SoS; January 2018.

Nice assortment of beauties.

 

Starlet
Synthetic brush
Taylor of Old Bond Street Shaving Cream
Vitos Pre/post Shave

 

Old boar brush
Shavette w/3 use blade
cherry tobacco shave butter
hot soaked blue glass coffee mug
sink of luke warm water
a bit of alum
Fla H2O

Did 2 passes with a shave butter that is non lathering.Basically scented Noxzema cold cream.Not my fave but it gets used once in a while.While shaving I nicked myself on the irritated line on my face that was a result of almost nicking myself 2 days ago.Had to use a cold face cloth,pressure and a bit of alum,it's been a long time since I nicked myself that bad.The Florida Water had a definite bite this time.lol

 

Cheers Doug, it really is a beautiful handle and is a pleasure to use.
Many thanks,
Kevin.

 

Shave today.
Soap Le père Lucien cèdre patchouli, badger brush manchurian el Druida, vintage razor Guillermo Hoppe 8/8, after shave Tabac original. Excellent. The same as on Sunday, friends.

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Menthol Monday's Shave


Proraso Pre Shave
Ingram
JR#226 Synthetic
Micromatic OC
Personna Gem CS
Personna Pal CS
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
Florida Water

Andrew, AKA @Linuxguile of Andrew's Shave Shop, was looking for testers for two blades he is carrying. I volunteered, and he sent me two of each to try out and give feed back. Both blades are by Personna, are 3-facet, and carbon steel.

This week I will be putting these blades to the test. My plan is to use one of each for each shave Monday through Friday. I will use one blade for the first pass, change blades, and use the other for the second pass. Then I will do the same next day reversing the order. I will be using my Micromatic Open Comb, Micromatic Clog-pruf, and Micromatic Bullet Tip razors for the tests.

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Ingram Shaving Cream face-lathered well with the JR #226 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Micromatic OC Razor using a Personna Gem and Pal CS SE blades and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Florida Water AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

The plan was to use the Gem CS blade for the first pass and then change over to the Pal CS for the second pass. That is exactly what I did. The GEM blade worked well on the first pass. It was more audible than the Pal probably because it was encountering thicker beard. I followed up with the Pal on the second pass. It did a great job of finishing off this excellent shave. I got no nicks, cuts or irritation from the blades. After rinsing the blades thoroughly and drying them off, I put them aside for tomorrows shave. I will reverse the order for that shave and use my Micromatic Clog-pruf.

Thanks, Andrew @Linuxguile , for the opportunity to try these blades out.

 

It’s been a crazy week getting settled into the new house. I finally had time for an SOTD.
Mitchell’s Wool Fat Soap
B-400 Brush by Tom
Brian Brown Razor Works Razor
Lucky Tiger
Ogallala Bay Rum
Have a blessed Sunday!

 

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$15 is a very middle of the road price for the gold tech. You did well then and it’s a good razor. I have it and love it

 

Thanks Joseph.

 

Why thanks! I didn't realize. It is a keeper.

Herm

 

Razor - Gillette bulldog
Blade - vintage Gillette lol immediately switched to Wilkinson sword
Brush - jayaruh no88 handle
Soap - maca root cream
Post - lavender witch hazel
A/S - lime Sec

This razor is aggressive. To me.. it’s almost r41 feel in aggression. but I’m bbs smooth

 

For my birthday head shave I decided on this gear:
Razor: 1912 Gem
Blade: PAL single edge carbon (First time use)
Soap: Proraso Red (Won on PIF, first use)
Brush: WD 24mm boar brush

3 passes. WTG, XTG, ATG. Soap worked fantastic! Smelled great too! PAL carbon was not liking me too much. It did the job but to me, not as good as the Gem carbon blade. It lacked that little extra sharpness that I enjoyed from the Gem blade. But smooth head still achieved and very little irritation. Had fun!

 

SOTD 1-28-18

QShave adj razor
Derby Extra blade 1st use
Wheat State Soaps Sweet Tobacco sample
Razorock brush
Witch hazel splash x2
AV Musk Aftershave splash

I've had this sample for a while but never got around to trying it. I've tried a few soaps and just find that cream works best for me on a face lather. I put this sample in my bowl and soaked the brush while I showered. Shook off excess water and did a bowl lather. I had to add a few drops of water but this was by far the best bowl lather I've ever had. The aroma of soap was awesome to say the least. Turned out to be a great shave. Razor was on setting 3 for two passes and a clean up. I highly recommend this soap. I'll be ordering some soon.
Cheers

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MONDAY'S SHAVE​

Shower Soap - WSP Tobacco

Razor - Edwin Jagger "Kelvin"
Blade - Feather HI-Stainless *fresh blade
Shave Brush - Beauty7 Professional Premium Synthetic Nylon
Pre-shave Oil - Lather & Wood "unscented"
Suds - Henri et Victoria "Cognac and Cuban Cigars"
Razor/Brush Stand by Royal Shave
Aftershave - Chanel Egoiste
Post Shave Balm - Nicci Marie Hyaluronic Acid Anti-Aging Serum
Deodorant - Chanel Egoiste
Fragrance - Chanel Egoiste

 

Happy birthday!

Herm

 

Tonight's razor came all the way from Russia. It delivered a laser like 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Zero issues. These old Russian Razors a hard as a rock to hone, and take one of the sharpest edges I've seen.

Razor- "EKSTRA".ZTV 1958
Brush- Omega Boar
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood Scented
Aftershave- Osage Rub

 

Happy birthday!

 

Happy Birthday


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thank you!