SoS: August 22, 2016 - August 28, 2016

Great setup and picture.

 

Simpson Duke 3 Best / La Saponeria Artigiana - Coco / Fatip Piccolo / Feather / Proraso AS

 

Merkur 1904 open comb razor
generic DE blade
Maggard 22mm black synthetic brush
Nivea Sensitive shaving cream
Skin Bracer aftershave

 

Shave 9 today. I went back to the Never Fail today. I'm saving the ERN for now until my technique gets better. The end result was slightly better again. But my focus for now has shifted to improving the first pass reduction.

AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap
T&H Wellington
Nielsen's Never Fail
Osma Alum Block
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving everyone - Karl

 

I'm in Europe sp hopefully they'll sell it too me. Thanks for the tip.

 

Thursdays shave
I got a couple of shaves bowls from my Mum yesterday
I'll write more on them in the haul later.
One of them is this wonderful Japanese bowl that performs brilliantly.


Razor - Gillette Aluminium Tech
Blade - Gillette Silver Blue
Brush - Razorock Plissoft
Lather - Old Spice shaving cream
Aftershave - Old Spice

 

Good setup and a beautiful razor.

 

Very good Old Spice shave.

 

Friday's freeze:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/Astra day 5
First Canadian Polar Vortex S/S
Lucky Tiger A/S Cream
Osage Rub A/S Splash
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui E/D/T

This Polar Vortex is a great Canadian face-freezing soap with amazing lather and pretty good skincare. The Lucky Tiger/Rubby Dubby Doo combination is made in heaven!

A wonderful weekend to everyone in advance!

 

Very good setup mon ami.

 

Great looking setup and picture.

 

Thanks so much. It's great to use a nice Canadian-made soap once in a while!

 

A suribachi bowl! Nice!! Now that's a cool mom!

 

Another brilliant #SOTD with the 0.68mm scalloped @Timelessrazor base plate
Here it's coupled with a BRW handle - just to mix things up
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Great pic!

 

Decided to try out the Canadian Bostonian razor that I got today with a Rapira Swedish Supersteel blade. FS Badger brush, Menthol PSO, Proraso Green, Witch Hazel and Stetson Black After Shave Balm. This was a great combination that gave me an excellent BBS shave. All I can compare it to is a Fatboy vs. a Superspeed. It seems that the extra weight of this razor compared to my other open combs really gives it an extra edge while shaving.

 

It is a great store. Excellent selection and nice staff customer service. I am lucky enough to be somewhat close, something I do not take fir granted.

There is a pharmacy in NY called Pausers or something like that, they have a good selection on the east coast. Smallflower is another in the Chicago area.

 

SHAVE OF THE DAY


Prep: Occams crushed lime
Razor: Icon X3/ Maggard
Blade: Persona Med Prep (2nd shave)
Brush: Fine Angel Hair Synthetc
Soap: Viking Citron
Post: Reef Point Admiralty Balm



Second shave with Viking soap, this time I went with the Citroën sample. The sample tin is a nice size tin with a nice amount of soap. The Citron has a nice menthol touch, not too stronG but just the right amount. The Fine Brush was prefect for loadinG from this tin. Added a bit more water than yesterday and was rewarded with super slick lather, almost dropped the razor a few times. Super stoked about this newcomer to the den, the people at Viking have done their homework and made a great formula. Very happy with their soap. Got a great shave and finished off with Admiralty Balm for a cool menthol post shave. Hope everyone else had great results as well.

 

Very good setup and picture.