SOTD November 4 - November 10

[changabang]

Gem OCMM w/ Gem stainless blade
Simpson "46"
La Toja cream
Harris Pink

[churchilllafemme]

Friday AM 11-08-2013

Straight Razor Designs scuttle
Rooney (M&F) Stubby 2XL faux briar Finest (29mm/50mm)
Penhaligon's Castile shaving cream (vintage)
Feather AS-D2
Super Iridium (4)
Creed Original Santal aftershave (homemade)

The old Castile cream is really wonderful.

[Thalay Sagar]

Good afternoon. Friday AM:

Jaggerooney w/Dorco 301, #1
BK 4
Harris Lavender soap
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
CF Pre-shave as A/S
TOBS Mr. Taylor

[vferdman]

-- Friday--

Prep: hot water wash with Stirling bath soap
Razor: RazoRock/Cadet OC on top of Ikon Bulldog
Blade: SuperMax Titanium (2)
Brush: Home made exotic wood handle with TGN two band Finest
Soap: Mike's Barbershop
Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery G5 in Hamada glaze
Post: Thai Crystal deodorant stick and Thayers Witch Hazel with Aloe

Result: BBS in 3+ passes. Wonderful shave. I think the difference in aggressiveness between the RR/Cadet OC and my Frankenrazor is just enough to make a difference in favor of the slightly more aggressive RR/Cadet OC. I think it's just about the perfect level of aggressiveness for me. The results are just fabulous. I know I usually report BBS, but the BBS I get with more aggressive razors last longer and have fewer "problem" spots. Mike's shaving soap is quickly winning me over from even my never wavering soaps like Cella. Wonderful artisan soap. Just wonderful.

[Slow Shaving]

Friday 11-08-13. MUSIC: Johnny Winter - Second Winter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_4u9fyWQC0



Soap from Aleppo - Morris & Forndran Blonde Badger 25X53 - Feather all stainless - Israeli Personna #3 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving soap Mitchell's Wool Fat - Alum block - Thayers Original Astringent - ASB JASÖN - ASL Opaline.

[brothers]

Friday night

Speick shaving soap
Thater
Clauss 6/8
444 ASB
Speick splash

[Johnny]

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Prep: Village Barber Oil
Razor: PILS with Personna Med Prep Blade
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush: Muhle hjm Black Fibre
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik
Post: Village Barber Balm

[Nick Freeh]

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: 1967 Gillette Slim Adjustable
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Vie-Long LE Beehive Natural Horse
Soap: Old Spice (vintage)
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel/La Toja Classic Balsamo

[slantman]

Maggard M3
Astra SP
Petal Pushers Ciderhouse Shave Soap
WSP Prince Silvertip
Every Man Jack Signature Mint Balm
Old Spice Cologne
Yoresh Scuttle

[Antique Hoosier]

Saturday morning Blenheim Bouquet pick me up

[jaguar]

Simpson Colonel X2L Best
D.R. Harris Windsor Shaving Cream
Tiffany Bowl
Weber PH Bulldog
Polsilver Super Iridium
D.R. Harris Windsor Aftershave Milk

[Zot!]

Hart Steel 6/8 str8
EJ Georgain de w/Feather (3)
EJ Med Super
Trumpers Coconut Oil shave cream
Michal's scuttle

[churchilllafemme]

Saturday AM 11-09-2013

Dirty Bird 1.5 scuttle
Rooney Stubby 1 Finest (22mm/45mm)
Penhaligon's Endymion shaving cream
Feather AS-D2
Super Iridium (5)
Dolce & Gabbana aftershave

[kronos9]

First triple-milled soap experience.

Kent BK4
D. R. Harris Marlborough soap
Z3 Super Speed
Fresh Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
No aftershave

I've been wetshaving for about seven years. I've tried most of the generally known soaps/creams (Mama Bear, Col. Conk, Speick, Tabac, Cella, TOBS, Williams(!), C&E) except for anything English triple-milled. So I wanted a winter soap, had $30 burning a hole in my pocket, and then WCS got the Marlborough soap in mahogany bowl back in stock. Resistance was futile.

Short review of the Marlborough. Definitely a woodsy scent, almost "campfire the following morning". Not overpowering at all but enough to enjoy. Face-lathered and required some extra loading onto the brush to do the two passes, probably due to my inexperience with t-m soaps. Whiskers didn't stand a chance and I ended up with a very smooth result. Not sure what it was about this lather that worked so well, sort of a "What just happened here?" event. Rinsed easily off my face and from the brush. Definitely an enlightening shaving experience.

[SharpSpine]

November 9, 2013

MdC Terminated

• Razor: EverReady Streamline
• Blade: GEM PTFE (3)
• Brush: RV Alibaba Black Fibre
• Soap: Martin de Candre -- Signature (136)
• AS: Krampert's Finest Acadian Spice Bay Rum



This shave concludes my first pot of MdC and it solidified just how good a razor the Streamline is. My last use of the Streamline was not good at all and it was all because of some really poor lather from Stirling soap. I will not be using that stuff again.

136 uses from my 170g pot works out to approximately 1.25g per use. If it's really 200g like I think it was then it is more like 1.50g per use. Either way it averaged out to costing less than $.50 per use.

Between Cella & MdC I'm just not that sure there is much else I want to shave with other than the occasional use of my P.160 stash.

Happy weekend everyone!

[Slow Shaving]

Saturday 11-09-13. MUSIC: Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (1957). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWK2pLW0Rdc



Soap from Aleppo - Morris & Forndran Blonde Badger 25X53 - Feather all stainless - Israeli Personna #4 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving cream Tabula Rasa Koriander & Bergamotte - Alum block - Thayers Original Astringent - ASB Speick - ASL Opaline.

[brothers]

Saturday night

Speick Soap
Thater
SC101 razor
Personna prep
444 ASB
Speick AS splash

[Nick Freeh]

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Techarooney
Blade: Gillette Dark Blue
Brush: Omega 31025 "Scarlatti" Boar
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel/Myrsol Agua Balsamica

[slantman]

Maggard M3
Astra SP Petal Pushers Ciderhouse Shave Soap
WSP Prince Silvertip
Every Man Jack Signature Mint Balm
Old Spice Cologne
Yoresh Scuttle

[oversaturn]

Sunday, 10.xi.2013

Predopobarba Proraso
Semogue Barbear Clássico Texugo 2-bandas
Coate's Sandalwood
Gillette British Aristocrat #16
Croma Diamant
Thayer's Witch Hazel Lemon
Manufaktura Beer ASB