After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep: Shavemac 22mm silvertip Brevete/ Dorco301 MWF Lucky Tiger AS Ava Luxe 'Shisa' EdP Another extremely close shave with this razor and blade combo, again with only minimal discomfort. It's a trade off I'm willing to make on some days.....the little less comfortable shave than usual I mean. Yeah, I guess effortless shaves get boring after a while, and it's fun to change things up sometimes. Heh, this razor would be waaaay too aggressive for my daily tool of choice, but it's a kick to actually use something that looks so weird. BBS results, with just a few tiny weepers that went away after the cold water splash. Martin
March 16, 2009 11:30am Hardware: Brush: BBE Razor: 68 Slim Adj. 9/3 Blade: Red IP Software: Cream: TSD Black Cherry Splash: SCS Blue Line menthol Balm: SCS Blue Line Cologne: Bulgari Aqua Marine
The perfect shave! Every now and then everything "just works"... Today was one of those days, and I used my very first razor/blade DE combination for a smooth, perfect BBS one pass(!) shave! Proraso Pre Simpson Rover TGQ Highlander S/C Merkur Futur (dialed to 3) + Feather Proraso Green splash! The sting from the Proraso Green splash was awsome! A shave to die for!
Monday 3/16 Penchetta Penworks Silvertip Pre de Provence SS 7/8 W&B NDC Fat Handle Tech Gillette 7OCB Thayer's Alcohol Free Original Alt Innsbruck Result: Tried doing a hot towel with lather underneath while in the shower both yesterday and today. I'm not sure it helped any - I didn't notice any more softening then my regular prep. I will try it again tomorrow to be sure though. Also realized my straight shave WTG wasn't fully WTG, tweaked it a bit and it did seem a little better. The subsequent XTG didn't go as well. Finished with the Tech. Face not feeling good. I'm going to give the straight a rest for a little bit, come back at it fresh....
3/16 1908 gem junior gem blade williams soap ever ready horsehair brush, black bakelite/brown wood handle dickinsons witch hazel murray & lanman florida water caswell & massey no. 6
A.M. Shave of the Day: Razor: Harrison Bros and Howson 5/8 Brush: Rooney 1/2 Finest Cream: Tabula Rasa A/S: German Pitralon followed by Proraso balm Edt: Penhaligon's Opus 1870 P.M. Head Shave of the Day: Razor: Headblade Sport Soap: Gold Dachs Brush: Omega Boar A/S: Spanish Floid Vigoroso
Vintage Rooney Boar Cella SS NDC Superspeed w/ Astra Superior Platinum Humphreys Witch Hazel Anherb AS Conditioner Gap Smooth Sandalwood EDT Have a great night!
well.... the baby didn't play along with my plans for last night and today.... so now that he's finally gone to sleep (fingers crossed) I am going to get around to a sotd. It will be Speick SC / Semogue 750-I LUX / Red Pack Personna Laboratoires OSMA Pierre D'Alun Speick ASL
Delayed post, I took today off to spend it with my son. It was awesome. Chromium Gillette New Norfolk w/ bar handle 7 O'clock sharp edge Knotty Badger Best TSD Cool Blue soap RNB Summer Salve Adidas Dare Cologne
Tuesday Soap: Palmolive stick Brush: GN-ER Razor: replated long tooth NEW Blade: Astra (#2) A/S: Royall Bay Rhum
Tuesday: Omega Silvertip Ming Shi TTO/7 AM Proraso Aloe & Green Tea S/S Arko Aqua A/S gel Lubriderm unscented moisturizer Acqua di Selva cologne My 7 AM blade is just about dead now--it gave me a good shave, but I had to struggle for it. This Proraso soap in the white bowl is fantastic. It smells beautiful, the lather is rich, and there is plenty of menthol in it, and it takes much better care of my skin than the green-bowl version.
Good Tuesday morning all... '66 Slim Adjustable (4) w/ Astra (1) Molle Brushless shave cream Thayers Original WH Pinaud Lilac Vegetal AS Three Crowns after shave milk Decided to go with my pre-brush life favorite shave cream, Molle. This is still the most lubricating shave cream I have found and it provided me with a BBS after two and a half passes. Top 'o the morning to ya. Nathan
TUESDAY Top of the morning to you Futur Feather Paela Burl 24mm silvertip TSD bay rum soap Fruit of Earth aloe TSD bay rum cologne
Fasan Slant 7 O'clock Sharp Edge Knotty Badger Best TSD Neroli Soap-Cream TSD Neroli Aftershave Milk The Fasan gave a great shave. One thing I was not expecting is how much different the Bakelite feels. Of course it is a very light razor, but you can feel the difference on your face between the metal and the Bakelite, so I could really feel the blade. At first I took that as a sign of extreme aggression, but it was a very pleasant close shave with no irritation.
Happy St Patrick's Day!! Lord Smart Razor / 7 O'Clock SuperStainless d3 / Mama Bears SS / Generic Badger Brush / Florida Water Cologne Should I have used green soap today??
Tuesday... Razor: '68 slim @6 Blade: Astra day 5 Soap: Tabac A/S: Clubman bay rum Another superlative shave. Retiring another blade on top of it's game.
1947 Super Speed w/ 7 o'clock Super Stainless Vulfix "Hyde Park" boar brush QED Patchouli/Tea Tree/Peppermint / Fraser's Polar Ice superlather Thayer's Original / Musgo Real splash
