SoS: March 24, 2014 - March 30, 2014

Happy Thursday From Florida!

Hot Shower
Semogue 1305
Arko
R-41 (V 1.0)
Personna Blue (1)
Cold Water Rag
Master Jade A/S

2-Passes = DFS+++

 

SOTD
3/27/14

Prep: Hot shower. Nivea face menthol face wash
Razor: Gem MMOC
Blade: Gem Stainless Steel (3)
Soap: TSD Lanolin Iced Subzero
Brush: Vie-Long Horsey
Post: Alum. Dickinson WH
Aftershave: TSD Iced Subzero Milk
Why mess with perfection! DFS!
Go out and get it!

 

Tech Week - 3/26/14

Prep: Hot shower followed by PSO.
Lather: Stirling SDM w/ Omega Pro 49 in the Captain's Choice bowl.
Razor: Ball-end Tech with an Astra SP blade (1).
Post: Cold H2O rinse and a splash of Lime Sec.
Music: Van Morrison cranked on the Bluetooth speaker.

3 pass, DFS. First exposure to both the Sharp Dressed Man and the Astra blades. The scent of the SDM will have to grow on me. I liked the blade immediately. Now let's see if it has legs.

 

My first head shave with a DE.

I have used carts before, but it was more hastle than what I wanted to deal with.

I was long over due for my buzz, and while mowing down what little hair I do have left, I decided to give it a go.

I used my favorite setup, one that I am most comfortable with.

Razor: Merkur 1904
Blade: Grocery Store (Personna)
Soap: VDH Luxury
Brush: VDH Boar
Post: Alum & Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman

 

Nice to see you Jeff.

 

Thursday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi
Brush - Omega 40033
Razor - Gillette Single Ring
Blade - Personna Red (3)

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


The last two mornings the personna's been considerably less smooth than it was the first day. I'll try a fresh one tomorrow and hopefully it was just a bad blade.

 

F W Engels Perfection
Muhle synthetic brushd
EJ pre shave
DR Harris Marlborough shave stick
Alt Innsbruck AS
Razorock Cumba Cheech balm

 

Great to see you again, buddy!

 

Razor: TV Rocket
Blade: Macy*s (2)
Brush: BF Galbinus
Soap: TOBS Jermyn Street
Post: Thayer's & M Gel-lotion
After Shave: Floid Blue


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Friday, March 28 - My one nod to "Tech Week"
L'Oreal Icy Gel Face Wash, 2 hot towels
Homemade eucalyptus PSO
Simply Beautiful Badger brush, soaked
The Real Shaving Co. Cream
Gillette Ball End Tech
Gillette Silver Blue blade (4)
Cold water, Thayers witch hazel
Stetson AS w/Aloe
3 passes - W, X, A (W, X, X above the lip), touch ups

Finally! My FIRST DECENT SHAVE WITH A VINTAGE RAZOR! Just shy of DFS in all the problem places, but I'll take it. Just a couple nicks. Gives me hope that I have a chance with some of my others. I hope everyone had a great Tech Week!

 

Gillette LC New Bulldog
Shark SC
Omega 80265
Ingram SC
Alum

 

I enjoy reading your posts. You are like a study in simplicity, or Zen shaving.

 

Friday:
hot shower w/Wm Neumann Lavender bar soap
Maggard Lavender PSO
Gillette FatBoy (9) 3 passes
Astra SP (2)
VDH Deluxe boar
LASS Topanga Fougere (sample)
Thayers Lavender w/aloe
Florida Water cologne

Well, I've regained my composure after Wednesday's "throw my golf clubs in the water" episode. And by the way, I did pull my puck of soap out of the trash, gave it a good talking to, and sent it to bed without supper. One more chance someday trying Steve's method but that's it.

Today's shave was so close it was on the edge of being dangerous. I can't believe I'm going to say this but I may need to back off the throttle a bit using an Astra SP in my FatBoy. Anything less than full bore just seems wrong but after today's shave I'm wondering if I could dial back to maybe 8 or even 7.

 

Dove Men's Face Wash
Williams Mug Shaving Soap
Semogue 1305 Boar Brush
Gillette NEW
Voskhod Teflon Coated (4)
CWR
Thayers Cucumber WH
Pinaud Clubman AS

Williams Mug Shaving Soap face lathers so easily with my Semogue 1305 boar brush. Two passes and touch ups with my Gillette New and the Voskhod Teflon Coated blade left me near BBS. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and Pinaud Clubman after shave leaving me clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Friday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 5
Yeti Snot SS
444 AS Balm
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EdT

If this set-up doesn't show that I'm a menthol freak, nothing will. lollllllll Another frigidly-wonderful Cracky Wacky Ticky Tacky Face-Freezing Shave which I loved so much. An interesting thing happened - while I was lathering up with the Yeti Snot soap for my first pass, I got a sneezing fit and my eyes started tearing. The same thing happened on Monday while I was using the Glacial soap so this proves that both these soaps are equally cold. The 444 balm and the Penguin felt awesome afterwards!

Have a great weekend, folks!

 

SOTD March 28 -- Blade safari day 53

Prep: hot shower
Razor: WW2 Gillette Khaki Tech
Blade: Rapira (day 1)
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Proraso white
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: Nivea Men Cool Kick

A great DFS shave this morning.

 

Wacker Gadsden
Acca Kappa
Rooney

That was my reason for buying this particular model Wacker. I did not get this blade sharpened from the supplier and it was not shave ready from the factory. It has a small flaw on the scale which I view as a character mark unique to my razor but the blade is perfection. It sharpened to a fine edge and I had a great shave. I'll get a better pic for tomorrows shave. Have a good one.

 

Friday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Brush: Plisson Grey Badger
Aftershave: Tabac EdC

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit)

I pulled out the good ol’ Tabac today. Great shave on all levels! I finished up with Tabac EdC.

Bob

 

FRIDAY
A "beurre karité" morning shave, using products that contain shea butter (two from the Shea Institute, one home made).
An early morning two-pass straight razor shave which left my face feeling both smooth & refreshed. Yes, I'm sort of a fanatic for the shea.

Have a blessed Friday, everyone!

 

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