SoS: November 10, 2014 - November 16, 2014

WEDNESDAY
Evening Shave for Tomorrow
Such a great shave my last time…had to have a repeat performance!
Have a great Wednesday, all!

 

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Never used the blue yet. And as you see, Ram57 agrees with me!

(BTW is the blue mentholised?)

 

Wednedsay
Prep: hot shower, hot washing cloth
Brush: Travel King boar
Soap: Arko stick
Razor: Ugly Duckling
Blade: Gillette 7 o'Clock platinum
Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
Post: cold water rinse, Jeris Musk for Men

Stellar BBS shave. Gotta love the Duckling

 

Chilly Barbershop
I used a little menthol today in the form of Proraso Green pre shave and AQ Ice Blue Sport to add a nice chill to the excellent Maggard's London Barbershop soap and AS. The soap lathers as easily as the best soaps I've tried, providing a great set up for Der Vorschlaghammer to slice down. I thought I might have gotten too close today, but the Maggard's aftershave quickly calmed down that feeling. My face feels great.

Prep: Proraso Green pre barba
Soap: Maggard's London Barbershop
Brush: HIS
Razor: Der Vorschlaghammer
Blade: Astra SP
AS: Maggard's London Barbershop, Aqua Velva Ice Blue Sport

 

Wednesday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen SS
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Givenchy Pour Homme EdT

My love affair with Rod's Glacial creations goes on and on - the Wintergreen (this one's almost finished!) gave me everything I ask for with its wonderful scent, lather, and mega-freezing sensation. It also provides the best skincare you can imagine. The matching witch hazel hits you with the most powerful menthol effect an aftershave product could possibly have, and leaves your skin feeling great. This 7 am blade is on its 3rd day but it performs like it's still brand-new. What an awesome shave I had!

 

Odin's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Oakmoss
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (2, 3, 4)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Pinaud Clubman AS splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

I took the day off from shaving yesterday to let my various weepers heal, and today reaped the rewards. A return to the Ginger's Garden soap produced enough slick lather for twice as many passes as I used, although the extra care I took in prep resulted in relatively cold water for the first pass, which seemed to make the Bic tug ever so slightly. Once I'd added more hot water, things were as smooth as glass, including an ATG pass aided by finally - after how many months? - figuring the ways to contort my facial expressions to get the BBS to extend to my slowly emerging jowls. The Clubman and Xeryus finished off one of the better shaves I can recall.

 

11/12/14

Prep: warm wash
Lather: Old Spice cream
Scuttle: G12
Brush: Omega boar
Razor: Weber
Blade: Voskhod
Post: Old Spice aftershave

3 passes and DFS. Headed off to Denver for a meeting with the community college system to discuss a new energy curriculum and what we can do at the high school level to give high school students the skills to start in energy careers.

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
art of shaving pure badger
Stirling sandalwood
Matador elegante
persona lab(2)
ICED Barbasol brisk
today's shave went well.
my brush shed a hair or two? what's up with that? Stirling is nice soap, but I have to scrub it if everything when done. the Matador is a very nice shaver. three passes and done, very smooth. finished with iced brisk, and a touch of old spice (just cause I was curious).
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

6/8 Wusthof
De Vergulde Hand
homemade boar.
Excellent shave this morning minus a pretty good nick on my chin this morning. No excuse for poor technique. Have a good one.

 

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: Schick Adjustable Injector
Blade: Schick (1)
Lather: Proraso Red Cream
Brush: Oscar11 w/ Omega 20248 Knot
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Vintage Shulton Old Spice

I have been off from work since Friday and haven't shaved since then at the request of my wife. I'm back at work today and started my day with a fantastic, easy shave. Everything about this shave was perfect.

Have a great day!

 

SOTD
November 12, 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: iKon SC102 Slant Head/iKon Handle
Blade: Bic
Lather: Klar Kabinett
Brush: Semogue 1305
Post: Alum. Dickerson WH
Aftershave: Clubman Vanilla. Axe Shield Sensitive
Great smelling shave. The Bic blade is a keeper!
Go out and get it!

 

Wednesday
hot shower
DB Brush Scuttle/Semogue BC Cerda
Crown Shaving Co. PSB
Cella
Gold Tech/Zorrik (2)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
RazoRock R160 ASB
Ceruti 1881 Black

Very comfy shave today,BBS face and dome!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Gem "Bullet Tip" razor
CVS carbon steel blade
Williams SS
FS/WD boar brush
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/Sage mix
Pinaud Clubman A/S


A fine Williams lather lead to a fine mid week shave.

 

SOTD Nov 12

Prep: hot shower
Razor: WW2 Tech
Blade: Blue Bird (day 1)
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Margaritas in the Arctic
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: Dove Men hydrate+

I tried a Blue Bird this morning. It's hard to get a good opinion after one use, but so far I like this blade. I could feel the blade working but it was not excessively harsh

 

Wednesday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Valobra Crema di Sapone Purissima & suribachi
Brush - Semogue SOC boar reset @ 47mm
Razor - Wm. Greaves 7/8

2 pass
Warm water rinse & cold water splash
Alum block & Witch-hazel AS





There's a spot of rain in the forecast but this morning it's clear and a bit warmer - 21ºF/-6ºC @ 06:00 and 60ºF/15ºC by this afternoon with plenty of sunshine. Maybe some rain tomorrow. Kicked off my hump day with an old Sheaf Works wedge and some veggie lather courtesy of the Valobra. The usual hot towel & Noxzema prep and alum & witch-hazel post, as per. All together another excellent shave. The big Greaves isn't the most nimble of razors, but it's smooooth - like a '64 Continental.

 

Wednesday 12th November



Warm shower
Hot towel
Tabac stick grated scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW Oxford (Made in Canada 1930)
Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Tabac aftershave

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Tuscany Bath Soap
Soap: Cold River Soap Works-Bergamot & Bay
Razor: Gillette Slim [6]
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green Super Stainless (3)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Azzaro

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

CRSW Bergamot & Bay today. 20 second load for great, quick, easy lather. 7 O’Clock Green SS in the Slim. Great smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Azzaro.

Bob

 

Wednesday 11/12/14

Prep: glycerin soap
Brush: 20mm Whipped dog set deep
Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery
Razor: Gillette New Long Comb
Blade: Ladas
Lather: PDP
Witch Hazel: Generic unscented
Post: Avon Musk Marine After Shave Conditioner

I have been using french soaps almost exclusively for a couple of months now. I am coming to the conclusion that PDP does not perform as well as the other french soaps I have been using. PDP is not bad. In fact, it is quite good. But, it just doesn't seem to have that "extra bit" that makes a soap superb. The other soaps seem to lather easier, to be slicker, or to be more cushioning than PDP seems to be.

Still, I had a great 3 pass shave and my face feels very nice.

 

Cobra Classic
Feather Pro
TGC -Synthetic
CRSW- Fall LE
Nivea - Energy A/S
Masque - Montecristo

 

12 November 2014

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + K-Translucent
* Cold River Classic Spiced Amber
* Unrefined Shea Butter




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