, home made PSO
Razor: Muhle R41 2010, Imperial Razor Warranted Germany Barbers Favorite straight razor
Blade: Viking Sword (5)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair 23mm knot
Soap: L'Occitane Cade with 3 drops of TSD MBomb
After: Home made ASB, Aqua Velva classic Ice Blue
Cologne: Aqua H2O

A cool 1 pass with touch ups Darn Fine Shave.

Have a Blessed Day!!

 

7/3/2014

Prep: warm wash
Lather: Tiki Set Sail (vegan)
Brush: Omega B&B
Razor: Gillette New
Blade: Astra SP (5)
Post: cold rinse and Captain's Choice Lime

2 passes on the face, 2 passes on the scalp. Breaking in new B&B branded Omega boar bristle brush. No nicks or weepers, even with 4 days stubble on scalp. NEW mowed it down!

 

I use whatever I'm using for my face,it's served me well over the years.

 

Thor's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Healthy Accents Daily Renewal cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock One-X Tallow Croap
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG (1, 2)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS Splash

Can you tell I like this croap, yet? I skipped yesterday's shave due to sheer laziness, and - as I indicated - decided to reset my baseline of expectations by going back to using the Bic for a turn. As ever, it produced DFS results in 2 effortless passes, with nary a hint of irritation or bloodshed. I even nearly skipped the alum, because it seemed unnecessary. The temperature today is warm enough that the very mild menthol in the One-X did provide some cooling, by the way.

 

Remember,never sniff The Veg from the bottle!If possible decant into a glass bottle,hot sauce bottles work really well.Last tip,it may take several applications before The Veg choses you.My first time SWMBO and the local villagers threatened to burn me at the stake.After the third application all was well with the world,SWMBO now loves The Veg.That is all!

 

SOTD
July 3, 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Boost Energizing Face Wash
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Ladas Super Stainless
Lather: RR XXX
Brush: Semogue 1305
Post: Alum. Dickinson WH
Aftershave: RR XXX. RR XXX Milk
The planets were lined up for this shave! Perfection!
Go out and get it!

 

Thursday
warm shower
Semogue SOC,Boar
Proraso PSC
Mama Bear's Rosemary Mint
Gold Plated Tech/Gillette Silver Blue
cold water rinse and ice cube rub
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse and ice cube rub
Thayer's Lemon WH
and to compliment the ice cube rubs.......The Rub!!!!
Diptyque Tam Dao edp

Nice 2 pass face,1 pass dome,for BBS all around!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!!!

 

Thursday

Prep: Clear Essentials glycerin soap
Soap: HTGAM synergy, unscented
Brush: Plisson synthetic
Razor: Schick injector, type I
Blade: Schick
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe

Another great shave with my 1950's Schick injector.

 

Razor: Osgar 862 5/8 Full Hollow
Brush: Vie-long White 24mm Horse hair
Bowl: Georgetown G12
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime & Basil
Pre Shave oil: Eucalyptus Peppermint Vanilla
Shave Soap: Penhaligon`s English Fern
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Penhaligon`s English Fern



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Birthday Shave!
Razor: vintage birth year and quarter B3 Blue Tip
Blade: vintage Personna 74
Soap: MWF
Brush: M&F L7 Cobalt Blue and Blonde Badger ( my school colors, Blue & Gold) 22mm
smooth, close and oh so enjoyable.
AS: never liked it when I was young but nostalgia has taken over... Essence of Man, Brut.