SoS: May 25, 2015 - May 31, 2015

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
L'occitane plisson
Stirling sandalwood
Gillette fatboy(d4)(7)
persona lab(5)
ICED Skin Bracer
today's shave was nice. the plisson made ok lather from the Stirling puck. the fatboy got three passes for a good shave. I finished with iced Bracer.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

5/29/15 - First day of summer break shave!

Prep: warm wash
Lather: IanS hobbyist puck
Brush: TGN synthetic Burma Shave handle
Razor: Gillette New LC
Blade: Rapira Lux (2)
Post: Captain's Choice Cat O'Nine Tails

I took a little extra time this morning and had a 3 pass shave. That must have added a full 30 seconds to my morning routine! The synthetic brush made some fantastic lather on my face and I just kept on enjoying it.

 

6/8 Wusthof
WSP Vetiver
homemade synthetic, Omega Hi knot shortened to 52mm
Touched up the razor on a coticule last night, superb shave this morning. I screwed up my shoulder at work yesterday and could hardly raise my right arm high enough to shave with. Have a good one.

 

Hope your shoulder heals fast. Get some rest.

 

SOTD
May 29, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89 w/MR5 handle
Blade: Red IP
Brush: Napa Soap Black Synthetic Fiber
Lather: St. James of London Lavender & Geranium
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Folsom & Co. Capri
Fantastic shave. I really enjoy this St. James of London cream. Hey the Napa Soap brush is EXCELLENT! Well worth the price.
A better tomorrow. Takes your best today!

 

5/29/15 - Knockout Friday!!!

Knockout Shave Cotton
WSP Monarch Silvertip
GEM Damaskeeme
GEM PTFE Blade (1)
Fine Clean Vetiver

 

Recovery and play with soap week!
May 29, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Omega Pro 48
Soap - Arko
Razor - RazoRock TTO
Blade - (1)
Post - Alum, Proraso

Wow that was a short night. How can you tell you may be sleep deprived? When you use a Pro 48 with Arko and can't get a good lather! A three year old should be able to get lather with that brush and soap. A monkey hanging upside down flinging you know what at people should be able to use his two free hands/feet to get a lather with that combination. Me? Not so much. And on a morning when I had decided to use a blade for the first time.....and a Lord blade......it's like I was trying to revisit MAYhem!

The result, however, wasn't as bad as I imagined it would be during the process. The Asco blade proved a better alternative than the Lord Platinum, smooth, no nicks/weepers (although I may not be awake enough to be circulating blood yet) and I finished with a very nice CCS on two passes. Better than yesterday. Hope you all have a great Friday! Time to put my car on autopilot so I can nap on the way to work. Those cars aren't going to sell themselves.

 

Hope you feel better soon.

 

05/29/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade – Feather Super Pro (14)
Brush – Shavemac Silvertip D01
Lather – Mystic Water Lime
Post - Witch Hazel and Myrsol Limon Sample



Near BBS 2 pass shave this morning. It did require a good deal of touch ups with the blade tired and on its last legs. Mystic Water soap is finicky to lather. It requires a really good loading and gradually adding water as you lather. At last, I seem to have it dialed in with this brush.

 

29MAY15
I've been traveling and haven't had time to post much...except in The Haul thread

Today was an excellent shave with one of my dads old razors. A 2 pass DFS near BBS with no nicks, weepers or irritation.

Bowl was handmade and found in the wild. Razor was dads. Blade used was an Astra SP(1). Everything else is self explanatory.

 

Face = BBS Neck = DFS

Prep: Shower

Soap: Proraso Red Cream

Razor: R-89 with SI blade

Post: Thayer's Cucumber Witch Hazel (not a fan of this scent at all - I hate cucumbers but was willing to try it - at least I can use it on sunburns or after shaving chest, etc.), Aqua Velva, Cocoa Butter lotion, and Pinaud Clubman

Cologne: Dolce Gabbana

 

When I use certain soaps, such as MDC or LPL, I don't feel the need to use any pre-shave oil because these soaps work so wonderfully on their own. Today I used MDC but decided to go the extra step and use some home-made pre-shave oil. The result was outstanding. 4 passes and absolutely as smooth and irritation free as I can hope for.

Rapira Stainless
MDC
Slim Adjustable

 

Frey's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Coffee Jasmine
Razor: Merkur 1904 41c
Blade: Bic (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (4, 5, 6)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Pinaud Clubman AS splash
Cologne: Le 3e Homme de Caron by Caron

Dear Over-Latherers Anonymous, I may have a problem. I get so much lather from the Ginger's Garden pucks that stopping at 2 passes seems. . . wasteful. Luckily, after taking yesterday off from shaving, there was enough stubble to justify a 3rd pass. The prep was good, the lather was great, the Bic is still perfectly sharp, and the Merkur was nimble. Add all that up and it leads to a great DFS+ shave without any bloodshed.

 

Friday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Catie’s Bubbles-La Terre Verte
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (4)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club Frozen Vetiver

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Catie’s Bubbles LTV today. 20 seconds to load the ER Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. Rapira Platinum Lux in the Fatboy (3rd FB test blade). Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with CC Frozen Vetiver.

Bob

 

29 May 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* Super 3-Band + Oscar11 Black C7
* Mystic Water Lemon Verbena
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Celestino, that may be my favorite picture of yours. Studio quality. Well done sir.

 

Friday 29th May



Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Ferox bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW DeLuxe
Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Myrsol Lemon aftershave

 

FRIDAY
My last shave for the next three days. heading out of town to the wilds of Lake Tahoe for the next 3-day getaway.
I decided to use this little walnut-scaled Larkin for this morning's shave. It took some getting used to (the small size), but I still managed to pull a DFS from it!
Have a blessed weekend, everyone!


The Little Larkin compared to the Henckel Friodur I used this past week…..

 

Friday, May 29, 2015

1949 Gillette Rocket Super Speed
Rapira Platinum Lux #1
Rudy Vey Chief Red & White Swirl 2 Band 26X55mm
Proraso Red SS
Proraso Aftershave Lotion
Tom Ford for Men

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Steve,
Hope your shoulder is feeling better. I've dealt with lots of that, and it ain't no fun.
Mark