SoS: May 29, 2017 - June 4, 2017

Today's shave
Hot water wash with Nivea men's face wash and a washcloth
Frank Shaving silvertip
Sara's Creations Lavender (bombed)
Ikon Shavecraft 101
Gillette Platinum Plus (3)
Omega Alum
Jockey Club ancaster lavender
Today's shave was nice. Sara's lavender is clean, crisp, and loud. A bit thirsty, but great lather once you take the time to build it. The Shavecraft took me to school today, teaching me what a solid mild shaver can deliver. Great bbs results. Finished with alum and lavender.
Hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Thursday, June 1

I Coloniali~~Paladin Chief~~Mühle R41/Weber Bulldog~~Polsilver SI (4)~~Alt Innsbruck
Have a great day!​

 

SOTD: Vintage Sheffield 5/8" rattler from Frederick Reynolds, Martin de Candre soap, vintage 1905 Rubberset boar, Wm. Neumann & Co. 'Heartwood' aftershave balm. Easy, single-handed shave with this efficient little gem. Two passes enough for a DFS! Have a great first of June, gents!

 

Thanks Jim. Have a great day buddy.

 

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Shavemac LE Silvertip D01 Two Band
Savon des Volcans Cedar Mandarin
Wolfman Guerrilla
Polsilver Super Iridium
Fine L'Orange Noir
Terre d'Hermes


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TOBS Sandalwood
Thater Silvertip
Wester Bros No. 22
Swiss Pitralon

 

1 June 2017

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Iridium Super
* Epsilon 2-Band + Doug Korn Faux Briarwood C7
* Mystic Water Sensitive Skin
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergmot/Vetiver EO


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Treget Thursday
Wow. Just a very close and completely comfortable shave. The 6s pairs well with voskhod - much smoother than the Rockwell blades. There is less audible feedback than with the Futur, but the shave is as good if not better. I can tell if I'm finished with part of my face if the razor is silent when I run across it. The 6s just feels solid as it should, being a solid chunk of stainless steel. Delor de Treget is an excellent soap in every respect, and Santal Auster is a nice creamy sandalwood finisher.
Prep: Chattilon Lux Butter
Soap: Sudsy Soapery Delor de Treget
Brush: Brothers Bristles Bronze Shadow
Razor: Rockwell 6s R6
Blade: voskhod
AS: Chattilon Lux Santal Auster

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Razor - Vintage Gillette Superspeed circa 1947-1952
Blades - Polsilver Super Iridium
Suds - Cyril R. Salter Sandalwood
Shave brush - Vigshaving 26mm Synthetic Nylon
Deodorant - Herban Cowboy "unscented" (not pictured)
Aftershave - PAA Sangre de Drago
Fragrance - Bvlgari Man in Black

I can't say enough how the Cyril R. Salter cream soap is tied with Catie's Bubbles' old French cream style croap (that I don't see made anymore, even that cream formula is different now) for the best shave. 10's across the board with this shave soap. Love the stuff. This combo got some compliments straight away at work, so this is going to be a matching set now. The soap and after shave were left-over products from a Sandalwood competition and they didn't quite make the cut because they weren't a perfect match with my Tam Dao EDP fragrance. However, I loved the soap and aftershave so much, I decided to try to find a fragrance in my collection they would mate perfectly with. Bvlgari's Man in Black seems to be that perfect mate for this soap and aftershave. I realize that Bvlgari Man in Black has an actual shave soap for the scent, but I don't see the need for it when these are so great with it.

 

The Flare Tip England Rocket (TV Special) with a Voskhod performed admirably removing whiskers as it glided through the most excellent lather created by the English NGT Pure Badger brush (reknotted into a vintage Rubberset Handle) with English TOBS sandalwood soap(thank you Amy Jean). Finished with Gentlemen's Pride ASB, and Brut AS and Cologne. Have a blessed day gentlemen.

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SOTD June 1, 2017

Blade: GEM carbon
Razor: Ever Ready 1924 SE
Brush: Surrey badger
Lather: Stirling Dunshire
Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Dunshire aftershave
WTG, touch up

Nice shave with the Ever Ready 1924 and Stirling Dunshire. Beautiful cologne scent and a smooth shave in the end. Stirling is top notch.

Have a great day!

 

Beautiful picture! The brush is outstanding!

 

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Parker Variant razor
GSB blade
JR #85 brush
CO Bigelow SC
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
CO Bigelow 1585 cologne

The Variant never fails to provide a great shave. Everything else liked each other so no problems. Now go enjoy your day folks

 

TSD Iced Pink Grapefruit Soap
B-400 Brush by Tom
Portland Razor Company Siren
Lucky Tiger
Ogallala Bay Rum After Shave
Have fun!

 

Razor: Portland Razor Co Chimera
Strop: Drygulch 45
Brush Handle: B-400 The Brush by Tom
Knot: APShaveCo Tuxedo
Soap: Talbot Shaving Holland Glen
Post Care: Thayers Witch Hazel
Alum
Osage Rub
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux La Forest de Liguest

Wonderful early morning shave today. Lathering up and letting it sit for a while really helps soften the beard. Three passes today; no blood , silent alum and a DFS. The Talbot is a fantastic soap; great scent, easy to lather and very slick. I can see why it's sells out so fast. This Chatillon Lux scent is also fantastic. It starts off green with a slight citrus but now that it has dried down I'm getting vanilla and musk. As usual the performance is top notch. Have a great day folks!

 

I was just going to jump in the shower, and I received a text from USPS.
My Stainless Steel RazoRock Hawk is out for delivery.
I'm looking for inspiration and I found it!! TOBS Grapefruit. Now I wait..

 

Good shot Clint.

 

Thank you Doug.

 

A repeat performance of today's shave for Friday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed Rapira day 5
Stirling Glacial Eskimo Tuxedo SS
Stirling Glacial Unscented AS Balsam
Fine Snake Bite AS Splash
Givenchy Pour Homme EdT

Guys, this is my honest and unbiased opinion - the Cryogen soap cannot and I repeat CANNOT even hope to compete with the Glacial ET. It's very cold, yes but Rod blew it out of the water with this creation of his. I'm still in a state of shock how this ET went through the manufacturing process so beautifully. The scent is to die for, the lather is magnificent, and the freeze from it literally shakes me up. I'm in love with the Glacial Unscented balm - it's bitterly cold and so skin-friendly. The Snake Bite can also knock you out - it's made with a boatload of menthol!