SoS: January 30th, 2012 ~ February 5th, 2012

Great idea! I personally declare this week 'A Straight Razor shave week' for me. It happened that I abandoned my straights for some time because of a hurry. To correct that, why not to dedicate a whole week (I wish it could be month!) for the straights.

 

Glad your getting back in the game.

 

Hot Shower / Pears Soap Fase Wash / EJ Pre Shaving Cream / Muhle R106 / SuperMax Blade (Made in India ) / Semogue 830 / Schwarzweisskeramik XL Scuttle / Palmolive Stick in Bowl / Pinaud Orginal​

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Wish I had a str8

 

Monday, January 30, 2012 - Midnight Shave

Prep :: Shower, glycerin
Razor :: Gillette Old Type /w BRW Handle
Blade :: Personna Med. Prep. (1)
Soap :: MWF (Face Loaded)
Brush :: Rudy Vey Omega Boar
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH + Rosewater
AS :: RazoRock Wax

I didn't shave this weekend, but the Old Type and Med. Prep. had no problems removing the whiskers. The Med. Prep. was the first blade I ever used when I started wet shaving and it remains one of my top three blades. If you've never tried one, they are so smoooth and great in aggressive razors. This was a 3 pass, testosterone injected keeper of a shave.

Have a great week everybody!

 

L'Occitane Bavx soap
Feather AS - D1
Feather Blade 3
Simpsons Chubby 1 in Super
Vulfix Persian Musk
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
Coty Raw Vanilla Eau De Cologne

Jamie.

Fantastic shave three days growth wiped out in a instant, two pass shave no touch up required. I promise to post a Straight shave later in the week.

 

Good morning to all and have a nice week!
Monday morning shave:
Brush: Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Soap: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet
Razor: Gillette Slim Adj. (@6-4)
Blade: Gillette Bleue Extra (day 2)
ASL: 4711
Cologne: 4711

 

Menthol Monday

Gillette Tech
Feather day 1
D.R. Harris H3 best badger brush
TSD Iced Sandalwood SS
TSD Iced Eucalyptus Witch Hazel
Proraso splash



After loading the brush I accidently dropped the brush in the sink. Because I already had planned to use more water I just gently shook out the brush and started face lathering. In the end it was a little to wet, but it showed that the brush needs a lot more water then I expected.
DF mentholated sandalwood S.

 

Menthol Monday!
TSD preshave balm (thanks, JoAnna!)
4/8 Rebell (thanks, herzi/Stefan!)
Vie-Long horsehair brush
TSD ISZ soap (thanks again, JoAnna!)
Nivea lotion

Nice and smooth! DFS+ from the first straight shave in about.... a month, maybe.
BTW can somebody tell a couple of words about that Rebell brand? The razor has a number 10 and a word "Rebell"...

 

Gem OCMM
Gem Stainless PTFE
Semogue 2000
Bigelow SC
TSD ISZ Witch hazel

 

Good Morning Ladies and Gents. Had a late shave on Sat., and didn't need to shave yesterday day morning, so today I finally got to take my new R-41 for a test drive. Beautiful razor, but I still need to learn its angles, as I got bit a couple of times. Brand new blade, that I usually love, so I don't think that is the culprit either. Glad that styptic pencil was in the back of the drawer, maybe it was just wantn' to feel some love too. Outside of the nicks, it was pretty great shave though.

Coffee: World Market Costa Rican
Razor: R-41
Blade: Store Personna
Brush: VDH badger
Cream: Godrej Menthol
Post: Hazelwood Soap Co. ASL

 

Happy Monday From Florida!

Hot Shower
Chubbz I
Noxzema SC
R-41
Voskhod (1)
Cold Water Rag
Svoboda Vitamin F ASC
A.V. Ice Sport

Super Easy 2 Pass DFS!

Have a great day Ya'll!

 

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Williams Menthol SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Floid Classic AS

I really enjoyed this Menthol Monday Shave a lot - the only thing which makes me a little sad is this is my last tube of Williams Menthol cream, and I heard it might have been discontinued. I really love this cream. The Floid Classic aftershave has such a nice barbershop-type scent.

 

Monday
coffee: Mehmet Effendi Turkish
prep: hot water rinse/face lathered Arko SC-let sit a couple mins./hot water rinse
lather: Arko Maximum Comfort SC
brush: Omega 10029 Baby-Pro, boar
razor: 1938 Gillette Senator One-Piece
blade: new Derby Extra
post: cold water rinse/Arko-Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS splash

Another GREAT shave for the record books....2 pass perfection plus touch-up...Derbs still knocking me out! And this Arko Maximum Comfort SC is so lubricating and slick...I love it...And the Senator continues to bat a thousand and consistantly knock them out of the park....

Good morning to all, and to all a good week...

 

iKon Modern
Polsilver
M&F Emillion
QCS Celestial Woods SC Loaded with 4gtts of M Bomb
Boosters Moss Wood A/S


Serge Luten - Chergui

 

Monday



Autostrop
Feather (1)
TGN Silvertip
Proraso Preshave
Proraso Soap
Proraso Splash

I am loving the Proraso. It isn't as protective as I would like, but it's the best cheap soap I have! The menthol kick it adds makes the morning shaves most welcome! It was only a two pass this morning, and I was so excited about face lathering, I forgot to apply the preshave before my second pass. Needless to say I think my razor was trying to 'autostrop' my top lip off. The Feather SEs are WAY too sharp for my face to handle unprotected (for their first shave), so I use the preshave and that adds a lot of protection!

 

Monday morning, January 30, 2012

Schick I2 Hydro-magic w/ Schick Blade (3)*
Omega 10066 Boar Bristle Brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!



*Lloyd says, "If Aston Martin made a safety razor"!

 

Wee Scott Brush
Arko Stick
Gem MMOC
Ted Pella Blade
Dr Harris Arlington Splash
Phyto Expert AS Balm
Music-First Aid Kit (great alternative, female volcalists-found it on free download from itunes and bought the album)

-DFS. Borrowed the brush from Stuart-it does a great job but it's definitely a lot more work to cover all of the real estate of my face.