Pre-shave: Dr Bronners Liquid Teatree Soap
Lather: Prairie Creations KISS Cream w/ Teatree
Brush: Vie Long 14033 mixed horse-badger
Razors: Bakelite Slant with a fresh Persona Platinum
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Last shave in my own den for a while – luxurious and a DFS too.
Pre-shave: Goat Milk bath soap from Prairie Creations
Lather: Col Conks Bay Rum shave soap
Brush: Vie Long 14033 mixed horse/badger brush
Razors: Merkur 25C Open Comb and Gillette ’58 TV Special TTO, both with a Feather blade
Post-shave: Warm water rinse, Alum and Kramperts Finest Bay Rum
A very relaxing and zenlike shave – there is something therapeutic about the sound of stubble being cut.
A little while back I bought a puck of Walter’s Shaving Soap from Prairie Creations. It is meant as her take on the in/famous Williams Shaving Soap, which apparently is one of those you either love or loathe – I’ve never tried it, so I can’t tell you how the Walter shape up against the original.
The Walters is a fairly hard puck of soap, requiring a fair bit of loading to get enough on my brush. It makes a nice, thick creamy lather with plenty of glide and cushion – and it stays nice and creamy too; no collapse or drying out. The Walters could be a bit more moisturising, and the lemon scent is definitely not going to be everybodys cup of tea – in fact, this is the only soap my Better Half insists that I keep in a closed container.
Overall you can do a lot worse than a puck of Walters – I got some better soaps, but they cost a fair bit more.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s liquid soap, Orange
Lather: Prairie Creations Walter shaving soap (lemon)
Brush: Semogue TSN 2012 LE boar-badger brush
Razors: Unknown (possible Merkur) German Bakelite Slant with a Wilkinson Sword
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Another DFS with an interesting razor – mild for a slant, yet picky about the angle.
A while back I bought – among other things – a jar of KISS Cream from Prairie Creations. It’s the first cream I seen that requires a spoon – but then it has a consistency more commonly found among creams in tubes.
Overall I’m very happy with it; the tea tree oil it is “flavoured” with is neither too strong nor too weak, the lathers has plenty of glide and cushion, but…every rose has it’s thorns, and in the case of Krissy’s KISS cream it is that it is rather picky when it comes to how much water I add. Too little and the lather collapses during my first pass, too much and it gets all runny – and the line between not enough and too much is very fine. In my opinion this means it’s best suited for those of us who lathers in bowls, as opposed to those who face lathers, but as always YMMV.
Spend some time with it and get a good lather tough, and the KISS cream will reward you with a comfortable and well scented shave – and if you’re willing to work with it I can recommend Krissy’s KISS cream.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s liquid Tea Tree Oil
Lather: Prairie Creations KISS Tea Tree Cream
Brush: Vie-Long 14033 mixed horse-badger brush
Razors: Unknown (possible Merkur) German Bakelite Slant with a fresh Wilkinson Sword
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Back in my own den, and trying the NOS German bakelite slant for the first time. It’s a featherweight sledgehammer – mild and efficient. Gave a DFS too…
Pre-shave: Pure glycerine soap
Lather: Prairie Creations’ KISS cream w/ Tea Tree Oil
Brush: Semogue TSN 2012 LE mixed badger/boar
Razors: Merkur 39C slant and Parker 22R, both with a fresh Perma-Sharp Super blade
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, Alum block and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
First shave with the KISS cream – very soft in the consistency, and made for a very frothy lather. Too much water perhaps? I’ll use less next time.
Also getting back into trying out the blades from the various sampler packs I gotten. This one was sharp enough, but not the smoothest. Have to see how it behaves further into the week.
Overall a DFS and a great start on the work week.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronners Magic Soap, liquid lavender
Lather: Prairie Creations’ Walter Lemon
Brush: Turkish No7
Razors: Merkur 39C slant, Cadet TP-01, both with a Derby Extra blade (4)
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
A DFS with a well performing puck of soap – that was delivered ten minutes before by the mail man.