SoS: December 13-19 2010

Commodore X3
Provence Sante SS
John Holler Tower Brand
SRD Herringbone Cotton / English Bridle
Witch Hazel
Marc Jacobs EDT
Have a Great Night!

 

Shave Of The Day - December 18th

• Hot Shower
• Omega Boar
• Feats of Clay Scuttle
• TSD Soap ~ Pure Christmas Scent
• Clix 3 Piece Razor
• Rapira Platinum Lux Blade ~ Day 1
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend
• TSD Aftershave Splash ~ Pure Christmas Scent
• 

4 blades.

 

Welcome to The Shave Den Mark! A great community of guys and gals that enjoy wet shaving, I hope you enjoy your stay!

While its not required, how about you hop over to the Newbies Section and give yourself a proper introduction thread, I'm sure you'll receive many warm welcomes from the friendly folks of this community.

BTW, nice picture!

 

Friday's Shave

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
TOBS Lavender
Weishi Gunmetal
Super-Max Super Platinum (3)
Cool Water Rinse
Victoria's Secret "Appletini" Lotion
Lolita Lempicka perfume

I've been working crazy hours and how Friday got away from me without posting my shave ... well, I just don't know!

Thank goodness Jeff keeps me in line, otherwise I'd be running around in circles. Gearing up for more audit prep tomorrow

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!

 

Dec 18 and 19

Dec 18
Hot shower
Merkur 23C/Wilkinson Sword#6
Muhle travel brush
bergamot soap
bowl lathering, 3+ passes
Phyto Expert sensitive ASB

Just got some of that wonderful soap that crackstar reviewed. It seems they changed the recipe...The skincare is even better, but I've got some issues with lathering. Quite big bubbles, and unstable a bit. Anyway the shave was very smooth ad comfortable.

Dec 18
Hot shower
Merkur 23C/Blue Personna#1
Muhle travel brush
bergamot soap
bowl lathering, 3+ passes
Phyto Expert sensitive ASB

Hmmmm... it's going to be tricky! The lather of the same soap is MUCH better then yesterday, but still not as good as I remember the older puck. Wrong water/soap ratio? I'll keep trying! Nice shave, great feeling!

 

12/18 Saturday

Prep:
Hot Shower
Real Shaving Co. Face wash, scrub, and hot towel mask

Hardware:
GEM 1912
GEM blade
Ever Ready 20mm finest restore

Software:
Pacific Shaving Co. shaving oil
Mitchell's Wool Fat soap
Proraso as balm

 

Saturday, Dec 18



Em's Unscented Glycerin soap
Omega Artificial Badger brush
Gillette 1954 Tech razor
Astra SP blade
Cold water rinse
Kiss My Face Unscented lotion

 

Sunday, December 19th

Hot shower
Rituals Samurai Secret sc
Kent T8 Pure Badger
Mühle R89 w/ Red Personna
Alum block
Nivea for Men ASB
Canali Men EdT

 

Sunday, December 19

EJ DE86
Iridium (4)
TOBS Traditional SS
Castor-Grapeseed-Glycerin Preshave
Ever Ready Boar
Osage Rub
Aqua Di Selva

BBS on 3+ passes. Great menthol-aspeny finish.

 

Early Sunday

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Boar - Scarletti
TOBS Avocado SC
Lady Gillette Stars - Blue
Gillette Super Thin Paltinum (1)
Cool Water Rinse
Hemp Pomegranate Mango Body Moisturizer

Off to work ... it's gonna be a long day. But as I was reminded yesterday, at least the paychecks don't bounce!

 

Shaving, the week in review.

I've been in Illinois the past week. Perhaps I should be embarrassed that I followed the Shave Den from my iPhone, and even made a couple of welcome posts to newbies. Here's what I used. CCS at least, every day.

1948-50 Gillette Super Speed
Merkur blades (the last of them, which were still left from those I mailed ahead last time).
D.R. Harris Almond Shave Stick
VdH boar brush


Back to my normal stuff today, and a quick reminder of why I prefer injectors to just about anything else.

Williams Soap (hard to believe that some people just can't make this work for them).
Tweezerman badger brush
Schick I2 injector
Personna 74 blade (1)

 

Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Gillette Rubie
Eveline Sensitive SC :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Eveline Aloe Vera AS Gel :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Chabrawichi 555 Cologne :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008

This Eveline shaving cream line and aftershave line from Poland is also fantastic. The lather of this ultra sensitive skin version is awesome, with a very nice scent, and it does wonders with its skincare. The aloe vera aftershave gel leaves my skin feeling cool, soothed, and very well-defended against irritation.

 

Sunday

Prep: 30 minute marinade with TSD ISZ PSB, hot shower
Coffee: Home roasted Kenya/Starbucks French Roast mix (too lazy to grind more Kenya this morning), BLACK
Soap: TSD Sandalwood
Brush: 24mm silvertip set in Red Mallee Burl from Elite Razor
Razor: Gem Push Button
Blade: Gem, day 5 (6?), 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion, Curve
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Darn near BBS. First time with JoAnna's Sandalwood scent - happy088 has a bit of a leather smell to my nose. I like it.

 

iKon Deluxe Bulldog
Gillette 7O'Clock Super Platinum

Rudy Vey Finest
Speick Shave Stick

Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

2 passes and some buffing for a nice comfortable shave.

 

Vintage Rooney Boar
Cella SS
Seidman Special
TM Artisan--Linen / Horsehide
Witch Hazel
Alfred Sung Paradise EDT
Have a Great Day!

 

Sunday Dome and Face

Hot Water Rinse
Gem 1912 Fat Handle
Gem Blade (shave 7)
Semogue 2K
Ogalla Bay Rum Sage and Cedar
Witch Hazel
Ogalla Bay Rum Sage and Ceder Cologne
Worm Dirt Stash Wax

First time with this soap, I like it. Plenty of lather and smells great. I don't think I've ever had a bad shave with this razor. The stash wax provides pretty good hold. All day yesterday and when I woke up this morning it was still pretty starched with bars still in place. Time to go shopping for tonight's dinner. Gotta bolt, have a great Sunday, GO BUCS!!!!

 

Gem Jr Lather Catcher
Ted Pella PFTE Blade
Valobra Stick
Rudy Vey Finest
Alcolado Glacial
Ahava AS


-5 bade

 

• 11/16 Joh. Engstrom Frameback
• Tabac + Kiss My Face Unscented
• Shavemac 177
• Thayer's Witch Hazel
• Aqua Velva Musk
• Jovan Musk for Men

Thanks for the welcome Stroker and Dridecker.

 

SOTD Sunday December 19, 2010

Razor: GEM Micromatic Open Comb
Blade: GEM Personna Stainless
Shave Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood
Mug: Ceramic Clipper
Scuttle: Robt. Becker Ceramic
Brush: Omega Boar
Astringent: Dickinson's Witch Hazel
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave/Cologne: Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood

Results: Super smooth and heavenly scented!

Great three pass shave with the MMOC and the Ogallala has always been a favorite of mine. Todays double dose of Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood is exceptionally nice! Thought I'd throw in a winter shot of the Ranch to get into the Christmas spirit! Enjoy your shaves Gentlemen!