SoS: November 16, 2015 - November 22, 2015

The blade pack that came with the razor.

 

Like an old man's sweaty pantaloons.
Seriously, Sterlings' own discription.

http://www.stirlingsoap.com/ben-franklin-shave/

 

Very cool. Probably not very easy to find. Not cool.

 

I think I'll ditch this blade I have 5 shaves on it and put a Chick blade in for tomorrow's shave.

 

The Ben Franklin is my favorite soap. A little clove, but some definite Frankincense. I get a little vanilla as well. Their site says some people smell root beer, and I can see that but it isn't a sweet smell in my opinion.

 

SHAVE OF THE DAY SUNDAY



PREP: GUSTAFSONS WOODLANDS
RAZOR: GILLETTE BALL END TECH
BLADE: RAINBOW (5TH SHAVE)
BRUSH: AOS BADGER
LATHER: T&H GRAFTON
POST: BARBASOL PACIFIC RUSH/ GILLETTE COOLING LOTION

I don't know what the deal is but my face has still not healed from a few shaves ago. I really burned my face up bad, im sure the blade didn't help matters any because it was shave number 5. It felt smooth when I started so I figured it would be ok. The scent from the Grafton is amazing and it made a decent lather. finished off with Pacific Rush, it cooled my face down for a minute, and the cooling lotion seemed to help, but face was still beat red afterwards. Hopefully everyone had a better shave than I did today.

 

The real description of the scent sounds awesome!

 

They had to spice it up a bit. Saying it smells like root beer would sound boring

 

Nuts. Cut myself and it does not look good to others.
I have two small bumps on my face near the upper lip, like warts but just skin. I must be very careful shaving or I scalp one and it bleeds. Perhaps I could get them frozen off, it is not a disturbing aesthetic, just there.

The rest of the shave was BBS. I was focusing on that and not on avoiding the bumps. You have to pay attention to everything.

Razor: 1930s new open comb
Voshkod blade
Parker bergamot and bay soap
VieLong horsehair

Three times through the grinder - WTG, XTG, ATG

 

It's that time of the week!! We start a new SOTD thread HERE Later tonight or early tomorrow morning I will close this thread for a very short period of time.
Happy shaving!
Kerry

 

I understand. I have a scar that I occasionally scalp. I have to be very careful when using the Feather AC as it can remove bumps with ease.