SoS; February 2018

Catie's Bubbles - 322 (Luxury Cream)
DrivenLegend Red & Black | APShaveCo Tuxedo 30mm
Ever-Ready SE | Gem PTFE

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February 11 SOTD:

Razor: Gem Junior
Blade: Gem Stainless
Brush: Stirling Kong
Lather: Crown King Atomic Age Bay Rum
Aftershave: Crown King Atomic Age Bay Rum
Additional Care:
Stirling Unscented PSB

 

Monday SOTD



Razor: Gillette Rocket HD 500
Blade: SuperMax SP Tiger (D1)
Brush: WWBW Romera 24mm Silvertip
Bowl: Supply Provision Marble 4.5"
Pre-Shave Scrub: Holy Black True Grit - Coffee
Pre-Shave Balm: TSD Iced SubZero
Shave Soap: Neumann Absolute Zero
Post: Handmade Soap Co Soothing Cream
Aftershave Neumann Absolute Zero​

 

Your filters are the best Guy.

 

12 February 2018

* Karve Shaving Plate D
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* WSP Original 2-Band + Oscar11 Aquamarine C7
* Mystic Water Cedar/Sage
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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SOTD 2.11.2018
Pre-shave: hot shower & Nivea Men Sensitive Face Wash
Brush: Marvy boar
Soap: VDH Scented Luxury
Razor: Ever-Ready 1912
Blade: GEM Stainless (7)
Post-shave: Assured WH, Afta Fresh AS Skin Conditioner, Adidas Dynamic Pulse AS

 

Now that's an Old Spice mug I haven't seen before. Nice!

 

Razor - Edwin Jagger "Kelvin"
Blade - Feather HI-Stainless *8th Shave
Shave Brush - Beauty7 Professional Premium Synthetic Nylon
Pre-shave Oil - Lather & Wood "unscented"
Soap - Nile Naturals Products "Dolce & Gabbana The One" (Must request custom order.)
Bowl - Dr. Dittmar black acrylic glass dish
Razor/Brush Stand by Royal Shave
Aftershave - Dolce & Gabbana - "The One" Aftershave Splash
Post-shave Balm - Retseliney Luxury Skin Care Hyaluronic Acid Face Serum
Deodorant - Dolce & Gabbana - "The One"
Fragrance - Dolce & Gabbana - "The One" EDT

Every morning is such a great shave. Monday will be no exception. Love this hobby. It's a joy to rise in the morning since I got into wet shaving. I used to be a grumpity grump when waking up.

Edit....Spoke too soon. This morning's shave was one of the least comfortable in a while. Some razor burn on my neck and a few weepers. I didn't notice the problem during the shave and I would have changed the blade had I noticed any problem earlier in the shave. I utilized my styptic pencil like an alum block around my Adam's Apple. Tomorrow's shave will have to be held to 1-pass + very light cleanup to try to give my neck a chance to recover. Usually the Feather blades last for a good 9 shaves before any issue.

 

Favorite February

February 11 - A week with Williams. Day 3

Razor - Gem MMOC
Blade - ASR Carbon - CVS (3)
Soap - Williams
Brush - Omega BoS 10066 Boar
Post - Alum

Pop Quiz. How many nights can you forget to take a carbon blade out of a razor before you turn the blade into junk? Answer? Apparently it only takes one. When I reached for the OCMM tonight I realized I had just put it in the stand last night and walked off. I usually pull the blade, dry it and the razor, and leave the blade on top of the brush handle in the brush stand to let it dry. I pulled the blade and it looked like the top edge was ok. More than the usual amount of discoloration where the razor grips it but the edge looked clean. Turned it over and.....yep.....lots of corrosion starting and the edge looked a bit compromised. I grabbed my strop and gave it about 50 strokes on each edge. That seemed to clean it up. So here goes.

The Williams tonight looked fantastic in the bowl. It even looked great on the brush. Staying with my formula of a wet puck and brush and just beating it to death. The first pass as actually not too bad until the left side when it had almost all disappeared before I started on that side. Still slick so I went with it. I did the second pass still with the carbon blade and did manage to get the Williams to stick around a bit better. At that point, though, I knew I wasn't even CCS and the blade had been rough the whole time. Not killer rough but definitely not cutting like it should. I grabbed my rescue razor for this week, the Delta Echo New LC with Sharp Star and finished a third pass. The Williams held up through that pass as well as it did the second and I found the baby under there with that final pass. Alum was warm as the blade had clearly roughed me up a bit for allowing it to get roughed up.

When I squeezed the brush out I got what I always do with Williams. Bubbles. Kind of like bubble bath bubbles. Just no solid lather that I can find, but.....I can't complain about it not providing slickness. This was day 3, so 4 more to go to try and find that perfect lather. In the meantime I'll be starting a new blade tomorrow and trying to avoid leaving it in the razor again!

Hope you had a great weekend!

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Why thank you Joseph!

 

Hello,
that brush - Brothers Bristles Silver Surfer - I googled, but could not find it.

 

Good Morning folks, todays SOTD:-

1950's English Gillette Tech (Aluminum base plate and handle, brass cap. )
Vintage Gillette blade.



This razor is a solid performer. It weighs in at a whopping 30g. , but delivers a fantastic big league Shave. I love the Bakelite case it came in too. A very cool kit! Today's shave scored out as a two pass DFS!
Ladies and gentlemen, King Gillette is dead, Long Live King Gillette!!!
See you all in the funny papers!
God Bless,
Peace!


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Good Morning Everyone SOTD 02/12/18

Gillette Ball End Old Type
Wilkinson Sword (1)
Badger
C.O. Bigelow
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Barbasol Brisk A/S

Have A Great Day!

 

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Good picture and lineup with a great looking brush Scott.

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Excellent picture and setup Guy.

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