SoS ~ July 4th - July 10th, 2011

Super Speed Week

AOS soap, unscented
EJ best badger brush
1956 Gillette Super Speed
Astra SP blade
TSD aftershave milk, unscented

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Rwanda, BLACK
Soap: TSD SOTQ B3 - quite nice
Brush: Omega 49, the RED one
Razor: Lord L6
Blade: Astra SP, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB, Clubman AS, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Another super, close, comfortable shave.

 

Gem OC MicroMatic
Gem Stainless Blade

Simpson Chubby 2 Best
Arko Shave Stick

Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

It hasn't taken me long to start getting the hang of the OCMM.

I was rewarded with another fantastic shave this evening.

I think I might be developing into an SE (or at least an OCMM) fanboy.

I'm glad I got to give it a try.

 

Awesome Dale! Still, give it a few more days even and they will be nicer yet. I just noticed that even though they were really smooth, my face never recovered completely in between shaves; a bit too harsh. I'm glad you are enjoying it though.





SS Week: day 3

• Flare tip SS
• Voshkod (?)
• Omega pro 48
• VanWilder SS
• Barbasol Pacific Rush

Another good shave today. I must admit though, that my go to razor has got to be my EJ 89. The superspeeds are working but the EJ is prime in my book and the time off is making the heart grow fonder.

3 out of 5 blades for today.

 

No shave today. Red Tip w/Pal blade yesterday and at 6:30 pm next day I've got too little stubble to worry about.

 

Super Speed Day 3

• Razor: 40's Super Speed
• Blade: Red Pack IP
• Brush: M&F 27mm Blonde Badger
• Soap: Irisch Moos Shave Stick
• Aftershave: Irisch Moos Aftershave Splash

 

July, 6

Got back to straights finally. It was kind of late shave, so very little time before going to bed...

8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Paddle strop
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Painted ceramic bowl
Wilkinson Sword soap in a blue bowl
Cold water rag
TSD Signature AS Milk.

Nice DFS!

 

From 16 hours ago-one of those days.

Gillette British Rocket Flair Tip
Feather Blade
Dr Harris Arlington Stick
C&E BBB
Speick Lotion


another great SS week shave!

 

SuperSpeed Week! Thursday's Shave

• Gillette '41 Ranger Tech
• Fred's Personna
• Ever Ready 200
• C.O. Bigelow SC :freezing
• WH
• Proraso AS :freezing

 

Thursday, July 7

65’ Gillette Slim (set on 8)
Derby Extra (day 1)
TSD Florida Water SS
Vulfix 2235 Super Badger
Barbasol Brisk

 

July 7th, 2011: Day 4 of Superspeed Week:


-Gillette Black Handled Superspeed w/ Gillette Super Stainless blade (aka Russian Green) (0)
-Omega 22mm boar brush
-Arko shave stick
-Dickenson's Witch Hazel
-Barbasol Brisk AS

 

Thursday - another day closer

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Rwanda, BLACK
Soap: TSD Egyptian Spice
Brush: Kriss Kross with original knot
Razor: Lord LP1822L, aka L6
Blade: Astra SP, day 4, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

All the great shaves this week are getting a little redundant

 

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Rapira
Tibet Forest Fresh SC :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Svoboda AS Balsam :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Aramis EDT

For me, it's ALWAYS Super Speed Love Week, because I love this razor of mine so much. A new Rapira gave me a wonderful and comfortable shave with the help of this nice Bangladeshi-produced cream.

 

I used my 1965 Gillette slim set at 3 for a nice 2 pass shave

Colgate soap with 4 drops of M bomb

TSD Bourbon Vanilla aftershave milk (yummy)

I then added just a tad of nivea cool kick aftershave splash to my neck.

 

Super Speed Week

Prairie Creations soap, unscented
EJ Best badger brush
1956 Super Speed
Voshkod blade
TSD Aftershave milk, unscented

Second shave with my new super speed. For some reason yesterday I used an Astra SP blade, even though those blades always feel harsh to me. Sure enough, I got a harsh shave. Today I used a new Voshkod, which gave me a much smoother shave!

 

Super speed Flair tip/Perma Sharp blade/Arko soap/Turkish HH#6/Polar Ice AS/Arko ASB​

The Love fest continues. The gentle flair tip was just what I desperately needed after yesterdays rough shave. The HH#6 and Arko may be third world products, but they deliver a world class shave. Every aspect of the today's shave including my too thin, but very wet and slick lather was savored and enjoyed. It's a great day to be alive.

Great shaves today, Gentlemen.

 

Thursday:

Razor - Gillette New
Blade - Lord Platinum Class
Brush - shavemac 177-21
Cream - Nancy Boy Signature Scent
A/S - Dominica Bay Rum
Balm - T&H West Indian Lime
Cologne - St. Johns Bay Rum

--
John

 

Thursday

Gillette Slim Twist head stuck into a metal Sharpie handle
Mintage PAL blade from 2 days ago (2nd shave...noticeably smoother)
Usual mix of creams
Mentholated witch hazel/Ocean Blue a/s, followed later by Avon Starring for Men a/s

 

Thursday, July 07, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur 23C
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: EJ Best Badger
Soap: Pre de Provence
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, 4711 Splash

I always enjoy using the PdP soap. I wish they also sold an aftershave splash with the same scent. I have the PdP balm, but prefer to use that in the winter when the air is very dry. Even without the balm, the PdP soap with its shea butter leaves my face feeling very soft and comfortable. The bottom line today: Great shave!

 

So THAT'S what they mean by "finding shave stuff in the wild."