- Joined
- Tuesday January 3, 2017
- Location
- Broughty Ferry
SOTD - Holiday shaves 04 - 08 June
Pre-shave: Warm shower and cold water splash.
Soap: LEA Shaving stick.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword - Finest bristler.
Bowl: NA.
Razors: Gillette Blue 2.
Post: Cold water, Floyd Mentolado Vigoroso, Clinique post shave balm.
EDT: Basil and Lime.
SWMBO booked a last minute holiday; Mijar Spain . We hand carry on luggage only, so decided to shop local for shaving supplies, with some duty free treats. The Gillette Blue 2 and the Clinique balm were pre-packed.
There was a good supermarket 5 minutes walk from the hotel - very reasonable: Wilkinson shaving brush €5; LEA soap €1.5; Floyd €5!
I soaked the brush and bloomed the soap in cups filled with bottled mineral water; excellent result - very good shaves througout the holiday. I can't believe that I picked up Floyd for €5 - used very liberaly as this was a 150ml container, which I knew was not comming back with me.
Using mineral water to build the later worked very well - I am now totally convinced that the softness of the water is a key factor in getting good wet shaves. It felt wierd using a cart again; I did not want to pack a DE razor and buy blades local - as the last 2 times I did that airport security asked me to empty my carry on luggage as they wanted to make sure no DE blades were packed, which I thought was fair enough.
Two pass shaves and DFS + / BBS - with no issues to report.
From Monday through Wednesday this week, I my shaving recipie was:
Pre-shave: Warm shower, Wright's Cold Tar Soap, and cold water splash.
Soap: Tabula Rasa Olibanum (Frankincense) Shaving Soap.
Brush: Simpsons Chubby 2 - Best Badger.
Bowl: Giles Shaving Co, Spotty Pedestal (Blue).
Razors: Ocram (v2).
Blade: Feather AC (Professional)
Post: Cold water, Fine Snakebite, followed by Tabula Rasa Cool (Blue) Aftershave Gel.
Good shaves with the Ocram; happy to be back shaving with a SE again.
Thursday's shave was with the Rex Ambassador (O), setting 1.5 with an Astra SP (Green) - an excellent 2 pass shave. Today, The I loaded up the Blackland Vector, with a Kai Captain (Pink) blade - also an excellent 2 pass shave.
The Rex Ambvassador was RAD gone mad; I have a (M) series and picked up the (O) from the Gentleman's Groom Room; Ian had new stock in and the (O) series looked different; I can't put my finger on it - I did some research and the (O) has a range of minor upgrades. I don't know if it was in my imagination, but I felt I got a better, smoother shave from the (O).
My shaves over the last few weeks have reinforced that I enjoy the variation in razors, soaps, blades etc.
I hope everyone is good.
All the best,
Chris
Pre-shave: Warm shower and cold water splash.
Soap: LEA Shaving stick.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword - Finest bristler.
Bowl: NA.
Razors: Gillette Blue 2.
Post: Cold water, Floyd Mentolado Vigoroso, Clinique post shave balm.
EDT: Basil and Lime.
SWMBO booked a last minute holiday; Mijar Spain . We hand carry on luggage only, so decided to shop local for shaving supplies, with some duty free treats. The Gillette Blue 2 and the Clinique balm were pre-packed.
There was a good supermarket 5 minutes walk from the hotel - very reasonable: Wilkinson shaving brush €5; LEA soap €1.5; Floyd €5!
I soaked the brush and bloomed the soap in cups filled with bottled mineral water; excellent result - very good shaves througout the holiday. I can't believe that I picked up Floyd for €5 - used very liberaly as this was a 150ml container, which I knew was not comming back with me.
Using mineral water to build the later worked very well - I am now totally convinced that the softness of the water is a key factor in getting good wet shaves. It felt wierd using a cart again; I did not want to pack a DE razor and buy blades local - as the last 2 times I did that airport security asked me to empty my carry on luggage as they wanted to make sure no DE blades were packed, which I thought was fair enough.
Two pass shaves and DFS + / BBS - with no issues to report.
From Monday through Wednesday this week, I my shaving recipie was:
Pre-shave: Warm shower, Wright's Cold Tar Soap, and cold water splash.
Soap: Tabula Rasa Olibanum (Frankincense) Shaving Soap.
Brush: Simpsons Chubby 2 - Best Badger.
Bowl: Giles Shaving Co, Spotty Pedestal (Blue).
Razors: Ocram (v2).
Blade: Feather AC (Professional)
Post: Cold water, Fine Snakebite, followed by Tabula Rasa Cool (Blue) Aftershave Gel.
Good shaves with the Ocram; happy to be back shaving with a SE again.
Thursday's shave was with the Rex Ambassador (O), setting 1.5 with an Astra SP (Green) - an excellent 2 pass shave. Today, The I loaded up the Blackland Vector, with a Kai Captain (Pink) blade - also an excellent 2 pass shave.
The Rex Ambvassador was RAD gone mad; I have a (M) series and picked up the (O) from the Gentleman's Groom Room; Ian had new stock in and the (O) series looked different; I can't put my finger on it - I did some research and the (O) has a range of minor upgrades. I don't know if it was in my imagination, but I felt I got a better, smoother shave from the (O).
My shaves over the last few weeks have reinforced that I enjoy the variation in razors, soaps, blades etc.
I hope everyone is good.
All the best,
Chris