SoS: September 5, 2016 - September 11, 2016

who sells the Knockout Shave? Great name!

 

Gem G-Bar razor
Gem Stainless blade
Shave Revolution Metaloid synthetic brush
TSD Lemongrass SS w/2x menthol
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
TSD Lemongrass A/S w/2x menthol

My face is frozen, in a good way. Nice shave too. Hadn't used the Gem combo in about forever but it gave a really fine shave and I"m ready to go. Now go enjoy your day folks

 

Monday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Route 66-Bourbon Jungle
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (2)
Brush: John’s Brushes Silvertip-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: RazoRock-Tuscan Oud

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

Route 66 Bourbon Jungle today. 20 seconds to load the JB Silvertip. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna Med Prep in the NEW SC. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with RR Tuscan Oud aftershave.

Bob

 

There's nothing like a boatload of menthol on a Monday morning, hence the term Menthol Monday. I had a most delightfully freezing shave from the Glacial Obsidian soap which gave me so much lather that I could have done four passes if I wanted. As I said yesterday, although it's "cousin" the Black Ice soap is cold this soap has at least three times the amount of menthol in it. The matching balm is equally as cold and very, very moisturizing and soothing. The Arctique aftershave felt like liquid nitrogen on my face, possibly even colder. The new Astra in my Parker R22 cleaned me up mega-BBS!

 

Razor: Ever-Ready SE 1914
Blade: Gem Blue Star (2)
Brush: El Druida Mopane 2 Band Badger
Soap: Route 66 Lavender Woods
Aftershave: Afta Skin Conditioner

Golf tournament today with a tee time of 1 PM. This is my projected shave today.

 

Great picture and line up. Good luck in the tournament.

 

Thanks very much Clint.

 

Thiers-Issard 7/8
Oscar11 H.I.S. Boar Brush
Calani Classic Havana Shaving Soap
Myrsol Plastic Shave

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Excellent setup and picture. Beautiful brush!

 

Thank you, very much.

 

SOTD: Lovely Labor Day shave using this fine Hayashi Diamond 8000 razor, menthol-bombed L'Occitane 'Cade' lather applied with a jumbo synthetic. Musgo Real 'Spiced Citrus' for a refreshing finish. Can't go wrong with a keen Swedish steel edge!

 

Lovely greens!

 

5 September 2016

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Graphite Black
* Iridium Super
* Super 3-Band + ZenShave C7 Snakewood
* Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Looks like a winning combination to me, good luck at the Tournament today!

 

The "I'm too lazy to take a photo" SOTD:

Vintage Old Spice Soap*
Simpson CH2 Synthetic
Feather AS-D2
Personna 74 (10)
Vintage Old Spice Herbal AS

Better results using the synthetic, although I still went back to the puck for each pass. It's getting there, but the soap/water ratio is not yet optimal.
Visually, the lather isn't up to the standards of my other soaps, the shave doesn't suffer an iota. Indeed, this stuff is slick and the post shave rivals anything else I have tried. I am feeling very 1970's after using the OS Herbal.

Happy Labor Day friends.

 

Shave 14. Trying different grips when it feels like something isn't right at the start of a stroke. My experience so far is that it is better to have an approach that feels right even when you can't see the blade than one that you can see but doesn't feel "right."

AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Weltmeister 265
Osma Alum Block
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving everyone - Karl

 

Merkur 1904 open comb razor
Astra Super Platinum blade
Maggards 24mm marble handle synthetic brush
Arko soap
Skin Bracer aftershave

 

Another heat wave coming means more strong menthol!

Tuesday morning:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Parker R22/Astra day 2
Stirling Glacial Eskimo Tuxedo S/S
Diana Menthol Balm
Osage Rub A/S Splash
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EdT

Some of the best face-freezers a menthol monkey can use!

 

Here's the Tuesday shave plan:

prep-Nivea 4 Men bodywash(in shower)
shave-Rise Super Foam
razor-Gillette Sensor 2 Pivot + DisposeABLE
A.S.-Rise Cooling Balm

 

One of my favorite razors as well. I like the feel of the handle.............