SoS: March 25, 2013 - March 31, 2013

Wednesday:

Axe Chilled Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Older Proraso Green SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
YSL Pour Homme EDT

I certainly won't complain about today's shave because it turned out to be as smooth as silk, as well as very comfortable. Even the older version of Proraso Green cream is nice - the lather is a pleasure to work with and the menthol is strong enough. The Diana balsam and the Penguin are two of a menthol freak's best friends. Sorry for not showing pictures today.

 

SOTD Wednesday 3-27-2013

GEM OCMM
GEM Stainless Blade
Proraso PSC
Stephen's mug SS in Vintage Old Spice Mug
GT G4 Scuttle
Col Conk Barbershop Badger
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Pinaud Clubman ASL

An old school single edge shave this morning. Pretty cheap and simple shave really but, a good one. These products were the norm back in my Dad's day. He passed on his GEM Micro Matic Clog Pruf to me when I started shaving. I have to admit though; back in those days the shave cream came out of a can of Barbersol my Dad used.

 

Shaved late on Tuesday, so no shave today.

 

1910 Gillette 3-piece Old Style
Proraso PSC
ShaveSecret Oil
Real Musgo Oak Moss SC
Alum
Lucky Tiger
Bam....2shaver off to work.

PS. The giant R.Becker scuttle is awesome.

 

Wednesday morning.

Axe Chilled face wash
Prosaso Pre-Shave Cream
Van Der Hagen SS
Van Der Hagen Boar Brush
Bluebird blade (2)
Gillette Ball-End Tech razor
Witch Hazel
Family Dollar Spice
Nivea post-shave balm

A fine comfortable DFS!

The second day with the Bluebird blade was a great one. Very smooth and comfortable shave! A three pass with minimal touch-up and my face sings.

I learned my lesson from the past few days and strove to take it easy on my neck, I decided to leave the neck as a DFS and I'm glad I did. I feel like a million bucks.

 

Been eye balling luck tiger stuff, how is the as?

 

SOTD Wednesday 3/27:

Hot shower
Neutrogena Naturals facial wash
Conditioner on beard
Tabac SS
Merkur 34c
Super-max platinum
Lather beard then hot towel
4 passes, j-hook on jawline, buffing on chin
Hot towel
Thayer's rose WH
Cold water splash
TSD Iced Cool Water milk
PdP ASB

I'm still dealing with the aftermath of yesterday's rough shave around my Adam's apple, but the rest was a terrific shave, I properly blade buffed my chin and mustache and its smoother than ever before, j-hooked my jawline to get some of those pesky stubbles off. Pretty happy.
Have a great Wednesday and even better shaves y'all

 

It has been around forever and won't be going anywhere anytime soon. This stuff is bomb, it has a light citrus scent and no alcohol. Super soothing, non oily, dries fast and when it dries the scent wears off so you can still wear your favorite cologne. I haven't tried any other LT products though.

 

Wednesday 27-03-2013

Razor: Gillette Super Speed
Blade: 7AM Platinum (3)
Brush: Horse hair #6
Cream: Arko Moist
AS: Denim Original​

 

Thursday, 28th March

Pre: Ach. Brito GLYCE Lima
Soap: Arko stick
Brush: Parker deluxe pure badger
Razor: Gem Junior
Blade: Gem stainless
Post: Alum, witch hazel
Aftershave: Black Suede
Hair tonic: Pashana eau de Quinine with oil

 

Gillette Slim Adjustable at 5
Wilkinson Sword
WD 22mm Silvertip
Speick Cream and AS

This Slim is probably now my favorite razor. It's beat up and ugly but man, do I get some terrific shaves! I woke up early this morning and replaced the slave cylinder on my car, and after a nice hot shower and such a great shave I decided to go grab a haircut and found a nice pair of speakers for clearance Best Buy and put them in in about 30min. Everything has gone so well today, I'm waiting for the kicker.

 

Dropped my beloved W&B by accident last night. Damaged the edge. . Now it needs complete re honing. See if I can put the new edge from the very beginning. Anyway, I have another straight, so I changed the set up.
4/8 Rebell from herzi
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Ceramic bowl
Cleven SC
Cold water splash
Everest ASB w/cologne
Nice shave, despite the sad mood. That 4/8 has paper-thin blade, flexible and with sound feedback.

 

I'm so sorry to hear that bad news, my friend. I know how much you love that razor.

 

Wednesday, March 26th​

Hot shower
Semogue SOC 2012 LE
Merkur 34-C
Gillette Silver Blue blade
Mike's Soap - Orange, Cedarwood & Pepper
Cold water rinse, still no aftershave

DFS

 

Thursday 28-03-13
Nivea for Men Sensitive face wash and hot cloth for prep.
Haslinger's Schafmilsch soap lathered up in bowl and kept warm in the sink.
Mühle R89 with Shark SS blade
Noname pure badger brush
Cold water and National Alum block post shave followed by Nivea for Men Sensitive ASB.

Result: DFS. The Shark blade was on it's last shave giving it a total of 4. I'll change after 3 next time, as the 4. is a bit dull, but amazingly no irriation what so ever.
Today's gonna be a good day. Shave on!

 

Thursday:

Axe Chilled Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Kool Monsoon SC
Anherb AS Conditioner
Osage Rub AS
YSL Pour Homme EDT

My shaving journey this morning took me to faraway Bangladesh where I enjoyed this lovely tropical-scented Kool Monsoon cream. It gives tons of rich, easy-to-create lather and a very nice menthol effect. After that, I stopped by in India for some cooling and soothing Anherb conditioner, and then all the way back to the US for the Rubby Dubby Doo. What a wonderful shave!

 

I've been using my Weber Bulldog w/ Polished Head the past couple days. My first few shaves with it weren't great. I kept getting some minor irritation from it so I put it away for a bit. After getting it back out and really working on not using any pressure, my last couple shaves have been great. This is a heavy razor and "just letting the weight of the razor do the work" is still too much pressure for me. I have to choke up on the handle and control the pressure myself. Today, I got a DFS in 3 passes. Most of the razors I've been using lately take me 4 passes to get as close so I think maybe I'm starting to want to climb the aggression ladder a bit . Maybe I'll start looking at slants.

I've also been using Personna store-brand stainless blades quite a bit lately. I'm starting to like them. They're sharp and pretty smooth. I can get at least 3 good shaves out of them too which lots of blades won't do for me. I even had one go 5 shaves in a Tech.

Cream: Body Shop Maca Root
Brush: TGN silvertip
Razor: Weber Bulldog
Blade: Personna stainless
AS: Clubman

 

Thursday morning, March 28, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (4)
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
C O Bigelow shave cream with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Thursday:

Dovo Natural 5/8 round point
EJ Best Medium
Cetaphil Face Bar
Shave Secret Oil
TSD soap with lanolin Irish Spring Type
Alcolado Glacial
Afta Fresh
Jovan Musk