SoS: May 20, 2013 - May 26, 2013

more of the sour white one. i like it alot, although the first time i smelled it a few months back, it practically turned my stomach. It must have been bad or tainted with something else.
its very crisp and refreshing, but i seem to have a little irritation today. not sure if it was the SC, the new slant, or maybe i over did it yesterday, and my face was a little tender to begin with.
i'll give it another shot tomorrow and see how it goes.

 

Well, this brush it just awesome. It works great with crèmes and soaps. I was a little apprehensive at first because the knot is so small. But, it lets me be aggressive in loading my brush and you can certainly add water, but you can never take it out. And Florida Water? Are you serious?!?! I've been missing out. It makes me feel like I'm full of myself, and full of summer time.

 

05/22

Hot shower,Axe chilling facial wash
Barbiere di Figaro "Mistero" sample first try, lathered exceptionally well, very slick, had a nice fresh cooling effect.
Semogue 1460
Gillette OC
Silver Star SS
Proraso balm
Three passes for a exquisite DFS.

 

Gillette slim adjustable
Wilkinson sword
IB LE Semogue
TOBS grapefruit
floid blue & 444

Its like being smacked in the face with a fresh grapefruit! I like it.

 

Fast shave after 3 days trip and right before bed...
Merkur 23C/???
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Tabac shave stick
Cold water splash
Used Palmolive stick when traveling. Great soap, indeed!

 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Simpson Case, Bigelow cream, Sunrise blade (2), Superadjustable (2 on 3), Pinaud's Bay Rum



First time using the Bigelow (Proraso) in several days and I really appreciated the menthol effect. Effortless lather and a smooth shave. The Simpson brush seems to be breaking in nicely. The tubed stuff I've been using (Speick, Proraso) is great and I really like it, and I find my tub of TOBS becoming a 3rd choice. Maybe if I had something like a Chubby 2 for "luxury" days where I'd use a lot of product. . .

 

To me it's more of a pink grapefruit smell. I like it, but I stop noticing the scent after the first minute or so. I guess my nose gets used to it quickly.

 

Wednesday night...

My "new to me" birth year Slim Adjustable arrived today!

Razor: Slim Adjustable on 3
Blade: Personna med prep
Brush: Ever-Ready resto w/20mm TGN Silvertip knot
Cream: CO Bigelow Green

Fantastic two pass with touchups.
Love the Slim and love the knot on this latest restoration.

 

Tonight was a super lather.

Prep: hot shower, TBS Tea Tree Face Wash, Alba Botanicals scrub.
Brush: TGN Grade A.
Razor: Schick Krona.
Blade: Personna Med Prep.
Cream/Soap: Proraso White with TSD Sensitive wheat cream.
Post: cold water rinse, Barbon AS, a small application of Osage Rub.

Tonight was an alright shave. I think the Krona is a good razor. It's on the mild side, but it will get the job done. I think I like my Techs more, but this will always have a place in my den. I got most of the stubble on the first pass. The super lather was alright too, something to change the pace of things. It requires a little more water, but the lather turned out to be pretty slick. My neck isn't very smooth, but I have no one to impress. My face is cooled and refreshed.

 

Feather AS Razor (first pass )
Merkur 39C (second , third pass)
Polisilver Iridum super # 2
FS Brush silvertip large (knot 26mm)
Latoja stick
Floid lotion Suave

 

23.5.2013

• Prep: shower, VITOS pre/post
• Razor: Mühle R89
• Blade: Personna Platinum
• Brush: Omega #40033
• Soap: Speick shave stick
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Floid Blue

Stick month is slowly coming to an end. Since I only have 3 proper shave sticks (Arko is mushed into a bowl) I decided to use one each day in the 4th week. I might use Arko for the last 3 days of the month.
Anyway, I'm glad I decided to use the sticks again. In the first week I still wasn't good at face lathering and I felt Speick didn't do such a good job. Today was quite different. From all the experience I gathered in the past 3 weeks I was able to produce a much better lather from the Speick. Now I'm sitting here with after a BBS shave and my face is glowing!

 

R41-13 Weber Bulldog
Voskhod
Semogue 2000
Klar Kabinett
Alum
Superior 70

This has become pretty much my standard fare any more. The new incarnation was domesticated just enough from the 2011 version for me. I get long lasting shaves with no irritation. I will have to see what I think in another few months, but this has less irritation than the OCMM and a closer shave than the Old Type. Have a good day all.

 

Thursday:

NXT Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 4
Aquabarba SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Barbon AS
JHL Cologne

Except for a very small weeper near my chin which healed right away, a terrific BBS shave. The Aquabarba cream from Tunisia smells minty and nice, has amazing lather, and gives a really good cooling effect. The Svoboda balsam and Barbon aftershaves are two more keepers for me. Although the 7 AM blades perform very well for me, I still prefer the Rapiras.

 

Ern C&S
Tabula Rasa Dark Lavender
22mm Omega knot

This is a relatively new rescale job on the C&S. I need to do a couple more on a few razors, hopefully this weekend but I'm waiting on washers. To finish my last one I had to crawl around on the shop floor looking for previously dropped washers.
Very good shave this morning, fine shaving razor, good cream, another busy day ahead. Have a good one.

 

Thursday - another day closer.

Prep: Hot shower, AoS PSO, hand strop blade
Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK
CD: Albert King ~ The Best of Albert King
Cream: TSD Wheat Cedarwood
Brush: Mohawk 3-338
DE: '62 Slim @ 6
Blade: PAL Gold Thin Hollow Ground, day 1, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

First time using this blade. The good news is that for a vintage blade, it felt great and did an excellent job. The bad news is that I only have this one blade. I'll certainly be on the look out for more.

 

Thursday morning, time to change things up a bit:

Note the Leisureguy style picture.

Razor: Merkur slant
Blade: Treet
Brush: FD&G travel
Pre: Proraso white
Lather: Cella
Aftershave: Krampert's Finest

Busy day. See you tomorrow.

 

Well...After just over a month using the DE finally had a shave that wasn't very enjoyable! Trying to figure out if it was the blade or razor/blade combo. I had been using Astra SP's for a couple weeks with good results. I switched to the Wilkinson Sword last week and at first they were smoother and sharper for me. Today was day (4) for the Wilkinson in The NEW and I had to switch to the Merkur which had a day (3) Wilkinson while doing the ATG pass on upper lip, because the blade just completely stuck/stopped (no niks or cuts, just no movement). My question is can a blade last longer in a particular razor?



PRE: TSD ISZ PSB + Am Crew PSO
BRUSH: Vintage Fuller (Synthetic "Best")
LATHER: TSD Rosemary Mint + Bigelow
RAZOR: The NEW + Merkur 38C Cleanup
BLADE: Wilkinson Sword
POST: Alum + Aqua Velva Classic + Seacret ASB

Have a great day all!

 

Simpson Duke 3
Prairie Creations Canoe Tallow Soap
Facelather
Merkur 38C
Astra SP (2)
3 passes
Osage Rub
GFT Sandalwood Skin Food

Great shave!

 

SOTD Thursday 5-23-2013

Muhle R102 (2011) w/Feather
Proraso PSC
Al's Bomb SC - Boheme
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve ASL

Haven't used the R102 for awhile and thought I'd give the ole "Face-Eater" a go this morning.

 

Fantastic combo! Can not wait to get this handle