SoS; February 2018

Schick Adjustable M1 Razor
Personna Injector Blade
Vintage West German Boar Brush
Jeeves Of Hudson Street Bay Rum Soap
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Pinaud Virgin Island Bay Rum After Shave

A very nice shave today. Two passes with some touch up for a very smooth and comfortable BBS shave.

 

Saturday's freeze:

Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/Astra day 6
Stirling Glacial Margaritas in the Arctic SS
Stirling Glacial Unscented AS Balm
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
Lagerfeld Classic EdT

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-COLD and beautiful!

 

Pre: Warm water face wash
Brush: Omega 11137 Boar
Soap: Cyril R. Salter Tallow
Razor: Marspen OC
Blade: Gillette Nacet
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Cella Eau De Lavande

This soap was part of a very generous PIF from a British Forum member.
It has everything you want in a soap and some: Pleasant Scent✓ Cushion ✓ Slickness ✓✓ Post Shave ✓✓
The Gillette Nacet is one of my favourite readily available DE blades, sharp and smooth from the first.
The Marspen showed none of its +70 years as it sprightly danced across my face, eradicating all in its path.
What a great end to the week.
Happy Shaving one and all!

 

Cooper-Barbasol/Yaqi verdict..a bit too inefficient compared with recent combinations.

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Man, That Yaqi head seems quite versatile.

 

Trying it with all my Old Type style bottom plates, still a couple more to come (French Perfector and Fatip next). It doesn't fit a lot of handles so that could be a limitation for some.

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I think the Marvy rubber mug was made for modern Williams pairing. Combo of the raised ring and space around the edge keeps it hydrated even though I shave every other day.

Good leftover lather from the big knot on the Zenith badger!

 

I see you are tempting me....even taunting me with your pictures of Williams' lather. I have too many soaps already. The area underneath my sink must be approaching it's safe weight limit. Hmm. I could use another unscented shave soap to pull duty alongside the unscented Shave Den soap.

 

It's worth having to dial in and know you CAN lather and shave with it!

 

Shave today.
Soap select vetiver CRSW, finest badger brush Alfredo Miguel, razor of the "uncle sitting" (tio sentado) 8/8 vintage Solingen, Floid black, intense colony aqua di Parma. Oh la la.

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My Dad's shave this afternoon:

Two hot towels
Omega 49
Ming Shi TTO/7 AM day 3
Palmolive Classic SC
Lubriderm Moisturizer
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS Splash

Nothing but the best for my Dad and he feels like a happy camper. His beard is not as tough as mine but it's still tough enough that he needs two good passes to get a BBS shave. The Ming Shi I use on him is very forgiving and the 7 AM is a good, smooth blade. He finds the Palmolive Classic cream perfect. He winced a little when I patted on his Aqua Velva because of the slight sting and the menthol effect, but then he said how nice it felt!

I love this man with all my heart!

 

For Saturday's shave it's "Back To The Bay".

prep-Nivea 4 Men Bodywash(Max. Hydration)in shower
shave-Jeeves of Hudson Bay Rum soap
brush-Jayaruh #59
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot DisposeABLE
A.S.-TSD Splash(Bay Rum)

 

You can tell him how I winced at my first application of Stoylin Spice A.S., and then thought it felt nice-but of course that is the antithesis of Aqua Velva.

 

Saturday Planned SOTD



Razor: 1958 Gillette Super Speed T.V. Special
Blade: SuperMax SP Tiger (D6)
Brush: Wolf Whiskers THBS Black Wolf 25mm
Bowl: Black Ship Grooming 4.5"
Pre-Shave Scrub: Wickham 1912 Shamrock Tweed
Pre-Shave Oil: Homemade Lavender Mint
Shave Soap: Wickham 1912 Shamrock Tweed
Post: Handmade Soap Co Soothing Cream
Aftershave Wickham 1912 Shamrock Tweed
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TIMELESS/UFO :: OMEGA :: WICKHAM 1912 :: B&M RESERVE CLASSIC AS​

 

Cool photo, Guy! Love the green WW!

 

L'Oreal Men Expert Hydra Sensitive Face Wash
JR168 tuxedo synthetic
P&B Oberon
Grah and Plumacher GOTTA straight
A little alum, and
L'Oreal Men Expert Birch Sap Balm

Good 2 pass shave today. DFS with a straight seemed pretty hard a few weeks ago but I'm getting there

 

Date: 17 February 2018

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush:- Maseto 2 Band Finest Badger Horn 30/54mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Wickham 1912 ~ Shamrock Tweed (sample)
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Razor:- Muhle Rocca R96
Blade:- Gillette Nacet #1
Post-shave:- Thayers Witch Hazel / Lucky Tiger Aftershave & Face Tonic
Fragrance:- YSL L’Homme

Holy Rocca. This beast is right in between the Muhle R89 (EJ DE89) and the R41, just above or more on the Merkur 34C aggressive rate and is much safer to shave the Rocca by riding the cap with some blade feel. The Rocca is very smooth IMHO using a smooth blade as possible and I've chosen the Gillette Nacet blade, I'm overwhelmed the Rocca has some extra weight because the whole head and the handle is fully stainless steel with some kind of black rubber grippy feel attached to the handle. Beside is way too early for me to give you my full judgement on the Rocca, all I can say at the moment the Rocca is very smooth IMHO as YMMV depending on your shaving techniques and your stubble because you can nick yourself very easy. This razor is a keeper in my den, I'm so glad I got myself a Muhle Rocca.

 

Love that brush!