SoS: November 8-14 2010

Merkur Progress Long Handle
Astra Keramak blade
C&E BBB
C&E Nomade Soap
TSD 2x Iced Lemon and Cedarwood AS Splash
TSD Iced Cedarwood AS Milk


-My best shaves lately seem to come from this razor/blade combo.

 

Thursday - Nov. 11

EJ 86
Racer (4)
Re-knot wood handle w/TGN 20mm pure
Godrej Deluxe sc
Nivea Sensitive asb
Joop! edt

 

Dubl Duck Special
Omega 48 boar
Valobra stick
Speick after shave

 

Thursday evening

ARKO Cool RC
hjm boar
MERKUR 34c
ASTRA SP
Weleda Rasierwasser
Kolonjasi Limon

 

Shave Of The Day ~ November 11th

• Hot Shower
• Music:Songs That Got Us Through WWII
• Penworks Butterscotch Ivory Silvertip Brush
• Arko Shave Stick
• Star 3 Piece Razor
• Rapira Platinum Lux Blade ~ Day 4
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend
• Lea Aftershave Balsam
• 

Nice 4 blade work night shave.

 

Thursday, or It's Been Too Long:

Pre: ISZ PSB
Brush: The Dridecker
Soap: Homemade Bay Rum Lime
Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable
Blade: Personna (day2)
Post: Witch Hazel, Florida Water (mentholated)

2 WTG + 1 ATG = DFS

 

Noggin
HeadBlade Sport w/
Wilkinson Sword Twin Cart.D-4
HeadSlick Shave Cream
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Cooling Post Shave Balm
Sent of the Day, Acqua Di Gio


Smooth as a Shelled
Hard Boiled Egg !!!


Face
48-50 Gillette Super Speed
w/New Silver Star Blade D-2
Omega Pro 49 Boar Brush
Conk's Almond Shave Soap
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Cooling Post Shave Balm
Pinaud Clubman A/S Lotion
Sent of the Day, Acqua Di Gio


Recieved my new 48-50 Super Speed
yesterday! Now that's a Damn Fine Shaver !!
3 Passes and smooth as a Raw Oyster
sittin in a half shell !!!

 

Friday, November 12th

Hot shower
Arko Citrus sc
Kent T8 Pure Badger
D.R. Harris DE87 w/ Derby
Alum block
Nivea for Men ASB
Davidoff Cool Water EdT

 

Friday, November 12

EJ DE86
Dorco 301 (4)
Arko/TSD Blend
Vulfix 2235 S
Old Spice Pure Sport
Result: 4.3 (DFS) on 4 passes.

 

Friday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira Stainless day 4
Everest SC :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Everest EDC/AS Balsam :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Monsieur Givenchy EDT

Guys, this Everest cream and edc/a/shave balsam are magnificent. I just wish the tubes were bigger, because there are so many things about them to love. Today's shave was so enjoyable.

 

Friday's Shave

Arko SS-No super lather today, and now I remember why I love this Stick sooo much !!
Omega 10029
1965 Gillette Adjustable @3/5/7
Rapira (Day1)
Arko Cool AS Cream/Arko Aqua AS Splash
Guerlain's Habit Rouge-maybe a hour later, before leaving the house.

3 Passes: 3/5/7-WTG/ATG,with razor buffing/N-S with J-Hooking,and razor buffing.
This combination of Passes/Settings with this razor/blade combo, gave my a simply fantastic shave.

The last time I saw my Turkish Barber, he couldn't believe I got such a close shave at home. So when I walked in the shop today, he immediately said, "Sit down I want to check this shave out"...after rubbing my face and looking very cloely, he started laughing and shaking his head...He said today it was even better than last time...That it was perfect...And he couldn't believe a safety razor was as good or better than his straight... He asked me if I wanted to bring my razor and do shaves in his shop...:happy102
Needless to say, I'm feeling very happy with my '65 Slim/Rapira combo today...:love008 :love008 :love008 :love008

 

Friday the 12th...

Gillette Long Comb NEW on a BRW Improved handle
Gillette 7 O'clock Black (2)

Rudy Vey Finest
Speick Shave Stick

Alum
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Clubman Bay Rum

While I normally do a 2 pass near BBS, it was so enjoyable this morning that I went for an extra pass and was rewarded as nice a shave as I can remember.

Happy Friday All....

 

Friday

Vintage Old Spice Soap
Omega Boar Brush
Schick "Revereware" Injector
Pella Blade (3)

Great lather from the Old Spice. Not really sure how old this would be, but it hasn't lost all of its smell.

 

Friday:

Razor - MÜHLE R41
Blade - Personna Platinum
Brush - Lucretia Borgia Synthetic
Soap - Gold-Dachs Spezial
A/S - Hâttric Classic

--
John

 

TGIF:

Gillette New razor
Topaz blade
BathHouseSoaps Mint&Aloe SS
Osage Rub
Barbasol Pacific Rush Balm & A/S

Good ending to the work week

 

SOTD November 12, 2010

TSD Preshave balm | Fitjar "Shea Pleasure" SC | Semogue 1305 | J. Engström Frameback | Hydrolast "Lime" ASC

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Man that would be a sweet gig! Barber by day, Musician by night. No time for sleep!

 

Friday:

Razor: Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Omega Boar 10005
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe
A/S: Ivy Club Spice
EdT: Grey Flannel​

 

Friday, November 12, 2010

Razor: Merkur Progress XL
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Omega "Vivaldi" Artificial Badger
Cream: TOBS Lavender
A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel, Wesley & Scott Lavender ASB

I went lavender crazy this morning, and it resulted in a nice, smooth BBS shave. This is the second shave with a Treet Platinum, and it may turn out to be a worthy stand in for Astra Superiors (for me). The jury is still out, however, and I need to find out how many good shaves I can count on from one of these blades.

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Kenya, BLACK
Soap: TSD SOTQ A3 - Jelly Doughnut + 3 drops TSD M Bomb
Brush: Omega 49, the big RED one
Razor: '55 Gillette Red Tip
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 5, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Curve
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Nice. Very nice.