SoS: September 20-26 2010

Oh Gosh, Golly :signs001

 

Good to see ya 'round again. Still taking great pics, I see.

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Starbucks Yukon, BLACK
Soap: TOBS Lavendar
Brush: Omega 49, the big red one
Razor: '61 Gillette Fatboy @ 6
Blade: Astra SP, day 2, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, witch hazel, Brut AS, hand strop blade & put in tomorrow's razor
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Not bad. Not bad at all.

 

Thanks Steve! I thought about you a lot. I have been having my coffee during my morning shaves and I am reminded of your gormet blends. Mine is just cheapie columbian but I doctor it up into a coffee chowder latte. LOL

 

Tuesday
Sorry for the late pic, I lost track of time and before you know it, I only had 5 minutes left, it was either no shave or shave, so I went for it.

3 passes, with a non lathered touch up, I splashed my face with warm water instead and lightly glided my razor over the rough spots... Amazingly with this setup not a single nick, weeper or any irritation what so ever, hell I was expecting the Clubman to melt my face off but nope, nada, it was a rewarding shave, but not something I want to do on a daily basis. :happy102

• Razor: Gillette Red Tip
• Blade: Super Iridium
• Soap: P160 Tipo Duro
• Brush: Butterscoth Swirl Penchetta Finest
• After Shave: Clubman Bay Rum

Wednesday

• Razor: Gillette Super Speed
• Blade: Super Iridium
• Soap: Irisch Moos
• Brush: Penchetta 2 Piece Custom
• After Shave: Irisch Moos

 

Those are some sweet brushes, and now I have to get the Moos A/S to go with my Moos stick.

Oh and thanks for being such an enabler! happy102:happy102

 

Wednesday:

Razor - Lunawerk Travel
Blade - Merkur
Brush - Omega TurnBack Boar
Soap - Valobra Shave Stick
A/S - Santa Maria Novella Vetiver

--
John

 

Wednesday after my evening shower:

Palmolive Cream
Muhle Badger
Gillette Fatboy
ASTRA Super Platinum
Majestaet AS

 

Very nice. What setting do you have the FB dialed to?

 

Thursday:

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Omega Boar 10005
Soap: Williams Mug Soap
ASB: Barclay Crocker (sandalwood)
EdT: Quorum​

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Thursday, September 23rd

Hot shower
TSD Sandalwood ss
Kent T8 Pure Badger
Mühle R89 w/ Red Personna
Alum block
Nivea for Men ASB
Joop! Go EdT

 

Haha, well just a heads up on the Moos After Shave, there's nothing special about it other than the scent, sadly.

 

Thursday September 23

EJ DE86
IP Red (1)
Home Made Preshave Oil
Taylor (TOBS) Traditional SS
Ever Ready Boar
Superior 70
Bay Rum Hybrid A/S

4.8 Blades on 3 passes.

 

Hot Shower
Imperial Extra Hollow Ground (1912 Gem Jr. for the spud)
Semogue 1305
Speick Shavestick
Witch Hazel
Jovan Musk

Another mid week spud and face shave. Both were great.

 

Thursday:

Parker 91r razor
Walmart Wilkiinson blade
BathHouseSoapery Mint&Aloe SS
Frank Shaving Finest brush
Osage Rub
Barbasol Pacific Rush Balm & A/S

The Parker is a big change from the Tech I used yesterday. Nice shave though

 

Happy Thursday From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
The Dridecker (Thanks Bob!)
TSD ISZ Wheat Cream
Merkur 23C
Wally Wilks Blade (1)
Cold Water Rag
TSD ISZ ASM
Lustray Draggon Noir (smells like yellow Dial soap, which is okay by me)

3 Passes = 4 Blade DFS.

The Dridecker is everything that ya'll claim it to be. It is a decent brush. A bit floppy because of the length of the hairs, but a decent brush none-the-less. I may slap an O ring on the base of the hairs to tighten the knot, but this brush will be in the rotation now.

The Wally Wilks - nothing to get excited about IMHO, but it did provide a serviceable shave. I would not have a problem suggesting that someone needing to source a local blade pick them up, but I do not see myself buying them all up and hoarding them for the shavepocalypse either.

Have a great day ya'll!

 

Thursday--still sick

Omega Wooden Handle
50's Super Speed/Rapira day 2
Tet-a-tet SC :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Tet-a-tet AS Balsam :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing

Oh gosh, back to bed for me--I still feel lousy. At least, I had a good shave.

 

Thursday

No-Name Finest Re-knot
Valobra Stick
Feather Portable Bull Mastiff
Red Pack Israeli Personna (1)
Alum
Clubman Bay Rum

Today was the "Oh *&^*&%$#% I woke up 45 minutes late and need to get my a$$ motivated shave." It surprisingly was better then expected. Three quick passes after a quick scalding shower. Ended up with a respectable DFS. Shave quality 4 / 5. Overall Experience 3 / 5. A little too much of the Alum this morning and now I feel like Kenny Rogers after his last botched face lift with some overly taut skin. Oh well, at least I made it to work on time.

 

:happy102 :happy102 :happy102

 

It's Thursday, I'm almost sure.

Vintage Williams Soap
Omega badger
Schick Type D injector
Pella blade (2)

And another DFS. Much more comfortable than with the same razor yesterday. I think the difference is that I got a much better lather with the Williams today than I did with Musgo cream yesterday.