Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, liquid peppermint
Lather: Nieva Shave Cream
Brush: Body Shop syntetic brush
Razors: Merkur 985CL loaded with a fresh “Lord Platinum” blade
Post-shave: cold water rinse and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Sort of on the go, so using the GoBag. A pretty DFS, despite not having my morning cup of coffee beforehand…
Pre-shave: Pure glycerine soap
Lather: Mike’s Rose & Cedarwood soap
Brush: Turkish No6
Razors: Merkur 39C slant and Parker 22R, both with fresh “Wilkinson Sword” blades
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, Alum block and Proraso Liquid Cream Aftershave Balm
An all-round DFS – not much more to say, really.
Or rather, the no-shave of the day. My attempt to revisit my pre-DE razor have resulted in a horrible set of shave bumps on my neck, so I have to let those heal before getting into the groove again.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, Lavender
Lather: Mama Bear’s Brazilian Coffee
Brush: Turkish No7
Razors: Gillette Sensor with a fresh “Sensor Excel” cartridge
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, Alum block and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
I know… dabbling in the Dark Side again, after all this time of staying true to traditional wetshaving…
The Better Half uses the Sensor for her legs – despite my attempts to convert her to DE razors – and yesterday she ditched the old cartridge.So in the name of experimenting I decided to see if my recollection of using a cartridge razor was right – even at the risk of a horrible shave.
The result?
The Sensor is a mild razor – which is good, since I needed four passes and some touch ups to get close to the DFS I get from two passes and no touch ups with my DE razors. Honestly Gillette; if this is supposed to be “the best a man can get” then I suggest you all hand in your man-cards.
It’s half an hour since I finished my shave, and I’m already looking forward to areal shave with a DE razor…
On the upside, I got a much better result with the Sensor today than I ever got before I started traditional wetshaving – prep and technique must count for something.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, Orange
Lather: Mama Bear’s Awakening (peppermint, tea tree and menthol)
Brush: Vie-Long 14033 mixed horse-badger brush
Razors: 25C with a “Treet Platinum” blade and Franken-nought-four with a “Lord Platinum” blade
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, Alum block and Krampert’s Finest Experimental Menthol
Tried out a soap that arrived yesterday – wonderfully cooling and refreshing in the morning, keeping my face cool the whole shave.
Also used two razors with identical heads today, trying to judge if I like long or short handles the most – jury is still out.
Wrapping up with a cold rinse and Krampert’s Finest Menthol – a cool end to a DFS.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, liquid peppermint
Lather: Orange Essential Oil Shave Soap
Brush: Omega #10048 boar
Razors: Franken-nought-four loaded with a “Lord Platinum” blade and a Feather Popular with a “Feather Hi Stainless”
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, Alum block and Krampert’s Finest Experimental Menthol
Peppermint, orange and menthol makes for a very nice and refreshing shave in the middle of the work week.
The Frankenrazor works as well as can be expected, ie. pretty well – the handle of the Yuma is a little on the light side to balance the Merkur OC head properly.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, liquid peppermint
Lather: Nieva Shave Cream
Brush: Body Shop syntetic brush
Razors: Merkur 985CL loaded with a fresh “Lord Platinum” blade
Post-shave: cold water rinse and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
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Sort of on the go, so using the GoBag – using my new folding cup to build the lather. Thanks to Krampert I can now enjoy his Finest A/S from a travel-sized bottle, which make shaving on the Go about 20% more awesome…
Pre-shave: Pure glycerine soap
Lather: Arko Cool Mint shaving cream
Brush: Vie-Long 14033 mixed horse-badger brush
Razors: Merkur 25C open comb with a “Treet Platinum” blade, Racer Safety Razor with a “Racer Super Stainless” blade
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Proraso Liquid Cream A/S
If you had told me three years ago that a DFS would be the norm and nothing to write about, I wouldn’t have believed you. But today I got a DFS as I usually do, and there isn’t much to say about it.
Pre-shave: Pure glycerine soap
Lather: RazoRock XXX
Brush: Turkish No7 horse hair
Razors: Merkur 25C open comb with a “Treet Platinum” blade, Racer Safety Razor with a “Racer Super Stainless” blade
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Krampert’s Finest Experimental Menthol
On a whim tried a cold water shave today. Used a block of what was intended as a melt-and-pour from the local hobby store for the face wash, built up a good lather from the RozoRock and went to town. The cheap Racer razor keeps impressing me. Cold water rinse and Krampert’s Menthol was a cooling end to a damn fine cool shave. Worth doing again on a summer day!
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, Lavender
Lather: Mike’s Unscented Soap
Brush: Vie-Long mixed horse-badger #14033
Razors: Merkur 25C open comb with a fresh “Treet Platinum” blade, Racer Safety Razor with a fresh “Racer Super Stainless” blade
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Krampert’s Finest Experimental Menthol
First shave in quite a few days – being ill is no fun – and the first outing of two new razors. The 25C performed excellent as expected, having the same head as my 985CL travel razor. The Racer was a pleasant surprise, being a gentle-yet-aggressive razor performing better than the 3.75USD I paid for it would indicate.
Krampert’s Menthol – which I do sincerely hope he’ll be able to offer for sale when my sample bottle is used up – rounded off a really nice Monday shave on a muggy summer morning.