SoS: July 27-August 2 2009

Those 1912 with fat bakelites handles are WONDERFUL!.Dave sent me one(with a red handle) and its maybe with the MM open comb my fav. one.

 

Monday 7/27 . . .

• [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel
  [*]Brush: The Dana Brush an Ever Ready 50N Boar
  [*]Cream: TSD Buccaneer
  [*]Razor: '09 Gillette Old Type with Single Ring Handle
  [*]Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (shave 1)
  [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel Tone and AQ Skin Conditioner
  [*]EDT: 4711 EDC
  
  [*]Result: New blade in the old razor today. So a BBS shave with no blood. Use the Dana Brush with a cream today just to see how it worked with the cream. It was not good had to add extra cream and ended up using double the amount I usually use. Not something I will do again. The Buccaneer comes from a sample and while the cream worked effectively I am undecided about the scent.

 

7/27

1924 ever ready
gem blade
williams soap
ever ready horsehair brush, black and brown handle

dickinsons witch hazel
dominica bay rum

caswell & massey no. 6

 

C-MON razor
Omega 10066 boar
Valobra soap
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

Monday - July 27

Semogue 1305 Boar Brush
GEM MM Open Comb with Pella Gem (D1)
Tabac Soap
Thayers Rose Witch Hazel
Tabac AS

Couple of 1st here...
Finally got a Gem MM OC from the b/s/t and all I can say is WOW! Extremely close but also oh so smooth. I even managed to get my trouble spot om my neck BBS w/o irritation!
The Tabac soap is really great stuff. Thanks Matt. Count me as one that likes the scent.....and an added bonus so does the SO.

 

47 Gillette Super Speed
Israeli blade
hot towel for 3 minutes over lather
olive oil for pre shave oil
c&e sienna SC
C&e nomad ASB

ems "stregthening" essential oil EDT

*I find that olive oil may be my best weapon. Each pass i put another layer of olive oil and then lather. It is incredibely slick and I think olive oil is a good mosturizer. My gf will sometimes use it as a moisturizer when her skin is dry.

I like it better than art of shaving preshave oil. That is the only preshave oil I have ever used but it was very thick and clogged my razor. Olive oil is easy to wash off and cheap as well.

 

Semogue,Tabac soap and GEM MM open comb,GREAT COMBO COMBINATION!
Welcome to THE REVOLUTION!!!!

 

Yes, I have tried both. Neither of them really have the smoothness of the Swedes as far as my face can tell.

 

Is it just me or are there a bunch of Gemocrats on TSD? Apparently at TSD you don't need a Merkur to be cool. I like it...I like it A LOT!

 

I think that here we try to avoid those kind of ppl(the ones who think that to be cool you need a Merkur,or a hard to find vintage shaving soap,or a 400 euros
french brush that is not even worthy 90....)happy102:happy102

 

Looks like I'll fit in just fine, mi hermano

 

haha...that's funny - I thought they were both sharper and smoother than the Swedes...

 

28 July, Tuesday

Merkur Futur w/ Gillette Super Thin
Vulfix #2233 Super
Nivea Mild SC
Penhaligon's Opus 1870 EDT

Same as yesterday.

 

Oh, I have been part of the revolution for awhile now thanks to a fuzzy wabbit and a certain possum. This was just the 1st for a OC. I think the OC makes 12 SE razors in the collection. :happy102 can you say RAD!!!

 

Astra Superior Platinums are better than Swedes and cheaper.

Even the Keramiks are better.

 

TWENTY-SE7EN
JUL-
Y
'9.

Wash: Cusson's Classic
Razor: Fusion Day II
Soap: Spike Shave Stick
Brush: Omega 10077
Splash & Finish: Aramis.

...

I'm keen on seeing how many shaves I can get out of a Fusion cart.

Speick's so overrated and what's more has a banal scent; it works well enough but one can get so much more from Arko.

 

7/27

KB Extra 4/8 Rnd Pt
Ever-Ready 150 Boar
SS shave bowl on a beverage warmer
TSD Blue Juniper Cream
TSD Blue Juniper AS Splash

 

I humbly disagree...well not really disagree because they may be for you.
For me though, the Astras, either one, are not as sharp and smooth as a swede. I am really liking the Iridiums and the 7 o'clock blacks and think they might be just as good as the swedes.

 

I simply hated Astra's. They sucked for me.

Toggle at 7 w/ 7 o'clock yellow (2)
Rooney 1/1 super
MWF SS
alum
Jason ASB

 

Tuesday July 28

Pre: GFT Sandalwood Skinfood
Brush: GFT Best Badger
Soap T&H Luxury
Razor: #58
Blade: Feather (Day 2)
Aftershave: Alum block followed by Nivea AS Balm
Cologne: GFT Eau de Quinine

Pete