SOS: September 2018

Travel SOTD
TSD Barber Shoppe Soap
AoS Pure Badger Brush
Portland Razor Company Siren
Craftsman Citrus and Spruced After Shave
Have fun!

 

SOTD Stirling SEptember 27th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
G.E. Jones Shake Sharp
Gillette 7 O'Clock Permasharp Stainless (3)
Simpson's CH2 Synthic (27mm, The Soap Destroyer)
Stirling Pumpkin Spice
Homemade Tangerine and Tea Tree AS

 

Nice photo Brian.

 

Thursday, September 27

Jabonman~~Semogue~~Gillette~~Personna 74 (8)~~B&M
Have a great day!​

 

Have you tried Ballenclaugh soaps? Most of their scents are very unique and hard to compaire to other scents on the market. Honey Tobacco is not like any other tobacco scent, it almost smells like a barnyard (in a good way lol) and has a musty vibe to it, something like Country Club Barnstormer.

 

Eclipse Red Ring/Supermax BDT. First shave with this razor, milder than I expected. Not as efficient as I'd like for my head shave.

 

Razor: Gillette Tech on a Stirling “Dallas” handle... now this is knurling
Blade: GSB
Brush: 24mm Boar
Soap: Proraso
A/S: Pre de Provence No.63

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

 

Friday SOTD



Razor: Charcoal Goods OC Level 2
Blade: Gillette Spoiler (D1)
Brush: Shavemac TSR2015 LE 2-band Silvertip
Scuttle: Yoresh
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Oil: Stirling Mountain Man
Shave Cream: Xpec
Post: MdC Huile Végétale Camomille
Aftershave Balm: Xpec
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GartBnx.....

 

Today's shave was with a NOS razor. It hadn't been used, but still had a sharp edge. But, not shave ready. I needed to do a lot of stropping(120 strokes), before I felt confident to use it. I had an Okay 2 pass shave, that surprisingly left me with a BBS shave. This razor could use a few laps on my Welsh Slates, to smooth it out. Other than that, this is a very well made, and fun little razor. As for the brush, this was its maiden voyage, and was a bit of a shedder, and stunk. I'm confident this will correct itself soon. It was soft, and lathered well.

Razor- "Ontario", by Geneva Cutlery Corp. Geneva New York.
Brush- Wilkinson Sword Boar Hair Brush. Solingen Germany. $6.90 shipped.
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood scented
Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice.

 

The Friday Way:

prep-Nivea 4 Men Bodywash(Energy)in shower
shave-Regiment Reveille soap*
brush-Stoylin "li'l brudder" synthetic
razor-Gillette Senser Deuce Pivot + DisposeABLE
A.S.-Clubman Special Reserve**

*Regimentgear.com

**-for now, this one looks to be a good match for Reveille. Gonna cool down enough for me to get going with this one(the soap/A.S. combo overall, that is).

 

For Frosty Friday:

 

SEptember 27, 2018

Cobra Classic & Feather Pro Super #1
Omega Boar #11126 Ovangkol
Stone Cottage Leather&Smoke
Humphreys Alcoholado Maravilla
Chiseled Face Sherlock a/s splash
Carolina Herrera CH Man Prive

A good shave. A bit of leather, smoke, booziness and semi sweet earthiness and it’s a shavers heaven. Have a great evening and great shaves Gents....
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yes, I was gifted "Festive Parler" , have not tried it yet, off the puck it's completely unique.

 

September 28, 2018
O.R.E.N. V2 (2 dot plate)
Feather Pro Super
SOC Mistura Taj
Reef Point Tranquility
Fine Lavender Aftershave

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FRIDAY'S SHAVE​

Razor - Gillette Superspeed (circa 1947-1952) (Re-plated in Nickel Finish by Razor Emporium)
Blade - *6th Shave
Brush - PAA "The Green Ray"
Shave Soap - PAA Solstice
Aftershave - PAA Solstice
Deodorant - PAA Solstice
Fragrance - PAA Solstice EDP

 

thursday shave
sink of cool water
face wash
avon gentlemans brush
godrej lavender soap
herbs of bulgaria cream
brass bowl of lather
atomic razor w/3 use derby
3 passes
avon tribute a/s and cologne follow up

a lavender day

 

not much variety there, eh Tim? (chuk yuk yuk). But Solstice looked to be one to consider from PAA when I first saw all their different kinds.

 

sept 1925...? happy birthday...

 

SEptember is a Stirling month!

September 27
Razor - Type M Schick Injector
Blade -
Soap - Stirling Black Ice
Brush - Stirling Two Banded Synthetic
Finish - Alum

Hard to believe we're almost finished in September but here we are. Three days to go after tonight. It's been another good month around here and the SE razors have proven their worth! I can say the same for tonight's shave with the Type M Schick. I left it wide open and went for the baby and found it without even trying. It's just a matter of setting the angle, letting the razor do the work and guide it home.

I tried the Stirling Black Ice soap tonight. The official scent is Anise - so a nice licorice scent was strongly in the room. I'm a personal fan of black licorice so I really enjoyed the shave. Plus, lathering from a black puck that turned into the usual creamy goodness of Stirling is a nice visual. It's a beef tallow soap so the normal awesome performance and after-shave face feel is a part of it. I would definitely consider adding this as a full tub purchase. The menthol kick at the end is very nice too. Really leaves you feeling the cold.

Some notes ahead of the month-end. OCtober is, of course, open-comb razor month for the theme and I offered up Oleo as the potential theme soap for the month. If that's something you haven't heard of they are the makers of El Caballero. So - if you have any Oleo Soapworks products in your den, feel free to break them out for OCtober. However, since I suspect it's not as prevalent as some other brands (or have I missed something) I'm modifying it to "Oleo and Oddballs" for the soap theme. How does that work? Well, if you have an Oleo product you've got it. But if you have other soaps that don't get used much this could be their chance too. I have a few like that to add to the El Caballero for the month. Anyway, just some things to help you get ready if you want to play along with the theme. As always, of course, themes are optional.

Have a great Friday tomorrow!