SoS: April 24, 2017 - April 30, 2017

Discussion in 'Shower or Shave of the Day' started by crackstar, Apr 23, 2017.

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  1. EzraCobb

    EzraCobb Well-Known Member

    4/24/2017. Jamie's SOTN
    1. Hot shower.
    2. crown king prickly pear menthol jelly.
    3. Derby Menthol.
    4. semogue 1305 w/fine bowl.
    5. Schick injector Adjustable. 7 for 1st pass. 5 for 2nd & 3rd pass. Vintage personna electro-coated blade (2).
    6. thayers extra cool aftershave.
    7. PAA Lime Ice Sage after shave.
    8. PAA frost byte balm.

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  2. Number six

    Number six Well-Known Member

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    Colonial/Charcoal Goods :: Wolf Whiskers/Envy :: 1912


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  3. Smooth Steve

    Smooth Steve Well-Known Member

    04/25/17 Shave of the Day
    Face Wash with Cellar Door Bath Supply Co Haunted Woods Soap
    Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Sandalwood Shampoo/Conditioning Puck
    The Body Shop Maca Root Shave Cream
    RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic 26mm Brush
    Creative Flame Pottery Stoneware Shaving Scuttle
    Mühle R41 Razor 2013 Head
    RazoRock Polished Titanium HALO 85mm Handle
    Personna Blue Comfort Coated Blade - 2nd Shave
    RazoRock Alum Stick
    Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel Toner
    Captain's Choice 45th Parallel "A" B&B Evaluation Sample
    NIVEA Men Sensitive Cooling Post Shave Balm
    Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Sandalwood Natural Deodorant

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  4. Smooth Steve

    Smooth Steve Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the tip. I will need to check it out.
    Steve
     
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  5. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    Arko Adjustable April!!!!!

    April 23

    Razor - 1962 (H1) Gillette Slim (6)
    Blade - [​IMG] (2) (1)
    Soap - Arko
    Brush - Jayaruh #46
    Post - Alum

    Absolutely. Terrible. Horrible. Shave.

    Ok, maybe not as bad as a Chinese blade but seriously.......that was bad. Notice that I say the blade was on its second and first use? That's because it was so bad on the first half of the first pass that I changed to a different tuck just to make sure I didn't have a dud. Yesterday's shave wasn't good so I thought maybe it was that one blade. Nope. The fresh blade ordered much later than the one I was using was just as bad. This is the sweet spot for the Gillettes for me too. Should be good with anything short of Chinese crap.

    So what was bad about it? Draggy, pulling, tugging, even though it was cutting. The alum after two passes was heating up way more than it should for a blade at this setting. And the finish? Maybe DFS. Maybe.

    I'll go ahead and crank to 9 tomorrow and give it the final shot but I'm going to have a backup ready to go just in case. And I take back any good remarks I made about the Extra this week. The Derby Premium - I stand by its performance. But the performance of the Extra speaks for itself at this point.

    So bad that only one picture really does this shave justice.

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  6. RyX

    RyX DoH!

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    Taylor of Old Bond Street Eton College
    SP2/ Cypress/ VS Black Pure Badger
    Suribachi bowl from Osaka, Japan
    '59 Gillette 195 & Dorco ST-301 blade
    Alum block, rinse, Pinaud Clubman AS
     
  7. brit

    brit in a box

    hello shavers,monday night shave.4 days growth
    usual prep,proraso white preshave and hot towel.
    1930s new sc first use.new gsb blade.
    jm frasers original industrial lemon,thayers lemon,fine italian citrus.standard bruce plissoft brush.
    awesome 2 pass shave minor pick ups. dfs plus, new.jpg no drama.first good oc shave.great razor so far.
    have a great week ,thank you for suggesting i try a gillette new.very nice,gary
     
  8. Straight razor dandy

    Straight razor dandy Stuck cleaning the house himself PERMANENTLY

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    This is my absolute favorite Taylor of Old Bond Street scent, and one of my favorite scents in all of wet shaving.
     
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  9. ilts

    ilts Well-Known Member

    Good Morning Everyone! SOTD 04/25/17

    Gillette Ball End Tech (no date code.)
    Wilkinson (1)
    Synthetic
    Arko
    Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
    Aqua Velva Musk A/S


    A Dolphin Skin Smooth Shave!

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  10. shaveman

    shaveman Well-Known Member

    Brass Colonial General SE
    Feather Pro (9)
    Santa Marie Del Fiore Soft Soap
    Frank Shaving Synthetic Knot Brush
    Nivea Creme Balm
    Clubman After Shave
     
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  11. Tdmsu

    Tdmsu Well-Known Member

    Tabacstag!
    JR #159 took its maiden voyage with old reliable Tabac today. The Cashmere synthetic knot looks great in the Louisville Slugger derived handle. It's 24mm, but seems smaller in use. It feels amazingly soft and dense - it has more backbone than the tuxedo knot - both shown below. I like it and I wonder if it will bloom a bit as the tuxedo has over time. This was a great shave as usual.
    Prep: Chattilon Lux Butter
    Soap: Tabac!
    Brush: Cashmere Slugger JR #159
    Razor: Futur
    Blade: voskhod
    AS: Tabac Balsam[​IMG][​IMG]

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  12. Jan Zoethout

    Jan Zoethout Well-Known Member

    SOTD 20170425

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    Brush: Cadman with finest knot (24 mm - loft 50 mm).
    Shaving soap: Jabones by Luna "Higo y vainilla" .
    Razor: QSHAVE RD280 (Merkur Futur clone) (dial pos. 4).
    Blade: Centwin Super Platinum (8).
    After shave: Hawkins & Brimble balm.

    Increased the dial of the "Melkul Futul" gradually from 2 - 2.5 - 3 - 3.5 to 4.
    As far as I'm concerned, position 4 is too high, 3.5 is tolerable, 3 is pleasant (YMMV).
    Nevertheless a pleasant smooth result.

    Have a nice day, evrybody ! ;)
     
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  13. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    April 25, 2017
    Wolfman Ti WR1 (.74) OC with Hempel Ti
    Feather (1)
    “Amigos” Elite Ironwood Beehive with Envy White
    Route 66 Bay Lime Twist

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  14. crackstar

    crackstar Israeli Ambassador to TSD

    What can I say? Another great shave from the Palmolive Menthol cream - nice and cold with perfect lather as well as fabulous post-shave care. The Fougere Santal aftershave from Reef Point went on chilly and lovely! :happy088: :happy088:
     
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  15. Marverel

    Marverel Well-Known Member

    Mine too - but unfortunately the Cream is one of the very few that doesn't agree with my skin :(
     
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  16. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

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    SOTD April 25, 2017

    Blade: GEM Stainless
    Razor: GEM Featherweight
    Brush: Artisan badger
    Lather: Stirling Sandpiper
    Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Sandpiper aftershave
    WTG, touch-up

    Nice shave with Stirling Sandpiper soap and the GEM Featherweight. The badger brush had no problems creating some incredible lather. Stirling can take SO much water and I used a lot in building up a shiny and slick lather. The qualities of Stirling are top-notch. Great stuff. Nice shave in the end.

    Have a great day!

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  17. Marverel

    Marverel Well-Known Member

    Hello everyone. Today's shave:

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    Fantastic! Close and smooth.
     
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  18. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Very nice - love the photo!
     
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  19. david of central florida

    david of central florida Rhubarb Rubber

    Today's shave
    Hot water wash with a washcloth
    Brothers Bristles/ ace black badger
    Bombed WSP Tobacco
    Ikon Shavecraft 101
    Voskhod (2)
    Omega Alum
    Crusellas 1800 Tobacco
    Tobacco Tuesday, and it is a fine one. Tobacco is mild and soap (cool cuz i bombed it). A nice change of pace. The brothers brush whipped it up and applied it in grand fashion. The ikon took it away leaving no hint there was any stubble there. Finish with alum and and nice clean wash of 1800. Tremendous Tobacco Tuesday.
    Hope y'all did as well, or better. 20170425_081001_resized(1).jpg
     
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  20. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

    Article Team
    Tuesday, April 25
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    Steam Punk~~CH2 SiLVERTiP~~Hoffritz Slant~~Personna 74 Tungsten (1)

    Have a great day!
     
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