Shave of the Day - 1/19

Cold Water Rinse
"AMBRE" мыло для бритья жировое
Jayaruh #380
Gem Jr. Bar Lather Catcher
Vintage GEM Cutlery
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The "AMBRE" Shaving Soap  face lathered well with Jayaruh #380 Brush. I did two passes and a cleanup with the Gem Jr. Bar Lather Catcher razor with a Vintage GEM Cutlery SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/17

Cold Water Rinse
"AMBRE" мыло для бритья жировое
Jayaruh #380
Ever-Ready 1914 Army
GEM Stainless SE
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The "AMBRE" Shaving Soap  face lathered well with Jayaruh #380 Brush. I did two passes and a cleanup with the Ever-Ready 1914 Army razor with a GEM Stainless SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/16

Cold Water Rinse
"AMBRE" мыло для бритья жировое
Jayaruh #380
Ever-Ready 1914 Army
GEM Stainless SE
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. I will be using the "AMBRE" мыло для бритья жировое for the rest of the week. It is made in Russia. It translates to "AMBRE" greasy shaving soap. I got it from Vintage Life as a pif. The "AMBRE" Shaving Soap  face lathered well with Jayaruh #380 Brush. I did two passes and a cleanup with the Ever-Ready 1914 Army razor with a GEM Stainless SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/15

Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Jayaruh #380
Ever-Ready 1914 Army
GEM Stainless SE
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Williams Mug Soap  face lathered well with Jayaruh #380 Brush. I did two passes and a cleanup with the Ever-Ready 1914 Army razor with a GEM Stainless SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/14

Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shave Soap
Jayaruh #380
Ever-Ready 1914 Army
GEM Stainless SE
CWR
Tabac ASB

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Tabac Shave Soap  face lathered well with Jayaruh #380 Brush. I did two passes and a cleanup with the Ever-Ready 1914 Army razor with a GEM Stainless SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Tabac ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/13

Cold Water Rinse
Virgilio Valobra Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #380
Ever-Ready 1914 Army
GEM Stainless SE
CWR
Osage Rub

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Virgilio Valobra Shaving Soap face lathered well with Jayaruh #380 Brush. I did two passes and a cleanup with the Ever-Ready 1914 Army razor with a GEM Stainless SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Jayaruh #380 First Lathering

I used Razorock Classic Shave Soap for the first lathering of my new Jayaruh #380 horse hair brush. I only face lather when I shave, but for my first lathering I like to bowl lather to aid breaking in the knot. Especially with a natural hair brush, it helps to defunk it if it needs it.

Tools assembled ready to go.

I wet the brush with cold water, shook it off, and loaded it for 15 seconds.

I added a couple of teaspoons of water and worked up this lather.

I worked the lather more, adding a bit of water.

I ended up with lots of lather.

I let it sit a while to defunk the knot. 

 You may have noticed that I am wearing a bacon band aid on my left pointer finger. I ripped off some skin when I disassembled my ramp two days ago. It is healing slower than I would like.

All done. I rinsed out the brush and towel dried it.  No funk.

The brush is ready for its first shave tomorrow.

Jayaruh #380 Civil War Replica Brush

 After making JR#379, I was inspired to make this Civil War Replica brush. I fitted it with an horse hair knot.

Civil War Type Brushes

I was prompted to make a Civil War type shaving brush by VintageLife. See the whole story here: http://jrshaving.blogspot.com/2020/01/civil-war-replica-brush.html

It is now ready for a knot. Here it is.

The first has the horse hair knot dry fitted.

The second is an Omega 66 boar dry fitted. After he choosed the knot, I will set it and take final pictures.

I made a second handle. Here they are side by side with the knots alternated.

It has been decided. JR#379 gets the Omega 66 boar knot, and JR#380 gets the horse hair knot.

JR#379 with Omega 66 boar knot

JR#380 with horse hair knot