SoS: April 12-18 2010

Here's my shave today.

Gillette double ring
Gillette Swede blade (first shave)
Custom made "The Churchill" brush (there is a Winston Churchill coin embedded in the base)
Castle Forbes Lime cream
Local potter made brush scuttle
Old Spice vintage Lime Cologne
Caswell and Massey Lime talc




We're currently in Autum in Melbourne and I'm moving to more woody / leather / tobacco scents but it's quite warm today so I thought I'd take the opportunity to use some of the summer scents (love the lime).

 

Saturday, April 17th

Hot shower
TSD Egyptian Spice ss
Semogue 2015HD brush
Mühle R89 w/ Gillette 7 O'clock
De Vergulde Hand alum
444 ASB w/ La Toja splash

 

Saturday Shave

• hot wet rag
• EJ 25mm silvertip
• EJ sandalwood SC
• Merkur Progress (2)
• yellow Feather (5)
• witch hazel splash
• Shop-Rite Skin Bracer

Great shave this morning! :happy005

 

Saturday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Wilkinson Sword day 3
Five Fives-SC (from Egypt)
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Alt Innsbruck-AS
Chabrawichi 555-Cologne (from Egypt)

This morning, my shave theme was from Egypt. Five Fives is a very nice cream, with a refreshing lemony scent, and a good cooling effect, and the lather is thick and rich--I like it a lot. The Alt Innsbruck gave me a great chilling punch after my shave.

 

Saturday - It's the weekend! :happy069 Time for the SEs!

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, black
Soap: Em's Bay Rum - she makes a very good soap
Brush: Semogue 2000
Razor: Gem MM Clog Pruf
Blade: Gem, day 1, 3+ passes
Str8 Practice: 1/2 Genco, 1 pass with a blade that you could ride from here to Buffalo
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut AS
'Stache Wax: Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 5 Blades
Str8 Practice Rating: Still lots to learn, but it's fun. Glad it's a dull blade!!

 

Headblade w/atra plus cartride for the head
Gillette Goodwill w/ US Personna for face
CE Bigalow cream
VDH Boar Brush

BBS on the Cheap

Side note: I tried some J-hooking and the Gillette slide with excellent results:happy108

 

Saturday:

Gillette Ball End Tech razor
Treet Black Beauty blade (2)
Seaforth SS
VDH Boar Brush
Osage Rub
M&L Florida Water Cologne

Nice shave cuz everything worked very well together.

 

Saturday

Edwin Blyde & Co 5/8ths 1/2 hollow round point
Omega boar brush
Lancs.Creamware scuttle
Wilkinson Blue Bowl s/s
Draggon Noir a/s
Malizia Vetyver e de t

The first straight razor I ever bought and still a favourite.


goshawk

 

Saturday

Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: Derby (5)
Brush: Altesse Badger
Soap/Cream: CO Bigelow
A/S: Master Bay Rum

 

Dubl Duck Satinedge / Rooney 1/1 Finest / Cella / James Bronnley Gentlemens AS
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SOTD Saturday April 17, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Slack & Grinold
Shaving Cream: Salter's Wild Rose
Lather Bowl: Ceramic
Brush: Custom Rosewood Silvertip
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave: Lustray Lilac

Have a great weekend Gentlemen! :happy005

 

Great Saturday Shave

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
Boker Red Injun #102
Semogue 1305
Arko Shavestick
Corn Huskers Lotion
Aqua Velva Classic
Acqua Di Gio EdT

Fantastic shave! Having a favorite razor is rather like having a favorite kid but if I had to pick one, this would probably be it. The edge only seems to improve with use. Got BBS in 2 passes N-S and then S-N. My face literally feels like I'm 6 years old.

 

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor LE Two Band Super
Soap: Arko Shave Stick
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Pre de Provence Balm

This morning's shave was my first use of an Arko shave stick. I can see why this product has so many fans--while the scent doesn't really ring my bell, it's not really offensive, either, and the stick performs admirably. The Simfix Grosvenor worked up a nice lather on my face, and the Futur sliced off the whiskers efficiently. The shave was BBS and left my face feeling fine (I am fortunate in not having a particularly sensitive face). As an added measure, I almost always use witch hazel and an aftershave balm or splash. Now, several hours later, my face is still feeling smooth and comfortable.

I have been using splashes more as the weather warms up, but today is rather cool, and the PdP balm provided a great finish.

 

-Fatboy
-Wilksinson Sword blade
-Mama Bear's Lime Ice SS
-Badger Brush with wood handle
-Alum Block
-Lab Series AS


After a bunch of Slant days I got spoiled. It seemed to take a lot more work in the mop up to get it smooth-even at 7.
For my anniversary (22 years) I wanted BBS-and got it. That Lab series makes my face smoother than any other AS I've used.

 

What kind of camera is that? Fine pic.

 

Congrats on #22, Danny!

 

Shave Of The Day - April 17th

• Hot Shower
• E.J. Badger Brush
• Feats of Clay Scuttle
• TSD Wheat Cream - Lime Scent
• Conrad Two Piece O/C Bakelite
• Sharp Brand Blade - Day 2
• TSD A/S Splash - 2X Iced Lime - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• 

Tried a new razor today, a Conrad two piece open comb with the handle and base made from Bakelite, and only the cap made from metal. Moved the Sharp blade from the "Firebar Fred" razor to this one, lathered up the required for trying out a new razor TSD Wheat Cream, and had a very nice shave.

Only low spot of the day, is now I'm off to work. :mad:

 

Thanks Danny! It's a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W30. It's a little pocket Camera that I got to take with me on my Motorcycle runs. Fits right in the inside pocket of my vest! It's only 6.0 Megapixels but it takes great photos.

 

Dubl Duck Special
Rooney Emillion
Ogallala Bay Rum soap
Booster Mosswood

 

Sunday, April 18th

Loooooooooooooong hot shower
TSD Bourbon Vanilla ss
Kent T8 Pure Badger
D.R. Harris DE87 w/ Red Personna
444 alum
444 ASB w/ Spanish Floïd splash

Man....... What a nice way to begin this beautiful Sunday