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

Wednesday:

Soak Brush Semogue SOC/DB Brush Scuttle(2 ice cubes and cold water)
warm shower
Proraso PrePost cream
Klar Kabinett (face lathered)
Slim Adj. set on 7/Gillette Silver Blue (2)
Cold water rinse/ice cube rub
Monster Block Alum
Cold water rinse/ice cube rub
Thayer's Rose Petal WH mixed with some Roberts Rosewater
The Veg mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

Nice and smooth 2 pass face,1 pass headshave,BBS all around.I love the Silver Blues in this razor,very nice shave indeed.

 

Wednesday!

Warm Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
AOS Lemon SC
Lord L6
Gillette 7OC Black (3)
Cool Water Rinse
TSD Lavender ASM
Victoria's Secret "Very Sexy" Perfume

Have a great day!

 

SOTD Wednesday 7-25-2012

Gillette Open Comb/1904 Handle
Wilkinson Stainless Blade
Classic Shaving Lilac SS in Vintage OS Mug
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Brut Original ASB
Brut Original Cologne

I have been working early in the morning to avoid the heat so I'm switching to DE's for awhile. These hurried straight shaves are taking a toll on my fingers! (I seem to hack myself a lot during the blade cleaning process.) The shaves have been great but at this rate I won't have any fingers left to hold the razor!

 

Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MEM
Brush: Semogue LE 2010 Silvertip
Scuttle/Mug: DB Bill Bowl
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Amber

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, AoS pre-shave oil
CD: Jars of Clay ~ Jars of Clay
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK
Soap: TSD SOTQ A3 - Jelly Donut + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: 24mm silvertip set in red mallee burl
Razor: Merkur 34C set in red mallee burl
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

 

Wednesday
Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Voskhod
Simpsons Chubby CH1
Tabac
Brut A/S

Felt it was time for a 38C revisit. Smooth shave, really regret not getting the 34C instead just cause of the handle length.

 

Rotbart No15
Feather
Rooney 3/3 Finest
QCS Vostok SS
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S w/ M Bomb

SMN - Pot Pourri

 

Wednesday

Honeybee unscented soap
Mühle hjm black fibre brush
EJ DE89l
Gillette Super Platinum blade (blue)
Cold rinse
Gold Bond lotion

The cat was in his basket on the bathroom counter, but never even opened an eye during my shave ritual!

 

Wednesday 07/25/2012

Shower and Shave

Hot shower.
Proraso glycerin~~~~ facial prep
Vulfix 28~~~~today's brush
Pre' de Provence Shea Butter Savon A Raser~~~today's soap choice
Gillette old style open comb~~~today's razor
Gillette Thin, vintage~~~blade choice
Cold water splash, RazoRock alum, Three Flowers, Tet-A-Tet balm~~~post shave

The Vulfix boar is a great little brush every soap that challenges it, easily succumbs into mounds of great lather. The Gillette old style open comb with a vintage Gillette Thin, day two was somewhat smoother. Thankfully we have stainless steel blades today, which are a vast improvement over the older carbon one. It has been interesting to experience a total vintage shave. Three passes today resulted in a DFS.

 

Vulfix 41 - TOBS St James - Gillette Rocket

 

Weber Classic Handle DLC
KAI (2)
TOBS Avocado SC
Rudy Vey Vintage Restore Finest Badger
TSD 2x iced Cracklin' Firewood Splash
Lab Series Balm
Music-Johnny Winter

-KAI much smoother; not sure it's from the TOBS Avocado (my lather was a bit on the watery side yesterday) or it was
tamed by having a shave on it already. Either way it was a very smooth pleasant DFS

 

Wednesday Morning

A trip to the mountains today to escape the heat, so a respectable shave before leaving ...

Pre (Eucerin, warm shower)
Omega 10083 Pro boar
T&H Ultimate Comfort SC
Merkur 23c w/ Kai
Post (Cetaphil, cold water rinse)
Master Bay Rum

DFS by means of wtg, xtg, no touch-up. Respectable, comfortable, presentable. Give only a DFS, since around 5:00 pm I was was working on quite the manly shadow.

Was around 25 - 30 degrees (Fahrenheit) cooler in the mountains than here in the valley. Very nice! Will post a pic in a second.



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Good morning, everyone!

My Thursday shave:

Musgo Real pre shave oil
Logona Mann shave cream
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush in horn imitate, with Silver Tip Fibre
Gillette Sensor loaded with a new cartridge (2 blades = “double edge”?? ;-)
Bloc Osma Alum
Speick Men after shave

Quick and sufficiently good for the workday especially as I will be leaving early today. Would rate it a FS.

 

shower
Muhle R106
Personna Red #4
SWK XL Scuttle
Semogue 830
ARKO soap stick
ARKO maximum comfort cologne
ARKO maximnm comfort balm

 

Thursday's shave

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: Palmolive stick
• Razor: Ugly Duckling
• Blade: Personna blue (#2)
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: cold water rinse

Full BBS.

Have a nice day all!

 

Thursday, July 26

5/8 Krusius Bros KB Extra-66 (1st pass)
Gem Push Button (2 passes)
GEM (T. Pella SS PTFE ) (d1)
Preshave Oil Blend + M-Bomb
Renaissance Man Black Amber S/S
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Old Spice Pure Sport
Result: Got a full single pass from the KB without issue. Feeling like a BBS.

 

6/8 Toyo
Tabac
homemade grade A, 22mm
Stephan Lilac

Just riding the wave of nice shaves this week, same razor, same soap. New brush today, though. I set the loft at 50mm temporarily. I'll try a couple shaves and see how I like it but suspect it will end up a little lower. If it ends up around 46mm it will probably end up in a different handle. Have a good one. Brush of the day but not the razor used today.


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July 26, 2012

Holtz Apfell
6/8ths, full hollow, round point
Omega faux ivory boar
Kappus aloe vera s/c
Old Spice a/s
Old Spice e de c

It rained all night and it's blessedly cool here in Toronto. Is there anything better than listening to a summer rainstorm beat on your windows?

This old Holtz is a razor I don't use much because,frankly, I think it's ugly. Still,"Handsome is as handsome does." and no matter what it looks like this one does just fine. I think I'll use it more in the future.

Have a great day, everyone.

Graham

 

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 2
Lea Menthol SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Osage Rub AS
Obsession for Men EDT

I enjoyed this shave so much this morning - 3 passes gave me an absolutely glass table BBS face. The Lea Menthol cream is so nice - the scent, the rich, creamy lather, and the powerful cooling sensation all appeal to me so much. The Diana Sport balsam and the Osage Rub not only added lots of extra iciness, they made my eyes water and my nose run a little!