SoS: April 12-18 2010

Let's see those shaves for the week! Bonus points for pictures!

 

Monday's shave

No bonus points for me, didn't have my camera at the ready..

The shave:

Hot shower
Kent's luxurious shaving soap
Kent BK2 greay badger
Gem Junior SE
Ted Pella blade
Nivea after shave balm

Nice and smooth...

Wishing all of you a great week ahead.

 

No bonus points for me, too. No time last evening and to tired this morning at 05:45

but ... a great shave with

SWK Scuttle
shavemac flattop
Progress 500 w/ Lord
ToOBS St. James Collection SC
ToOBS St. James Collection ASL
ToOBS St. James Collection EdC

 

Monday, April 12th

Hot shower
VDH Deluxe ss
VDH Deluxe boar
Mühle R89 w/ Derby Extra
444 alum
444 ASB w/ La Toja splash

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
Boker Red Injun #102
Omega Boar Brush
Palmolive Shave Stick
Osage Rub
Florida Water

Had not used straight Osage Rub for quite a while, I normally cut it with witch hazel but not today. It is quite the menthol kick in the teeth. Great shave today too. Aerosmith and Stevie Ray Vaughn on tunes.

 

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Elios day 3
Italian Palmolive Menthol-SC :anifrozen :happy108 :happy005
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Barbon-AS :anifrozen :happy108 :happy005
Acqua di Selva-Cologne

Yesssssssssssssss--what a frigid and wonderful shave to start a work week. I love my super Menthol Extravaganzas so much, and I'm going to do them more often!

 

Menthol monday

Gillette Fatboy razor.
Gillette 7 OCY blade
Vulfix 375S brush
Ingrams SC
Anherb Balm
Liberal dose of Osage Rub
Barbasol Brisk A/S

All I can say is BRRRRRRR! Frigid and wonderful. This could be the ultimate summer time shave for SE Louisiana

 

KMF Almond
Turnz2 Boar
Gem 1912
Pella
WH and Brut ASB

 

Monday, April 12, 2010
Menthol Monday

Razor: Edwin Jagger Chatsworth
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: Ingram
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Proraso Splash

Ahh, nice cooling shave with the Ingram cream, followed by some more menthol goodness supplied by the Proraso. I find that Proraso is always a fine finish--it's one of my favorites.

 

Friday

Gold Dollar 6/8ths round point
Omega Professional brush
J M Fraser's Original s/c
Proraso a/s splash
4711 e de c

 

Gillette G1000 Razor
Gillette Swede (Shave #2)
Gillette Shave Cream from Italy
Truefitt and Hill (Rooney) Medium Silvertip
Alum Block
Jojoba Oil Moisturizer

 

SOTD Monday April 12, 2010

Menthol Monday!

Razor: 5/8 Slack & Grinold
Soap: VDH
Mug: Vintage Old Spice
Brush: Medium Badger
ASB: Nivea
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue :freezing

BBS shave in two passes! I love this S & G! Started with my 4/8 Barber's Best I picked up from an antique store and it was not cutting it (pun intended) used the S & G and it was like butter! :happy108 Now I KNOW FOR SURE that my honing skills SUCK big time! :mad: I am sending the other straights out to get a professional bevel honed on them then, I can keep them tuned up. The VDH soap is not too bad. I was surprised at the lather produced and the staying power. Not bad for a buck or two a puck!

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, black
Soap: TSD Lime
Brush: Treville Daxer, a little vintage badger made in West Germany
Razor: 1967 Fatboy @ 7 - think I'll drop it back to 6
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 3, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut AS Balm
'Stache Wax: Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

7 is just a bit much on the Fatboy. I had dialed it up from 6 just to experiment. Results - a real close shave but just a touch of burn.

 

Shave Of The Day - April 12th

:anifrozenMenthol Monday:anifrozen​

• Hot Shower
• Omega Lucretia Borgia Boar
• Feats of Clay Scuttle
• "Soapy Sales" Soap - :freezing :freezing
• Gillette Sheraton
• Astra Platinum - Day 3
• TSD A/S Splash -Iced Egyptian Spice - :freezing :freezing
• 

 

C-MON razor
Semogue 1305 boar
Proraso Aloe & Green Tea soap
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

Sunday Night:

'67 Gillette Slim Adjustable (three passes on 5, WTG, WTG, XTG)
US Personna blade (1)

Semogue 1305 Boar Brush
Trumper Coral Skin Food (preshave)
Ginger's Garden Bay Rum Shave Soap
Swiss Pitralon Aftershave
Kiehl's Cream for Men Moisturizer

Rating: 5 razors!

I have the best luck with drugstore brand US made Personnas, they feel just sharp enough, and they're incredibly smooth on my face. Due to this I went with a more aggressive setting than I've been using. The ginger's garden soap has been giving me consistently great lather, and I'm really preferring it over creams at the moment. Even the Pitralon scent is starting to grow on me, and of all the splashes I've tried, it leaves my face feeling the best afterward. I'm almost outta this 4ml decant, i'll have to get a big bottle soon!

Great BBS shave, no pain, and all is well in the world!

 

Razor: Le Grelot
Brush: Rooney 1/1 Finest
Soap: P.160
A/S: D.R. Harris Pink
Edt: Diptyque Philosykos

 

Monday

Veleiro Pre-shave Soap
Gada Cool Mint Shaving Cream (Thanks again, Jeff! What a menthol kick!!)
Semogue Silvertip Buffalo Horn 2009 #1 LE Brush
Filarmonica 12 Straight Razor
Musgo Real After Shave Balm

 

Gem Micromatic
Ted Pella Blade (3)
Semogue 1250
TSD SOTQ A2
Aqua Velva

I Forgot it was Menthol Monday. Another good shave out of the always fantastic TSD Soap. 3rd shave on the Pella, I think it is broken in and gentle as a lamb, but still nice and sharp.

As for now, I'm going to post my next 7 shaves as I'm going to Cozumel for a week. It has been forecast as rainy, but the resort is all-inclusive, so who cares?

Feather portable
VDH Boar Brush
Feather -or- Derby Blade
TSD Iced Lime Verbana Soap
TSD Iced Bourbon Vanilla -or- Iced Polynesian Red -or- Iced Lime Verbena Aftershave.

Hasta Luego!

 

Way to go----aren't these Menthol Extravaganzas fun?