SoS: May 29, 2017 - June 4, 2017

Star DE, Permasharp with two shims. Great, close shave. A little buffing required on the back of my head but no complaints. Definitely a Tech beater and then some.

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Wednesday
This morning I used the Eclipse Red Ring, NGT by Nougat of London, and a vintage Culmak Jr. brush. The grapefruit and cedarwood soap is very finicky and can be a dissipating lather, but is very slick. The shave was excellent and the Red Ring is in my top five razors. Finished off with Aubrey Northwoods AS and ASB and I am Dolphin smooth BBS. Have a blessed day gentlemen.


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Thank you my friend.

 

Vintage Williams or latest Williams, preference?

 

Back to a Glacial freeze for Thursday morning:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed Rapira day 4
Stirling Glacial Eskimo Tuxedo SS
Stirling Glacial Unscented AS Balm
Fine Snake Bite AS Splash
Givenchy Pour Homme EdT

I transplanted the last of this soap into a new ET container which I bought last year, so I'm good to go. That Glacial Unscented balm is a masterpiece and so is the Snake Bite!

 

Two different things. I like the lather quality of the vintage better than new.

 

Prep - shower
Pre - Badger Balm pre-shave oil
Brush - RazoRock BIG BRUCE
Razor - Gillette TracII Demo razor
Blade - vintage cart
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Alum, Thayer's Rose WH, AV 5-in-1 balm
AS - none
Frag - Drakkar Noir clone

Shave was a little rough today. It was my first time trying a TracII. I think I understand why they added the lube strip to later cartridges. The plastic used in the cart dragged a bit more than I am used to. The shave is DFS+ from two passes, but there is a tiny bit of razor burn.

 

Thank you, Roby! Have a great day!

 

DE89/Custom Heavy Handle
Personna Lab Blue Blade
Omega/NY Yankees Boar Brush
Love My Skin Violet Soap
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva Ice Blue After Shave

Two passes with a little bit of touch up for a smooth and comfortable BBS shave.

 

My sotd

Razor - gillette blue tip
Blade - bic (8)
Brush - jayaruh 171
Soap - shave shop lemomelon
A/S - Avon bay rum

A good shave. The blade has seen its last shave. It went 8 shaves but it's dull now. I love the scent of this soap, but it burns my face. I'm gonna have to get rid of it.

 

Razor: Timeless OC 0.95 w/TRH5 Dimpled handle
Blade: Gillette GSB (4)
Brush: Oscar 11 , multi colored handle, w/TGN Silvertip
Soap: Nuavia Verde
Aftershave: Fine L'Orange Noir

Early shave today. Very enjoyable 3 passes with a new to me soap. Love the Fine L'Orange Noir aftershave.

 

Parker Varient//Astra SP//Rubberset 203//B&M Bay Rum//Chatillon Lux Fourth and Pine

Round two with the Varient, this time on "3". Very nice shave, WTG then ATG. B&M performed great as usual and CL Fourth and Pine finished it superbly.

 

ColConk Lime & Cremo Cooling (inspired by @LevelupShaves )
Omega Pro #98 boar brush
Osaka Suribachi bowl (via John @Sparrow )
Unnamed Half DE shavette (via Andrew @Linuxguile )
'55 Red Tip Gillette DE - A4
1&1/2 Personna Med Prep blades
Alum, Pinaud Citrus Musk AS

 

Good photo CJ. How is the B&M Bay Rum?

 

Thanks! It is very nice. Whips up a thick and slick lather with little to no effort. And the Bay Rum scent is very nice, with only a hint of clove which I like

 

No Brainer!!!

 

Thanks very much CJ.

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No problem!

 

Excellent setup Marine!

 

SOTD May 31


Pre-war Gillette Tech
Gillette Goal
AnchorSet
RazoRock XXX
MLSW Colonia Di Agrumi

Last shave of the month. Decide to give a Tech a try for the very first time. Usually I prefer a more aggressive razor, but the Tech really delivered. The shave felt very comfortable and the Tech was surprisingly efficient. Three passes with the Tech and some great smelling XXX lather and the baby was waiting for me. Finished off with a spritz of MLSW Colonia Di Agrumi AND I was smooth and smelling great! Have a fantastic day my friends!

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