Let's see those shaves for the week! Bonus points for pictures! Also, this is shave stick week, so if you have some shave sticks, break them out!
Monday, June 7 Slim (on 8) Derby Extra (1) Arko Stick Cold Water Splash Generic Witch Hazel Master Blue TSD English Fern Dominican Coffee, extra black (its Monday). Shave was a 4 blader at best, with 4+ passes. Could have stopped at 3 and been almost as well off without some neck burn. Now that I just got BBS's 4 days in a row off of an IP Red blade, the Derby has big shoes to fill. Have a good day gents.
Hot Shower Imperial Extra Hollow Ground Semogue 1305 Palmolive Shavestick Aqua Velva Classic Cool Water EdT Probably not BBS but real close. Just 2 passes N/S then S/N a DFS for sure. The Velva as always very soothing and works well with Cool Water. Today's Pipe: Kaywoodie #5182 Today's Tobacco: Big n' Burley, and a very nice blend that I made a couple weeks ago that have yet to name. Have a great Monday All!
Menthol Monday: Omega Wooden Handle Ming Shi TTO/Super Max day 3 Proraso Wheat Germ-SC :love008 :love008 Visal-AS Gel :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen Lubriderm unscented moisturizer Pino Silvestre-EDT Nice and cool for this morning's shave--I cannot understand why this Proraso cream in the red tube was discontinued. In my honest opinion, it's a lot better than the green-tubed version. By the way, Visal is a real face-freezer.
Monday, June 7th Hot shower MWF Semogue 2015HD Silvertip D.R. Harris DE87 w/ IP De Vergulde Hand alum 444 ASB w/ Florida Water
Happy Monday From Steamy Florida! Hot Shower Hot Towel Arko Shave Stick VDH Boar Gillette Gold Ball End Tech Dorco ST-301 (2) Cold Water Splash Alum Block Witch Hazel Osage Rub Hemp Lotion Florida Water 4 Passes - BBS! Did I need both the alum block and the witch hazel; no, but when you got toys you gotta play with them!
It's not Williams, but . . . Actually, all my soaps work just fine. Hot shower TSD Sensitive milled together with some Ogallala Bay Rum fragments. VDH Boar brush Schick adjustable with modern Schick blade I don't care for the smell of Bay Rum, but when it's just a little mixed in with something else, it's not bad. This brush is losing hair again. I thought it had stopped that. Oh well.
Monday Menthol Madness!!! EJ Parker frankenrazor Gillette Mejorada blade Ingrams SC Anherb Balm Osage Rub Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S My face is freezing, feels great and I got a marvelous shave.
Monday, June 07, 2010 Razor: Merkur Long Handled Progress Blade: Super Iridium (shave #16) Brush: Grosvenor LE Super Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Taylor's No. 74 Victorian Lime Shave #16 on this blade was smooth, but it seemed that there was a slight degradation in the shave quality. Also, I noticed a tiny weeper, something that rarely occurs. I am taking the hint provided by both of these observations and will change the blade before the next shave with this razor. Back when I started shaving in 1955, I would have considered my shave today to be a dream shave and would have paid no attention to any "hints" less severe than a bad gash or amputation of an ear. We are truly lucky that today we have the shaving forums for information and so many quality shaving products easily available online.
Hi Gents: Monday-- 34G Elite Irish Bog Oak Bluebird blade EJ BBB Medium QED Bathtub Gin SS Thayer's Lemon WH Alt Innsbruck AS Splash/ 444 ASB
Monday Razor: Merkur Futur Blade: Astra (5) Brush: Altesse Badger Soap/Cream: Omega A/S: AV Ice Sport
Prep: Hot Shower, Homemade PSO Razor: Gold Dollar 84 Lather: My Time Bath and Body Menthol 8/10 Mug: $2 Plastic Wal Mart Travel Bowl Brush: Army Shave Brush Music: Antiwar Radio with Scott Horton Astringent: TN Dickinson's Witchhazel AfterShave: Nivea Post Shave Balm Rating: 3/5 This was my first straight razor and it's larger than I like. I don't really use it a lot anymore so I am not familiar with the size. So, I have a few nicks. The My Time Bath and Body menthol is probably one of my favorites although next time I order I'll go for the 10/10. After reading this thread, I decided to try chilling my aftershave. I put the Nivea in the fridge Saturday in preparation for my Sunday shave which I never got to. The bottle was really cold but the balm wasn't that much. It was different and I think it may have been creamier. It's hard to explain. I may try it again with AV Icy Blue splash AS.
Just curious - extra black? For most "black" means no cream or anything else that may change the color of the coffee (for me it also means no sweetener of ANY kind). I can understand extra "dark", meaning it spent a little bit longer in the roaster. How are you defining extra black?
Merkur Monday Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, Hot & Black Soap: VDH Deluxe Brush: Custom 24mm silvertip Red Mallee Burl from Elite Razor Razor: Custom Merkur HD Red Mallee Burl from Elite Razor Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome branded for AAFES, day 4, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB & AS Shave Rating: 4 Blades A darn fine shave. Be glad when I'm over this cold. Makes having a mustache miserable, if you know what I mean :signs131 Feeling a bit better each day, though. Shouldn't complain.
Razor: C.V. Heljestrand MK 32 6/8 with ivory scales Brush: Plisson HMW 12 Cream: D.R. Harris Arlington AS & Edt: D.R. Harris Arlington
SOTD Monday June 7, 2010 Menthol Monday Razor: 5/8 Tiger Wedge Hollow Point Soap/Mug: Mitchell's Wool Fat Scuttle: RAB Ceramic Brush: Col Conk Barbershop Badger ASB: Nivea Replenishing Aftershave: Mennen Original Skin Bracer :freezing
