SoS; January 2018.

January 2018

Shavettes and Jeeves January!

January 18 - Jeeves Samples Day 1

Razor - Fatip Piccolo
Blades - (1)
Soap - Jeeves of Hudson Street Abyss
Brush - Jayaruh #54
Post - Alum

Thursday night is my new head shave night so the Shavette theme worked with the CJB Greager pain stick again. Kai mild blade, Arko, fine shave, no blood, no problems at all.

Jeeves January returns for me with some samples that arrived. I chose the Abyss, just because I had to pick one, and it lathered right up with the JR54. Same great lather the Bay Rum produces and the scent is a bit floral. I can't find a description anywhere so we'll go with that. My sense of smell is not well developed like some, though I recognized BBQ, Garlic and burgers on the grill without a problem. Very nice and somewhat light scent to this soap.

Two passes and a little touch up with the Fatip and Rapira PL (chosen because it was the first Russian blade within reach) and it's a near-BBS at least. Maybe better. I like the Abyss and will use it a couple more shaves before moving on.

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Thank you very much Doug

 

Friday 19th January

Birch Tar Soap and RSC Facial Scrub
Proraso Sensitive Preshave Cream
La Toja Shaving Stick
Simpson Special in Best Badger
GEM Clog Pruf with a GEM SS Blade (shimmed)
Alum Block and Rinse
BBA PS Balm
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Three passes for a fantastic shave
My last day of the working week and looking forward to two days of living in natural light!

 

1•19•18 SOTD

GEM 1912 JUNIOR
PERSONNA PTFE COATED GEM BLADE
SHANNONS SOAPS SILK PAJAMAS
MAGGARD PURPLE SYNTHETIC BRUSH
RAZOROCK XXX AFTERSHAVE SPLASH

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Good Morning Everyone SOTD 01/19/18

Gem 1912
Gem Personna (10)
E-Shave Badger
Arko
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
E-Shave Orange Sandalwood ASB

Have A Great Day!

 

Enter the Dragon
This was my first use of the Merkur Vision, a beast of a razor. It is giant compared to my Rockwell 6s, and of similar weight. I went for broke and used it wide open because I like aggressive/efficient razors. I used my Futur on 6, and the Rockwell on plate R6. Compared to those, I could feel the blade much more with the Vision. The shave was also closer than either of those razors. I don't remember my face being smoother. The Vision is not as comfortable on first impression, and I did get a few weepers as I learn the best technique for it. I expected the splash to burn, but it really didn't, and my face feels great now. I don't shave my mustache, but I can imagine the Vision would not be the best choice for that area because it's head is large.
I'm looking forward to using this razor for years to come.

 

SOTD 20180119.



J&T® model "Minimalistic" pear / Tuxedo.
Dusy Professional MEN Kabinett.
TImeless titanium razor with stainless steel base plate 0.68 mm.
Kai Stainless (1).
Rebul Ice EdC.

Borrowed the stainless steel base plate to find out which blade gap.

 

SOTD for January 19, 2018

Prep: Cold water with Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: Personna
Razor: Schick G4 '66' injector
Brush: Omega 10049 boar
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave
WTG, touch up

Nice and easy shave with the Fat Friday setup. Quite enjoyable. Have a great Friday!

 

Great photo Perry!

 

Fri. 1/19/18



A fine three pass shave this morning with the Gillette Sensor 5. I am smooth and refreshed. Enjoy your day friends. ☺️

 

Thanks, Rob! Have a great day!

 

Thank you. It's funny when I sent off the 1912 to Delta Echo, I threw in an extra handle. I wasn't sure the handle had deep enough engraving to accept the coating appropriately, so I told him, "if the extra handle is workable, let's do something crazy like red." The primary goal was to have a black/grey scheme. As it turned out, he did have some difficulty with the rather shallow engraving and it took him a few tries, but he made it work. It's flawless. I think I use the red one more than the grey one, now. Here's an album if you haven't see it: https://imgur.com/a/J7QLp

 

January 19, 2018
Oxford Razor Handle with unknown head
Feather
Oxford brush with TGN Finest
CRSW Jeff’s Soap
Fine L’Orange Noir


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Great picture, Roby!

 

January 19 SOTD:

PAA Atomic Rocket Brush
Stirling Port-au-Prince SS
CJB Pain Stick
Stirling Unscented PSB
Tabac AS

 

Except for two tiny weepers on my chin this was a great shave - by the way, this antique Barnangens Parba stick is one hell of a fine soap and why it was discontinued so many years ago is a mystery to me. It smells so nice and does it ever lather like a champ. It also gives very good moisturizing which the Lubriderm enhanced for me. No aftershave splash was necessary for today. A special thanks to Mr Thomas Svennsen who sent me this awesome stick and a shout-out to my Plissoft for making it lather so well!

Have a nice weekend!

 

Awesome photo Jim ☺️

 

Thanks Jim. Have a great day buddy. ☺️

 

Good looking razor. Shaves as good as any razor available. IMO, it gets an ill deserved bad rap on being unreliable. But, it just needs a little bit of maintenance and it's golden. Enjoy the shaves my friend....

 

Beautiful setup amigo!