SoS: July 9th, 2012 - July 15th, 2012

'11 Muehle R41
Rapira Swedish SS
Mystic Water Lavender Lime SS
Nivea Energy A/S w/ M Bomb

Slumberhouse - Flou

 

Bruce -- You seem to have an amazing number of remarkable razors ... how many do you have?

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: TABAC
Brush: Semogue SOC
Scuttle/Mug: Simpsons Mug
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some TABAC A/S

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush, AoS pre-shave oil
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK
Soap: TSD Egyptian Spice
Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor badger/boar mix
Razor: Fat Handle Tech with open comb head
Blade: Voskhod, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

 

Wednesday 11th July

Hot shower and facial scrub
Proraso Sensitive Pre/post shave cream
Fatip Piccolo loaded with a Feather
Semogue 1250 Brush
Jolly Shave cream
Home prepared Les Vinaigres des Toilette
Argan Oil
Clubman Classic Vanilla
Morgan's Classic Pomade

My post night duty shave. First time I have used the Jolly cream. A very pleasant scent and a great performer...... a three pass BBS:wave:

 

Wednesday Morning

Standard Prep (Eucerin cream, warm shower)
Omega 10083 Pro boar
MWF
Merkur 23c w/ Astra SP
Standard Post (Cetaphil Gentle cleanser, Nivea Sensitive)
Master BR AS

DFS by means of wtg, xtg, no touch-ups. After yesterdays irritation ... I'm ... content .

Final test on MWF ... final test = face lather. Was initially concerned about the strength of the scent ... not anymore. No problems experienced whatsoever with this soap. YMMV ... but no more than any other soap IMHO.

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(Wonder how many unique acronyms can fit in a SOTD post -- 11 is purely amateur at best! Give it your best shot!)
UAT (Unique Acronym Tally) = 11


[edit:added "SOTD" to specify which subset of posts I was referring to ... not! to intentionally add another acronym ... helped though)

 

Wednesday:

Razor - Gillette 1958 TV Special Superspeed
Blade - Vintage Pontiac carbon steel (3)
Brush - Vulfix 404 boar/badger
Lather - KMF unscented shaving cream
A/S - Mandom Lucido
Frag - Bogart for Men

 

Simpson - Bigilow - Royall - & Fatip/Durham hybred.

I've had a soft spot on my head for the Durham handle for a long time now. The orginal Durham had a really big head. Other heads I've tried (I got a lot of different heads available) either didn't match (to small) or looked stupid (EJ). When I saw the Fatip I noticed it was a larger than common head so thanks to BullGoose, my Fatip/Durham hybred exists. Looks about right, is very well balanced (Durham handle is a heavy chunk of brass) and shaves well. I'm happy.

 

Thanks! I have over 100. I lost count around 105. I have 47 shave ready straights in my rotation (or whenever I feel like using a particular one) The remainder are DE's, SE's and Injectors that I switch off to from time to time for a change of pace. I have recently taken the 12 step program however and now..... I am cured of RAD but, it's still "one day at a time" LOL

 

07/11/12, Wednesday. Bright sunny hot.

Hot shower starts my day off, while showering today's brush was warming

Brush choice for today Omega 48. I have been using my Semogues which have smaller knots then the Omega 48. Today the 48 seemed awkward and over sized.
The Semogues are spoiling me with their outstanding brush quality.

Today's razor a Gillette Gold Tech, its partner a Zorric blade. I find it interesting seems the second use of a blade is an improvement form the first day.

I chose Mama Bear's Hydrogen soap, the lather was rich and thick.

The last couple of weeks my shaves have been improving for several reasons. I find with the right blade and razor combos two passes to be sufficient. I have made a slight adjustment to my angle. Lastly my lather quality has been superior.

Today's shave was an excellent three passe shave, that delivered a fantastic DFS. Afterwards a refreshing cold water splash, facial rub down with RazoRock and a generous splash of Colonia.

 

WOW....that is a lot of razors. 47 "shave ready straights" is a lot of straight to have you your rotation, not to mention the the amount of money invested.

So Bruce, what cured your RAD?

 

That handle is very nice!

 

Do you see that wink? There are no 12 steps, there is NO cure.

 

Jeez, It's nice to know I don't have a problem, lol. Of course I'm not in a 12 step program.............yet.

 

I'm Broke! Actually, I have everything that I want but if I see something that really makes me sweat, well........

 

Beautiful Handle! You make these? Sweet!

 

(Top Pic) Burts Bee's all natural soap for men. The soap on the left pictured is locally made peppermint soap. For those of you that don't know, I try and stick with 100% natural products when it comes to putting things on my skin or in my body. And yes beer is natural (Bottom Pic) My shave line up consists of a Parker 22r DE razor, Shark Super Chrome Blades, Omega Shave Cream, Appalachian Heritage Cedarwood/Eucalyptus Shaving Soap, El Crapo Brush. (Sounds fancier that way lol) and mug. The soap in the dish is locally made also and 100% natural.

So as for the 10th

Burt's Bee's Soap (For face, body, and hair)
A.H. Cedarwood Soap
Parker 22R razor
Shark Super Chrome Blades

 

That handle/head combo looks great! Did you have to modify the handle? I have always skipped on the Durham Duplex since you can't find blades to fit them, but after seeing this I may have to buy one.

 

The Durham fits perfectly - no issues and seems happy.

 

Wednesday Shave:
Gillette Canadian Windsor Razor
Voskhod Blade
Franks Best Badger Brush
C. O. Bigelow Shave Cream
Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel

Today was the first time I have used the Windsor so I was a little cautious. Made two passes only so my shave was short of DFS - maybe FS. Way too early to make any firm judgements, but I did think the razor seemed less aggressive than an Old Type.