SoS: June 28-July 4 2010

Shave Of The Day - June 29th

• TSD Iced SubZero Preshave Balm
• Hot Shower
• E.J. Badger Brush
• Feats of Clay Scuttle
• Proraso Green Cream + 4 Drops
• Clix 3 Piece Razor
• Derby Blade - Day 5
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend
• TSD A/S Splash - Iced Polynesian Red + 2 drops
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Ahh.... The joy of marinating! I started my menthol session at 8:32 and here it is 9:55 as I am still feeling the face freeze.... :anifrozen

 

Razor: Rolls Razor Imperial 2
Brush: Omega 599
Cream: Alraz Bayrum
AS: McLas Bayrum, AII Osage

 

Nice, I am hoping the Standard head variant I received today is also a keeper. Good to hear positive results.

 

Wednesday, June 30th

Hot shower
TSD Egyptian Spice ss
Kent T8 Pure Badger
Mühle R89 w/ Dorco
De Vergulde Hand alum
444 ASB w/ Aqua Velva splash
Davidoff Cool Water EdT

 

Plisson 10 blaireau noir : Gillette NEW+Perma Sharp : T&H Luxury shaving soap : Thayer's WH

 

Wednesday June 30

65' Slim (9)
Store Bought Blade (1)
Tweezerman Badger
Home Made PreShave
TSD Cool Water SS
Master Topaz
Dunkin Donut Coffee, + vanilla, Americana Style

3.5 blade, 3 passes, DFS. This morning was a bit rushed. Not a bad shave for the little time I gave it. No where near BBS, but adequate and no weepers. After spending 2 weeks going through my blade samples, (some darn good ones too) and getting daily BBS performance, I wanted to return to my old store blades and compare. Today I noticed a big difference those better blades make. I will repeat the entire cycle to fine tune my preferences, before narrowing my blade field.

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Ming Shi TTO/new Sharp
Cerrus-SC :love008 :love008 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Gillette Fusion Pro Series-AS Balm :love008 :love008 :love008 :freezing
Aramis-EDT

Another fantastic shave this morning with my Ming Shi/Sharp combination, and a lovely German-made cream. Cerrus smells great, it has such rich lather, and a light cooling effect, which is similar to the one from Arko Moist. This balm from Gillette is very, very cooling and nice.

 

Gillette Red Tip
7 O'Clock black package
Omega brush
Arko sensitive shave cream
Old Spice after shave

 

Wednesday:

Parker 99r razor
Shark SuperChrome blade
Vie-Long brush
C.O. Bigelow SC
Osage Rub
Pinaud Clubman A/S

So this is what shaving nirvana feels like. Fantastic!

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
Frederick Reynolds Chopper
Semogue 1305
Palmolive Shavestick
Witch Hazel/CHL
British Sterling
Florida Water

Fantastic shave, the touch up hone was apparently quite successful. 3 passes, BBS. Waiting for the dentist to open up. I was doing OK as long as I was on the antibiotics but once I finished them up the toothache is back in a big way. This sucks and I'm tired of it, I'm squaring it away this morning.

 

Wednesday, could have been better.

L1 injector with Pella blade
Williams soap
VdH boar brush

Not the closest shave. I'm inclined to blame the combination of the mild L1 Schick with the Pella blade. More rough spots left than I'm used to.

 

Williams Wednesday

Wednesday- June 30

EJ 86
Super Thin
Omega 10029
Williams
Florida Water

Ahhhh, a clean, close, comfortable Williams shave to power me through the day!

 

Nice shaves and gear gentlemen.

Finally received my Gem blades in the mail.

Hot Shower...
Semogue Boar brush...
Proraso shave cream...
(french onion soup bowl is great for creams)
Gem blade...
Gem Junior razor...
Cold wet cloth...
Florida Water AS...

Very refreshing !



The SE razors have found a permanent place in the rotation

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Rooney 2/1
TOBS Avocado
Merkur HD
Super Iridium (3)
Pinaud Clubman
Nivea Sensitive ASB
Lime Skin Food

 

Razor: Sta Sharp 5/8
Brush: Rooney Beehive 1
Cream: Castle Forbes Lavender
AS: TSD Sensitive Splash followed by CF Lavender Balm
Cologne: L'Occitan Pour Homme

 

Wednesday:

Gold Tech / Red IP
Rooney 1/1 Super
Provence Sainte SS
Alum Bar
Burt's Bees Natural ASB
Floid Suave AS Splash

 

Tried a straight again!

Razor-Parker Straight with Shark Blade-wtg only-1 pass
Razor2-EJ with Ebony Handle/Astra Kerimick -mop up
Brush-The Dridecker
Cream-Speick SC
Alum Block
TSD Iced Lemon and Cedarwood AS Splash
TSD Iced Lime AS Milk




-Small nick with straight, but not too bad-it's very strange shaving with my right hand-being a south paw. Thanks for the input 1oldgi-I'm happy I got the Parker-it really makes me realize that my Fiodur is dull and needs some work.

 

Wednesday

Razor: 1962 Gillette Adjustable
Blade: Astra (9)
Brush: Altesse Badger
Soap/Cream: Col. Conk Lime
A/S: Adidas Ice Dive

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, hot and black
Soap: TOBS Sandalwood
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
Razor: '61 Fatboy @ 6
Blade: Bic, day 5, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion + 2 drops M Bomb, Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Nice. Very nice.