SoS April 13 - 19

#15
7 O'clock Sharp Edge
Shavemac 585
TSD Neroli Soap Cream
TSD Neroli ASM
TSD Tommy Bahama Type cologne

 

C-MON razor
Shavemac 22579 Silvertip
Florena cream
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

WEDNESDAY.

Razor: Gillette Good News!
Cream: Blix Fresh
Brush: Omega 1077
Splash: Osage Rub.

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Osage Rub, I discovered with a match, is comparatively low on alcohol content - doesn't set ablaze. Nevertheless, it feels so soothing, smells like Christmas and opens up your nasal passages like nobody's business.

 

Wednesday 4/15

• Penchetta Penworks Redwood Burl Silvertip
• TOBS St. Jermyn S/C
• [slash]1906 Gillette Single Ring Old Type[/slash]1920 Gillette Big Fellow
• Gillette 7OCB
• Thayer's A/F Original
• Aubrey North Woods

Result: DFS. Definitely like the Single Ring handle better than a ball end handle. First time with the TOBS St. Jermyn; it provided a lot of cushion and protection, but I thought the scent was too flower-y or perfume-y. Tomorrow another DE (early morning shave before work, again), then back to the straight!

 

Gillette NDC Super Speed
Feather blade
Kent Bk4
Mama Bear's Tuscan Memories soap
Max Refreshing
TSD Iced Lime

 

Wednesday:

Merkur Futur / Gillette "Swede" Blade
Plisson 16 HMW
Taylor of Old Bond Street Mr. Taylors Cream
Thayer's Witch Hazel; TSD Victorian Rose Milk
Le Labo Rose31

 

TO TUESDAY,
REWIND.

Body: MWF Bath Soap
Hair: MWF Shampoo
Razor: Lord Tech
Blade: 7AM
Can: Noxzema Green
Splash: Clubman
Finish: Cordovan.

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Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJAQ1Ogng_s

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I've noted this before but Noxzema Green has a MWF-esque scent to it, but just louder; what's more it provides an excellent shave.

 

HEY ! That razor looks kinda familiar :bounce015

Today I'm gonna use my dear ol' Granpa's EverReady brush..........recently rebristled by rodd
Muhle R89 + Derby
T&H West Indian Limes Cream
WWR
Hawleywoods No 9 AS Splash
RNB Bay Rummy AS Salve
RNB Bay Rum with a Squeeeeeeeze EdT​

 

Hot shower + hot towels
EJ BBB
Gillette slim
Feather(d2)
Ingram S/C
Cold towels
Nivea A/S balm

Very nice shave. It's kind of boosting for my ego that I'm now able to use the feathers
They are actually very nice blades. You have to focus on what you're doing but what a shave!

 

Wednesday

Razor: 6/8 LeGrelot Frameback
Brush: Shavemac D01
Soap: DR Harris Almond
A/S: TSD Bergamot a/s milk
Edt: DR Harris Arlington

 

Trumpers razor
Simpsons T2 brush
La Toja shave stick
Jasons Beard therapy AS
Creed GIT EDT

 

Wednesday

40's Style SS (z1)
Derby Extra (3)
VDH Glycerin Shave Soap
Adidas Ice Dive A/S

I generally shave on the cheap, using locally available soaps, creams, and A/S (except for the Polo my wife gave me). Today I made it a little more directly cheap and didn't use a product that cost me more than $3.00 per/unit. The breakdown:

40's Style SS (z1) -- once belonged to my Grandfather --given to me

Derby Extra -- purchased 200 for around $22.00 -- pack of 5 would cost about $.50 at that rate

VDH Glycerin -- $1.10 at a local HEB last summer

Adidas Ice Dive A/S -- $2.99 at the Walgreen's close to work​

Resulting in a very fine four-pass DFS/near BBS shave! -- PRICELESS!!

 

I got it from a good friend.

How did that brush lather for you? That was the first 18mm knot I have used.

 

Wednesday April 15, 2009 11am

Hardware:
Brush: BBE
Razor: 68 Slim Adj. 9/3
Blade: Red IP (3)

Software:
Cream: TSD Peach
AS Splash: SCS Blue Line
AS Balm: SCS Blue Line
Cologne: Bulgari Aqua Marine

 

Razor: Rooney DE
Blade: Gillette Sharpedge
Soap: Harris Arlington
Brush: Rooney 3/1 Finest
A/S: TSD Iced Lavender/Tea Tree followed by TSD Unscented Iced Milk
Edt: AdP Colonia Intensa

 

That's the 'bama I know

 

4/15

1902 kampfe bros. star
gem blade
palmolive red
ever ready horsehair brush, black bakelite/brown wood handle

dickinsons witch hazel
TSD lemon & cedarwood a/s

polo double black

 

Good Afternoon,

Wednesday:

Pre:

Hot Shower
Proraso Pre/Post

Shave:

Merkur 34C HD w/ Derby
Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood Shaving Cream
Rooney 3/1 Best

Post:

Proraso Pre/Post


Overall a pretty decent shave. A fatal mistake however occurred at the end of the first pass. I nicked a region of my neck by mistake and this caused an overall damper to the entire process. However, all in all the shave was quite good.

 

Wednesday 4/15 . . .

• [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel
  [*]Brush: The "Ever Roddy 300" an Ever Ready 300 refurbished with silvertip badger knot by "The Knotty Badger"
  [*]Cream: SCS Verbena
  [*]Razor: '63 Gillette Super Speed with Flare Tip Handle
  [*]Blade: Iridium Super Extra Stainless (shave 3)
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel Toner & Clubman Club Complete ASB
  [*]EDT: TSD Old Spice Type EDT
  
  [*]Result: MFS (Mighty Fine Shave) today. Got a late start and did not go for BBS due to time constraints. The SS is one I got as part of a package of stuff included in an antique medicine cabinet I got recently to store some of my shaving stuff. Had planned on selling it to help cover the cost of the other stuff but after using it I actually like it. Gonna keep it.

 

Shaving on the cheap week:

Gillette "User Grade" Tech
USA Personna Blade
Burma Shave Boar
Derby Lavender Cream

decent shaves with no weepers, nicks,or iritations