SoS ~ July 4th - July 10th, 2011

Super Speed Week? What Super Speed Week?

Back from ten days of travel, using the same stuff every day. Now I can get back into a rotation.

Schick Type A magazine repeater.
Personna 74 injector blade.
Colgate Mug Soap.
Omega Professional Boar.

Schick got so much right with their very first razor. If only the loading mechanism weren't so finicky.
The famous Personna 74 blades have been sort of "meh" for me so far. I've only used blades from this one pack, and maybe it's deteriorated in some way. Whatever the reason, the blades are no better than the modern Schicks, if that good, and don't seem to last any longer. I've got some more packs after this one, will have to see how they are.
It's possible to get a bad lather with this Colgate soap, but if you get the amount of water right, it works as well as anything.

Nothing against Super Speeds, I have several, and they're still all theoretically in the rotation. The injectors and SEs get more playing time, though.

 

Friday:

Aristocrat with Voskhod day 2
Vie-Long Gonzalo
Tabac
alum, witch hazel, osage rub, TSD iced subzero

 

Super speed love week...day 5

Friday's Shave
The Black Tip Beauty: 1952 40's Style SS with Steel Handle.
Rapira (Day2)
Omega 10029
Arko Uberlather:Shave Stick/Adventure SC
Arko Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS
Rebul Lavanda Cologne
Guerlain Habit Rouge EdT

Another perfect 2 pass with touch-up shave...Seems to be the combination for this set-up....Yesterday I checked at the 13th hour after the shave, and it was amazingly close...

Thats my Arko Stick in the grey deoderant container...

 

Friday

EJ89L
RIP (6)
Thater 4125/2
MWF stick
Nivea Sensitive balm
AVC Ice Blue
Pinaud Clubman

 

TGIF!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
TOBS Avocado SC
Lady Gillette Stars - PINK!
Gillette 7 OC - Black (1)
Warm Water Rinse
Hyatt Portico Citrus and Lavender Body Lotion
D&G Light Blue

Smooth as silk .. too bad I have to cover up my legs with nylons. Fantastic shave either way!

Have a great day everyone!

 

That whole "repeater" concept just blows my mind...Schick was so far ahead of his time...I'm suprised that style didn't prevail....Schick's thinking was so advanced and all his designs are still state of the art...I'm also suprised the Injector didn't win the razor wars...I don't get it...

 

I know what you mean. I always shave my legs then its on with the nylons.

my shave was... a hot shower
some hair conditioner with 3 drops menthol
TRSC Menthol shaving cream
Voskhod shave 5
nivia sensitive (with menthol crystals of course)
Very chilly bike ride to work this morning.

 

Muhle R41 ToothComb
Feather (2)

Chubbz 2 (rubberset boar reknot)
Arko Shave Stick

Alum
Boosted Superior 70 Bay Rum

Nice initial outing with the new Muhle. It is a loud shaver and I would mark this one up as moderately aggressive. It falls somewhere between an Old Type and a slammed Futur. No bloodshed and very minimal irritation. I need to spend some more time with it, but it seems to be a real nice shaver.

 

Friday:

Razor - Merkur 11C
Blade - Derby Extra
Brush - shavemac 177-21
Cream - Valobra Almond
A/S - Acqua di Parma Colonia Collezione Barbiere

--
John

 

Friday, July 8th 2011

Razor: iKon Modern
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: H.L. Thater Stout 1
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Cream: Taylor Lavender
A/S: Aqua Vera

Another great shave! The Aqua Vera (Swedish aftershave) sample from Freddy is an interesting scent. Very old school and familiar but I cannot put my finger in it.

 

That made me laugh out loud, and I'm trying to sneak peeks of the Den while working!!

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Rwanda, BLACK
Soap: DR Harris Marlborough
Brush: Semogue 2000
Razor: Lord L6
Blade: Astra SP, day 5, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, B&BW Oak
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Yet another fantastic shave. Great razor.

 

Well if i dont shave my leg hair will poke through my nylons.



Great shaves guys. I love reading these... except they always make me want to order some more soaps and creams.... and some very nice razors. However most razors i want are a tad on the $$ side of things.

 

Super Speed week: day 5

• regular flare tip
• voshkod (?)
• vintage Ever Ready C40 (really good ol' brush)
• MWF
• almost too much menthol VIBR; freeze the burn :anifrozenanifrozen

Ok, last day of Super Speed week for me. My blades are either unknown in count, needing to be changed, or I'm just ready to use my EJ 89L so bad I don't care anymore Not that the shaves are bad but I need to get a few nearly perfect shaves in before next week.

Even though I need my 89 fix, I'm still getting a highly satisfactory shave, today was no exception: 3.5 out of 5 blades.

 

Shave Of The Day ~ July 7th

Super Speed Week

• Hot Shower
• Omega 21047 Boar/Badger Mix Brush
• Connaught Luxury Shaving Cream ~ Oakmoss Scent
• NDC Gillette Super Speed Razor
• Gillette Permasharp Blade - Day 1
• Homemade Skin Food
• Aqua Velva Original Sport Aftershave ~ :freezing
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The Personna blade bit the dust after its second shave, but the Super Speed still shined with the replacement Permasharp, making for an overall nice 4 blade shave.




Shave Of The Day ~ July 8th

Super Speed Week

• Hot Shower
• E.J. Badger Brush
• Gillette Menthol Shave Cream ~ :freezing :freezing
• NDC Gillette Super Speed Razor
• Gillette Permasharp Blade - Day 2
• Homemade Skin Food
• TSD A/S Splash ~ 2X Iced Lime ~ :freezing :freezing :freezing
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Another fine shave today with the NDC Super Speed.

The Gillette menthol cream is one I've been wanting to try for a while now so I was really looking forward to the shave, and while the lather it produced was very nice, I was a little let down by the scent.

The scent very strongly reminded me of Godrej menthol mist, which has a synthetic note to it that I find unappealing, though like the menthol effect it isn't as strong as in the Godrej.

 

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  Bless you Bob...You hung in there for Injector Week...Super Speed Week ...and we all know you just got a new EJ...and the 89l was already knockin you out...And Boom new razor makes the scene and we start having marathon vintage razor shave off's...:happy102 You hung longer than I would have, you the mang...I hope that EJ89l welcomes you back tomorrow with the greatest shave of all time...I love romantic happy endings..I'm looking forward to your post...

 

And I was feeling like a traitor! Ahw who am I kidding? If anybody would understand my yearning it is most certainly you guys and gals.

Now I can have a guilt-free shave tomorrow morning :happy093

 

Friday, July 8, 2011

Vtg. Merkur Slant
Omega Mighty Midget
Valobra Mentolo
Aqua Velva

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Super Speed Friday

Prairie Creations soap, unscented
Omega imitation badger brush
1956 SS
Voshkod blade
TSD aftershave milk, unscented

Took my time, went against the grain, got a good shave. I have say honestly that I like my EJ DE89 better than the SS, better weight, better balance, smoother, more effective. But this has been a fun nostalgic week with my birthyear razor.

 

Super Speed Day 5

• Razor: Milord
• Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel
• Brush: Simpson D2
• Soap: Tabac
• Aftershave: Alt Innsbruck