Thread: Sun April 10th - Sat April 16th

Kobar
Omega Pro 49
Wilkinson Sword Stick
Adidas Dynamic Pulse

Incredible Shave Today !!!

Doing a "little" plumbing around the casa today, very little to be quite honest !

Friday
Calani Cadre Noir SS/shavemac D01 brush/Edwin Jagger DE86 with Topaz/Art of Shaving balsam.

Originally Posted by Stroker

Sounds like a nice shave setup Paul. You shouldn't have any trouble with the Musgo Real SC. It's really some nice stuff! I think you got started off with too much water. (Shake the water out of the Boar as it will absorb a lot of water in the bristles.) If it's a new boar it may take some breaking in (with the Omega about a week of everyday use) to soften (split) the ends of the bristles to whip up the lather better. You also said you added more water to the brush, I'm not sure but, it sounds like you really had enough and didn't need more. At any rate, start off slow with the water to the SC mixture and add just a tiny bit of water at a time. It will take a couple of times to get the lathering down to a science but it will come; hang in there. LOL Hope that helps!

Hey Bruce,

Thanks for the advice. It is a new boar brush. I figured I would have some challenges and getting used to with this new setup. I will try what you suggested. I'll try again tomorrow. I'll try to whip up some lather and see how that goes. I'll keep you posted.

Cella | EJ DE89L | The Veg

My First Time With Cella! Very Nice Soap!!

Originally Posted by blugill

Doing a "little" plumbing around the casa today, very little to be quite honest !

Where did you get that little plunger?

Originally Posted by GreenLightJerky

Where did you get that little plunger?

My wife works at CVS in town, and knows everyone. We've been here for 30+ years and Kaufman is a small town. Everyone knows each other pretty much. They all know I'm a plumber here, and a little ole lady gave it to her one day to give to me, pretty sweet, eh ! I've had it sittin on top of my PC forever, and was doing some plumbing around the house today and figured, what the heck I'll put it in my SOTD today !

Bokers Red Injun 101-5/8
24mm Silvertip Brush with Snake-Wood Handle
AOS Lavender SC
Alum. Block
Lab Series AS Balm

-great shave!

Originally Posted by PaulCam

I had trouble getting a good lather from the Musgo Real cream. I warmed up the brush and ceramic bowl. I let the brush sit in the warm water while I showered. I flicked the excess water from the brush and added an almond sized dab of cream on the brush and went to work swirling that sucker for a bit. It built up a very light lather.

I quickly passed the brush under warm water to pick up some moisture/water and added to the lather which made it too watery. I added more cream and it brought back to the initial consistency I had started with. I hope I can get a better lather with this cream.

Any tips for this novice would be greatly appreciated.

PaulCam,

You may want to try face lathering with your Musgo Real cream. I agree that Musgo Real has a nice fragrance, but I believe that it is designed as a brushless shaving cream.

If you apply some of the cream to your face, then use your wet brush to build a lather on your beard, that may help with increasing the volume of your lather.

Sorry for the plain pic, today was moving a fallen tree off the road so I was running late

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