SoS; April 2018

Wednesday SOTD



Razor: Parker Variant (S3)
Blade: Bolzano Superinox (D4)
Brush: Semogue 830
Bowl: Turkish Porcelain Bowl 4 ½”
Pre-Shave Scrub: Lisa's Citrus
Pre-Shave Butter: Mickey Lee Lime
Shave Soap: Crowne & Crane Caribbean Spice (Bay Rum)
Balm: Viking Soaps Bay Rum
Aftershave: Tiki Walk the Plank (Coconut Bay Rum)
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Shave of the day, and third attempt with the feather artist club SS. Face washed with Caprina goats milk soap; body shop maca root shave cream lathered on the face with a razo-rock synthetic brush. First pass with the feather artist club SS, and final pass with the Gen featherweight. Finished with Thayer's which hazel with aloe, and old spice new formula. A wonderful shave!

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Thanks Andrew. Dollar for dollar, the best badger in my den. The handle is gorgeous too.

 

Giesen & Forsthoff Adoration DeLuxe #666
Vintage Simpson Polo 14 (Somerset Mills)
RazoRock Santa Maria Del Fiore Sapone Da Barba
Pitralon Polar





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Living behind enemy lines.....
Plus I honestly just use it as a shaving towel since it was bought as a gift, and I'm too nice to throw it away.

 

SOTD - Arko April with Adjustables!



Have a great evening!

 

One good Lund deserves another. Just about a perfect shave. Always a joy to shave with this razor.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
Lund 6/8
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Evening single pass head shave: Shavecraft 101/Nacet (3)

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Tallow + Steel | Shag
Phoenix Shaving - The Green Ray | Tribble Synthetic
Ever-Ready SE | Gem PTFE

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Terrific picture Matt! Love the green theme!

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Thank you!

 

Tuesday Budget Shave
SOTD 4.10.2018
Pre-shave: hot shower
Brush: VDH Boar (part of a VDH shave kit)
Soap: VDH Deluxe ($1.99 at Shopko)
Razor: "Pacific" TTO ($1.00 at Dollar Tree)
Blade: "Pacific" DE blade (2) (came with the razor)
Post-shave: Assured WH ($1.00 at Dollar Tree), AFTA Skin Conditioner Original (about $2.25 at Walmart), Barbasol Brisk AS (I think it was about $1.75 at Dollar General)

Inspired by @SharptoothC who has been using his $1 Pacific razor the last couple of days, and @Str8on2 who has been using his "Dollar Tree" $1 razor (I believe packaged under the banner of "Assured" which is the store brand), I decided I needed to try this razor again. I used the "Pacific" once before last October on 3 days worth of stubble and I was not impressed at that time: http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/dollar-tree-1-safety-razor.57499/page-2. My Pacific razor was still loaded with the same Pacific blade I had tried initially so I just left it. Since I was going with the budget razor, I selected other budget products to go with it.

As to the razor: I was impressed this time! I think part of it is my technique has improved a lot since last summer when I joined TSD. It was an easy 2 pass shave. No blood. No irritation. Of course, I had only 24 hours growth this time, but the razor provided me with a remarkably CFS.

It goes with saying really, the VDH Deluxe soap and brush work great! The post shave products are terrific, and when you consider the price, they're fantastic!

Happy shaves everyone!

 

Razor: Johann Breidohr Las Cruces 14
Brush: Shavemac 24mm D01 Silvertip
Soap: Razz Bocket Mango Folie
A/S: PAA Aqua D/G balm

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

 

04/11/18 Shave of the Day
Face Wash with Crabtree & Evelyn Indian Sandalwood Triple Milled Soap
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Lime Ginger Tea Tree Conditioning Shampoo Puck
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Prickly Pear ATG Pre-Shave Soap
Barrister's Reserve Spice Shaving Soap
RazoRock Rosso Corsa F-400 XXL 34MM Noir Plissoft Synthetic Shaving Brush
Creative Flame Pottery Stoneware Shaving Scuttle
Gillette M2 Gen 1 Slim Adjustable Razor - Setting 5
Feather New Hi-Stainless Blade - 7th Shave
RazoRock Alum Block
Homemade Lime & Rose Witch Hazel
Old Spice Classic Aftershave
NIVEA Men Maximum Hydration Moisturizing Post Shave Balm
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Lime Ginger Tea Tree Natural Deodorant - New Sport Strength ​

 

Great shave tonight, as a matter of fact, it was almost to easy. The Lather Catcher just keeps chugging along.
Pal blade is still doing its thing, it's almost like this is the new norm.

 

Great choice on the TOBS Eton College.... I love that scent!

 

Technique goes a LONG way towards a good shave. That said, the razor is quite usable if you use it right. You went a step further than I did - I tossed the original blades after one try.

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Arko Adjustable April!!

April 10

Razor - Schick Injector "M" Adjustable
Blade - (1)
Pre-Shave - Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
Soap - Arko
Brush - Jayaruh #46
Post - Alum

Switching to my 4th adjustable razor, the Schick M Injector. The numbers aren't on the dial on this one but it has a mark to help adjust. I took it to just past halfway for tonight's shave, threw in a new Schick blade and stayed with the pre-shave soap and Arko with the JR46. The lather just magically appeared with this brush and the shave was on. I have to say, it was one of the smoothest shaves I can remember in awhile. Two passes and a near-BBS is in hand. Or should I say "on face". The alum is quiet and I'm encouraged to open this baby up tomorrow to setting "Me" and remind myself what it can do. My first razor was one of these so it's always good times and throwbacks to the good old days.

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Thought I should at least give the blade one more chance and it did fine. Now tomorrow, I'm planning a head shave too. I'll use this razor but I'll have another blade one deck and change if needed.

 

Gorgeous photo.