SoS: December 13-19 2010

Saturday, December 18

EJ DE86
Iridium (3)
TOBS Traditional SS
Castor-Grapeseed Preshave
Ever Ready Boar
Clubman Vanilla A/S
TSD Bourbon Vanilla EDT

BBS on 2+ passes. Great shave and finish.

 

Saturday

Palmolive Menthol shaving cream
Omega boar #10005
Muhle R41 with Sputnik blade
Muhle Sea Buckthorn after shave balm

 

Saturday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Gillette Rubie day 5
Viking Blue Ice SC :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Viking Blue Ice AS Balsam :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008

Wow, this Viking Blue Ice shaving line and aftershave line is so awesome--the cream lathers like a monster, and really does cool the skin well, and I love the scent. The aftershave balsam is moisturizing enough so that I don't have to use my Lubriderm. For those of you who cannot read Russian, the shaving cream is on the left in the photo, and the aftershave balsam is on the right.

 

iKon Deluxe Bulldog
Gillette 7 O'clock Super Platinum

Ever-Ready 150 finest re-knot
Speick Shave Stick

Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

 

Friday's Shave:

Hot Shower
Hot Wet Towel
Arko Shave Stick
Omega 10029
1965 Gillette Adjustable @3/Rapira Super Stainless (Day2)
Arko-Nem Hazelnut-Vanilla Skin Cream/Arko Cool AS Splash

Rating:5 Blades

Got such a great shave adjusting down to #5 yesterday, I thought I might try shaving at #3 today for the challenge...What challenge? Just a perfect 2 pass and touch-up effortless, irritation free shave...Doesn't get any easier than this...I just thoughtlessly raced around my face with reckless abandon, and acts of ATG buffing that boarded on either heroism or stupidity... only to acheive a BBS that felt like a razor never touched my face...)

Be glad when Santa makes the scene...I'm having Guerlain withdrawal...if he doesn't bring my Habit Rouge, I might hold him hostage: A 6 oz. bottle of HR or the Fat Man gets a shave..:shocked003

 

Hot Shower
Rosemary and Mint Conditioner (pre-shave)
Fromm Shavette
Omega boar
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Witch Hazel
English Leather Cologne
Worm Dirt Stash Wax (homemade stash wax in a recycled Grizzly snuff can, thus the name)

Good shave! The homemade stash wax is a bit flakier than I'm used to but once combed through and ends twisted, it seemed to work pretty well

 

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Razor: Jaggerooney
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: Portman Square "Notting Hill" (bowl lathered)
A/S: Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel, Speick ASB

An excellent, BBS shave this morning--very comfortable. The Portman Square cream easily made a dense and creamy lather full of tallowy goodness with the Vulfix brush. It didn't seem to go through the "sudsy" phase that most creams do when starting to bowl lather. The scent is intriguing and easily noticed, but not extremely strong while shaving. Portman Square has earned a spot in my regular rotation. The Speick balm provided a fine finish and I'm ready for the cold, dry air outdoors.

 

A nice long hot shower.
Pepped with Johnson Baby Oil
A Badger Brush to whip Omega Lather, a Conard OC with a Bluebird blade. Two passes and applied Clubman Pinaud Vanilla followed by Canoe after shave balm.
A nice comfortable BBS

 

SOTD Saturday December 18, 2010

Razor: 1924 Gillette Gold Tuckaway Open Comb
Blade: Wilkinson Stainless
Shave Soap/Mug: Tabac
Brush: Omega Boar
Scuttle: Robert Becker Ceramic
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave/Cologne: No. 4711

Results: Very very nice!

The little Tuckaway Open Comb is a great shaving razor. I am really liking the aggressiveness of the open comb style razors more each time I use one. This will be a great travel razor as it is very compact in the case. Hope everyone is having as great a shave as I have just experienced! :happy005

 

Hostage???? Santa??? Shaving Santa's Beard??? WOW! You are really going on the "Naughty" list Lloyd! Don't even think those thoughts! :happy102

 

Glad to hear you've gotten some wax made. Love the name! Try hitting it with a hair dryer before scraping it up onto your nail. Mine will be a bit flaky, too, if I don't soften it up some. Not so bad with the tin in my pocket during the summer, but the cold winter keeps it a little too hard to use without some prior warming. Might also try adding a little more Vaseline.

 

Saturday - it's the weekend! :happy069 Time for the SEs.

Prep: 30 minute marinade with TSD ISZ PSB, strop str8, hot shower
Coffee: Home roasted Kenya, BLACK
Strop: Vintage Blade 2" Black Latigo/Linen
Soap: TSD Buccaneer
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
Str8: Hand forged Red Imp with Bloodwood scales by Glen, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion, Ogallala Bay Rum AS/Skin Toner
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Just a tad rough along the right jaw line. Other than that, a great shave all the way 'round.

 

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simpson Douglas
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Cream/Soap: Portman Square "Notting Hill"
A/S: Taylor Mr. Taylor


I had my best shave of the week and the Mr. Taylor splash, as always, was a fine finish.

 

Jack Black Beard Lube
Filarmonica #14 7/8
Connaught Spearmint SC
Rudy Vey Finest Badger Brush
Thayer's Home Mentholated Cucumber Witch Hazel
Lab Series AS Balm

 

• 5/8 Garland Improved Eagle
• SCS Bay Rum
• Omega 31064
• Gucci Pour Homme

 

Keeping it simple on Shavette Saturday

 

Where did find these two items at?, and how much are they?.

Clayton

 

Merkur HD
Lord Super Chrome
Barbershop Pure Badger
Ogallala Bay Rum SS
Pinaud/Clubman Bay Rum AS

Clayton

 

Hey Mark! Welcome to the Shave Den! Good to see that you are here with those great SOTD pics. I think you will enjoy this forum very much. Great to see ya! :happy108