SoS Jan 5 - 11

Gillette Tuckaway
Gillette Nacet Blade (1)
C&E BBB
P.160 SS Duro
Witch Hazel
Wesley & Scott Lime ASB

 

Wednesday

Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Red-Pack Personna
Brush: Tweezerman
Cream: Speick
A/S: Speick

 

Thursday:--Early end to Palmolive Week!

Omega Silvertip
Weishi Chrome/Super Max day 3
Connaught Peppermint S/C
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Arko Aqua A/S gel
Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme EDT

I think it was time to switch to another brand of cream or soap, so I used this lovely Connaught cream, which has a very good cooling effect. I highly recommend the Arko Aqua gel--is it ever soothing, and it smells very nice!

 

After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

Shavemac 22mm silvertip (small knot, but easy to load it up for my 4+ passes)
1934 type Aristocrat/Feather
MWF
LT AS
Storer 'Monk' EdP

First time using a feather in this razor and bingo! Seems like the sharpest blade is the most comfortable in this razor. Very effective and almost as comfortable as when using my regular razor (fatboy). Hehe, I do love the way this thing looks, and am glad to have tried this out with multiple blades before giving up on the open comb style. Yeah, the feather's the one to pair with this razor.

Man.......this MWF creates one hell of a nice lather. No more difficult than other soaps like DR Harris or Institut Karite, with a really thick and great looking result.

All in all, an excellent shave this morning, with a BBS face at the finish.
Martin

 

Thursday

Thought to start writing here again as soon as a got my blade samplepack and some new s/cream.

Here's today:

Hot shower
Zirh shavingcream as preshave
Truefitt & Hill Trafalgar shavingcream
Edwin Jagger Best badger brush
Merkur Futur w/ Feathers
Zirh Soothe

My start in this wetshaving career was a pack from Zirh with preshave oil, shavingcream and the aftershave balm. The balm is great really but the cream just doesn't makes it for me. It's the type of cream that not lathers up at all. It does have a nice cooling though so I decided to give it a go as preshave as i heard someone at B&B had tried it and well, it was ok. Nothing i couldn't live without if i say so...
A great shave otherwise. I think the technique is way more better now and that gives some results!

 

Thursday

All Metal Trac 11
Personna Cartridge
Pirates Cove Lime Soap
Omega Boar Brush
Thayers Rose Witch Hazel
Old Spice Classic After Shave

 

Wed. Night:
Fatboy w/ Wilkinson (white package)
C&E BBB
SCS Green Tea
Alum Block
Trumper's Sandalwood Skin Food

Felt like a great shave until the Alum block. Never had that delayed razor burn before. Now, I woke with an ingrown on my chin. No more Wilkinson blades for me.

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Trumpers Rose Soap
Simpsons Duke 3 Best
'57 Red Tip SS
Treet Classic
Aqua Velva
Nivea ASB
Coral Skin Food

 

Thursday 1/8 . . .

• [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel
  [*]Brush: Knotty Badger refurbished Ever Ready 300 with Silvertip
  [*]Cream: TSD Bamboo & Teak
  [*]Razor: Undated Gillette Tech with Ball End Handle
  [*]Blade: Treet Classic Dura Sharp (shave 1)
  [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Rose Petal Witch Hazel Toner & Pinuad Clubman A/S
  [*]EDT: TSD Bamboo & Teak EDT
  
  [*]Result: Super BBS shave with no blood. The Treet blade is very sharp and provides a nice smooth shave. Thanks Squire for our great review. Of course the TSD cream helped the Treet do its job by providing a great slick lather. Good to be back to the Tech. It is everything that most of us say it is. I would suggest the Tech as the best "1st DE razor" for a newbie.

 

I never realized how sexy the Fatboy was until I saw that picture. Very nice!


EJ Gregorian with Knotty Badger Cocobolo handle
7 o'clock Sharp Edge
Knotty Badger Silvertip
TOBS Shave Shop -sample
Wesley & Scott Lime
English Leather Lime Cologne

 

Thursday

Razor: 5/8 Dubl Duck Goldedge
Brush: Omega 48 boar
Soap: Trumpers Limes
A/S: Castle Forbes Lime
Edt: Musgo Real No.3

 

Thursday

Merkur Vision / Red IP
Rooney 1/1 Super ( lost a hair this morning --first and I hope last)

La Toja SS ( stick milled into a bowl)
La Toja ASL
La Toja ASB

Always great results with La Toja !!

 

Beard: 1.5 days
Razor: Ranger Tech
Blade: 1978 Gillette Thin day 3
Brush: re kotted Fuller
Lather: Proraso red
A/S: Proraso balm

 

1/8/09

Prep: Same as it ever was...shower, OCM, hot water massage...
Brush: Penchetta Penworks Silvertip
Soap: Tabac
Razor: 1965 Gillette "Slim" Adjustable - #4 setting
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (black), day 2
Thayer's Alcohol Free Original Witch Hazel, followed with Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum

Results: Fantastic!

 

Salt Spring Soap Works Stone Bay Shaving Cream / Semogue 750-I
Edwin Jagger DE89L / Gillette "Swede"
Tabac AS


Today was my first time trying this shave cream that I stock in my shop....It will be in my regular rotation. I really liked it.

What isn't listed here is the AS Balm I used today too. I'm testing it to see if I will stock it in my shop. It is Canadian Made.... first impression is that is might be a keeper.... I tried the unscented today. I will try some of the scented versions through the next few days.

 

Thursday

 

Looks like a nice shave Ray. What brush is that? I like the curves.

 

Thursday:

Merkur Futur / Gillette Swede blade
Rooney 2/1 Finest
Penhaligon's English Fern shaving soap
Booster Mosswood AS; Castle Forbes Lavender Balm
Czech & Speake Oxford & Cambridge Lavender Cologne

 

Chris, that looks like the same brush I used today...a Rooney Style 2/1 in Finest bristle. It's an exceptional brush....Ray has very good taste...

 

Thanks. A Rooney 2/1 Finest