SoS: October 4-10 2010

Sunday, O.M.G.


Musgo Cream
Tweezerman Brush
Schick type O injector
Schick Injector II twin blade (1)

Although I was excited to get one of these razors, my expectations for the actual shave were relatively low. As it turned out, this was a wonderfully close and easy shave. This "blade" scale some of you guys use, 5 is supposed to be the top, right? Call this 4.9 only because I don't believe in perfect scores.

I do have to wonder, though, how much of the result is due to the unique twin injector blade, not a cartridge, but two blades stacked on top of each other with a thin spacer. I only have the two of these. The razor will also take the regular single injector blades, but will it work as well with those? Time will tell. I'll do a mini-review of the razor after I have longer experience with it.

 

Sunday:

Concord razor
Treet Black Beauty blade
Colgate Cup soap
Frank Shaving Best brush
Osage Rub
Visal Balm
T&H West Indies Lime Cologne

Nice shave and now to finish getting ready for church

 

SOTD

Razor: STICK SCHICK (These razors really give a great shave!!)
Blade: CVS injector gift from Jeff Stingraysrock
Brush: Rooney 3/3
Pre-Shave: hot water
Soap: Cella
A/S: blue bottle CO Bigelow and Vitamin E

ADVISE FOR THE DAY: Put your glasses on before loading the injector blade; you get a really lousy shave when the blade does not load:happy102

 

iKon Bulldog Deluxe OC
Iridium (2)
Rudy Vey Finest
Valobra Shave Stick
Alum
Clubman Bay Rum
Nivea ASB

Room for technique improvement with this razor would yield better results, but still managed an irritation free 3 pass DFS.

 

Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira Stainless day 2
Wild Stone SC :love008 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Old Spice AS
Old Spice Cologne

Another quickie, but a goodie!

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Proraso Red
Omega 31064
Merkur HD
Super Iridium (2)
Aqua Velva
Nivea Sensitive ASB

 

Sunday:

Razor - MÜHLE Open Comb R41
Blade - Personna Red
Brush -Lucretia Borgia Synthetic
Soap - Mama Bear's Sandalwood Rose
A/S - Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood

--
John

 

Williams mug shaving soap. Potassium Stearate and Sodium Tallowate. Perfect.
Vulfix 404 badger/boar brilliant for hard soaps.

Mergress.
Kai blade.

La Toja Blasamo.

And a small accident. More haste less speed.

 

Great Sunday Dome and Face Shave

Hot Shower
1910 Gem Jr. Lather Catcher
Hand stropped blade
VDH Boar
Omega Soap
Witch Hazel/Corn Huskers Lotion
Ivy Club/Clubman Bay Rum Hybrid

2 passes dome, 2 passes face, result BBS on both accounts. Lather Catchers Rock! I think the neighbors could probably hear the stubble being mowed.

 

SOTD Sunday October 10, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Torrey, Full Hollow, Round Point
Coffee: Steve's Home Roasted Tanzanian - Latte'
Pre-Shave: Proraso Crema Pre Barba
Shave Soap/Mug: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Semogue Boar 1460
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Musk
Results: Very Good. However, I will probably take the little Torrey back to the 8K and finish again on the C12K. It's just not quite there yet. This was an E-Bay find and needed some pretty heavy clean-up and resetting the bevel. I was in a hurry and probably shorted the process. The edge is good but "no cigar" so to speak! :sad024

 

Sunday:



Brush: Vulfix 247 Pure Badger
Cream: Kiss My Face Peaches & Cream
Razor: Rotbart/Gillette NEW
Blade: Personna (day2)
Post: Witch Hazel, Aqua Velva Ice Sport

I am completely sold on these KMF creams. They are the easiest lathering cream that I have tried so far. And what a lather it is! I found out that my wife got them at a Borders bookstore, not Trader Joe's. Next time I'm in Visalia, I'll be stopping by to see if I can find more scents.

 

For Sunday, it was blade, razor change day. I have been using the 1912 Gem for the last couple days.

While showering the Parker Brush was on deck in warm water, my mug had some Omega shaving creme warming in the sink.

Pre-shave prep Johnson Baby Oil, on one half, the other an experimental oil. I loaded a Gillette Slim Adjustable with a Derby Blade. Parker brush whipped up some great lather.
First pass was set on #7, the second and touch ups was on #5.

End result a BBS. I own both a Fat Boy and the Slim Adjustable. In my opinion I think the Slim has an edge over the Fat Boy for a great shave

 

It is a PITY I could not shave today...

Happy Sunday From Florida!

Since I hung around all day waiting on FedEx to bring the Tabac yesterday, I ended up shaving at 20:30 or so.

Since my shave was so late in the day, there is not a lot to shave today, but I found myself in the den whipping up MWF and lamenting the fact that while I could shave, it could mean not having anything to shave off come Monday morning.

Then it hit me.

I have two gnarly hairy armpits I could shave....

Hot Shower
Old Spice Mug
Omega Boar 10015
MWF
Schick Stick
Pella Blade (5)

I forget how many passes = Dang Fine PITY Shave!

Here is the proof, they are still gnarly, but they are hair-free:

 

From my experience of "long way around" heart surgery a few years ago, you may regret that unless you plan to keep it up.

 

Sunday, 10 October, 2010

Razor: Merkur Long Handled Classic (23C)
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Soap: Erasmic
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Alt Innsbruck

Erasmic soap is not in my regular rotation, but is on the reserve team. I don't know why it doesn't see regular play--maybe it's because of the scent. It's not bad, just not a favorite of mine. However, I decided to send Erasmic into the game today. The Colonel whipped up a nice, creamy lather and the shave was DFS (almost BBS) and free of irritation. I must use this soap more often!

The Alt Innsbruck provided a great finish with a nice menthol chill (and a refined and pleasant scent).

 

Today

Hot shower
Calani "Cadre Noir"
Semogue 2030
53er Gillette SS
ASTRA SP
4711 "Portugal"
Skinoil 66-60

 

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Razor: D.R. Harris 3-piece "Chatsworth"
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Semogue 2000 (Thank you Teiste)
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
A/S: T & H 1805

I had been in a recent MWF slump so Teiste suggested that I use a Semogue boar brush to whip the fat into shape. He was so confident that he PIFed me a Semogue 2000. Well...it worked! Despite not yet being broken in, I used the Semogue 2000 boar brush to create a nice rich and creamy lather from my MWF. I enjoyed an excellent shave and the T & H 1805 was a fine finish.

 

Sunday

Prep: 30 minute marinade with TSD ISZ PSB, hot shower
Coffee: Home roasted Tanzania, BLACK
Cream: KMF Cool Mint
Brush: The Dridecker
Razor: Schick Injector E Model
Blade: ???, day 2, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion + 2 drops M Bomb, ice water splash, Curve
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

This would have easily been 5 blades had it not been for the lack of scent and cooling effect of the KMF. I like to smell the soap, that's why I have so many different types. The lather was simply amazing, just not enough scent or menthol. The final results were darn near BBS, but... If scents aren't that important to you, KMF is an outstanding cream to be had locally and at a reasonable price.

 

Gem 1912
Ted Pella SE Blade
24mm Silvertip Badger Brush
TSD SOTQ A1-Cracklin Firewood-with 3 drops M-BOMB
Osage Orange AS
Lab Series AS Balm


-very enjoyable 5 blade shave today.

 

Dubl Duck Special
EJ Small Best
D.R. Harris Rose cream
Proraso after shave
Trumper's Coral Skin Food