SOS Sept. 28-Oct. 4

2 OCTOBER.

Click
Croma
Arko SC
BBB
Royall Spyce.

...

It was so cold this morning I was hoping I'd wake up to 12 inches of Snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D39Lm_HRfOs

 

FRIDAY

Parker 73R
Tesco/Day 4
Kell's Hemp & Aloe Soap
Vulfix 660 Badger
Panama Jack Green Ice Aloe
Black Suede After Shave

Nothing shaves closer then this razor

 

Merkur Slant
Feather
Shavemac 177
Tabac Shave Soap
Musgo Real Splash

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
TOBS Rose
C&E Super Badger Brush
Merkur HD
Super Iridium (1)
Pinaud Clubman
Nivea Sensitive ASB
Coral Skin Food

 

Modified Grandpa Shave

Friday

Razor: Replated New Head with Cooncat Bob HD Handle -Burl Tip
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge
Brush: Rooney SMF Special
Soap: Speick Shave Stick
A/S: Speick Aftershave Splash
EDT: Speick

I participate in the "Grandpa Shave" on Fridays where the rules specify that products used must have been around for at least 40 years. This Friday I modified the rules a bit...the handle of my razor is new (Bobs Razor Works) but the head is at least 40 years old (although it has been replated).

I am a relative novice when it comes to shave sticks but I rubbed the Speick stick all over my wet face and then face lathered with the Rooney. I got a great lather and enjoyed an excellent shave. The Speick splash and a spritz of Speick EDT was a great way to start the day.

 

Friday grandpa shave

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I entered this Friday’s Grandpa Shave in the spirit, if not the actual letter, of the Grandpa Shave concept. I think the old-time “barbershoppy” scent of Fraser’s might qualify for Grandpa status and the Walgreen’s aftershave reminded me of the stuff available in small town drugstores of the 1950’s. And the Tech is still a darned nice razor--I use it for travel. Grandpa had a boar brush or two, but not the one I used.

Razor: 1954 Gillette Ball End Tech
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (shave #1)
Cream: J. M. Fraser’s Original
Brush: Vulfix VS/5 Boar
A/S: Walgreen’s version of Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

Friday

VDH Boar
VDH Deluxe Soap
SuperSpeed w/ Derby
Corn Husker Lotion
UNFORGIVABLE by Sean Jean

 

Friday afternoon:

Simpson Polo 8 Super
Vintage Blades Herbal Citrus cream
EJ Barley Chatsworth with Super Iridium blade
Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel w/alcohol
Gentlemen's Refinery AS Balm
Creed Bois du Portugal

 

Dubl Duck Special
Rooney 1/1 Super
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Speick after shave

 

Rooney "Special" Pure
VDH Deluxe SS
Fatboy w/ Feather
Witch Hazel
Cliven ASB
Have a great night!

 

OCT. 2'S
II.
TOP-NOTCH SHAVE.

Wash: Yardley Aloe
Razor: Lord Click
Blade: Grecian BIC
Can: Barbasol Pulse
Splash: Clubman
Finish: Cardin PM.

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Love the Click and, even more so, Croma blades; but with so few left, I use them only once in a blue moon, then remove them from the razor, saving them for another time.

Each Croma Diamant gives my tough beard circa 15 smooth shaves. They're unbelievable. If anyone has some and doesn't like them, you know to whom to send them!

Used 99-cent Barbasol "Pulse" today from the Ultra Series; enriched with Aloe and Lanolin, it gave me a very fine lather, the only downside of which was my hands' getting dirty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZLQW2qr5Hs

 

Unforgivable is a smart buy. It's a carbon-copy of Creed's MI in a 40 dollar bottle.

I don't care how astute your nose is; you can't tell the difference between the two. I remember reading one "basenoter" commenting that P. Diddy's fragrance has more grapefruit in int. OKAY.

 

Friday

Pre: Hot Shower, Lather/Hot Towel
Soap: C&E Nomad cream w/ a bit of C&E Sandalwood Cream
Brush:EJ Badger Travel Brush
Razor:Gillette NEW
ASirty English Cooling AS
Balm:Nivea Cooling Moisturizing Balm

 

Saterday, October 3rd

Hot shower
MWF
Kent T8 brush
Mühle R89 w/ Gillette blade
De Vergulde Hand alum
Proraso A/S
Canali Men EdT

 

Semogue 2000
Mühle R106
Pre Myrsol
La Toja SC
Floïd vigoroso+444

 

Mulholland drive is one of my fav. movies ever.Good choice man!

 

SATURDAY

Parker 91R
Personna Red Wrapper/Day 3
Kell's Original Arabian Spice Soap
Vulfix Badger 2006
Panama Jack Green Ice Aloe
Barbasol Pacific Rush After Shave

 

Hot Shower
1910 Gem Jr. Lather Catcher
VDH Deluxe Soap
Dickinson's WH
Corn Huskers Lotion
Aqua Velva Ice Sport
Acqua Di Gio EdT

Off to the DMV this morning so I got that going for me.

 

FOR LATER TODAY,
TODAY
BEING
III
OCT. '9.

Lord Click
w/ a BIC.
Cade SS coupled
w/ Tabac SC &
a C&E BBB.
86 the A/S, w/
Tabac EdT to
Finish.

...

I think I'm done using splash, which I'm beginning to view as just some scented tonic I'm unnecessarily throwing on my face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WHe5fxS3dA&feature=related

 

Saturday:

Gorey's Chairman
Parker 22R/Nacet day 2
Williams Sensitive-SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Old Spice-AS (P&G)
Old Spice-cologne (Shulton)

What a wonderful shave--BBS in 2 easy passes with my Parker 22R/Nacet combo. I definitely find the Shulton Old Spice smells nicer than the P&G version. I was lucky to buy 3 bottles of it from a friend of mine who doesn't like the stuff any more.