SoS: April 2020

Hi Friends,


hope you all are doing well and all of you and your loved ones are healthy. Crazy times these days...


Razor: Merkur Futur // Blade: BIC (1) // Soap: Tabac // Brush: RazoRock Disruptor // Aftershave: Tabac ASB

Today i tried a Merkur Futur. I think we are not gonna be friends

He is thoroughly but even on setting 1 too aggressive for my skin. I can feel the blade too much on my skin. So i used to stop after the with and the across the grain passes to flip to my beloved Rockwell 6S to end the shave. Don´t get me wrong, the shave was very good, even with the Futur, but i´m not sure if i like this "skinfeel" the Futur gives.

Maybe it was the combination of blade and razor...i used a BIC for the first time ever. The BIC worked ok in the Futur, but very very good in the Rockwell 6S. Against the grain without any problems and smooth like butter. I think this blade will get more attention from me.

The soap is fantastic, if you like the Tabac scent (which i do). The Balm is very soothing and the skinfeel is great.
Next week a "new" used razor will arrive and added to my den I´m very curious on next week. New soap, new razor AND a new brush

So, this is it for now.

Stay safe, stay healthy, enjoy your shaves and take your time.

Greetings
Thorsten

 

Smokin' Gents!!

 

awesome set up Tim..

 

fine shave and pic ..

 

Sunday

I try to hit some variant of the Old Spice over the weekend as regularly as possible, with Tabac in the mix of course. As the weekends are my barbershop days - feels right to shave the neck ears nose and head with the barbershop vibe in the bathroom. My favorite Old Spice fragrance replica is Stirling. Their rendition hits the spicy part just right - it is 'round' and I can barely discrern this versus my seven bottles of vintage Old Spice. Their AFS is wonderful. #2 in my ranking is Soap Commander. Close on fragrance: the ASB and bar soap are close to the original. #3 in my ranking is Mystic Waters Windjammer. It is a bit too fresh and soapy - but definitely a first cousin in the old spice family tree. #4 is PAA is very similar to MW Windjammer. #5 B&M, again in the family - but not as close to the original as Stirling and SC. Missing the spice accord that imo are there in the top 2. #6 Route 66's version is second cousin territory on fragrance. #7 was. St Charles Soap company. Now sadly out of business. It got the spicy right but was missing that floral geranium note of the original. Left to try - Gingers Garden's version. I love her afs and tallow soaps. Going to order some this week. Hope I didn't bore you boys. If you know of a puck I left out - let me know. I am about to settle in after 10 years of searching! Btw - that was a fragrance ranking only!

Mystic Water Windjammer
H&S razor c Personna Red ⚂
Vladimir Ferdman synthetic [Gamechanger]

Stirling AFS
PAA ASB
Old Spice Cologne [vintage]

See you all tomorrow

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fine shave T..

 

Pulled out the Big Guns for today's shave, Clint!

 

April 19th shave:

Great shave today with a Gillette Old Type and my reknotted Klenzo (Rexall Store branded) . Nothing like using 100+/- year old equipment that works just as good as when it was new.

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awesome old type shave Justin..

 

Thank you, sir!

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Schick C2 Repeating Razor
Personna PTFE Blade
West German Boar (restored) Brush
Reef Point Dragon's Blood Soap
Dickinson's Witch Hazel w/Rose
Reef Point Dragon's Blood AS Balm w/Menthol

 

cool shave and pic Jim..

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Thank you, Gary and Gus!

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monday shave
1940 u.s gold tech set
derby premium
arko
omega boar
duru limon cologne

 

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That’s Killer G-Man....

 

thank you Gus..

 

Thank you!

 

awesome set up and pics Jim..