SoS: October 10, 2016 - October 16, 2016

Thanks amigo!

 

Friday's


Dove Men Face Wash
L'OCCITANE Cade
Jayaruh Bumble Bee
Micromatic OC
CVS 009 RD
CWR, Asma Alum Block
T.N. Dickinson's WH
Pinaud Vegetal

The L'OCCITANE Cade Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh Bumble Bee brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Micromatic OC razor with a CVS 009 RD blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with T.N. Dickinson's WH and then Pinaud Vegetal After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

The best bay rums i have ever tried (in no particular order) are Stirling, Barrister and Mann, and dr. Jon's Anne Bonny bay rum

 

Friday, OCtober 14, 2016

Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic
Mike's Natural Soap - Sweet Pumpkin Spice
Wolfman WR1-OC with Darwin Deluxe Titanium
Personna 74 #12
Fine L'Orange Noir Aftershave



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OCtober-een!

October 13

Grand Blade Trials

Razor - 1962 (H1) Gillette Slim (2)
Blade - (1)
Soap - Arko
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Post - Alum

Well this night time shaving is a bit different but I think I like it. My only question is what to do if I wake up and really need a shave to be perfect for work. My plan is a one pass to make it through the day so it doesn't mess up the level of beard for the night time Trial shaves. That should work if needed. I started my morning with a nice Veg splash at the end of my shower. So I"m not missing out there either.

The Grand Blade Trials resume today with the Treet Falcon blade. This is a carbon steel blade I've used before. My memory of it is a bit rusty (no pun intended) but that's probably a good thing. I never forget a horrible blade so this one couldn't have beenthat.

2 on the Slim to get us started and Arko and BoS for the lather. Kind of nice being able to take some extra time on lather in the evenings. And, on a side note, I started this particular Arko stick on July 15th so it's almost three full months and I'll probably go at least another month before needing to change out. That makes my 12 pack a three to four year supply of Arko. Incredible value and lather.

First pass was quite nice. The blade is very vocal, as carbons usually are, and provided ample evidence that it was working. Nice and smooth and trouble free. The second pass, XTG, provided the same feel and effect. And the third pass, ATG and Gillette Slide, finished to a nice DFS. No complaints at all. Carbon blades are a bit old school (ok, so maybe more than a bit) but I always enjoy them. Again, it's the vintage lover in me. Probably for me one of the most fun shaves recently was the 1912 Gem SE with a Carbon blade. Now THAT'S old school. I'm thinking that while the blade got me to DFS with this shave it can do better at higher gaps and aggression. We'll find out, one way or the other.

Since Treet blades hail from Pakistan I thought an idea for a traditional Pakistani look might work for Halloween. Complete with Huqqa. Classy!

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Fri 14th Oct

RazoRock Plissoft 22mm
Faena sandalwood soap
Gillette Slim Adjustable
Personna Lab Blue [4 ]
Jaguar Prestige A/S Lotion

After the poor Shave with a Fat Boy [ my fault, settings wrong ], I used a Slim. Ensured that I opened up the settings, and got a quite smooth shave with a much better overall finish. However, I felt that the FatBoy was easier to handle than the Slim, due to imbalance of head weight and diameter of Handle on the Slim.

Have actually had much quicker and better Shaves with both the Progress & Futur than with the Gillette icons, perhaps being more familiar with the former.

 

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! SOTD OCtober 14th 2016

Gillette Old Type OC
Lord Platinum(5)
Synthetic
Body Prescriptions Clean Citron
Cold Water Rinse
Alum Block,Body Prescriptions PSB
Old Spice A/S

I got BBS results this morning without even trying,I'm smooth and refreshed!


HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE TGIF!!!!

 

Date: 14 October 2016

Brush: - Whipped Dog Silvertip in Resin Handle 24/48mm
Lather: - LEA Classic Shaving Soap
Razor: - RazoRock Old Type Open Comb
Blade: - Polsilver Super Iridium #1
Post Shave: - Alum Block / Speick Aftershave Splash / The Stray Whisker Aftershave Balm (Australian made)

I honestly don't know why I'm shaving again and I honestly don't know what came over me, otherwise I'm completely lost and off I went and start shaving again because I've already shave since last night.

 

October 14, 2016
Wolfman WR-01 OC + Ti with Triad Ti
Feather (3)
Rudy Vey R7 with Shavemac Finest
Reef Point Dragon’s Blood
Witch Hazel


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Beaudelaire Friday
Optimal shave today. The lather was thick and slick and the Futur did its job without drama of any kind. A little splash of Reserve Cool and then the Beaudelaire aftershave splash and I'm ready to go.



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Fri. 10/14/16







Magnificent shave with the PAL Injecto-Matic this morning. Wonderful lather from the Palmolive Cool Menthol shave cream. Three easy, refreshing passes for a dolphin smooth finish. Have a great day friends.

 

This Agressia Fresh cream is excellent - a very nice scent, great lather, and it feels slightly-cooling with very good skincare. The Nord-ost balm was a real soother and the Floid Classic aftershave completed the job the right way with a strong menthol punch. The Junjie/Astra combination worked its magic and left me with a BBS face!

 

SOTD October 14, 2016

Blade: Chinese Schick
Razor: Schick L1 injector
Brush: Omega 10049 boar
Lather: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post: Witch hazel splash, Fine American Blend aftershave, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up

Fat Friday! Nice shave with Mitchell's Wool Fat. Today's lather was really nice and easily face lathered with the Omega boar. One pass with touch-ups around the neck and jaw and I'm ready for the day. Fine American Blend is a terrific scent and is a Friday staple. All in all a nice shave.

Have a great day!

 

SOTD October 14, 2016

Pre: Proraso white preshave cream
Razor: Geo. Wostenholm & Son
Soap: Cella
Brush: Semogue boar
Post: Witch Hazel / Jack Black Post Shave Cooling Gel

 

Today's shave
Hot water wash with nivea mens face wash and a washcloth
Surrey handle/ Vietnamese silvertip
Bombed Arko
C-MON Cadillac 5/8 full hollow square end
Pinaud Lime sec
Today's shave was nice. Funny, I had a hankering for the scent of Arko. The 63 caddy drove very smoothly. Three times round the block and I'm slick as a whistle. Finished with lime sec, sort of a 7/up thing going on.
Hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Friday, October 14

Fine American Blend~~CH2 SiLVERTiP~~'58 Fat Boy~~Personna Precision (1)~~YSL Rive Gauch AS
Have a great day!
So I am thinking to myself, this razor blade is really aggressive. I muddle through the shave, with no nicks or cuts, And when I'm finished shaving and cleaning up my razor I discover, much to my chagrin, there were two razor blades stuck to each other with which I had shaved! I guess I'm really lucky I didn't cut the heck out of my face.​

 

I'll need a commentary from you on the Clubman shave soap-I'm interested in giving it a try. Reviewers have said the fragrance is more Clubman Vanilla than the regular one.