Another pleasurable single pass mostly ATG shave with the MMOC. I really don't feel I'm giving much up with the single pass. A view of the rapidly developing Toul Tompoung neighborhood of Phnom Penh.
Just a quick update... today was another shave with the Bakelite Tech and Dorco Prime Platinum. Following Neal's lead, I pulled out the VdH Luxury soap. It's been in a closed container, but I haven't used it in quite a while and seemed a bit dry. The lather was okay, but I definitely need to work with it more. For some reason, the VdH Deluxe Soap has pretty much disappeared from the shelves in my area (along with the Williams).
Saturday SOTD June 30, 2018 Blackland Sabre L2 GEM PTFE Varlet Beehive Mike's Natural Soap Barber Shop Barrister and Mann Seville BB 1818
Just the Basics/Fun June June 29 How's this for a basic......NO SHAVE NIGHT! That's as basic as it gets. It was a busy day off and I just kind of got behind, so no shave is in the works for me. Tomorrow night will be my weekly head shave along with a regular shave, and for the last shave of June I'll be showing off my last patent drawing that adorns the walls. July is only one more day away! You ready for Cinco de Julio?!?! If you don't know what that is I'll remind you. The July thread will be up and around sometime tomorrow, most likely evening. We have plans to go hang out in one of the State Parks with a group tomorrow (in spite of the ridiculous heat) then I'll be back. Hope it isn't as hot for you as it is here. We have Provel running liquid in the streets. Tell New York to prepare.
Friday Shave For Friday I broke the extreme smiling Herr Razor. Razor: Herr Razors Strop: T Miller Brush: Handle by Jason, Omega boar knot Pre: Proraso Soap: Stirling AS: Enhanced Florida Water AS, Edwin Jagger ASB Scent: Phenhaligon’s Hammam Boquet Saturday Shave Since the Stirling has been working well I decided to pull out an old tub of Mike's and see if it performs better than I remember. Yes it did, maybe my water changed? Just like building the lather on the puck worked for Stirling I built the lather on the puck and it worked. Irritation A Closeness A+ Smoothness A+ Sharpness A+ Razor: Mastro Livi Gifretto Strop: Mastro Livi Brush: Thäter 2 band Pre: Proraso Soap: Mike’s AS: Enhanced Florida Water AS, Edwin Jagger ASB Scent: YSL Rive Gauche
June Injector Focus Razorock Cumba Cheech SS Omega Pro 98 boar brush Suribachi bowl, cool water Schick type J-1, Chick blade Pinaud Lime Sec EDC Sampling another new to me, and I think discontinued soap from the remnants of the Pass Around Box. Nice light orange scent, standard issue acceptable quality lather. It served well on several days growth, and the Schick performed in its usual high quality reduction. Finished off with contrasting citrus AS It's been a good month of Focus for me. I've enjoyed shuffling through my SE's. Looking forward to July. Good Shaves Y'all!
June 30 SOTD: Razor: Ever-Ready 1914 Blade: Gem Stainless Brush: PAA Atomic Rocket Lather: AOS Tallow Aftershave: TOBS Sandalwood Additional Care: Stirling Unscented PSB @Keithmax sent me this AOS tallow as a PIF, and I got a chance to use it this morning. I usually don't rate soaps on one use, but this one is pretty awesome. The scent was pretty faded, but a little hint of Sandalwood was left. The lather was terrific. I can see what all the fuss is about this now vintage soap. Too bad AOS discontinued it. A little TOBS Sandalwood to finish and my Saturday is off to a great start. I hope everyone has a great day!
Great picture Jim. I have some current AOS soap and it is ok but nothing special. They should have left things alone with the tallow version.
Thank you, Clint! I would agree. I have some current type as well, and it is a decent enough soap, but not this good.
Sounds like AOS was of the mindset, "Let's try something new just to be different"....and it blew up in their face(no offense meant to AOS in general).
They probably looked for a cost savings and found a formula that isn't quite as good, but they can charge as much for it.
June 30, 2018 Rocnel SE-G Gem PTFE Thäter 4125/3 C&E West Indian Lime Shaving Cream Myrsol Agua de Limón This shave was inspired by @Boojum1 . We were texting about Gem razors and it reminded me I have not used the Rocnel SE-G since March. So I loaded up a Gem PTFE blade with care and off we go. I can say with absolute certainty that the SE-G is not close to the Karve in forgiveness. However the Thäter was pure pampering and luxurious while face lathering. Two passes and touch ups left me with a very close shave. Not quite a BBS shave but close enough to scare the little guy. The bad news is the nut driving the razor didn't pay attention and ended up with a good nick. The SE-G is not on automatic pilot yet. I hope everyone has a great Saturday. June 2018 Recap June has been a great start to the summer. During the month, I tried out two new razors, the Delta Echo SC and the Karve D Plate. Both turned out to be fantastic razors. I have continued to work on using up soaps and creams with no empties this month. As usual the best part was following everyone's adventures during the month. The spirit of friendship and camaraderie exhibited on this thread is not something I see nearly enough. Thanks again for a great month. I am looking forward to participating in July
