SoS: June 4th, 2012 - June 10th, 2012

Monday - Day one on my course
Merkur 37C + Gillette 7 o'clock yellow
Simpsons Berkeley
RazoRock Nonno Michelino Soap + MBomb
RazoRock Nonno Michelino ASB

Beautiful shave, those 7 o'clock yellows are smooth (Thanks Luke!) I just brought 1 razor, 1 brush, 2 soaps with me here on course, and 1 ASB but a nice assortment of blades at least (Thanks again to Luke!) I'm starting to like getting to know Merkur again, hopefully it doesn't kill my desire for the Feather razor. Guess we'll see by the time I get home in July.

 

Monday, 6/4/12

Pre: MRGLO, Family Dollar Deep Cleansing Skin Cream
Soap: RazoRock XXX
Brush: Semogue 2030 Pure Badger
Razor: Fatip open comb Polished Nickel, with an Ikon Bulldog Handle
Blade: Astra Superior Premium Platinum
Post: Alum, Dickinson’s Witch Hazel
A/S: Captain's Choice​

Posted this in the wrong thread so I will re post it here.
The Fatip with an Ikon Bulldog handle makes a very good combination for me. It is shorter but heavier than the Grande handle. A three pass BBS shave with no nicks or weepers.​

 

Happy Birthday, Rich!

 

Good morning.

This week is going to be a busy one at work; I will therefore keep my SoS Posts short and sweet (as I am writing them at the office).

Tuesday’s shave:

Martin de Candre ‘Savon de Marseille’ face wash
Calani Purissima shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
1960 British Gillette Flare Tip Rocket
Feather blade (2.)
D.R. Harris Marlborough after shave

A quick 1-pass shave, as there was not much left anyway, stubble was reluctant showing itself.

 

Monday afternoon pre work shave

hot shower
proraso pre shave
proraso green soap
omega badger
feather as-d1
feather yellow blade
cold water rinse
aqua-velva as

great, smooth, DFS!

 

Monday Morning

Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Rapira
Soap/Cream: Mama Bear's Lilac Ice
Brush: Vie-Long 14832 Horse Hair
AS: Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

Results: DFS

 

That is a beautiful handle! Nice razor!

 

(Sorry for the double post...using my phone)

Those yellows are awesome! I'm happy to hear you you took some of the stuff with you!

 

Monday June 4th

Pre Shave: Hot Shower
Razor: Cheap Derby
Blade: Persona
Brush: Van Der Hagen
Shave Cream: C.O. Bigelow
After Shave: Nivea

I did 3 passes f0r a BBS shave. I ordered an EJ 89L, Omega 10048, and a blade sampler pack. I can't wait for it to get here.

 

Couldn't NOT take new Gillettes and Personnas with me! Glad to see the injectors are good! They didn't agree with me one single bit, so I figured I should give them a loving home where they would be used.

 

Menthol Monday June 4

Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Gillette Red Tip SS
Blade: Astra SP
Soap/Cream: Proraso Green (old formula)
Brush: Omega 599 Silvertip
AS: Nivea Sensitive balm followed by Aqua Velva Iced Sport

Results: BBS I need to break out the Proraso more often this stuff is amazing. A very cold shave for a rainy day today. It feels good after getting razor burn yesterday so bad. The new blade did wonders for me. I guess at 10cents a blade I can afford to change it every few shaves.

 

Happy Birthday, Rich! Hope you've enjoyed that shave of yours.

 

Very nice NEW, Nick, she looks stunning.

 

SOTD 5-06-2012

Pre : Shower
Razor : Muhle R41
Blade : Feather (2)
Brush : Semogue LE 2011 # 1 Bristle
Cream / Soap : Cella Red tub
ASL : 4711 Portugal (from my business trip in Tokyo )

 

Prep Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Soap
Razor Thiers Issard Dreadnought 7/8 in blue box elder burl
Brush Le Tuft 59 in Buckeyed Burl
Shaving cream Vulfix Persian Musk
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Baux Balm
L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau de parfum​

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Jamie.​

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A lovely set up and a lovely shave two pass shave very minor touch up.​

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Injector week - Monday night shave




DFS-

I have been on an injector trip lately and this week is my E type.
The E is held alot diffrent then the I type from last week.
Alot more aggressive I would say IMO at least.
I give it a few days and I'll find my groove.

The lather of the DVH is almost creamy feels great on the skin in a cool water lather.
I ended up with a few micro weapers and a few scratchy patches along the jaw line all technique related.

My frankenblam ran dry last shave so I have a new mix for this week:
aprox 50 ml boosters polar ice
20 drops m-bomb
1 table spoon old prorasso pre/post cream


So nice feelin' like ice.

until the next moon

-awake

 

Tuesday, June 5
59’ E1 Fatboy (dialed to 8)
Gillette Silver Blue (d2)
Tabac SS
Ever Ready Boar 100T
Clubman –Vanilla

 

Tuesday
Injector Week

Schick E2 injector
Schick blade
Semogue 1438
TOBS Sandalwood
Aqua Velva

 

Tuesday:

Turkish Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 2
Nanny's Ice & A Slice SS
444 AS Balsam/Osage Rub AS Splash
Obsession for Men EDT

My first shave with this Nanny's Ice & A Slice soap and I think it's fantastic. The scent is so lovely - to me anyway, it's quite bay rummy with a very pronounced menthol note. It lathers very well, and it has a POWERFUL cooling sensation which I love, with goat's milk for extra skincare. The 444 balsam and the Osage Rub are a formidable menthol duo!