SOS: December 2018

Army/Navy Week kickoff shave 2018
Razor: Koken Barber Supply Co. “Army and Navy” razor
Brush: Whipped Dog 30mm HMW Badger
Soap & A/S: B&M Reserve Cool

Enjoy your shave and...
Go Navy! Beat Army!
Tom

 

very nice ..classic..

 

myself as well,seeing all the cool set ups inspires me ..

 

Tuesday 4th December



Pears Glycerine Soap
Proraso White Preshave Cream
Stirling Black Cherry Soap
Frank Shaving 24mm Synthetic Brush
Claymore V2 on a Windrose Handle with a Kai Titan Mild
Thayers Witch Hazel
Groomed ASB
Clubman AS

This FS brush is reported to have a new synthetic fibre. In use it had nice backbone and was very soft and with only a very small glue bump performed very similarly to my Mühle STF V1 brushes. The end result was a 'face feeling' finish with 2 passes and a little touch up

 

Good Morning Everyone SOTD 12/04/18

Gem Clog Pruf
Gem Personna (2)
E-Shave Badger
Arko
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
E-Shave Orange Sandalwood ASB

Have A Great Day!

 

Today’s 50th birthday SOTD.




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SOTD 20181204.



Yaqi model R1605-S.
Bon Berger "Lavande Orange".
Vintage 7 O'Clock NEW / custom handle.
Voskhod Teflon (5).
Jan's Splash "Lavender Cashmere".

 

Tabacstag
I went with the three plate today and it went through my stubble like butter. Very close and not quite as comfortable as the two plate. I'll use it more to refine my technique. The lather was epic thanks to the Lutin Lightning and Tabac.

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Supply SE •••
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Lutin Lightning
Lather: Tabac Original
Aftershave: Tabac Original
Additional Care:
Trader Joe's Jojoba oil

 

Happy Birthday!

 

happy 50th birthday.. welcome to the 50s club...

 

SOTD December 4, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: Schick
Razor: Schick H1 injector
Brush: JR #60 synthetic
Soap: Stirling Haverford
Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Haverford aftershave

Have a great day!

 

Happy birthday! Beautiful photo.

 

Happy birthday!!!

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Tabac Tuesday's Shave


Cold Water Wash
Tabac Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #30
Stahly with RE Ball End Handle
Gillette Silver Blue
CWR
Tabac AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Tabac Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #30 brush. I did two passes with the Stahly Razor with a Gillette Silver Blue blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

John Henry 1706 Adjustable Razor
Parker Teflon Blade (2)
Stirling 24mm Synthetic Brush
Ogallala Bay Rum Pepperconrs & Limes Shave Soap
Cremo Post Shave Balm
Old Spice Cologne Spray

 

December 4th
Razor: Blackland Dart
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Brush: Maseto Finest badger
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: B&M Leviathan
Thayers Rose witch hazel
AS: B&M Leviathan

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December 4 SOTD:

Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Elite Razor Manchurian White
Lather: Grooming Dept After the Fire
Aftershave: Maggards London Barbershop

 

Catie's Bubbles | Vintage for S.E.R.F.
Ever-Ready 100T | Elite Razor Manchurian
Radio 1912 | Gem PTFE

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I haven't used my Radio in a while, but it just seemed to be the right tool for the inaugural use of Vintage, a group 3-part set for the S.E.R.F (Single-Edge Razor Fans) Facebook group. The full set includes Catie's Bubbles' Luxury Cream Soap, Before and After Splash, and Eau de Parfum, all of which could be purchased separately.

Catie's Bubbles is my first love in artisan shaving soap post-shave. It was the first soap to introduce me to jojoba and what it means in terms of healthy supple skin. As a head-shaver, this is an especially important aspect to wet shaving, and Catie's Bubbles always leaves my skin feeling like slick glass for about 4 hours.

Vintage's documented scent notes are: citrus, geranium, cedarwood, suede, musks, and amber. There's really nothing extraordinary in that profile, and newcomers may even assume that given its target is a group, it was meant to be a safe crowd pleaser. However, those of us who are privy to the Cullenary arts, knew there would be much more to this. The brain behind the likes of 322, Confiant, V, and Quatre Cent Vingt doesn't do pedestrian.

Forget off-the-tub dry scent assessments. You'll learn nothing of this fragrance until you hit it with a damp brush. Vintage offers an off-label kick-off that completely took me buy surprise. I almost feel like a spoiler alert is warranted here in that I hate to ruin the magic that you'll experience upon initial lather. It opens with vivid image of an industrial era by way of brief but specific valve oil. Some may associate this with the clean fresh "3-IN-ONE" oil or tapping oil. I associate it with the fragrance of my trumpet valves when they're warmed up. To others, it may lend to a pre-plastic age or even a steampunk-ish vibe, with a flinty, metallic note. I'm spending a lot of time describing this single aspect, when in reality, despite its impact, it's quite brief. This note's native sweetness naturally carries over to the sharp, bright citrus. When the lather is fully formed, the accord acquires more depth and warmth with thoughtful use of musk and woody resin to round this out to a truly elegant fragrance. And that's just the soap. In many cases, the soap base blunts the full vision of complex fragrances such as this. However, Vintage unfolds nicely, even within this often stifling medium. The splash---and more so the EdP---certainly broaden the spectrum thereby unveiling the complementary details and an unabridged muse that is Vintage. The EdP is still detectable 10 hours out, maintaining a rich and robust woody resin base lifted by a well-controlled musk.

Not since Barrister and Mann's "Promises" have I experienced a fragrance that evokes such a specific memory. Vintage is without question much more interesting than its profile suggests. It may yet be a sleeper, but I suspect as others experience this, the demand will direct Catie's Bubbles back to the well.