SoS: October 23, 2017 - October 29, 2017

SOTN OCtober 26th


Gillette Sheraton
Voskhod (2)
Dr Jon's Hydra
Surrey w/ 24MM TGN 3 Band Synthetic
Homemade Tangerine AS

 

Friday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Stirling Gentleman
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Vintage Gillette “Spoiler” Super Stainless (Shave #7)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip-24mmx52mm
Aftershave: Stirling Gentleman w/Menthol

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Stirling Gentleman today. 20 seconds to load the Whipped Dog Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Gillette “Spoiler” SS still in the Gillette Slim. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Stirling Gentleman w/Menthol aftershave.

Bob

 

Thanks, Doug. Tried something different.

 

TIMELESS/UFO :: EPSILON :: BARRISTER & MANN​

 

Friday 10/27/17

Homemade preshave oil
Plisson Synthetic brush
GFT Violet cream
Timeless .68 Smooth Cap razor
Personna Red blade
Lalique Hommage L'Homme
Barbers Choice Unscented balm




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Thanks, Doug.

 

www.splitseven.com

 

Prep - Hot towel
Pre shave - Prep
Razor – ‘The Rock’ ( 3 )
Blade – Gillette 7 O'clock S/P Black
Brush - 'The Archduke' (Brad Sears Archduke 26/50 2-Band Manchurian)
Soap – Van Yulay: Achilles
Post - Cold water rinse / Wholly Kaw: Fougere Bouquet ASB

by 'eck, that hit the bullseye...yeah, super, smashing, great!

 

October 26, 2017

Brush: Omega Synthetic Hi-Brush
Soap: Proraso Green
Razor: Gillette Slim (+5)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (2)
A/S: Pinaud Clubman/Nivea Balm

 

Razor: Gillette 1930's OC Ball End Made in Canada
Blade: Personna Tungsten 74 (17)
Brush: Elite Razor Tres Amigo w/ Sunset Synthetic
Soap: Jeeves of Hudson Street Private Study
A/S: Floid Amber

 

Thank you Tim! I had the brush that came with the blue OS mug (which I don't yet have) but traded it away. Someone outside the CONUS needed it more than me.

 

Here's the plan for Saturday's shave:

prep-Nivea 4 Men Bodywash(Energy)in shower*
shave-Rise Super Foam regular
razor-Pivot Central from Gillette Sensor Deuce DiposeABLE
A.S.-Gillette Series Cool Wave Splash**

*New one to be opened
**I love that it is in the glass bottle-reminds me of old times.

 

Y'know, one reviewer of Stetson wrote that it doesn't give him that "Western" feeling. That puzzled me, as I always thought of Stetson as achieving just that.

 

"Doug Smythe", or whatever his name is, went a little overboard in promoting it(IMO).

 

SOTD 10.27.2017

Face Shave:
Pre-shave: hot shower
Shave Cream: Barbasol Sensitive Skin travel size can http://theshaveden.com/forums/threa...m-travel-can-experiment-sensitive-skin.57755/
Razor: Merkur 1904 OC
Blade: Personna Red (1)
Post-shave: Dickinson WH, Nivea Sensitive PS Balm, P&G Old Spice AS

Head Shave:
Pre-shave: same
Shave soap: VDH Luxury
Brush: RazoRock Synthetic
Razor: same
Blade: same
Post-shave: same

This was Shave #13 with this travel size can of Barbasol. This can has not started "wheezing" or "spitting" yet thus showing evidence it's about to give up. I'm still only using it for face shaves, which by the way was an excellent shave. Maybe not perfect BBS, but very close.

The head shave was equally good. I enjoy the VDH Luxury. It was my first shave puck after all and it continues to provide me with excellent results. Have a great weekend, everyone!

 

You may be thinking of the Stetson hat Paul.

 

One of my birth year Russians. The reduction after the first two passes didn’t seem like much but a wonderful result.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Barber Shop
Savile Row 3824 Silvertip Badger
1956 STIZ Moscow 11/16
T&H Classic After Shave Balm

Happy shaving - Karl

 

Good picture and setup Karl.

 

Well, that is POSSIBLE, but I felt sure I was reading a commentary on the aftershave. Funny, I was indeed thinking of the hat, and was going to add "The hat is Western, so why not the A.S?"

 

;-)