SOTD Free Week: May 30 - June 5, 2016

Many thanks for your wonderful pictures gentlemen and for your kind words Celestino & Dave - I hope you all have a great start into the new week!

Monday:

Simpson Duke 3 Pure
Cella
Merkur 11C
Souplex
Mennen Green Tonic ***

SOTD May 30/16

Razor - Gem MMOC
Brush - Jim hand whittled
Soap/cream - Speick
Bowl - Tinned copper

Merkur 15C with a Feather
Semogue Owners Club Boar
Proraso Green Pre SC
Proraso Green SS
Proraso Green AS

Razor - Schick
Brush - Muhle Retro
Soap - Arko
AS - Mennen Skin Bracer
No prep cold water 4 pass face lathered shave

Bob

This is my second outing with Dr. Jon's. I noted a bit more density and thus a more traditional lather than I had experienced with "Bandit". However, as with "Bandit" the stellar slickness is the reason Dr. Jon's will likely be one of my more frequently used soaps. The scent of "Hydra" is not open to interpretation. I say that because you can legitimately pick out each of the distinct scents that are printed right on the tin: lemon, orange, grapefruit, mandarin, lime, and bergamot. The exception for me was that I kept wanting to say tangerine, but I understand that's the mandarin. I'm just more familiar with tangerines, but the two are closely related. This is not one of those multifaceted, complex scents that unfolds, reveals, and surprises. What you smell off the puck is what you get, and that's a very good thing if you're a citrus lover.

The paired splash is surprisingly different. Initially a sharp but sweet orange scent was right up front, but as time passed each fruit sort of rotated through. Three hours out, the lime seems to hang around with more prominence, and it's quite enjoyable.

Monday evening

Razor: Superspeed
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock (3)
Cream: Old spice
Brush: EJ Best Badger
A/S: Tabac
ASB: Gaia Organic ASB

Razor: Gillette SLIM
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft
Lather: Super-Max Lemon-Lime Shave Cream
Aftershave: Hattric Classic

Memorial Day


Pre-shave: AoS Peppermint Face Scrub
Razor: Gillette New Short-Comb
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: EverReady C40
Soap: Acca Kappa Almond Shaving Cream
Aftershave: Alum/ Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel /Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood
Balm: Kiehl's Facial Fuel

Monday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Chiseled Face-Ghost Town Barber
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Platinum (3)
Brush: RazoRock/Zenith High Mountain White-24mmx57mm
Aftershave: Ghost Town Barber

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

Ghost Town Barber today. 20 seconds to load the RR/Zenith HMW. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette Platinum in the Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Ghost Town Barber.

Bob