SoS Sept 10 - 16

Heading back home:

Hot shower and towel
Shavemaster V100
Scorpio Shaving soap
Kayser Ellison & Co 5/8 Oblique Point
Hydrolast Conditioner ASB Lavender
Master's After shave
Facconable Edt


Raf

 

Friday:

Omega Silvertip
Dovo Bismarck
Barnangens Parba shaving stick
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Brut cologne

a nice, slow, relaxing shave--and ultra BBS

 

Friday AM-->

Proraso Pre/Post Crema
Savile Row 3226 Silvertip Brush
Feather "Portable" Safety Razor
Dorco ST300 Stainless Double Edge
The Shave Den (Hand of Queen) Avalanche Shave Cream
WWR
CWR
Italian Floid Aftershave Splash
CWR
Weleda Aftershave Balm

:happy088

 

Another excellent day with a 1971 Super Speed and a Astra Karmick blade, image attached of the beauty:

 

Friday

C&E Best Badger Brush
Gillette Slim - Setting 3
Crystal blade - Day 1

Proraso Pre/Post
Taylor of Old Bond Street St. James
Proraso Pre/Post
Lucky Tiger
Em's ASB

1 WTG
1 XTG
1 Touch up

This was my best shave since being back to DE two month ago. Also the third shave in a row to lather directly on my beard. The lather has never been better. I think I'm a convert. I still use my home made scuttle to keep my brush/lather warm and it works fine.

 

Friday 14th

Very early shave, late post..

Gillette Black Handled Superspeed
Derby Extra
Muehle Super
The Shave Den Vetiver Ss

Pinaud AS
TooBs Shaving Shop Cologne

First try with a TSD soap.. I found they need quite a lot of water.. Nice soap..

 

Thomas, the Avalanche soap is wonderful---very, very cooling, and the scent, WOWWWWWWWW!!! It's beautiful. The next one I'll be getting is the Bay Rum, it's on the way.

 

Friday

Hot shower
C&E Best Badger
TGQ Cucumber Melon soap
"J" Injector/USA Shick
Witch hazel
AV Ice Blue
SCS Aged Leather aftershave milk
D&G EDT

The aroma on the soap has vanished. Don't know what to say, it was there when I opened up the ziplock bag on arrival, but lathering today, there was nothing. Still, the lather itself was top notch, if unscented.

 

Shower:
Issy's Hydrogen soap (used on body and hair)


Shave:
Savile Row 3126/Moss Scuttle
Palmolive Cream Euro Edition
Wade and Butcher 7/8 Full Wedge
Tony Miller #1 30 linen/ 100 leather
Three Passes WTG Face and neck/XTG Face/ATG Neck
WWR
CWR
Alum Block
Thayers Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva Classic Blue

Good shave...had 4 days of growth. Had some trouble spots at the jawline..but didnt want to keep going over it with the Str8 so i busted out the DE. The Palmolive was very slick.

On a side note..if the Aqua Velva doesnt burn when you put it on....does that mean you had a good shave? I got the nice cooling effects after.....but it wasnt OUCH!!

 

Either that, or you have now become a MAN ::

 

I didnt get any of the tingling feeling i sometimes get. I read somewhere the more it burns...the more damage you did to your face during a bad shave.

 

That's correct, if you chew your face up, you'll feel the alcohol

 

Friday Morning

Shower
Bath Soap: Epicurean Shea Butter Co Shea Butter Sexy Soap (Vanilla & Sandalwood)
Shampoo/Conditioner: Mama Bear Rosemary Mint Daily Shampoo
Facial Wash: Neutrogena Razor Defense Facial Scrub
Deodorant: Burt's Bees Herbal Deodorant Shave
Razor: Gillette TTO 1971 Black Handled Super Speed Date Code R1 Double Edged Razor
Razor Blades: Super-Max Double Edge Super Stainless Razor Blades (India)
Brush: Crabtree & Evelyn Edwin Jagger Made Brass & Faux Ebony Best Badger Shave Brush
Bowl: Mitsuwa 6" Beige shallow hand thrown Japanese bowl with side rest
Shave Cream/Soap: Crabtree & Evelyn Sweet Almond Oil Shave Soap
Technique: WTG/45XTG/45XTG/WTG/Cleanup
Post Shave
Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave
Aftershave Balm - Witch Hazel Moisturizing Lotion
Cologne: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original Men's Cologne

Result: 4.6/5.0 BBS. Got that with a using a new razor for me no less. C&E shave soap does help I must admit. I'll be trying that again with the Kent soap and see what happens. I figured out the Kent soap is too hard and I need to soften it a little.

Second shower after exercise later today
Bath Soap: Nancy Boy Spa Bar Soap
Shampoo/Conditioner: Avalon Organics Peppermint Revitalizing Shampoo w/Babassu Oil
Deodorant: Crystal Stick Mineral Salt Body Deodorant

 

Shave-

DR Harris Marlborough Soap
Rooney Style 3 Size 1 Super
Crystal Blade
English Rocket
Master Bay Rum

My first trip with the Harris soap, really nice!

 

Rich:
I had a very hard time learning this soap but again....
TripMills are different

Use your favorite soap brush
Soak then shake out almost all the water
Load the brush with as much soap as possible....work the brush on the soap until there is no lather on the soap
Make sure your face is wet and then take the brush to your face.
add dribblets of hot water to the breech until uberLather is attained.

Itll work.
Trust me

 

I did get Uber lather before. Used my standard technique for a triple mill for that and I did it with a scrubby cream brush. I just want to soften it up a little to make it easier because I could use this soap as a hockey puck. The Kent wooden bowl lids fit horribly.

P.S. your technique works just as well. :happy096

 

lemme know when you want to trade it....

Ill send coffee

 

Yo Doc, that brush looks like its just been in a hurricane. :rofl