SOS: May 2018

Iberia 14
Yaqui Synthetic Brush
Portland England Shaving Soap
Roberts Rose Water

 

Baili BT171/Nacet. On a superficial level this sure looks like a 60s-70s English/Argentine Tech. And yet, this thing has more exposure (shorter guard span) than I'd expect from a Tech. Anyone have both? I don't have one to compare and photos posted elsewhere were inconclusive. Great shave.



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First shave with "Doc's Special Blend" this morning. Disclaimer alert: I have life long sinus issues so even though I have over 220 soaps in my den and growing I do not review soaps as my sense of smell is quite different as a result. I really didn't know what to expect from a soap made from someone in 8th grade (12-14 age) but wanted to support her effort and science project, so bought one tub of soap and DSB listed Peppermint, wintergreen, grapefruit, lemon, basil, rosemary and vetiver which didn't look like anything I already have in my supersize shave den. Upon opening the lid, wintergreen is the prominent note that hits me first, then peppermint then a faint citrus note. I then lathered up with my Oscar11/SOC boar knot and the notes began to change to a minty-greenish note that is hard to explain, Jim you mentioned reminded you of Frozen Tundra and it has been four years since I last used FT, so I can't do a comparison, but if I remember right, FT was not as minty in aroma, and DSB I would say is a tad colder but neither FT or DSB are meant to be on the frosty side. It is a thirsty soap and lathered up nice and thick, the way I like it. Honestly, I didn't expect much in blade slickness before I got started with the Bostonian/Parker blade but I was quite surprised in this department. Nice and smooth and slick. Aroma mellowed out during the shave and have to say is growing on me. I can pickup the vetiver and basil now in the mellowed out minty aroma. Second pass, again razor glide was nice, smooth and slick. Impressed. Post shave not as slick as I like but then again, I have been spoiled by Grooming Dept soaps in this department. Would say that post shave feel was better than the Meißner Tremonia Lavender De Luxe shave cream I used two days ago. Going to use again for Monday's menthol shave but looks like this one is a keeper.

 

Stirling Port Au Prince, Omega Pro 98 boar, Suribachi & cool water
Fatip Piccolo, Kai blade
Alum, Osage Rub AS,Pinaud Citrus Musk EDC

I bloomed my shave soap, and I'm not afraid to admit it. ​

 

Here are my night shaves from Monday through friday.

Friday 5/11/18 Schick type O


Thursday 5/10/18 GEM 1912 with Rod George handle and Rod George brush



5/9/18 Wednesday night pay prismatic, Colorado razor design's brush.


5/8/18 Tues night. Colonial General


5.7.18 Monday night, gentleman Jon design razor.

 

Thursday.
Prep: Hot towel
Pre shave: Prep
Razor: Merkur 34C HD
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium
Brush: Rough,No Name Boar
Soap: OSP 'Eucalyptus + Menthol'
Post: Cold water rinse / Witch Hazel / Wholly Kaw: Fougere Bouquet ASB

I went with the 34C/Polsilver combo today, simply because I didn't have to rush, and what an awesome mid week shave it was, with OSP doing a splendid job in the lather dept. Yep, that was a quality shave, alright.


Saturday
Prep: Hot towel
Pre shave: Prep
Razor: ‘The Rock’ (Rockwell 6S – #3)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: 'Jade' (Rooney Heritage 2XL Jade) spruced up w/Declaration Grooming Brush Rejuvenator
Soap: Talbot 'Buttery Brook'
Post: Cold water rinse / Witch Hazel / Chatillon Lux Santal Auster Post-Shave Salve
Fragrance: D.S & Durga Mississippi Medicine

Well, 'Buttery Brook' produced a stupendous amount of slick lather, which provided the base for a wonderful, trouble free shave. Top Tier, without a doubt....The Santal Auster Post-Shave Salve truly is a top notch stuff..Bliss!... all finished off with some Mississippi Medicine.. RESULT!!

 

SOTD May 12, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: Personna
Razor: Personna injector
Brush: Zenith B02 boar
Soap: Jeeves of Hudson Street Bay Rum
Post: Witch hazel, Brut aftershave

Easy shave with nice results. Have a great weekend!

 

Great photo, buddy!

 

Cool photo Perry

 

Thank you, Roby!

 

Thanks Jim. Have a great day buddy ☺️

 

Thank you Sir ! Yes I am very happy with my brush collection, you can see most of them here :

http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/cha-wing-s-brush-collection.52746/

 

Sunday's Shave Plan:

prep-Nivea 4 Men Bodywash(Sport)in shower
shave-Barbasol Original
razor-Gillette Sensor Dooce Plus Pivot DisposeABLE
A.S.- Avon 4 Men Maxwell '23 Tribute

 

Sundays planned shave

Njord pure badger brush (Danish)
Homemade kamisori straight razor
proraso red preshave
Razorock Nomad shaving soap
Razorock Nomad aftershave

Have a nice sunday guys

 

May 12th
Schick I1 w Personna Twins
30 DC LE
Barrister’s Reserve Cool SS and AS
Thayers

 

Got a great shave today!!

Shower: PdP lavender bar soap
Brush: Semouge OC SE 2012 badger/boar.
Razor: Merkur 42c
Blade: Persona medical prep
Soap: Sudsy Soapery lavender and peppermint.
Post: Osage rub
Lotion: Gillette aftershave gel
Cologne: Azzaro chrome platinum

Been looking forward to this day. I finally used up the last of my queen charlotte Cayman cream and could now start using my SS lavender and peppermint.

My first shave with this soap turned out even better than expected. Its right up there with SV for best soaps I have tried. Great peppermint scent that gives your face some coolness when applied with lavender scent in the background. Very natural scent to me. No issues with building good lather with it. Razor glided around my face with ease and didn't get a nick. Even added a little extra pressure with great results and no razor burn or tightness after I was finished. With all the butters in this soap my face feels baby soft. Even now 9 hours later my face still feels better than when I just finished shaving with other soaps/creams. I highly recommend trying SS if you haven't yet.

 

Razor: Filarmonica Doble Temple 14
Brush: 26mm McPhail TopHat
Soap: Stubble Buster Game
A/S: Razorock XXX

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

 

Sunday's SOTD



Razor: Jurgen Hempel Jarwin
Blade: Parker Platinum SS (D7)
Brush: Shavemac 23mm D02 Buffalo Horn
Bowl: Turkish Porcelain Bowl 4 ¾”
Pre-Shave Scrub: Lisa's Invigorating Eucalyptus
Pre-Shave Butter: Chatillon Lux Lavender
Shave Soap: SdM " Asses Milk" 40%
Balm: Meißner Tremonia Lavender De Luxe
Aftershave: Herbs of Bulgaria Lavender

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Old Spice Leather A.S....I'm betting I tried that in my "early shave years".

 

Mother's Day
May 13, 2018

Wolfman WR1-OC with Darwin Ti
Feather HS
Paladin Lapis Chief
LASSC Topanga Fougere
Creed Aventus

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