SOS August 2019

August 7 SOTD:

Razor: PAA Ascension SS
Blade: Gillette Nacet
Brush: PAA Starcraft
Lather: Proraso Red
Aftershave: Proraso Red

 

Çok güzel arkadaşım!

(Very nice my friend!)

 

Wednesday morning:

Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/Wilkinson day 3
Gilly’s Lush Life SS
Prep ASB
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS Splash

No complaints about this shave - three passes for a perfect BBS finish. The Lush Life soap smells so nice, it lathers great, and there’s a mild, but pleasant menthol sensation along with a very comfortable postshave feeling. I massaged my face with the Prep and it felt so good, then a couple of splashes of the Aqua Velva and I was good to go!

 

SOTD 8/7 Williams Wednesday



Executive Fatboy
Williams shave stick
Personna 74 Day 5
Omega Boar
Aqua Velva AS

 

Bath Soap - Pre de Provence Sandalwood (quad-milled)

Razor - Merkur 1904
Blade - Shark Super Stainless
Shave Brush - Ralph Lauren Safari Collection fitted with Synthetic Knot manufactured by Frank Shaving (replaced by jimjo1031)
Pre-shave Oil - Lather & Wood "unscented"
Shave Soap - Geo F. Trumpers Sandalwood Cream (Dried for months into a hard soap.)
Post Shave Balm - Geo F. Trumpers Sandalwood Skin Food
Deodorant - Geo F. Trumpers Sandalwood
Fragrance - Ralph Lauren Safari EDT

 

THAT is a most interesting combination . Course with Williams, I suppose one can use just about any aftershave.

 

Wednesday's Shave

Cold Water Rinse
LaToja Shaving Stick
Jayaruh #296 Brush
Dollar Tree Assured
Assured DE Blade
CWR
Granddad's Blend

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The LaToja Shaving Stick face lathered well with the Jayaruh #296 Brush. I did two passes with the Dollar Tree Assured razor with a Assured DE Blade and although the blade was a bit tuggy on the first pass, I ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Granddad's Blend AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Thank you Gary

 

Thank you Joseph. I have a serious case of Brush Acquisition Disorder.

 

I feel ya, bro.

 

Schone razor
GSB blade
FS Silver Tip brush
Viking Citron Shave Soap
Viking Citron balm
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Old Spice Fresh Lime A/S

The Viking SS gave another really fine lather and a dandy shave was had. Day 2 of using this soap and I'm impressed. My face is happy. Now go enjoy your day folks

 

Scent Showdown
I decided to put both of my Spicebomb type scented sets to the test. I used Ginger's Garden Spicegrenade on the left, and Oleo Wayoh on the right. Both the Lutin and the JR159 have the same Maggard's synthetic knot, though the Lutin is set lower so it has more backbone.
Lather - GG is a vegan soap with argan oil, and Oleo has duck fat and jojoba oil. Both have mango butter. The Oleo lather was more dense, both were very slick. Advantage: Oleo, I like the density of the lather, though both performed similarly - I used an alum block to check for irritation, and both sides had a little only on the neck.
Post shave feel: GG left my skin softer, likely due to the argan oil. Oleo rinsed very cleanly and felt very good as well. Advantage: GG
Scent: Both are true to Spicebomb and about equal in strength.
Aftershave: GG goes on a little tacky and takes longer to absorb. Oleo has more alcohol and stung more when applied, but dried down quickly and left a smooth feeling. GG has more menthol as well.
Overall: these two are close, but if I had to pick just one, is give the nod to Oleo. I prefer tallow soaps in general, although argan oil is an excellent ingredient.

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Rockwell 6s R6
Blade: Voskhod
Brush: Lutin Chubby Lightning
Pre-Shave: Proraso Red
Lather: Oleo Wayho
Aftershave: Oleo Wayoh Splash

 

Jim, you may want to be careful, the NSA may pick up on your chemistry post and see that you get a visit from the ATF squad.

 

Nice!

Mesmerizing.

 

Pre: Cold water splash
Brush: Maseto 24 mm ST
Soap: SV 70th
Razor: Claymore V1, Windrose
Blade: Schick Proline P
Post: Cold water rinse, SV 70th ASL

I'm surprised there aren't more Claymore posts on SOS, it really is a pleasure to use.
Happy Shaving one and all.

 

SOTD August 7th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
EDRIO #102 Schick Mini-Repeater Prototype
Personna (?)
30DCLE (26mm, Frigate Class)
Stirling Sharp Dressed Man soap and AS

Interesting little prototype repeater this morning. The handle is just big enough to hold your standard c-type blade magazine. Put the blade in the magazine and the loading mechanism had no problems racking the blade into the head. Here it is next to a standard size repeater to show scale:


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Recipe for Thursday:

prep-Nivea 4 Men Bodywash(COOL)-in shower
shave-Gillette Foamy Menthol
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot DisposeABLE
A.S.-Mennen Skin Bracer

 

Great razor - what’s the story behind it - e.g. how’d you find it, what do you know about it, etc. I hadn’t heard of or seen a Schick C prototype before.

 

Thanks Karl. The short story is this. I bought this huge lot of razors on eBay and when it came it had a bunch of really odd razors I had never heard of or seen before. When I asked the seller about it I was told that the lot came from a museum that shutdown and it's contents were being liquidated. You can read more about it and see photos of the prototypes here:

http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/odd-injectors-prototypes.57980/