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Doug's Journal of Shaving Happiness v2.0
- Thread starter dkeester
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Some nice thoughts! It's wonderful to have such of an abundance of new soaps to try!
dkeester
"TSC's Master of Bourbon"
Journal Entry #267
04/18/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Rockwell Razors Model-T @5.5
Blade: Voskhod (6)
Brush: TSC 1st Anniversary Brush
Soap/Cream: Stirling Iced Coffee
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla
Fragrance: None
Overview
Today was the Stirling Iced Coffee shave muffin from @Dave in KY ... another PIF item.
SOTD Pic
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Shave Quality
Stirling is great soap. If you haven't tried it, what are you doing with your life? Get some. This one I got as a cellophane wrapped ball of soap in a PIF from Dave. It actually looked somewhat like a muffin when I got it. It plus the Model-T at 5.5 gave me a nice and easy BBS. Coffee is an okay scent and there was a nice hit of menthol in the soap. This is probably one that I would not have picked up for myself, but it is an enjoyable soap. It definitely made me think of breakfast.
Gear
The Model-T is as good as advertised.
Other Thoughts
There is nothing like retail therapy when a bout of depression hits... I now have two scents of Catie's Bubbles on the way from WCS. This is my first software purchase of 2019. One of those will also be my very first use of CB ever. I am looking forward to it.
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
04/18/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Rockwell Razors Model-T @5.5
Blade: Voskhod (6)
Brush: TSC 1st Anniversary Brush
Soap/Cream: Stirling Iced Coffee
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla
Fragrance: None
Overview
Today was the Stirling Iced Coffee shave muffin from @Dave in KY ... another PIF item.
SOTD Pic
none
Shave Quality
Stirling is great soap. If you haven't tried it, what are you doing with your life? Get some. This one I got as a cellophane wrapped ball of soap in a PIF from Dave. It actually looked somewhat like a muffin when I got it. It plus the Model-T at 5.5 gave me a nice and easy BBS. Coffee is an okay scent and there was a nice hit of menthol in the soap. This is probably one that I would not have picked up for myself, but it is an enjoyable soap. It definitely made me think of breakfast.
Gear
The Model-T is as good as advertised.
Other Thoughts
There is nothing like retail therapy when a bout of depression hits... I now have two scents of Catie's Bubbles on the way from WCS. This is my first software purchase of 2019. One of those will also be my very first use of CB ever. I am looking forward to it.
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Nice shaves Doug
dkeester
"TSC's Master of Bourbon"
Thanks for the Vitos. I really enjoyed it.
dkeester
"TSC's Master of Bourbon"
Un Jour Gris and La Terre Verte
dkeester
"TSC's Master of Bourbon"
Journal Entry #268
04/19/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Rockwell Razors Model-T @6.0
Blade: Voskhod (7)
Brush: TSC 1st Anniversary Brush
Soap/Cream: CBL Tobacco & Carmel
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: Pinaud Clubman
Fragrance: None
Overview
Josh's Mega PIF #21
SOTD Pic
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Shave Quality
CBL soap is, hands down, the best soap in my den right now. But, unfortunately, not all of the ones I have tried work for me. Ghost Lime is one that I won't be keeping around since my face doesn't like it. Apparently Tobacco & Carmel is another one that won't be staying. It lit my face up this morning. The shave was great otherwise. The Model-T delivered at 6.0. But the irritation from the scent is lingering a bit. I guess you can't win 'em all.
Gear
So, I gave my boxed Coticule a run last night for a second attempt at honing my ZY 430 from the other day. I got a good slurry and I was getting lots of swarf, but I never got a burr on the edge. So, I have no idea if I got the bevel right. It doesn't help that the ZY has a stainless blade, which is probably making things more difficult for me. Learning to hone on Coticules is going to be a slow process.
Other Thoughts
Happy Friday! I hope everyone has a happy Easter.
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
04/19/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Rockwell Razors Model-T @6.0
Blade: Voskhod (7)
Brush: TSC 1st Anniversary Brush
Soap/Cream: CBL Tobacco & Carmel
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: Pinaud Clubman
Fragrance: None
Overview
Josh's Mega PIF #21
SOTD Pic
none
Shave Quality
CBL soap is, hands down, the best soap in my den right now. But, unfortunately, not all of the ones I have tried work for me. Ghost Lime is one that I won't be keeping around since my face doesn't like it. Apparently Tobacco & Carmel is another one that won't be staying. It lit my face up this morning. The shave was great otherwise. The Model-T delivered at 6.0. But the irritation from the scent is lingering a bit. I guess you can't win 'em all.
Gear
So, I gave my boxed Coticule a run last night for a second attempt at honing my ZY 430 from the other day. I got a good slurry and I was getting lots of swarf, but I never got a burr on the edge. So, I have no idea if I got the bevel right. It doesn't help that the ZY has a stainless blade, which is probably making things more difficult for me. Learning to hone on Coticules is going to be a slow process.
Other Thoughts
Happy Friday! I hope everyone has a happy Easter.
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Sorry about the soap disagreeing with you and a far as the gear read......I need a legend to understand 
dkeester
"TSC's Master of Bourbon"
Journal Entry #269
04/20/2019
No shave
04/21/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Merkur 38c
Blade: Gillette Platinum (1)
Brush: AOS FInest Badger
Soap/Cream: AOS Lemon soap (new formula)
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: British Sterling AS
Fragrance: British Sterling cologne
Overview
A Happy Easter shave.
SOTD Pic
none
Shave Quality
Today's shave was really good. The Merkur is a nice, mild, and efficient. Everything about it was a stellar two pass BBS. Not much to say about it, just a great shave.
Gear
All good here.
Other Thoughts
Thinking about Sri Lanka...
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
04/20/2019
No shave
04/21/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Merkur 38c
Blade: Gillette Platinum (1)
Brush: AOS FInest Badger
Soap/Cream: AOS Lemon soap (new formula)
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: British Sterling AS
Fragrance: British Sterling cologne
Overview
A Happy Easter shave.
SOTD Pic
none
Shave Quality
Today's shave was really good. The Merkur is a nice, mild, and efficient. Everything about it was a stellar two pass BBS. Not much to say about it, just a great shave.
Gear
All good here.
Other Thoughts
Thinking about Sri Lanka...
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
dkeester
"TSC's Master of Bourbon"
Journal Entry #270
04/22/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Ming Shi 3000s @1
Blade: Shark SS (1)
Brush: TSC 1st Anniversary brush
Soap/Cream: CBL Soap Bay Rum
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: Lucky Tiger Bay Rum
Fragrance: none
Overview
Josh's Mega PIF #22
SOTD Pic
Shave Quality
Today's shave was really interesting. Let's start with the razor (pictured above). This is a Chinese razor, so I expected it to be mild, like most of the Chinese razors which I have used. I wasn't expecting it to be this mild, however. The 1 setting on the 3000s was perhaps the mildest shave I have ever had with a DE. It was in fact too mild. I am used to the blade scraping off just about all of the soap. This one left a decent layer of residue on my face. It was slick as hell, so it made follow-up strokes easy. I don't think I have had this much residual slickness before. This leads me to the soap. This is another CBL creation and it is phenomenal. The soap is really, really slick to begin with. (I added more water than usual for me.) I love the scent. I hope @CBLSoap.com brings back the Bay Rum at some point. The razor skate across my face. The combination of ultra mild razor and ultra slick soap made for a truly irritation free shave. Unfortunately it was only about DFS+ as far as whisker removal goes, but who can complain?
Gear
The Ming Shi 3000s is an inexpensive adjustable razor. The build quality is ok, but nothing to write home about. The shave quality is good so far, but I will need to use it on higher settings to get the BBS shaves that I am looking for.
Other Thoughts
Bosch season 5 on Amazon Prime is really, really good. I love this show and I recommend it to everyone. I think it justifies the cost of the Prime subscription along with the two-day shipping.
Tuesday I will maybe take another run at setting a bevel on the coti, but we shall see. Also, I need to get the Brass General cleaned up and in the mail.
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
04/22/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Ming Shi 3000s @1
Blade: Shark SS (1)
Brush: TSC 1st Anniversary brush
Soap/Cream: CBL Soap Bay Rum
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: Lucky Tiger Bay Rum
Fragrance: none
Overview
Josh's Mega PIF #22
SOTD Pic
Shave Quality
Today's shave was really interesting. Let's start with the razor (pictured above). This is a Chinese razor, so I expected it to be mild, like most of the Chinese razors which I have used. I wasn't expecting it to be this mild, however. The 1 setting on the 3000s was perhaps the mildest shave I have ever had with a DE. It was in fact too mild. I am used to the blade scraping off just about all of the soap. This one left a decent layer of residue on my face. It was slick as hell, so it made follow-up strokes easy. I don't think I have had this much residual slickness before. This leads me to the soap. This is another CBL creation and it is phenomenal. The soap is really, really slick to begin with. (I added more water than usual for me.) I love the scent. I hope @CBLSoap.com brings back the Bay Rum at some point. The razor skate across my face. The combination of ultra mild razor and ultra slick soap made for a truly irritation free shave. Unfortunately it was only about DFS+ as far as whisker removal goes, but who can complain?
Gear
The Ming Shi 3000s is an inexpensive adjustable razor. The build quality is ok, but nothing to write home about. The shave quality is good so far, but I will need to use it on higher settings to get the BBS shaves that I am looking for.
Other Thoughts
Bosch season 5 on Amazon Prime is really, really good. I love this show and I recommend it to everyone. I think it justifies the cost of the Prime subscription along with the two-day shipping.
Tuesday I will maybe take another run at setting a bevel on the coti, but we shall see. Also, I need to get the Brass General cleaned up and in the mail.
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
And I need to stop reading your posts looking for bingo calls......
You can play for 2nd place
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
All caught up Doug. Bummer about the irritation on those couple of shaves. Glad you were able to bounce back with a few good ones 
dkeester
"TSC's Master of Bourbon"
Journal Entry #271
04/23/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Ming Shi 3000s @2
Blade: Shark SS (2)
Brush: TSC 1st Anniversary brush
Soap/Cream: CBL Soap Russian Tea
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: British Sterling AS
Fragrance: British Sterling cologne
Overview
Josh's Mega PIF #23
SOTD Pic
none
Shave Quality
Today's shave was better than yesterday's. The shave was still incredibly mild, but got me to BBS. It was quite enjoyable. The CBL Russian Tea smells great and performs very well. CBL is my favorite soap. Just a great SOTD.
Gear
All good.
Other Thoughts
Finished Bosch season 5. It ended very well. Now we are re-watching The Fifth Element. Great movie.
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
04/23/2019
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Williams modern soap
Razor: Ming Shi 3000s @2
Blade: Shark SS (2)
Brush: TSC 1st Anniversary brush
Soap/Cream: CBL Soap Russian Tea
AS 1: Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB
AS 3: British Sterling AS
Fragrance: British Sterling cologne
Overview
Josh's Mega PIF #23
SOTD Pic
none
Shave Quality
Today's shave was better than yesterday's. The shave was still incredibly mild, but got me to BBS. It was quite enjoyable. The CBL Russian Tea smells great and performs very well. CBL is my favorite soap. Just a great SOTD.
Gear
All good.
Other Thoughts
Finished Bosch season 5. It ended very well. Now we are re-watching The Fifth Element. Great movie.
Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
