SoS: Mar 22 - 28 2010

Menthol Monday

Good looking shaves and pictures, all! It's Menthol Monday; I woke up late and sore (long trail run this weekend in the mountains), so it was a quick & easy shave today.

Merkur Futur w/Red IP (hand-stropped)
Kent BK4 Brush, O-ringed
Proraso Green Tub Soap
Aloe Vera gel mixed in hand w/
Skin Bracer AS

Skin Bracer was my Dad's fave; Nice to think about him, and to enjoy the menthol kick too. Took me a while to warm up to Skin Bracer, but I'm a proponent. Similar sting to Aqua Velva, but a bit more menthol, and just as much skin-care goodness, to my face.

 

Definitely, the next straight in my crosshairs will need to be a Dubl Duck

 

Shave Of The Day - March 22nd

:anifrozen Menthol Monday :anifrozen​

• Hot Shower
• Omega 31064 Boar
• "Soapy Sales" Soap - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• "Firebar Fred" Razor
• Sharp Brand Blade - Day 3
• TSD A/S -Iced SubZero - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• 

Mmmm... Frosty! :anifrozen

Working tonight, so I cut down on the number of passes, and still ended up with a great four blade shave. :happy088

 

It came in the mail today

Everything I used, except for the brush, came in the mail today.

-TSD Iced Pink Grapefruit SS
-24mm Silvertip Badger Brush
-Gillette Aristocrat Razor
-Dorco 301 (1)
-Aluminum block
-Iced Mojito Splash
-5 blades

Now I know why they call her the queen. I can't wait to try the rest of my new stuff.

 

It's "Hobby" SOTD Theme Week @ SRP


I'm a Fly Fishing Junkie from Way Back!
Big Brook Trout and Big Sow Stripers are first on my list this Spring.

Rooney Heritage Victorian
AOS Lemon SS
Joh. Engstrom~~
SRD Herringbone Cotton / English Bridle
Humphreys Witch Hazel
Ahava ASB
Have a Great Night~~​

 

• Merkur Progress
• Lord blade
• TSD Iced Sub-Zero :anifrozen
• EJ 25 mm silvertip
• Barbasol Pacific Rush:anifrozen

Awesome menthol Monday!

 

+1 to the Fly Fishing Chris! I live right on the Applegate River which is a tributary to the Rogue River in Southern Oregon. Nice Rainbow here and Steelhead are running right now. BTW your photo is awesome as usual I drool daily over your straights.

 

Beautiful Aristocrat there Danny!

 

+1 I found out why last weekend! Good stuff.

I recommend if you don't have any TSD goods to get on good foot and do the bad thing and get yourself some.

 

Man, oh, MAN! Some great looking shots of some beautiful set ups!! Be proud, gents!!!

 

Tuesday, March 23rd

Hot shower
VDH Deluxe mugsoap
Omega 11126 boar
Mühle R106 w/ Gillette 7 O'clock
De Vergulde Hand alum
444 ASB
Davidoff Adventure EdT

 

Hot Shower
Frederick Reynolds Chopper
Semogue 1305
Arko Soap (ground up shavestick)
Masters Bay Rum
Murray and Lanman's Florida Water
Murray's Australian Bees Wax

Another fantastic shave! The Arko quite possibly works better as a soap than a stick. I never thought I'd see a soap easier to lather than VDH but this is probably it. It took almost nothing to have tons of thick nice lather. The soap just seemed to explode after only a couple swirls of the brush.

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Goodfella/new Elios
Musgo Real-SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Musgo Real Classic-AS
Aramis-EDT

I really like these Elios blades, because they seem to be very sharp and smooth. The Musgo cream also was a pleasure to use this morning. It always delivers so much rich lather, and the scent is a delight.

 

Tuesday:

Lord Smart razor
Royal SuperStainless blade
Palmolive Classica SC
Vulfix 375S brush
Pinaud Clubman A/S

Smooth, comfortable and close. What a way to start the day.

 

Tuesday

Wade Wingfield & Rowbothom 6/8ths, 1/4 hollow, Irish Point
Omega boar brush
Wilkinson Blue Bowl s/s
Draggon Noir a/s splash
Malizia Vetyver e de t

I wondered why the Draggon Noir a/s smelled familiar the first time I opened the bottle - it smells exactly like Wilkinson shave soap! I bought a tub of Wilkinson's yesterday after Dragonboy (very nicely) corrected my too dogmatic statement about it's quality, or lack thereof. Along with the Draggon Noir and the Malizia, it left behind a lovely scent of wood and citrus, and gave a nice shave too. From now on I'll keep a tub of this around.

goshawk

 

They are solid shavers. I got this one at a good price as I found the blade separately and then found someone with a set of scales to match. I may try and find the bolstered scales at some point to upgrade its look some.

 

Dovo Prima Klang // Plisson 12 HMW // MWF // D.R. Harris Marlborough AS & Cologne​

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Tuesday:

38C/7o'clock Black
SR 3126 Silvertip
TGQ Lime Margarita SS
QED Lime ASSC
Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue Splash

 

Tues Morning Shave

quick one passer today as I shaved in the evening yesterday.


-Arko Shave Stick-finally get a crack at this wonderful stuff
-24mm Silvertip Badger Brush
-Schick Injector-locally purchased blade-cvs
-Aluminum block
-Mojito AS Milk (I wanted some ice and a straw but it was only 5am)



The Schick injector is quite forgiving. Let's you fly thru when in a hurry. I'd macerate my face if I tried this with a DE razor.

 

Tuesday:



Hot Towel
Vulfix 247 badger
CO Bigelow SC
Gillette Super Adjustable (1st pass: 3, 2nd & 3rd pass: 5)
Personna (day2)
Homemade Eucalyptus Lime ASB

Today I learned an important lesson the hard way. Make sure the bay doors are closed good and tight on an adjustable. My super was rattling like crazy. I thought I was just getting a little more "auditory feedback", but I noticed the shave was pretty rough as well. Gave the bottom a little twist and I was good to go. The rest of the shave was just as smooth as the last time I used it.

I don't own any Tabac (for Tabac Tuesday) so I made up for missing Menthol Monday with some COB.

Have a great shave and a great day!