SoS: December 12, 2016 - December 18, 2016

Decadent December!!

December 13


Razor - 1946-47 Gillette Aristocrat
Blade - (1)
Soap - Tabac
Brush - Semogue 620
Post - Alum

Time to bring the decadence home again, this time with my best vintage razor and another fine Muscovite blade. After three fun days on the Feather with three different razors I'm ready to settle down and do a few days with a modified detente setup. Usually I pair the Aristocrat with the Voskhod but I'm subbing in the Rapira Platinum Lux. Not my favorite of the Mostochlegmash blades but....any of them are better than most others. And, the Lux is one of the top blades they make.

Tabac and the Semogue for the lather. I got a new puck of Tabac today that I had ordered so I need to use up the old one. It has a nice crack through the middle about to break into the ring of death so not too much longer.

Great lather, slick, lots of cushion, that great Tabac scent, and the Crat and Lux were absolutely smooth. I think the Aristocrat may be the best razor Gillette ever made. While the Super Speed is a lot more common and performs exceptionally well, the extra weight and added aggressiveness (not much) of the Aristocrat just gives it a fantastic feel and result. Two pass and touch up and a near BBS is done and I'm more than happy with that. Such fine work from the Russki tonight I finished with alum on the outside (nice and quiet) and a shot of vodka on the inside (nice and warm).

 

Date: 14 December 2016

Brush: - Omega 10065 Green Handle 24/54mm
Lather: - Arko Shaving Soap
Razor: - Merkur 34C
Blade: - Voskhod #2
Post Shave: - T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent / Nivea Sensitive Aftershave Splash

 

12/14/16 Shave of the Day​

Face Wash with Cellar Door Bath Supply Co Haunted Woods Soap​

Arko Shaving Soap
RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic 26mm Brush
Crown King Dual Chamber Scuttle
iKon X3 Slant Razor
Derby Extra Blade – 5th Shave
Homemade Mandarin Generic Distilled Witch Hazel
Clubman Pinaud After Shave Lotion
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My sotd

Razor - gillette executive
Brush - bunny brush
Blade - supermax (6)
Soap - mystic water vetiver - AWESOMENESS!!
Post - proraso pre shave / whittismo lotion / witch hazel
A/S - arctic blue

Awesome shave ! Love this scent!!

 

Wed. 12/14/16







Excellent shave with the PAL Injecto-Matic this morning. Shave number 10 on this blade and going strong. Wonderful lather from the Proraso Green shave cream. Three easy refreshing passes for a dolphin smooth finish. Have a great day guys.

 

Hello TSD - just finished this shave:



- CRSW "Spiced Amber
- Virginia Sheng 24mm Silvertip
- Mastro Livi "Grifetto"
- Tüff sensitiv Rasierwasser

Absolutely fantastic shave. This razor is a joy to use - it has been delivered perfectly sharp, the shave was as smooth and close as it gets. Very manoeuvrable as well, despite the pretty big olivewood scales.

The new brush is a lather monster and extremely soft. But it shed hair like our cats in spring I hope that will decrease over time...

 

I think this soap smells like a cross between AV Musk and B-M 42. The performance is excellent. I also used some Reserve Classic and that goes well with 13 as well.


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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! SOTD 12/14/16

Pal Adjustable(Set At 3/4)
Schick (7)
Erskine 3103 Boar
Williams
Cold Water Rinse,Alum Block
Pinaud Clubman A/S

A new puck of Williams,a great shave with the Pal,topped off with Pinaud Clubman = One Happy ILTS!!

 

Splendid photo. The razor is stunning.

 

Beautiful brush and razor combination amigo.

 

Gillette Tech Weber Bulldog Handle
Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Semogue BC Texugo
Institut Karite Soap
Alum
Superior 70

 

December 14, 2016
ATT Calypso R1
Feather
Zenith B02 Boar
Nuavia Blu
Witch Hazel

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Everything just clicked and worked well together. The Zenith B02 boar whipped up the Nuavia Blu soap into a wonderful slick lather with the splendid scent adding so much to the shave. The Calypso R1 delivered an effortless near BBS. Overall a fantastic shave. I hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

 

That would mean $$. One of the things I am not flush with these days...

 

Thanks Roby!!!

 

December 14 SOTD:

Stirling Synthetic the
La Toja Shave Stick
Gillette Black Beauty
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman AS

 

That's a nice razor. Don't see many of that Scheon Burg

 

This Williams Menthol cream is wonderful - too bad it's my last tube and I don't know how I could get it again. It smells lovely and gives fabulous lather with great cooling. It also has very good blade glide and lots of skincare. The Rubby Dubby Doo really froze me afterwards - what a feeling! Just about BBS after two passes.

 

Thank you, Clint

 

Love the light on the brush handle

 

Thank you!