SoS: February 22, 2016 - February 28, 2016

nice lineup as usual

 

Excellent!

 

Good eye, 1847 + 100 year's later the 1947 Aristocrat in the same picture.
If you like real vintage you're going to like my planned SOTD for tomorrow since it
includes a recent 1927 Eaton's dept. store catalog I picked up yesterday paired with an old type of the same era.

 

Is your brush a Rubberset 400? I've never seen one with a colored handle.

 

Tuesday Planned SOTD



Razor: Rockwell 6S (S5)
Blade: Super Iridium (D5)
Brush: Paladin LE 2015 Blonde Badger butterscotch
Bowl: Symmetrical Pottery
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Oil: Saponificio Varesino
Shave Soap: Saponificio Varesino Tundra Artica
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Tundra Artica
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Is the Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream similar to an A.S. balm, like my Rise?

 

Great shot today!

 

SOTD - Monday 2/22

Razor - Merkur 39C "Sledgehammer"

Day number two with the 39c and this shave was nearly as awesome as shave #1. I say "nearly" only because I was in a hurry and did only 2 passes with touchups instead of the 3 passes I did Sunday. I really like the heavy feel of this razor and the long handle makes for easy maneuvering. I don't have large hands, but I have long fingers so the handle helps. I continued "faceturbating" all day; I couldn't help myself. I tried to look like I was stroking my chin, deep in thought. Not sure if I pulled it off. The only "gripe" I might have is that I it a little clumsy loading my first blade. But, this being my first 2-piece razor it was probably "user error". I'll see how it goes in a day or so when I change blades. So far, I'm more than happy!

 

That is a wonderful picture! What am I looking at?

 

My grandson gave it to me. I cherish whatever he does.

Bill

 

Cool photo. You dont want to part with that Cobra by chance do you?

 

Beautiful picture, I`m impressed.

Bill

 

Shave Secret, C.O. Bigelow & Williams
OS Grand Turk (35) / Marvy Omega #248
Gillette Superspeed Flair Tip D3 / Feather New Hi-Stainless
Alum block & Aqua Velva Ice Blue

I'm beginning to like Shave Secret. Using just three drops per shave will give months of service for less than five bucks. Thought I was done testing Super Lather, but along comes Menthol Monday! C.O.B. and a scraping of vintage Williams produced enough moist thick slick lather for several shaves. If you don't yet own a Flair Tip, think about it. This '58 model always gives great reduction, especially with a Feather blade. Quick swipe with an alum block, and a splash of Ice Blue for a great cool shave. Hope yours was as good.

 

Planned Tuesday SoTD

Mongoose razor
Feather Proguard blade
Rudy Vey Beehive 2 band brush
Ogallala Bay Rum, Sage and Cedar shave stick
Ogallala Bay Rum, Limes and Peppercorns aftershave
L'Occitane Eau de Baux edt

 

February Focus - German blades DONE! Best of the Best to the Finish!

February 22

Razor - RazoRock TTO
Blade - (1)
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Soap - Tabac
Post - Cold rinse, Alum, Styptic, lots of cussing

Well THAT didn't work like I'd planned. After three weeks of trying out German blades and having pretty good luck even with the worst of the bunch I decided to finish the last 8 days with four of my favorites. The best of the best! Starting with the Bic Chrome Platinum. @Jasman introduced me to this fine blade last year and it is one of my favorites. Smooth, sharp, comfortable. All around great blade. So what could possibly go wrong?

Well, my choice of razors, that's what. My RazoRock TTO doesn't get much love from me and, the last time I used it, I discovered a defect in one side on the lather scupper. It's not major but did call into question the quality control efforts of RazoRock. And, it's always seemed a bit aggressive but that's ok. I don't mind aggressive DE's. However, I think after today's shave I'm relegating it to the "collection" part of my drawer. At first it felt like an aggressive shave with the Bic, but the result was going well and the blade itself was excellent as always. The first pass, in fact, had me happily shaving along. Second pass, XTG, right side was ok if a bit aggressive. Left side produced a nice bloody nick on my upper cheek. It felt like the blade jumped just a bit. But, I know how the Bic is normally and I can't blame the blade nor my technique. This thing just was rough on the pass. I flipped it to the other edge and went back to the right side to try again and nailed myself again. Both sides seemed off. Now, with blood running down both cheeks I rinsed the razor well and checked blade alignment. No problem at all.

It was at that point that I noticed how red my neck was as well. Wow. Two passes to a bloody burning mess. Enough for me. I rinsed, used a cold cloth for pressure then hit the alum. Burn baby burn! Styptic to finally stop the bleeding on the left cheek and a lot of choice words along the way. I didn't even bother with the Nivea for fear it would just make it burn longer.

To prove the blade blameless I'm switching to my 1959 Ball End Tech tomorrow with the same blade. If it goes off as well as I expect (and expected today), we'll have the proof of the fault of the RazoRock. Shaver beware!

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Thanks!
From left to right:
Older, kinda elaborate cartridge razor.
A vintage soap stick container (that today contained a stick of Palmolive)
Vintage 1900-1910 scuttle made in England
New Forest brush in Tigris Perla handle
4711 cologne

 

23.ii.2016

 

GOOD MORNING TSD!!! SOTD 02/23/16

Gillette Slim(set on 7)
Crown Stainless(2)
E-Shave Badger
E-Shave Orange Sandalwood Cream
Cold Water Rinse,Alum Block
E-Shave Orange Sandalwood A/S Balm
Stephan Bay Rum A/S

This mornings shave was very smooth and uneventful every thing came together for a BBS finish!!
I'm really happy with the E-Shave products I've been using,very high quality stuff.
Sorry no picture this A.M. had a late night and no time to take one.

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!!!

 

Great shot.
Excellent products.