SoS; April 2018

Wednesday April 25, 2018

Razor: Gillette Guard Single Edge Cartridge (1)
Pre Shave Oil: DIY
Lather: Gillette Foamy
AS: Mennen afta


An easy 2 pass, WTG/ATG with very little touch ups. Smooth easy, clean and close. AS good as it gets. A cold water rinse and a liberal amount of "afta". I`m good to go, Happy Camper! Great shave. God Bless.

Bill

 

SOTD Adjustable April 25th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
'82 Gillette Super Adjustable @ 7
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless(3)
Yaqi Ruby Red (24mm finest, Frigate Class)
Stirling Island Man Soap and AS

I know I know, not the best color combination. But I wanted to use both my new Yaqi brush and Stirling soap set. First off let me say, this brush is gorgeous! Its finish has far far exceeded my expectations! Not bad for $25 eh ? The knot is also night and day better (for me) compared to the silver tip. It has nice backbone (though not as much as my 3omm Maseto or my 35mm Doug Korn), a little bit of scrub but still nice soft tips(but not gel tips). I guess two band knots are just my thing. The Stirling Island man is an amazingly wonderful scent. I'm not usually a fan of coconut, but this has enough other things going on that really make it spectacular. Glacial level After shave? Oh Yeah! I guess I'm becoming a bit of a menthol head. Here'ss my take on the scent:

It starts off with a strong coconut and rum note and then somewhere in the background you get a hint of tropical flowers and something a bit citrusy.

Have a great day my friends!

 

F. W. Engels Perfection​

Yaqui Synthetic Brush​

Taylor of Old Bond Street Eton College Shaving Cream​

Musgo Real After Shave Balm​

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A good shave today but I’m still working on getting this razor in check. The razor seems smoother without a shim and to me this razor is more aggressive than R41.


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After determining that the post war Apollo razors (including the Mikron) more closely resemble the Rockwell than any of my other razors, I took my aluminum Apollo for a spin to compare. Milder than my preferred 5 plate Rockwell shave -- the Apollo has like zero cap span -- but yeah a surprisingly good shave from a very unimposing razor. The Yaqi cap will increase exposure, I'll give that a shot tomorrow.

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I like the colors, but here's an option. The brush sounds amazing...and the price? Crazy.

 

Hi Bill,
Did you follow the LINK to the twin blades, and was it of any use to you?
Cheers,
Kevin.

 

04/24/18 - Tuesday Night Shave.

WINTERGREEN! Cold and Refreshing. Schick Type G8 and a proline blade - amazing. 3 pass bbs - zero irritation - zero blood....

Peace, Jamie

 

Thank you, Joseph! I think I prefer the colors to the B&W though, I guess it really wasn't that bad!

 

Pre: Warm water face wash
Brush: Boots Travel BB
Soap: Wholly Kaw Lav Sublime
Razor: Ever-Ready 1914
Blade: Gem SS
Post: Warm then Cold water rinse, Floid Black ASL

Sticking with the travel brush theme, the vintage Boots best badger is a cracking example.
I thought it only right and proper to shave with the 1914 after mentioning it in the previous two sotds and it, with the wonderful WK soap, provided a winning Wednesday whisker wemoval pwocedya.
Happy Shaving one and all.

 

Yes I did, but it wasn`t what I wanted, thank you very much. God Bless, Bill

 

NP, hope you find what you're looking for.

 

Proraso Green Preshave, Palmolive Shave Stick
Semogue 1305 boar brush, Suribachi & cool water
'62 Gillette H2 Slim on 9, Feather Hi-Stainless blade
Alum, Osage Rub, Pinaud Citrus Musk EDC​

First shave with a new to me vintage Gillette. Lost plating makes it a User Grade, but it's straight and the moving parts work correctly.​

 

Thursday's Planned Shave:

prep-Dial 4 Men Bodywash(Odor Armor)in sower
shave-Barbasol Original
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot DisposeABLE
A.S.-Clubman Reserve Gent's Gin

 

Nice signature Paul...
Now, get out there and recruit!

 

Recruit what...the Gent's Gin, the Barbasol? OH....The Soap Bloomers!! Well, I hope my "identitity" will do the job itself .

 

Thursday planned shave

Proraso red pre shave
Shave Mac cumstom made 26 mm silvertip badger
homemade straight razor (first shave with it)
Floid blue aftershave and EDT.

Have a great day.

 

Thursday SOTD


Razor: Gillette Toggle (S5)
Blade: PoliSilver-Wizmet (D4)
Brush: Semogue 2016 LE 2 Band
Scuttle Dirty Bird 1.5
Pre-Shave Scrub: Lisa's Citrus
Pre-Shave Balm: Proraso Sensitive
Shave Cream: Acqua Di Parma
Balm: MdC Huile Végétale Camomille
Aftershave: Extro Rasoio E Pennello Summer 2015
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I have a feeling the Gillette Gel A.S. is a clone of Mennen After, but more cloning is needed....Gillette doesn't put much scent into theirs(but it feels good though).

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Hot wash, Neutrogena Men Invigorating FW
2 hot towels
Cremo Cooling Shave Cream (as pre-shave)
C. O. Bigelow
Razorock Plissoft
Gillette Slim w/Gillette Silver Blue (6)
3 passes (5, 4, 4), touch-up
Cold rinse, witch hazel, Duke Connor Ice Cold AS Balm, AV Ice Sport AS

Nice shave. Basically the same set-up as all week.