SoS Jan 12 - 18

Friday am

Merkur Progress
Lord Platinum
Fendrihan Silvertip
Moss Scuttle
Trumper's Rose S/C
Aqua Velva Musk A/S

Nice combo for a smooooth shave!

 

Friday 1/16 . . .

• [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel
  [*]Brush: Knotty Badger refurbished with silvertip badger Ever Ready 300
  [*]Cream: Tabac SC
  [*]Razor: '09 Gillette Old Type with Single Ring Handle
  [*]Blade: Treet Classic Dura Sharp (shave 4)
  [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel Toner & Clubman Club Complete A/S
  [*]EDT: Tabac EDT
  
  [*]Result: A wonderful smelling BBS shave with no blood. I get the results of a test today that may allow me to go off the coumadin blood thinner. If that happens then I expect to get fairly bloodless shaves from here on out. Back to the shave result. The Treet blade did not work so good on the head this morning. Had to do a bit more touch up work than normal. May have been my prep for the head shave, could have been the blade too.

 

Friday

Heavy Brass Trac 11
Personna Blade
Omega Boar Brush
Pirates Cove Lime Soap
Thayers Rose Witch Hazel
Givenchy Cologne

 

TGIF: Gillette Slim Adjustable @ 5 / Treet Classic blade d2 / Arko SS / Boreal 322 boar brush / Old Spice Aftershave

The Treet blade is very very smooth, hard to tell it's in the razor sometimes.

 

1/16/09

Prep: usual shower/OCM
Brush: Penchetta Penworks silvertip
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Fatboy
Blade: Astra Superior - day 1
After: Thayer's Alcohol Free Original Witch Hazel / TSD AS Milk - 4711 Type

Result: Nice shave...first time ever with the Astra Superior (thanks Dr.Mike!) and I really enjoyed it. Just when I thought I found my 'go to' blade...

 

Merkur HD
Gillette Swede (3)
Rooney 3, 1
JM Fraser Polar Ice
Booster's Polar Ice
Saint Charles Shave Lavender milk

This is the first shave where I detected any cooling from the Polar Ice cream. It's also my first shave with a product containing menthol in quite a while and I haven't been using Max Refreshing Aftershave with menthol for every shave. Maybe you can build up a tolerance for menthol...

Another note, the Saint Charles Shave Lavender milk and Polar Ice products make an excellent combination. I think its one of my favorites... I even got a "You smell nice" from the wife this morning.

 

Friday:

Merkur Futur / Swedish Gillette blade
Rooney 2/1 Finest
Mitchell's Wool Fat soap
D.R. Harris Pink AS; Gentlemen's Refinery AS Balm
Knize 10

 

FRIDAY

Real Shaving Moisturizing Facial Cleanser
Merkur 38C / Feather (3)
Savile Row 3126
Real Shaving SC w/ squirt of KMF Peach SC
Thayer's Superhazel
Real Shaving ASB

 

Thursday night:
Rooney 1/2 Super
TSD Rose EO soap
Gillette Fatboy with new Astra Superior set on 4
3 passes, with 1 additional ATG pass on neck
Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Nivea Cooling AS Balm

 

Good Friday to TSD

'69 Super Adj. w/ Crystal
C&E Super
TBS SC
WH
Pinaud Musk AS
Pen's BB edt

 

Razor: Rooney DE
Blade: Swedish Gillette
Brush: Rooney Emillion
Soap: Penhaligon's EF
A/S: German Pitralon followed by Castle Forbes preshave balm
Edt: Diptyque Tam Dao

 

Friday

Razor: 5/8 Dubl Duck Satinedge
Brush: Simpson PJ2 Super
Soap: Palmolive shave stick
A/S: English Leather

 

Friday January 16, 2009 1130hrs

Brush: BBE
Blade: Red IP
Razor: 68 Slim Adj. 9/1
Cream: TSD Crystal Blue
AS Splash: SCS Med.Citrus
AS Balm: Em's Place Skincidental
Cologne: Bulgari Aqua Marine

 

C&E BBB
Merkur Slant with Dorco ST301
Boots SC
Old Spice AS & EDC

:happy005

 

Sweet Shot

Very Nice picture....

 

Yesterday's Shave

 

After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

Shavemac 22mm silvertip
Gold Tuckaway/feather
MWF
Lucky Tiger AS
I Profumi del Firenze 'Ambra del Nepal' EdP

Tried another new razor today....yeah, another open comb model. These types are a fairly recent interest of mine, and I couldn't resist pulling the trigger on this little guy. Price was right, and it's a nice looking razor.

Man, this was the worst shave I've had in a very long while.........heh. The short handle was no problem, but the razor's weight kinda threw me off a bit. I prefer a razor to be head heavy, but this wasn't the case here. The heavier handle made it tough for me to apply the same amount (almost zero) of pressure continuously during my passes. Yeah, I prefer the razor head itself to bear down juuuuuuust enough without any help from me, and that's not this razor. It's different, but something I could adapt to after a short while. I should mention the shave itself wasn't very comfortable, as I was waaaaaaaay too aware of feeling the blade on my face. It caused me to use much more caution than I prefer.

Heh, this shave left me with 4-5 small red spots around my chin and mouth, and these won't be gone until tomorrow. Face feels a bit tight in spots as well. Mostly my face is BBS, but there's a few small areas on my neck that I didn't wanna push my luck with. This set up is pretty darn aggressive to me. Nope, this isn't quite what I'm used to, especially the tiny spots of blood.

I may try this another time or two, although I don't love it at the moment.....heh. I have a hunch the weight distribution is something I'll have an issue with as to feel and comfort. We'll see.

Luckily, I have a few more open combs to try soon, being sent by my buddy (and enabler) Brian! Yeah, I'm gonna get a good idea about these things after a while. Definitely gonna be a change from my fatboy, and it should be fun for me.

Ok, I'm done,
Martin

Oh......did I mention my face actually hurts in a few places? Heh, reminds me of the old days.........

 

Saturday 1/17 . . .

• [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel
  [*]Brush: Ever Ready 300 refurbished with silvetip badger by the Knotty Badger
  [*]Cream: C&E Sandalwood
  [*]Razor: 1912 GEM
  [*]Blade: Ted Pella PTFE coated SE (shave 5)
  [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Rose Petal Witch Hazel Toner & C&E Sandalwood ASB
  [*]EDT: C&E Sandalwood EDT
  
  [*]Result: A great bloodless BBS shave. The C&E cream gave the Ted Pella blade a great slick ride across my face and head. Had no trouble with the touch up pass on my head today with GEM/Pella combo like I did yesterday with the Gillette/Treet combo.

 

Saturday

Heavy Weight Trac11
CVS Lube Strip Blade
Omega Chrome Handle Boar
Pirates Cove Lime Soap
Thayers Rose Witch Hazel
Tabac After Shave

 

Saturday: Gillette Slim Adj. @ 4 / Treet Classic blade d3 / VDH Deluxe SS / VDH brush / Old Spice Aftershave

The Treet blade is quickly becoming a favorite, smooth, comfortable and gives a great shave.