SoS: February 27, 2017 - March 5, 2017

Very cool brush Jared!

 

Thanks, guys.

 

Nice looking brush! Doug does really nice work.

 

Luxor Pro shavette
Shark Super Stainless blade (MUCH better than the Treet Platinum)
Whipped Dog synthetic brush
Nivea Sensitive shaving cream
Thayer's Witch Hazel

 

So should be shipping soon then.

 

Interesting, mine definitely has a lime kick and not sure if they changed formulas but my vintage is little over 4 years old.

 

Since I am a night shaver:
Tonight's shave was with a freshly acquired, and honed razor. It was a nice smooth two pass shave, with no issues. DFS results. Well built razor.

Razor- W.H.Morley & Sons, Clover Brand.
Brush- Zenith Boar
Soap- Vintage Yardley
Aftershave- Vintage Shulton Old Spice

 

SHAVE OF THE DAY


Prep: Taconic Bay Rum Metholated
Razor: Gillette ball end tech
Blade: Gillette Green (2nd shave)
Brush: RazoRock plissoft
Soap: PAA The Beach
Post: Thayers Peach WH, CL Unconditional Surrender


2 and a half passes this evening. Love the scent of this soap, pretty unique and different. Got a good smooth shave with no issues this time. Finished off with some CL salve, not sure if I like this particular scent, a bit too floral for my taste but it is nice and moisturizing and only takes a very small dab to cover the whole face. Hope everyone had a great shave!

 

Brother how come that PAA soap also says Italian Barber?

 

Lol I just realized how bad it was, the wife couldn't read any of it. Sorry about that, but it's funny because I just mentioned this to the wife not 5 minutes ago.

 

Not sure I just recieved it in a trade. I think it may be possible PAA did this scent for IB originally but that's just my guess. Wondering the same thing.

 

Thanks !

 

3/5/2017
SOTN
Amazing shave - Douglas Smythe has amazing products & he runs a great webstore, the schick type E has become a deserted island choice.

1. hot shower
2. PAA prickly pear pre shave soap & lather booster.
3. Crown king mentholated Ceylon tea shave soap.
4. crown king synthetic brush. Amazing Barbershop handle, very ergonomic with nice wood work.
5. Schick injector type E2, with 1968 (ish) personna advanced electro-coated blade, wnd shave.
6. Crown king ceylon tea cologne aftershave.

 

How's the scent of that soap/AS? Enjoying the bowl?

 

Martin de Candre Fougere, B-400 W/D High Mountain Badger
Gillette '55 Red Tip, Personna FHU, Alum & Avon Deep Woods

 

Love that brush!


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March Madness & Spring Cleaning!!

March 5

Razor - Steampunk Gillette New LC
Blade - (1)
Soap - Route 66 Sweeney Todd
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Post - Alum, Nivea

Time to back the aggression down a bit after two rough shaves with the Greager. The New LC is the mildest of the OC razors in my collection and does a great job with little irritation compared to some others. Throw in the Voskhod and it's a shave that should give my face some time to heal up before hitting the pain stick again. Route 66 and the Omega produced a perfect lather the first time. Get the brush wet enough, load it hard and it face lathers like a champ.

Two passes with no expectations on the result except to be blood free. I accomplished that plus a very nice DFS shave to boot. Alum was quiet and the Nivea was soothing. Combine that with the lanolin in the Route 66 and my face feels smooth, soft and fantastic. Another night with this razor should let my face resettle and then back to pain sticks on Tuesday. Now that I've spotted the wonky shaving head on the Greager I think I can adjust for it. We'll see.

Hope you had a great weekend. Mine started tonight and it couldn't have come soon enough. Past two days have been among the least enjoyable I can remember. This job would be perfect if it weren't for the customers.