1948 Aristocrat Wilkinson Sword [4] TGN Silvertip Badger Speick Shave Cream Nivea AS Balm Pinaud Clubman All of the above = Shave Goodness.
Wednesday: Razor: Merkur 38C Barber Pole Blade: Shark Super Chrome Brush: Omega Boar 10005 Cream: Arko Maximum Comfort A/S: Pinaud Bay Rum + Master Bay Rum (50/50 mix) EdT: Grey Flannel . :happy036 .
May 18th Wednesday morning A wonderful Spring morning here in the Inland Northwest, I was trying to figure out what that bright Yellow thing was up in the sky Had just one razor to test shave this morning so the majority of the shave was done with a favorite razor of mine...This 6/8 NY Thistle just is so hard to beat... After a nice long shower I built up a Musk filled Uberlather using a restored 24mm Slivertip in a Vintage Old Spice handle...I used that brush to whup up on a mixture of HoneyBee Spas Musk soap and Old Spice Musk shave cream with 5 drops of Pure Glycerin... The resulting Uberlather was a delightfully creamy Musk scented concoction sitting nice and warm in a Georgetown scuttle... I lathered up a wet face and let it do it's thing softening my beard as I stropped up the Thistle 25/50 on an SRD Premium 1... After a couple of minutes, then a hot washcloth over the lather to soften the beard a bit more... A nice hot water splash and re-lather for effect, the shave started with a WTG stroke on the neck followed by an ATG stroke to test a DD #1 going home today.. I moved to the Thistle and did a complete WTG pass cutting in my bread lines... A hot water rinse and a re-lather followed by a multi-directional pass... Another hot water rinse and a clean up of the lather and brush under warm water, switching that to cold water with an icy splash... The last cold clear water pass to straighten the beard lines to perfection, and get any errant hairs off my neck.. One last ice water rinse, and a huge splash of Aqua Velva Musk A/S to finish a great morning shave... Enjoy the rest of the week...
Wednesday Prep: Hot shower Coffee: Melitta Columbian Supreme, BLACK Soap: Vintage Old Spice Brush: The Dridecker Razor: Gillette NEW Blade: Shark Super Chrome, day 3, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade 'Stache Wax: Steve's Own Shave Rating: 4 Blades Just a little scruff along the jaw line.
Wednesday's Shave Hot Shower Arko SS Omega 10029 1954-58 Eversharp Schick I2 Long's/Personna (Day6) Arko Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS
Muhle Sophist Silvertip Brush Institute Karite Soap EJ DE89L Feather Blade (3) Alum Pinnaud Virgin Island Bay Rum Pre De Provence Shea Butter Enriched After Shave
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 Razor: Gillette Red Tip *D3* Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel Brush: EJ Silvertip Cream: TOBS Almond Aftershave balm: 444 Aftershave: Aqua Velva
May, 19 Decided to continue my test-drive of Williams till Friday. If today's lather is better then yesterday, then why not to try it make even better tomorrow? :happy102 Hot shower TSD pre-shave balm (love it, as it really helps!) 8/8 W&B restored by Glen Paddle strop Muhle travel brush in best badger Williams mug soap Cold water rug TSD Signature Milk Nice smooth DFS with a couple of small nicks, but still nice and smooth!
A-2 Auto Strop Razor Turkish HH #6 Ogallala Bay Rum & Lemon Grass Neutrogena Post Shave Balm Ice Blue Aqua Velva Two Passes to a Baby Butt Smooth Shave ! Man, I'm here to tell ya, these Original Auto Strop Razors are simply AMAZING ! This one is the second production model made with the push button blade release. I've been toying with these SE Razors and have tried many different ones, Several different models of Gem's, EverReady's, Valet Auto Strop's and Original Auto Strop's These Original Auto Strops have major blade exposure, more so than any others I have tried. Its very easy to achieve a BBS shave with just a couple of passes. All I can say is not enough, if you haven't tried one ! Amazing simply Amazing !!!
Wednesday: Prep: Hot Shower Cream: AOS Lemon Brush: Shavemac 177 Razor: Dovo 5/8ths Best Toner: Thayers Lemon W.H. A/S: Taylor's No. 74 Victorian Limes ASB: Nivea Sensitive ASB
Shave Of The Day - May 18th, 2011 TSD SubZero Pre-Shave Balm ~ :freezing :freezing Hot Shower Vie-Long 13800 Horsehair Brush Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn Soap ~ Lord L6 Razor Gillette Permasharp Blade ~ Day 4 Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend TSD A/S Splash ~ 2X Iced Monkey Farts Scent ~ :freezing :freezing :freezing Very nice shave today! The Vie-Long brush did a great job face lathering the Sea Buckthorn soap, which has the nicest scent of any non-artisan soap I have ever used, which in turned paired up nicely with the TSD Monkey Farts splash. 4.5 Blades
Sotd may 17 I woke up this morning to a beautiful spring day in Florida. The mokingbirds were singing their heads off. Wipped a nice batch of lather, for this I used Palmolive shaving cream, one of my summer favorites and even though is not summer here believe me its plenty hot. I stropped my razor before lathering my face...25 laps on red latigo was sufficient. The Simpson Chubby # 2 holds a lot of lather; I used one of my favs: the Henckels 7/8 INOX; first pass WTG and hot water splash, then re-lather and XTG pass to finish with a cold water rinse. For the finale, I applied Aqua Velva Ice Blue. HOG
I have a sample of the sea buckthorn that has been sitting in a drawer for a while. I will have to give it a shot soon.
Razor: Giant Brush: Vie Long Barber (boar and horse mix) Cream: Gibbs AS: Ogallala Bay rum and sandlewood Working 3a-3p today. Couldn't sleep so had a nice shave. Mixed it up today, bowl lathered with this floppy Vie Long. I do really like Vie Long brushes , but I'm not so sure about this one. Even though it's too darn early to shave. I enjoyed this Japanese Razor's squeegee effect on my whiskers. Have great shaves today, Gentlemen
Merkur 45 Bakelite Super Iridium (2) Rudy Vey Finest Speick Shave Cream Alum Superior 70 Bay Rum All around excellent shave today.
Thursday Merkur Mergress XL Voskhod Day 2 TSD Iced subzero soap Omeca Lucretia Borgia synthetic alum, witch hazel, tsd ISZ AS
Thursday, May 19, 2011 Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Jaggerooney Blade: Astra Superior Platinum Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super Cream: Cyril Salter Indian Sandalwood A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood Splash
