SOS: December 2018

Thank you, both, for your kind words, gentlemen.

 

Thursday, December 13

Saponificio Varesino Colonia 4.3~~Morris & Forndran Finest Beehive~~Gillette New SC~~Polsilver SI
Have a great day!​

 

Schick E3 razor
Schick blade
NOS Certified boar brush
Stirling Margaritas in the Artic SS
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Clubman Reserve Whiskey Woods A/S

Been trying to get this brush broken in for a lllooonnnggg time by soaking/hand lathering/etc. Nothing has worked, it's like lathering with a candle stick. Reckon it's a good candidate for a reknot. But everything else was just fine. Now go enjoy your day folks.

 

SOTD DEcember 13th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
Cooper MonoBilt
Pol Silver SI(6)
Yaqi Moka Express (26mm, Frigate Class)
Van Yulay Smokin Hot Pineapple soap and AS

Good morning friends. Today's Decadent shave feature a soap company that you don't hear much about and the king of the vintage DE razors. The Van Yulay soap (this one is a tallow base, she has several different bases containing various oils and fats) is very soft and the big Yaqi brush picked up a lot of soap in a short time. The scent of Smokin Hot Pineapple is meant to be that of grilling fresh pineapple rings, and actually contains some pineapple that the soapmaker grilled themselves, it also contains base notes of smoke and vetiver. Performance of the soap was amazing, it made a creamy, shiny, dense lather that was super slick and had very good residual slickness. Scent strength was a solid 7 and just having the tub open in the bathroom filled the room with smokey pineapple goodness. Post shave feel was very good and was only enhanced by the AS. The AS is alcohol free and contains lots of skin food and left my face feeling supple and well hydrated. The only downside is that the packaging seems somewhat amateurish, the label for the AS looks like it was printed in house. The bottle for the AS is plastic and I'm not a fan of this style of soap container. Those flaws are easily overlooked however as the quality of the product more then makes up for it.

Six shaves on a Pol Silver and its showing no signs of stopping. It is still cutting smoothly and is still sharp enough to pull off a BBS shave. The MonoBilt once again proved itself and just reiterated why it is my favorite vintage DE. Have a great day my friends!

 

THRIFTY THURSDAY!
WCS Beacon Synthetic
Late 40's Gillette Superspeed
Wilkinson Sword (1)
Arko
Equate Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva Classic

Music provided by:
Rush ~ 1984, Live in Toronto September 1984

 

Perfector-Marvel

 

DEcember 13th SOTD
British Aristocrat Jr. w Astra SP (2)
WD HM Badger/Maple
D.R. Harris Arlington
Thayers
CL Bon Vivant AS

Have a great day all!

 

RR GameChanger .84
Polsilver SI
Stirling barbershop soap
Witch Hazel followed by Clubman AS

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Pre: Warm water splash
Brush: S_jagger 24mm Zebrano ST
Soap: The Sudsey Soapery UpLift
Razor: Pal Golden
Blade: Schick Proline B
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Vitamin E oil, Pinaud Clubman ASL

I find the injecto-matic to be a very effective razor but not as much fun as the E2.
Happy Shaving one and all.

 

The Friday Way Of (Shave)Life:

prep-Dove 4 Men Bodywash(Hydration Balance)in shower
shave-Rise Super Foam regular
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot + DisposeABLE
A.S.-TSD Splash(Bay Rum)*

*-this will be the first of 4 straight days of shaves with Bay Rum(aftershaves), thus extending my Barbershop Jamboree for said 4 days. (Course Bay Rum A.S. is synonymous with barbershops).

 

Friday Planned SOTD



Razor: 1946/1947 Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (D5)
Brush: Shavemac H4414024 Horn 24mm Silvertip
Bowl: ShaveWorks 4.25"
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: Grooming Dept Unscented V35
Shave Soap: Grooming Dept Before The Fire
Post: MdC Huile Végétale Camomille
Aftershave: Nobel Otter BarrBarr


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nice set up jason..

 

Couple of shaves from this week. Fancied black and white tonight.

 

Dr. Jon's is a sleeper indeed. I think many people tried Vol. 1 while the current Vol. 2 formula is much better IMO.

The scent of Cold Fall Morning is much stronger than i anticipated. The guy i got this from (trade) had a utube video giving it a 1-2/10 on scent strength, so was plesently surprised.

 

12.13.18

Wholly Kaw Leather
Paladin "keyhive" 28mm
ATT S1
Permasharp ⚂
3 pass BBS

Floid Genuine AFS
Floris 1927

Great soap - performance so good: scent so bad, really wholly kaw bad. Wife had to leave the bathroom. Gotta get unscented? Does it exist?

Shave on brothers

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Friday
December 14, 2018

Blackland Sabre L2
GEM PTFE
Paladin Shaving Round Table LE
Barrister and Mann Patches-Strawberry, Basil and Black Pepper Soap & AS
ADP Ginepro di Sardegna

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Spectacular brush bobcat

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Top shelf Primo

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Hive envy!

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