SoS: May 8, 2017 - May 14, 2017

I didn't choose the razor today, it chose me. I'm glad it did. This vintage Lund was a dream to shave with this morning. Dolphins everywhere are now talking about being Karl skin smooth.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Schafmilch Shave Soap
Savile Row 3824 Silvertip
Lund 6/8
Osma Bloc d'Alun
T&H Classic After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Here are some of the best tools for a frigid Sunday morning shave:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/Rapira day 7
Stirling Glacial Spearmint S/S
Stirling Glacial Spearmint A/S Balm
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
Acqua di Selva Cologne

Need I say more?

 

SOTD May 13, 2017

Blade: Chinese Schick
Razor: Schick G1 injector
Brush: JR #142 black badger
Lather: Proraso Green
Post: Witch hazel, TSD Iced Ying Yang aftershave
WTG, touch-up

Easy and enjoyable shave. The Proraso is down to a few shaves worth and has become so soft that it's a little difficult to load. I have to scrub my face more during face lathering than normal to get the soap worked up, but that's no problem. Outstanding lather that was taken away easily with the G1. The Jayaruh #142 brush is soft and luxurious-feeling to me. I really enjoy it. A cooling splash from Iced Yin Yang ended a nice and relaxing shave.

Have a great Saturday!

 

Lazy Saturday morning shave using this vintage Sheffield 7/8" near-wedge from Frederick Reynolds; Route 66 'A Perfect Gent' lanolin shave soap, Omega boar brush and Fine's 'Snake Bite' tonic. Smooth & easy. Have a great weekend, gents!

 

I wanted to have a very basic shave soap today, and as I thought about it...what's simpler than a bar of soap? I have never shaved with just a bar of soap to my recollection, so I figured I would go for it.
I used Purvegetal Tea tree from Trader Joe's, which is an INCREDIBLE hand soap by the way.
The brush is a hand turned custom handle with an amack game changer knot by "that darn Rob"
The razor is a pre-war Gillette tech reworked by Delta echo razors.
The razor blade is a feather... likely on its last use.

It actually whipped up a pretty impressive lather. The scent was nice, but fainter than I am used to in actual shave soaps. My biggest surprise was the post shave feel. I thought it would be awful, but it was instead quite nourishing.

Good shave soaps certainly work better, but I can assure you that you can get a great shave from just a bar of soap.

 

LOL!

 

Thank you


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Hello David, I have had pretty good luck with the Gillette Blue Blades as far as sharpness. I rarely strop them. They are actually my all time favorite blade. Especially the blades from the 1940's.

 

I'll thrown in an el-oh-el on that, too )

 

Sacrilege! Such insolence towards the shaving gods shall not be looked upon with mercy.

 

I'll finish off the week with the same as today, except for
A.S.-TSD Splash(Russian Leather added)

that's what I was going to use today, but it was a little warmer than I thought. Tomorrow will be more of a Minsk/Sochte type of day here. Mother's Day in the 40's. Niiiiice, y'know????

 

As usual those straight razors are immaculately kept and seems like you have a ridiculously great collection of them.

 

Razor: Portland Razor Co Chimera / Supply Provision Custom 3 dot head
Blade: Chick
Strop: Drygulch 45
Brush Handle: B-400 The Brush by Tom
Knot: APShaveCo Tuxedo
Soap: Catie's Bubbles Le Piment de la Vie
Post Care: Thayers Witch Hazel
Alum
Osage Rub
Aftershave: Catie's Bubbles Le Piment de la Vie
Fragrance: Viktor& Rolf Spicebomb

Fantastic shave this morning. I had three days growth that the Supply knocked down. I followed that with 2 passes from the Chimera. I ended up with a DFS. The Catie's Bubbles is wonderful; great performance, nice glide and I love this scent. The Spicebomb compliments it very well. Have a great day folks!

 

Razor: Gillette TV Special (D2) 1958
Blade: Feather (7)
Brush: Oscar 11 w/ Omega 10049
Soap: Route 66 High Mountain Mist
Aftershave: F&C Shambala

 

Razor - Merkur Futur
Blade - Gillette Silver Blue
Razor Stand by RV Shaving
Shave Brush by Doug Korn's Workshop
Brush Stand by Desire Metal Works
Pre-shave Oil - Lather & Wood "Unscented"
Shave Soap - Razorock "Son of Zeus" Vegan Artisan Soap
Aftershave - Fine "L'Orange Noir"
Post Shave Balm - Retseliney Hyaluronic Acid Face Serum
Deodorant - My Pit Butter "Orange"
Fragrance - Terre d'Hermes EDT

 

Prep - Noxzema / Hot towel
Pre shave - Proraso
Razor – Merkur 34C HD
Blade – Permasharp
Brush - New Forest Tubby 1 Finest
Soap – Phoenix and Beau – Denali
Post - Cold water rinse, Chatillon Lux – Bon Vivant Post Shave Toner

Awesome shave! that is all...

 

My sotd


Razor - barbasol
Brush- fuller reknotted badger
Blade - persona (2)
Soap - Simpson unscented

Shave went great. It's a heavy razor. The razor likes a newer blade. I originally started the shave with a voskhod with (4) shaves on it and it felt really rough.. but in the end, I got a bbs shave. I'll try a brand new Astra sp next time.

 

Bringing out the good stuff it looks like. But I own the cream/croap formula of this one. Best smelling soap I own. Only the custom Spice&Wood and Bois du Portugal dupes from Country Club for Men come close.

 

I HATE when this happens - my Sunday plans were forced to change:

Nivea Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/Rapira day 7
Palmolive Classic S/C
Lubriderm Unscented Moisturizer
Old Spice A/S Splash

I have to get up at 4:00 AM to take my brother-in-law and sister-in-law to the airport because they're going to San Francisco for a week - I felt like flying into a rage, but how could I do that to my dear wife? I love the Palmolive Classic cream but no way does it compare to a Glacial soap. Yes, it smells great, it lathers great, and it leaves my skin feeling tip-top but I'll only be able to do a quick one pass shave. Too bad that I finished off my Shulton Old Spice stuff.

 

My planned shave didn't happen today. I was really looking forward to it too. Next time. The day went by too fast. I used a Schick Hydro 5 cart to speed things up.