SOS: January 2020

January 5, 2020
Enoch
Feather Pro
Semogue Mistura Taj
WSP Ol’ Kentucky
Small Batch Shave Tonic

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fine shave and pic Clint..

 

Whoa. You're runnin out of that PAA preshave soap. Are you going to buy the Version 2.0 soon?

 

Saturday January 4th SOTN

Enoch shave #2. Another absolutely splendid shave. This time with Cella almond slickness. I need more shaves to be sure... But it may be smoother than my SS Colonial General. Anyone else??

Happy shaves everyone!

Josh




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January 2020

January 4

Razor - 1959 (E4) [Birth Year] Gillette Flare Tip Super Speed
Blade - (1)
Soap - Soap Commander Courage
Brush - Semogue 620
Post - Alum

So, the weather guys predicted some light snow for today. I'm happy to report they were as accurate as always as I didn't see even one flake. It was in the 30's, so a bit chilly but nary a flake to be had. I'm definitely not complaining. Home and ready to get the shave on and I switched over to another birth year razor, my flare tip super speed. In my mind, this is the quintessential Gillette razor. I think they sold more of these than any other razor and it's the first razor I can recall seeing as a younger version of myself. It's a mild razor but does a fine, fine job of shaving, especially when paired with a blade like the Voskhod. I got out the Semogue 620 boar brush today to continue beating up on the Soap Commander and made fantastic and huge amounts of lather. Totally slick and cushy, and three passes of shaving had me down to baby butt smooth and happy for the night. Great way to finish the day! Hope you enjoy your Sunday!!

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fine flare tip shave Neal..

cool set up and pic Josh..

 

The Shavette Showdown
Round 2

*Feather DX - Feather Professional Super
*Focus R21 Evolution plastic doodad barbering tool - 1/2 Feather DE
*Focus R28 Slim Al - 1/2 Gillette Silver Blue DE

I had to look back in the archives to see when I started this throwdown. It has been a month. Well I think I'll try to finish up this month.

Finished up my first tub of BoS 2019 (Tsuka). Glad I got backups of the #1 slot holder on The Max Headroom List of Most Glorious Stanks. Stirling still has Tsuka left. Max Headroom says don't whine to him if you miss out again.

The Exalted Blue Ming was on hand to oversee the supreme lather controls for the competition.

The only blood on steel showing up was the soap. 3 excellent shaves with a jostle in the works.

I have not experienced any shave at the level of the Feather DX - ProSuper combo on shave 1. Shave #2 still has the DX on top.

My next shave was the all aluminum Focus R28 Slim Al with my pre-AC shavette fave, the GSB. End result was as good as the DX even though it did not sever hair with the same ease. It would be hard to tell the difference between shaves 1 and 2.

Third shave was using my first shavette, the Focus R21 Evolution loaded with a Feather. I'm curious about how Feather AC vs Feather DE would work out. The shave was better than #1 because it seemed to smooth out (not unlike this blade for me elsewhere). Most of the time, the R28 outshaves the R21 just a bit with the same blade. The Feather on (2) makes this one up over for a #2 finish.



Well folks, happy shaves.

Really great to hear from the folks not seen in a while. Happy New Year to you!

And...... for the newcomers...... you are getting a good glimpse of our great friend, the sometimes incendiary..... 'danger' Charlie........who as a young slide-stick carrying chemical engineering prodigy, was able to "cherry bomb" the High School commode and successfully pin it on his buddies.

 

fine shaves and pic Bill..

 

Date:- 05 January 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Stirling ~ Ramblin' Man
Razor/Blade:- Schick Eversharp Hydro-Magic / Personna PTFE Coated Injector #8
Post/After-shave: T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- Tommy Hilfiger for Men

 

Good Morning Everyone SOTD 01/05/20

Gillette Atra Plus
Dollar General Cart. (8)
Barbasol Original
Cold Water Rinse, Witch Hazel
Barbasol Brisk A/S

Have A Great Sunday!

 

Sunday 01.05.20 SOTD

RazoRock Essential Oil Of Lime Shave Oil
Schone Open Comb Gold
Astra Superior Platinum (4)
Frank Shaving 2 Band Finest Badger Extra Long Handle
Proraso Red Tub
Old Spice Cologne Original
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Excellent Jim.

 

Good picture and shave Jim.

 

Classic shave!

 

Great looking shave!

 

Great looking photo and line up.

 

Good looking shave Karl.

 

Beautiful photograph with great looking tools Tim. Love the Knight!

 

Beautiful picture and setup Perry.

 

Thank you very much Jason.