SoS: May 14th, 2012 - May 20th, 2012

Nice fountain pen! And great presentation!

 

Tuesday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth, rice bran oil marinade while lathering up
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger / boar
• Cream: Palmolive Classic
• Razor: Schick Injector G1
• Blade: Personna stainless coated (#3)
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up

Nice & comfy BBS today!
I like the razor & its performance. It's an easy shaver. I kinda miss the weight like my other razors have, though. It feels so light! Guess it's just something to get used to.

Have a nice day!

 

Tuesday:

Razor - Wilkinson Sticky
Blade - Indian Wilkinson (4)
Brush - Vintage "B5" Simpsons (24mm/55mm)
Lather - Cella
A/S - Thayers Witch Hazel
Frag - British Sterling by Dana

 

Tuesday
EJ DE87 + Feather
Simpsons Berkeley
MWF
Cold Water Rinse
Old Spice Classic

Yes I cheated on my straight razors - DON'T JUDGE ME!

 

Of course we will judge you, but we still love you.

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB
CD: 25 Blues Masters, vol 3
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK
Soap: TSD Florida Water Type
Brush: 24mm silvertip set in red malee burl
Razor: Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Astra SP, day 2, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, Sean John Unforgivable, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 5 blades

Just another great shave!

 

My Wednesday shave ritual at the gym:

Calani Lavender shave soap
Mühle Travel shave brush in Nickel with Silver Tip Fibre
Musgo Real pre shave oil
’60 British Gillette Flare Tip Rocket
BIC Chrome Platinum blade (2nd shave)
D.R. Harris Bar Rum after shave

 

Tuesday
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: Proraso Sandalwood
Razor: Schick G type.
Blade: Chinese Schick
Pre: Hot towel
Post: Proraso As Balm
Hair Groom: Vitalis
Result: DFS

 

May 14th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: Rapira Super Stainless (2)
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Soap/Cream: T&H Sandalwood SC
Post: 5Savages AS (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne)
AS: T&H Sandalwood ASB
BBS!


May 15th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: Rapira Super Stainless (3)
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Soap/Cream: GFT Sandalwood SC
Post: 5Savages AS (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne)
AS: T&H Sandalwood ASB
BBS-


Alternating between GFT and T&H creams, I find I get more lather per given volume of cream with GFT. I also find that I enjoy the GFT sandalwood scent better than T&H. But when compared for performance, I'm not seeing much of a difference. It's all moot, however, since I'm not going to buy either one of these when I'm done with my samples.

I'm still getting a BBS to near BBS shave from this Rapira blade, but tonight's shave left me a little irritated. I think a lot of that is due to using too much pressure tonight though.

 

Shower / EJ Pre Shaving Cream / Merkur Progress loaded with Shark SS / Semogue 2000 / Williams soap (new) / Thayers Witch hazel / Denim Illusion​

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Simple Face Wash Gel​

Razor Feather AS - D1​

Feather Blade​

Brush Le Tuft Le Une Grande​

Palmolive Stick​

Alum & Witch Hazel​

Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15​

Penhaligon's Castile EDT​

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Jamie.​

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Two pass shave, without doubt a BBS finish after wiping out two days growth, you always get a far better shave IMO when you dont shave daily.​

 

Wednesday's shave:

Lucky Tiger Lemon Facial Cream / Cleaner
Hot Towel
Stephan SC as pre-shave
Hot towel again
Vie-Long premium horse hair brush
Speick SC
Becker Scuttle
Muhle open comb R41 razor w/ Derby Extra blade 1st shave
Hot / Cold water rinse
Alum block
Speick AS

This was my first time using the R41. It is a very aggressive razor, even more so then my Merkur Slant Bar. Got a very close shave with this razor. I was very satisfied with a very slick three pass BBS shave. Do not apply any pressure to this razor when shaving. I did not suffer any weepers. However if I would of not let the razor do it's job I could see it becoming cut city. This was also my first shave with the Vie-Long premium Horse Hair brush. This is my second Vie-Long Horse hair in my collection of brushes. I must say they are my two favorites. They out perform my badgers hands down. This one pictured is a lathering champ!

 

Today I poured a little 'Pour Un Homme De Caron' EdT, into my shaving mug with the Arko Stick smuched in the bottom....then a squirt of Arko Ice Mint shave cream...The lather was voluminous, and smelled heavenly. No water in the mug just the cologne, but the brush was wet....I was afraid the uber-lather thing would have watered down the Menthol effect of the 'Ice Mint' SC...didn't happen...face is still cold...
Did 4 passes...WTG, XTG-left, XTG-right, ATG...with my '55 Schick Hydro-magic/Personna-Long's Drug combo...usually a 2 pass combo, but today was an experiment....and using a 2 finger low handle hold with negative pressure with this super light razor was the most important part...
Results were 'Heaven-Sent'......maybe a hallmark BBS...I'm not even gonna try to keep my hands off my face today...

PS...BTW....you know, these Schick Injectors with a sharp-blade just might be the easiest ATG shavers of all....If anybody is bothered by having a problem with making those ATG passes...they owe it to themselves to try one....Even those 'problem' spots like my chin...If I hold the skin taught, this razor just glides ATG without a hitch...and no need to hold the skin anywhere else...At least for me anyway...

 

It's a #6 Turkish horsehair. It's a terrific brush.

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 6
Lord Emofresh SC
444 AS Balsam/Osage Rub AS Splash
Obsession for Men EDT

This Lord Emofresh cream gives tons and tons of some of the richest lather I've ever experienced, and it has a very nice scent. The menthol effect is rather light, but the 444/Osage Rub duo really intensify it. Although the Rapira blade is pretty well at the end, it gave me a terrific BBS shave.

 

Wednesday morning, May 16, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (3)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap w/ hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Wednesday
'63 Slim Adjustable + Feather
Semogue 1520
TSD Interception
Cold Water Rinse
Brut

Looking forward to my SOC getting here, starting to go back to boar love!

 

Wednesday, May 16

EJ DE86
Feather (d2)
Renaissance Man Black Amber S/S
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Dominica Bay Rum Lime
Result: BBSville. Day 2 on a Feather is heaven.

 

Wednesday:

Razor - Wilkinson Sticky
Blade - Indian Wilkinson (5)
Brush - Semogue 2010 Badger & Blade Custom Boar
Lather - Mike's Lavandin & Eucalyptus soap
A/S - Mandom Lucido
Frag - Annick Goutal Vetiver

 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: TABAC
Brush: Semogue 1305
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some TABAC After Shave