SoS: December 26, 2016 - January 1, 2017

Tabac is wonderful Jared. I love my Tabac shave stick so much.

 

Monday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Arko Shaving Stick
Jayaruh #132
Gillette Flare Tip SS E3
Personna Super
CWR, Asma Alum Block
T.N. Dickinson's WH
FD Old Spice AS

The Arko Shaving Stick face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #132 silvertip badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Flare Tip SS E3 with a Personna Super blade (26) 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 Family Dollar Old Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Today's shave
Hot water wash with a washcloth
Olivewood/ two band finest
Bombed Truefitt&Hill Ultimate Comfort
Kinfolks "the Ace" 5/8 full hollow square end
Osage Rub
Today's shave was nice. Great sooth cool lather. Three passes with the Ace. Finished with the rubby dubby doo.
Hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Do you have a digital camera? What kind of computer are you using? I can walk you through it if you're on an Apple.

 

I don't either, actually. I use Tapatalk.

 

Well we know Tim smells good today!

 

Another great post Bill.

 

SOTD 26-12-16
Handmade soap Le Père Lucien traditionnel
Brush Proyet badger two bands 26 mm fan in handle of centenary olive tree
Razor Guillermo Hoppe 24 8/8 Solingen
After shave & Eau de cologne Vorago
Yesterday there was work in the morning and I was charged the time my children took them to the movies, so the shave reserved for Christmas was today and is the one I present. This soap is one of the few vegans that has fallen well to my skin in protective foam, good slip of the razor and after shave sensation. The soft, smooth Proyet with excellent backbone as I enjoy it. The Hoppe in its second use, that big razor, took the hair of two days singing and sliding smoothly. Final blow with fragrances eighties, delicious. I am an inveterate sybarite. Where are you filming the first chapter of the next Miami Vice season?


Enviado desde los dominios del lobo...

 

24 & 25 December 2016

Razor: Gillette Slim K 4 1965
Blade: Voskhod Bocko II Teflon (1 & 2)
Brush: El Druida Red Heart Chakte Kok/African Blackwood 2 Band
Soap: Eufros Brisa de Oriente
Aftershave: Myrsol Formula "C"


26 December 2016

Razor: Gillette Slim K 4 1965
Blade: Voskhod Bocko II Teflon (3)
Brush: Elite Razor Tres Amigos Desert Ironwood Beehive w/Envy White
Soap: Route 66 Frozen Margarita
Aftershave: Route 66 Frozen Margarita Balm

Outstanding 3 passes with a minor clean up for a near BBS.

 

SOTD: Late posting from an early morning shave using—unlike yesterday's mammoth 8/8" Tally—this more diminutive 5/8" 'Tally Ho' from Sheffield's Frederick Fenney (1840) is a little less intimidating. Great little shaver, though. Crowne & Crane 'Cognac & Cubans' tallow soap and matching balm; Stirling 28mm synthetic brush.

 

Great picture, Roby!

 

Great looking picture! I love the Damaskeene, it is such a easy shaver.

 

A couple of great, festive pictures, Doug!

 

December 26 SOTD:

Omega Boar Brush
Maggards London Barber Shop
Gillette Slim
Stirling Unscented PSB
Maggards London Barber Shop AS

 

Beautiful colors in your photo Jim! The Slim is such a razor. It has such a great grip.

 

Thank you my friend. Have a great night.

 

It was a pleasure. That's a sweet razor.

 

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Dec 26: Trying to get back on my normal schedule - Xmas threw me off. Another blade tested. This time its the Perma Sharp. A Russian made blade that goes for about $20 per 100. Teflon coated. Used my Merkur 34c, Omega Hi-Brush synthetic and Stirling Executive Man soap (just a great soap and yes its "blooming"). Not in the picture - I followed up with a splash of Thayer's witch hazel. The Perma Sharp didn't feel all that sharp. It gave me a pretty smooth shave but I needed all three passes with clean up to get a decent shave. A good shave and another blade for the "good" category. I now have 5 blades that rated "poor", 9 rating as "good", 3 rating as "very good", and 8 rating as "excellent". 5 more blades to go. When I go back and retest the "excellent" blades - I'll probably move some down to the "very good" category. Wednesday's shave will be the Ladas. Windy and cold here on the Olympic Peninsula tonight - time for a fire in the wood stove and Monday Night Football.