SoS: March 5th, 2012 ~ March 11th, 2012

Great Choice! I can hear "A Forest" playing in my head as I read your post!

 

Tuesday Shower and Shave
A long hot shower.
The Omega "Midget" was the next brush to do the lathering. Today is MWF Tuesday, chose MWF for the soap.
Razor and blade change this morning. Gillette Slim loaded with a Trig, dialed in to #8.
Three passes that were comfortable.

The :wave:were excited to rate this DFS a 9.

 

It was a pleasure being your 'enabler' !

 

Is this not a Super Adjustable? Either way, looks good!

 

Tuesday 6th March

Hot shower and facial scrub
3P Preshave cream
Schick L3 Grip
New Forest 2222 High Mountain Badger
DR Harris Arlington Cream
Lucky Tiger Aftershave/Toner
4711 Eau de Cologne

Slept in this afternoon, after my night duty, so I couldn't do what I had planned. I had hoped to have a Trad Straight shave....but just did not have the time. I brought forward my shave with a Schick injector. DFS + . I am not sure of the origin of the blades....but they do a good job. The NF2222 is still breaking in,but is a fantastic brush, I thought I was moving more into boar....but this one will be difficult to beat. While it wasn't what I had planned....I had a great shave and subsequently a very enjoyable time at the Theatre.

 

Tues Mar 6
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: TOBS Avocado
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Astra SP
Pre: Hot Towel
Post: Stephan Lilac
Hair Groom: Vitalis
Result: DFS

 

+1..Same here when I use my boar. I have to go back to the puck sometimes between passes. Not that big of a deal, but the boar just doesn't have the density of my badger.

EDIT: I see you're using Bluebeard's. Is that the soap or balm? I love their soap.

 

That Pat is some nice guy. Very generous. THe Personna Med. Prep. blade was the first blade i ever used when I started TWS and still today remains one of my top 4 blades.

Congrats to both of you guys!

 

It's the Bluebeard's soap, which is rebranded MWF. A friend on another forum didn't like the lather he got from it & just gave it to me. I have a puck of MWF active already but I wanted to see if it could lather. It definitely needs some regular use to break in but I was able to get a good lather from it even if I needed to hit the puck more than usual.

 

When I first started TWS, my first cream was BB. Still the best smelling soap/cream I've ever used. Then I found out it slows down the growth of your beard and I PIF'd it. So, this is soap and not cream, right? I'd be interested in how you like it. I never had problems lathering BB cream.

 

Definitely soap. Just a re-brand of MWF.

 

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - Midnight Shave

Prep :: Warm water wetdown & Glycerin
Razor :: Schick E1
Blade :: Schick
Soap :: Vintage Williammmmms (face load)
Brush :: Rudy Vey Omega Boar
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH + Rosewater
AS :: RazoRock King Louis AS + RazoRock Wax

Tonight was my first shave with my new Schick E1 injector. I thought one good vintage deserved another so, I pulled out the vintage Williams. The shave was outstanding. Just what I needed after a pretty tough day at work.

It's "hump" day boys and girls and you know what that means......No, it's the middle of the week, stupid!

Have a terrific rest of the week everybody.

 

L'Occitane Verbena soap
Vintage Custom Kropp
Le Tuft Chubby 1.5 in Lignum Vitae
Vito's Coconut & Almond
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
Botanics Moisturiser
L'Occitane Bavx EDT.
Jamie.
First shave since i customized and honed this vintage Kropp, the blade was smooth as can be, gave her 30 light strokes across the paddle strop, and away she went, a two pass shave with minor clean up.

 

Happy Humpday! 3-7-2012

Tunes - Teenage Head, Double Header
Razor - Schick Injector (L1)
Brush - little pure badger
Soap - VDH Unscented
AS - Floid Blue

Another quickie face lather 2 pass DFS with this lineup for SE week.

 

Wednesday 7th March.

Hot shower and Facial scrub
3P Preshave cream
T.D.J barber razor loaded with half an IP
New Forest Tubby 2
Godrej Lime Fresh Shaving Cream
Alum block followed by Simple moisturiser
Pashana Original AS

Continuimg with the single edge theme for the week. Today I used a shavette type razor. These tools dont get much love round shaving forums . Most questions about them come from members looking to experiment with straights for the first time. I did a few years ago.....and it was a failure. However....having shaved with straights for a little while.....I find that I can get very good shaves with them. Today was a three pass DFS+

 

Gem OCMM
Gem Stainless PTFE (4)
Rooney 3/2 Super
Colgate Mug Soap
Alum
4711 AS

 

wednesday

hot shower
feather as/feather yellow
proraso green
omega badger
cold water rinse

DFS

 

Gillette Slim (7)
EverReady 200 w 24mm finest
The Bluebeards Revenge SC
Pinaud Clubman VI Bay Rum AS

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Shark day 5
Tet-a-tet SC
Tet-a-tet AS Balsam
Obsession For Men EDT

I don't think that even a professional barber could have given me a better shave than this today because that's how BBS I am. The Tet-a-tet cream and the matching aftershave balsam feel so cool and soothing on my skin - I just LOVE them both!

 

Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: Proraso
Brush: Semogue 1305
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue A/S