SoS: August 2-8 2010

Shave Of The Day - August 3rd

• Music: Journey
• Hot Shower
• E.J Badger Brush
• Feats of Clay Scuttle
• TSD Soap - Monkey Farts Scent - 4 drops M-Bomb - :freezing :freezing
• British Slim Twist - I-4
• Derby Blade - Day 1
• TSD Aftershave Splash - Iced SubZero Scent - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• 

Late night rushed shower, and I forgot to apply the ISZ Preshave Balm. :mad:

It proved that the balm really works for me as I just couldn't get as close a shave as I have been getting, even with extra touchup passes, the whiskers just wouldn't cut. The balm definitely softens my whiskers for my shave.

That drops what would have been a fantastic, great smelling shave down to 3.5 blades.

 

Wednesday, August 4th

Hot shower
MWF
Kent T8 Pure Badger
D.R. Harris DE87 w/ Astra Platinum
De Vergulde Hand alum
Nivea for Men ASB
Joop! Go EdT

 

Wednesday

Schick L Type Injector
Schick blade
Omega 80080 boar
KMF Unscented s/c
Aqua Velva Blue a/s
4711 e de c

Have a great day everybody

goshawk

 

Wednesday August 4

Slim (9)
Bic (1)
Home Made PreShave Oil + M-Bomb
Tweezerman
Tabac
Osage Rub
Clubman

4.5 blades, 3+ passes. Probably could have gone to BBS with a 4th pass, but felt satisfied with a solid DFS and no nicks or irritation.

 

Wed...

No Name Badger
Bigelow SC
Feather Portable Bull Mastiff
RP Personna (2)
Alum
Pinaud Clubman Bay Rum

Nice easy shave today.

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Ming Shi/Sharp day 3
Palmolive Cool-SC :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Barbon-AS
Acqua di Selva-Cologne

I definitely cannot get more than 3 shaves from a blade--there's no use in trying to fool myself. The Sharps are excellent, but my beard is so tough, that after the 3rd shave they are finished. I wanted to use one of the other creams I received yesterday, but it's going to be very humid today, so I grabbed the Palmolive Cool cream, and I'm glad I did!

 

Boker Red Injun #102
Omega Boar
Arko Shavestick
WH/Osage Rub
Florida Water

 

Bleeding like a pig

Razor-Stephan Straight with Ted Pella PFTE SE blade
Rescue razor-EJ with Ebony Handle/KAI blade
Tabac Stick
Rudy Vey custom Finest Badger Brush with Silver handle
Thayers Home Crystal Mentholated Unscented Witch Hazel
Styptic Pencil-couldn't find my suture equipment

-That razor is a monster-basically an SE blade sticking out with it's sharp corners and all. I'm putting this sucker away until I get much much better at straights-1 in. slice on left cheek early in the game-finished that side and thought, "this is nuts" so I finished with the EJ.
-Got some Crystal Menth yesterday-I'll never reveal my source but he knows who he is and knows I'm grateful-It wakes up my Thayer's unscented from a boring soothing splash to an Arctic one. I can't wait to mentholate everything in site-I wonder how my tuna sandwich for lunch would taste mentholated????

2 blades-still got a descent shave with the EJ-Nobody told me learning straights would be bloodless. I gotta admit I was getting a bit cocky about shaving with anything I can get my hands on-lesson learned. Anybody got a few extra pints of A+ blood laying around?

 

Wednesday:

EJ87 razor
SuperMax Plat blade
Vie-Long brush
Colgate Cup Soap
Osage Rub
Barbasol Pacific Rush Balm
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S

Smooth and comfortable. SWMBO has taken a liking to Pacific Rush and that's fine, I like it too.

 

Happy Wednesday From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
Fuller Handle / TGN Synthetic Re-Knot
Monsavon Soap
Schick Krona
Perma-Sharp Blade (1)
Cold Water Rag
Witch Hazel / Alum Powder Blend
TSD Egyptian Spice ASM
Florida Water

4 Passes + Blade Buffing = 5 Blade, Off The Hook, Bang A Gong BBS!

My newly re-knotted Fuller Brush is heavy and feels very substantial in the hand. The TGN synthetic knot is way softer than the TBS synthetic brush that I have. It whipped up a batch of Monsavon lather very easily. Monsavon is a great soap and I encourage anyone looking to try a new soap to get some. Monsavon is definitely on my buy it again list.

 

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Razor: Jaggerooney
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simpson Emperor 2
Soap: Cyril Salter
A/S: RazoRock Alum Stick,Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel, Speick Splash

Excellent shave until the final touchup, when I got in a bit of a hurry and the razor bit me on the chin. Using both alum and WH was probably overkill, but I'm presently on a blood thinner and wanted to make sure I didn't continue to bleed. I hadn't had a nick in a very long time, but it shows that inattention and hurrying are to be avoided when wet shaving. By the way, the RazoRock is a very effective and convenient astringent.

 

Wednesday, another injector

Schick C1 magazine repeater
Pella blade (1)
Penworks Silvertip
Musgo cream

Great shave with the only open comb injector I know of.

Sometimes I like Musgo more than other times. The quality never lets me down, but some mornings I don't care so much for the smell.

 

Wet Wednesday

Gillette Aluminium Tech
BlueBird (2)
Omega 80056
VDH Select/Wilkinson Blue Bowl [melted into the same bowl]
Boots Freshwood ASB
Ivory Club Regatta AS

You can get a BBS out of a Tech it just takes longer and a bit of help, for my last pass & touchups I put in some shims and hey presto a BBS, strange how the BB always shaves better on the second shave, a blade I always forget about but is a true joy to use.

TTFN

Tony

 

Tuesday and Wednesday's Shaves
Arko SS
Omega 10029 Baby-Pro Boar
Astra SP/Tue. Day1/Wed. Day3
Gillette 1965 Adjustable/Tue.@4/Wed.@3
Arko Citrus AS Cream
Arko Aqua AS Splash
Jaguar Fresh EDT

Both days got shiney BBS, couldn't ask for any better...But the irritation factor was present...Tue. shaving bumps were present at end of shave, but dissappered 1 1/2 hours later, leaving just an incredible BBS. But later in the day while walking around in this heat, once the sweat broke out...Burn, baby Burn...
Today turned down one setting. Still got the same slick BBS without the bumps, but with a shave this close I like to rub my face all day and appreciate the shave...But today my skin was just a little too sensitive for that...We're having record degree heat this summer, like most the world seems to be having ...In this weather, I don't think I need to venture too far from the comfort of my '52 'black tip' Super Speed...)
Looking forward to tomorrow morning, and hopefully being able to enter the Super Speed Comfort Zone...I WANT IT...Thats the plan anyway...I'll try not to screw it up...We Shall See Tomorrow...

 

La Toja Week

Wednesday:

Muhle R89/Shark Super Stainless
E. Jagger Best Badger
La Toja Classico SC
La Toja ASB
La Toja AS Splash :happy108

 

Great pics again...that really is a beauty of a very fasinating razor...)

 

No alliteration today

Wednesday- August 4

EJ 86
Merkur (3)
C&E best
TOBS Mr. Taylor's sc
TOBS Mr. Taylor's as
TOBS Mr. Taylor's edc

Wanted to use the TOBS again; got the Mr. Taylor's line Monday and I'm still excited to use it and evaluate it. So far I'm pretty impressed with the quality and fragrance. Another great shave!

 

SOTD Wednesday August 4, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Geo. Wostenholm Pipe Razor Full Hollow, Round Point
Shaving Cream: Ingram
Lather Bowl: Ceramic
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Col Conk Barbershop Badger
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue

The Ingram Shave Cream was great! Lots of cushion and glide similar to the Erasmic. The scent of the Ingrams was very pleasant. It has a clean Linen scent and reminds me of clean laundry. There must be a little menthol in there as well. It felt nice and cool very refreshing on a 96F day! It didn't hold it's lather as well as the Erasmic but it would rejuvenate immediately with a few drops of water and a stir with the brush. Excellent shave cream! :happy005

 

What are you using for shims?

 

Bummer 'bout the shave, Danny. Here's :eatdrink047 to hoping your next venture with a straight is a 5-blader!!