SOS: March 2019

Sat 30th March

RazoRock Syn. 24mm
P & B Pall Mall
Mercer Progress LH.
Lab Blue [ 3 ]
Floid Vigoroso A/S Lotion.

As a rare DE outing was so good yesterday, I just had to have another one to prove it was not a fluke, this time used the Progress.
I started back DE Shaving with an adjustable Futur and my other purchases New/ Vintage have all been adjustables. Though I have a strong beard I prefer to use Lower Settings, as they seem to work for me.
I found a good cutting angle by working off the head, it was shallower than that I might have used previously. The Shave was not only smooth and comfortable, but the Overall Finish quality was excellent . DEs now back in favour with me

 

Good Morning Everyone SOTD 03/30/19

Gem Clog-Pruf
Gem Personna (10)
Synthetic
Col. Conk Amber
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Gillette Cool Wave A/S

Have A Great Day!

 

SOTD:
Today's shave was the first time I had used the malt n myrtle in about a month and it was a fantastic shave. Ive forgotten how much i love this soap, id highly recommend it to anyone in the UK or for anyone looking for a foreign soap to give a try .
The status is one of the aftershaves ive used the least, its missing the bit that regulates how much aftershave comes out, so usually what i do is press it against my hand and tip it upside down several times and then apply the aftershave.
Razor: fatip piccolo
Blade: feather hi-stainless (8)
Soap: the gentlemans groom room malt n myrtle
Aftershave: status
Brush: dischem synthetic.

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British Blue Tip Super Speed / Stirling Piacenza

 

Saturday Straights' Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Proraso Sandalwood
Jayaruh #313
Wilbert "Acme"
CWR
Pinaud Clubman

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Proraso Sandalwood Shaving Soap face lathered well with Jayaruh #313 mixed 70/30 badger/boar brush. I did two passes with the Wilbert "Acme" straight and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Saturday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Gentleman
Soap: Stirling Sandpiper
Razor: Vintage Gillette Slim
Blade: Vintage Gillette Platinum-Plus (10)
Brush: Cowboy Classic/Whipped Dog Silvertip-24mmx54mm
Aftershave: Stirling Sandpiper w/Menthol

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Stirling Sandpiper today. 20 seconds to load the Cowboy Classic/Whipped Dog Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette Platinum-Plus still in the Gillette Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Stirling Sandpiper aftershave.

Bob

 

Stunning photograph @celestino.

 

Pre: Warm water splash
Brush: Vulfix 404 Badger/Boar
Soap: WK Lav Sublime
Razor: Cobra Classic
Blade: Schick Proline P
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Cella Eau de Lavande

I must have lost track of this blade because it was a bit tuggy, but a DFS was attained anyway.

 

Baie lekker skeer my boetjie!

 

My Saturday disaster, I mean SOTD:

Clean & Clear Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/Rapira day 3
Alluvian Norwegian Spear SS
Prep SS
Bleu de Chanel EdT

I had a very good BBS shave but it came at a cost because I cut myself badly near my lower lip during my second pass. I’m to blame because for so many years I became overconfident with my Super Speed and my ability to shave fast with it so today it really bit me. Anyway, the Alluvian soap’s scent was so nice, the lather was so thick and meringue-like, and I felt a bit of a cooling sensation. As my luck would have it my styptic pencil was nowhere to be found so I had to put a gauze bandaid over the cut and that stopped the bleeding but I had a fairly unpleasant reaction because I broke out in a terrible cold sweat and I became very nauseous. Thank heavens I feel much better now.

 

March 30th
Razor: Gillette Fatboy E4 (9)
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Brush: Switchback/Omega boar
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: B&M Reserve Waves
Thayers Cucumber witch hazel
PAA Star Jelly unscented
AS: B&M Reserve Waves

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Saturday 30th March



Pears Glycerine Soap
Ingram Shaving Cream
Yaqi Mysterious Space 26mmTuxedo Brush
Yaqi 'Charcoal' with a Treet Durasharp Carbon Steel Blade
Alum and Rinse
Simple Facial Toner
Dove Moisturiser
Epsilon Blue AS

After a pretty awful night shift I needed a wake up call to get me up and running today. Enter the Ingram cream which will become a rarer sight in 'the wild' as it appears to have been discontinued. To increase the effect I also decided to have a cold water shave. This is not something I would do normally . The mind set for me is that a shave should involve lots of hot steaming water and throwing lots of cold water round me is paying penance for some terrible unforgivable sin.

Despite my misgivings.......the shave was actually very good.
3 passes for an excellent face feeling finish. It will however take a little time before I consider this to be 'normal' behaviour!

 

Blackland Blackbird
Gillette Platinum (2)
Murphy and McNeil Trinity
Stirling Witch Hazel
Wet Shaving Products Olympus

 

Paradigm :: Romera :: Noble Otter
I'm still on the fence about the Two Kings scent but Pillo loves it!​

 

Love it!

 

The cat or the soap?

 

Yesterday and today’s shave

Razor : gold Schick
Blade : 7oclock black
Brush : jayaruh no99
Soap : old spice shave stick
Post : Medicated witch hazel
A/S : vintage old spice
Cologne : vintage old spice

The shave was awesome. This razor is such a great shaver. It left me nice and smooth without issue. I only wish that there was a way to replace the handle. The soap and the rest of my setup is simply fantastic. I was going to use an AOS cream but ran out of time and just went with shave stick.



Razor : ikon standard
Blade : silver star
Brush : Simpson case
Soap: vintage shave stick
Post : lavender witch hazel
A/s : Nivea men 2-phase

I brought several ikon heads with me on vacation and the standard was first up.
An incredible shave this morning before heading out. This setup worked great and the a/s is awesome. I’m really enjoying this little brush

 

All good Kemosabe.

 

Thank you.

 

Great picture and write up Neal. Looks like the 30DC is at it again.