SoS: July 23rd, 2012 - July 29th, 2012

Sunday:
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
H.I.S. synthetic brush
TSD Tobacco Leaf Lanolin Soap & Tobacco Leaf Wheat Cream/Ayar's Bowl
Gillette Red Tip/Radira Swedish Super Steel (1)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's WH
TSD Tobacco Leaf splash mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

This was my first time with a Red Tip and a first for the Rapira Swede.Very nice shave indeed,2 pass face,1 pass head,some touch-up work on the dome.I found the Red Tip to be a lil more aggressive than my 40's style Super Speed but really not by much,maybe better feedback as well.My first time with the Swedish Super Steel and I like it already,very nice BBS shave.TSD Tobacco Leaf continues to impress me with scent and performance.The splash goes on strong but quickly fades to the point where I can detect it.This is not a overbearing aftershave and probably not for everyone.This is a real Tobacco Leaf scent,the soap almost reminds me of Balkan Sobranie cigarettes and the pipe tobacco.The aftershave smells more like a cigar leaf,at least to me.Well worth checking it out if you've been looking for more of a tobacco leaf rather than a tobacco flower,like Tabac,Vitos Colonia Tabacco and Alt-Innsbruck.

 

Sunday:

Proraso Pre / Musgo Real SC / Omega Pro boar brush / EJ 89L w/ Gillette Yellow EverSharp blade / RazoRock alum / Aqua Velva a/s

 

SOTD Sunday 7-29-2012

French Yvonnett Old Type Razor wins the Gold!
Wilkinson Stainless Blade
Classic Brand Jasmine SS in Lord Nelson Scuttle
Semogue 1460 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Brut Original ASB
No. 4711 EDC (Old Granny Juice)

I hope everyone is enjoying the Olympics. England is showing her true class and doing an outstanding job. The Brits can be very proud of this amazing venue!

 

A razor by any other name might shave as sweet...or no name at all for that matter.....

Wow I just saw todays entry.....That pictures certainly wins the Gold....

Man...this is an example of the power of art......It's 8:30 pm here in Istanbul....so I was going to slide on my shave today....but after seeing Stroker's photo....I have to get a shave from my Open Comb....I'll be right back

 

Thanks Lloyd! I think the no-name French razor is a L'Essor. I noticed the same razor in another forum today and I'm almost positive that is what it is. Now at least I have a brand name for it and can quit saying "un-branded" or "no-name" !

 

I'm back.....All these beautiful pics, I had to grab a shave myself.....

Hey Man...If it gives a great shave, then it's something special.....and Your's is beautiful.....I checked out those straight teeth which give her that "Come Hither Smile"....made me want to visit my lovely Senator from Alabama....

And she must have been glad to see me...the shave was fantastic....thanks for the inspiration....
I'm going to post that shave now....

 

Sundays Shave
Arko Shave Stick-1st pass + Arko Ice Mint SC-2nd pass
Omega 10029 baby-pro boar
1938 Gillette Senator OC TTO
Perma-Sharp Super d1
Rebul Manderine Colonia

Wow!! I was going to slide on my shave today but Bruce's Photos of his Open Comb got me going, and I'm glad they did....
I feel great!

 

Hey, Lloyd, glad to be a motivator! You know, a shave is the fourth thing us old guys should never pass up! (you know what the first three are, I'm sure! lol)

 

Sunday
TSD Preshave
Dubl Duck 6/8"
Semogue 1520
TSD Coconut Lime Verbena
Cold Water Rinse
Brut

 

Sunday
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: Proraso Sandalwood
Razor: Gem Damaskeene
Blade: Gem PTFE
Pre: 3P
Post: Proraso AS Balm
Hair Groom: Vitalis
Result: DFS

 

Sunday July 29

Razor: Schick B2 Repeating Razor
Brush: Whippeddog Silvertip
Soap: Uncle Pooleys w/ KMF unscented
AS: Nivea Sensitive w/ Pinaud Clubman

Pretty good shave today. I couldn't get a stable lather from the soap so I gave it a shot of KMF and fixed it right up. It has a very nice woodsy scent but the lather I got was really thin and airy. This was only the 2nd or 3rd shave with my injector but it was pretty smooth. I'll have to get the hang of it a little better.

 

Sunday shave.
OCMM/GEM PTFE
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Gada Cool Mint SC
Ceramic bowl
Cold water splash
Mayor Energy Platinum AS splash
Smooth and frosty Sunday! Going to become a Menthol Monday too!

 

Dmitry, remember this - I'll make sure you always have Gada Cool Mint in your house. I know how much you love it!

 

Sunday 29th July

Hot shower and facial scrub
3P Pre/Post cream
Muhle R106/Gillette Bleue Extra
Semogue 1800 Brush
L'Occitane Cade Soap
Home Prepared Les Vinaigres des Toilette
Somersets ASB
Jovan Black Musk AS
Morgan's Classic Pomade

Another excellent shave with this razor/blade combination. I have been sticking with the Semogue 1800 as it is a new brush I bought some time ago and had never used. It needs a little breaking in!

 

Sunday, July 29, 2012, Shaving Ritual

Razor: 68 Slim Gillette Adjustable (N4) (set on 9)
Blade: Blind Blade Test Blade 5 (1st use)
Brush: Lions Head Silvertip
Cream: TOBS Sandalwood
A/S: Alum & Cold Water Rinse
A/S: Captains Choice Bay Rum Sample

Today is day one of blade five in the Blind Blade Test; midpoint of the blade test.

 

Blind Blade Test, Shave of the Day (SOTD) Sunday July 29, 2012

Prep: Brush soaking in hot water, face scrub with TSD Sandalwood soap, Tepid Water Shower
Razor: 1965 Gillette Slim Adjustable set to 9
Blade: Blind Blade Test Blade #4, Shave #2
Brush: VIe-Long LE Beehive Natural Horse Hair
Soap: Tabac
AS: Canoe
Post: Cold Water Rinse, Alum, Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash Of Aftershave.

This is day nine of the blind blade test, which is the second shave with blade number four.

Per the guidelines of the test I will not be posting my results of the blade, as we do not want other participants to be influenced by our own shaving experience. At the end of the test, I will be posting my complete daily journal.

All variables remain the same accept for the aftershave, which today is a Canoe.

This scent brings back a lot of memories for me, as it was the scent that my bio-father wore a lot. For those that have not wore it, the intial scent is a powdery one similar to Clubman. I find the largest difference are the more vanilla and oakmoss notes, but is is close enough to clubman it could be confused for it.

The Tabac continues to amaze me...just look at that jar, I cannot close the lid as the puck is larger than when I put it in. So not only is it the best tallow based soap, it must have a magical ability, as it grows and grows and grows. Maybe it will have the same effect on my whiskers and I can shave more.

 

I might just have to get myself some Tabac after all....

 

Sunday...ooo sneaking it in!



Aristocrat
The Colonel
Red Personna
Martin de Candre
DR Harris Marlborough

All I can say is...WOW!