SoS: February 2021

I’m going to start the new month off with a Menthol Monday Grand Freeze!

Stirling Mentholated Pre Shave Soap
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/ Astra Green day 8
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen SS
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen ASB
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Bleu de Chanel EdP



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Menthol Monday SOTD



Razor: Colonial Razors The General Brass
Blade: Schick Proline (D1)
Brush: Tipsoft Blonde Badger 26mm
Bowl: Prohibition Style
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Oil: Homemade Frosted Woodlands
Shave Soap: Frosted Woodland-Custom
Post: Saponificio Varesino Puro Burro di Karitè
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Colbeck

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1 February 2021

Blackbird Brass SB 101
Wizamet Iridium Super
Zenith Boar + Oscar11 Amber C7
Mystic Water Sardinian Honey
Unrefined Shea Butter
Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Alpha Outlaw and Modern Williams with Aqua Velva Musk.

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Williams Mug Soap
Razor: Alpha Outlaw
Blade: Dorco ST-301 (1)
Brush: Zenith S series
AS/EdC: Aqua Velva Musk

Monday is here. Get on it!

 

Good Morning Everyone SOTD 02/01/21

Gem MMOC
Gem Personna (1)
Badger
C.O. Bigelow
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Aqua Velva A/S

Have A Great Day!

 

February 1st
Razor: CG LvL2
Blade: Perma-Sharp Super (1)
Brush: Zenith Badger
Pre-shave: PAA Cube
Soap: PdP No. 63
PAA Galactic Witch Hazel
AS: PdP No. 63 Balm

Good morning!



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A stunning gear and photo, Jim!

 

2021-02-01, Monday

What a beautiful start to February!

An awakening marked by a beautiful grayness.
Then I listened for the first time to a friend's gift: Ella & Louis!
Fantastic!
Fitzgerald's voice, fresh and crystal clear combined with Satchmo's rough voice: what an incredible contrast!
Of course he plays his trumpet and.... what perfection of sound!

I remember, back in the late 1950s, when Armstrong has been a guest on a TV show.
I didn't know who he was, but I still remember that big black face in which shone a row of white teeth: he smiled heartly, not a politician's smile!
He passed a white handkerchief over his sweaty face, drained the humidity from his instrument, kissed the mouthpiece and... from there my father would go into ecstasy
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He was the greatest trumpet player in the world and he was of an incredible modesty: nice, helpful...
And to think that this great artist was forbidden to enter through the main door of the theaters where he was performing. being black he had to pass through the back door!
It seems incredible to me...

And that's not all!
Next to these two giants there is another one: Oscar Peterson!
A giant in every way!
Unbelievable that someone with the physique of a tackle could have such nimble fingers!
There were still times when he didn't perform as a soloist: an incredible sideman for two jazz great artists!

After a shave whose relevance to all this is negligible and unworthy of comment, however pleasant, when I sat down to do my homework, they were broadcasting a service from the Villa Borghese Museum presented by none the less than Antonio Paolucci, the former curator of the Vatican Museums!

His culture leaves me stunned, perhaps because I don't even know the name of the seven dwarfs!
And what fluidity of exposition, what rapidity of thought, what clarity of comparison!
The way he recounts Bernini...



How did a man, four centuries ago, get something like this out of a piece of marble?

Alright, I'll stop it right there!

And, yes, as I said, the shave with a brush, a razor and one of my favorite soaps, was satisfying!
The blade could have been smoother, even if not more efficient!





Sapone PS: Pear Soap
Sapone: Floris, N° 89
Pennello: Simpson's, Commodore X3, BB
Rasoio: Gillette, Super Speed ’40 Style, 1961
Lametta: Rapira, Super Stainless
AS 1: MilMil, Figaro Gel
AS 2: MilMil, BeMan, Balsamo Polivalente
EdT: Alfred Dunhill, Dunhill for Men
ST: Ella & Louis, 1957

 

Thanks!

Terrific post, Sergio!

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Monday February 1, 2021
Razor: Lupo .72
Blade: Wizamet (2)
Brush: Grizzly Bay/Oumo SHD
Soap: Lakewood SOCP (1508.5 Project)
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Clubman Citrus Musk
Fragrance: Spicebomb

Back to the Soap Project which is just about doughnut holed so the end is in site. 1st use of the .72 SB Lupo and it reminds me of the DLC Lupo but I like the looks better. I think I prefer the .95 but am on the fence until I compare them more closely. I know the Spicebomb doesn't really match up with the Citrus Musk but it overtakes it just right with the lime musk peaking sporadically and I LOVE this peppery/spicy scent any time of year. Hope Fluffy is safe while out plowing the enemy attacking his domain. Have a great day everyone !!!

 

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Butterscotch 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Cella Red Tub
Razor/Blade:- Gillette New Short Comb 1930 / Gillette Stainless (red & white pack) #4
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- Davidoff Cool Water Wave

HOLY MOLY!! Finally using my Gillette New SC changing the razor over from the Fatip Testina Gentile, I should've gotten the vintage 1930 Gillette New SC instead of the LC years ago.
The vintage Gillette New SC has given me extra smoothest, extra comfortable and extra close DFS++completely irritation-free shave since I had the 1930 Gillette New LC was very uncomfortable to shave no matter what blade I choose.

 

Jaws .84
Tatra Platinum
MWF
Omega Synthetic
Proraso Vitamin E Balm
Paul Sebastian

 

Thanks for sharing, Sergio. One of your best posts to date. Have a great day!

 

February 1, 2021
Tatara Masamune
Feather
Tatara/Semogue Boar
AOS Lavender Shave Cream
Fine Lavender Pour Homme Aftershave

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Menthol Monday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Eskimo Tuxedo Shave Soap
Jayaruh 340 2-band Badger
Red and Black Gillette Old Type
Gillette Silver Blue
CWR
Osage Rub

The Eskimo Tuxedo Shave Soap was applied with the Jayaruh 340 2-band Badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Red and Black Gillette Old Type with a Gillette Silver Blue blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

A wonderful shave this morning!


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Thank you, Jim!

 

Thank you Joseph!

 

And with no Schick!

 

February 1st SOTD
Occam’s DE w Nacet
APShave 2Bed/Evan’s Aluminum
Fine Platinum combo
Thayers

Have a great day all!