SoS: August 29-September 4 2011

Friday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Personna day 3
Proraso Green SC
Keri unscented moisturizer
Osage Rub AS
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT

I got a very nice shave today, although I would have liked to have done 3 passes instead of just 2. My good friend Proraso Green cream lathered me up perfectly, and gave me a hell of a nice cooling effect, and the Osage Rub finished off the freeze. :biggrin:

 

Friday, September 02, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Progress XL
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Brush: Vie-Long Gonzalo
Soap or Cream: D.R. Harris Arlington Soap
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Provence Sante Verlaine Splash

 

Friday
Razor: Hermes in Walnut scales
Brush: New Forest 2213
Cream: GFT Limes
Post: Alum, Blue Stratos Aftershave
Nice clean smooth shave.
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Merkur 39C
Elk Antler Brush
Sir Irisch Moos (sample)
Lucido AS
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Friday's Shower and Shave
Hot Shower
Johnson Baby Oil~~~pre-shave
Omega 48~~~Mama Bear's Hydrogen
Gillette Tech FH~~~Topaz Platinum
Clubman Pinaud~~~Arko Aqua
~~~DFS~~~

 

Friday morning,

Gillette NEW Short Comb,
Personna Barber Blade (2)
Rooney 1/1 Best Badger Brush,
Arko shave soap w/ hot water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse. DFS!

 

Friday:

Bump Fighter
Thater Stout 2
Wilkinson Sword Stick
Dickenson's Witch Hazel
Bump Patrol
Nivea Sensitive Balm
Burberry edt

 

Coming in at a little under eleven hours since my last shave:

Merkur Progress @ 2.5
Voskhod (1)
Edwin Jagger Best Badger
AOS Lavender PreShave Oil
Wilkinson Sword Shave Soap
Nivea Post Shave Balm
Pinaud Clubman AS

I didn't have that much to shave off so I figured it'd be a 2 pass or so shave. Didn't want to waste a whole bowl of lather, so I opted for the Wilkinson and a face lather. Although the EJ isn't the most likely candidate for the job it's still new and shiny and I wanted to see how it would do. Should've grabbed the Arko instead. Lather was a little on the thin side (not the Brush's fault though). Other than that, not much to report. 2 pass SAS.

 

Friday, September 2, 2011

Razor: D.R. Harris Chatsworth
Blade: Gillette Dark Blue SuperPlatinum
Brush: Thater Porter
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Cream: German Nivea
A/S: Speick

Temptation got the better of me and I decided to try the German Nivea cream this morning. It produced a very rich and slick lather which resulted in an excellent shave. Very nice indeed!

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: BJs Kenya AA, BLACK (green beans on order, Kenya Safari Ridge, from Coffee Bean Corral )
Soap: D.R. Harris Marlborough + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Omega 10098
Razor: '73 Black Handle SS
Blade: Topaz Platinum, day 5, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Not the closest, but just a really nice, enjoyable shave. Maybe 'cause it's Friday.

 

Friday, September 2nd

Vail Mountain Nicaraguan coffee
QCS Woods soap (sample)
unmarked straight razor (an excellent shaver)
custom brush
witch hazel

The razor is the only one of my grandfather's that was in usable shape. I can see why he took good care of this one.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

 

Friday

Hot shower - soak brush
Tweezerman Brush
Real Shave Co - sensitive skin
Lord L6
Astra Superior Platinum (day 2)
Osage Rub and EMJ balm

4/5 nice close comfortable shave.

 

Cold water prep
DR Harris Lavender
Trufitt and Hill super badger brush
Le grelot 6/8
Kangaroo strop and linen 100/50
Old spice aftershave

 

Gillette Old Type BRW Improved handle
Voskhod (1)
Omega 11047
Bigelow SC
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum (boosted)

A nice comfortable shave, but I think that I am developing a preference for the SE shaves.

 

Razor: New Open Comb Tforc Special
Blade: Astra Stainless
Brush: Frank Synthetic
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
A/S: Masters Bay Rum mixed with English Leather Lime
2 Pass BBS

 

Seems like DEs are dominating these days...
Merkur 23C/Blue Bird#3
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Painted ceramic bowl
Tet-a-tet SC
Tet-a-tet ASB

BBS all around in 3 passes!

 

Friday Evening Shower and Shave
Start and finish were good, some strange goings on in the middle

Hot shower...
Face lathered with C.O. Bigelow shave cream and Sabi Badger brush.
Thought I would try this Schick 5 blade razor given to me.


...Now this is the first time I have used one and didnt know what to expect.
What I got was this GOO coming off the razor that reminded me of some long forgotten preserves.
The GOO began to impede the razors progress like a dog running in molasses.
I gave up and began to wipe off the stuff,
I guess it was lubrication from the bar under the blades.
What a mess, it didn't come off easily neither...never again!


I re-lathered with Bigelow and completed the shave with my Schick injector.
Cold rinse
TSD Sub Zero followed by Brut AS to make my wife smile (she loves Brut)
Good save by the Schick Injector!


My Saviour

 

Nice pictures, and I loved the write up.

 

SuperSpeed Black Handle
with Rotbart Extra dünn (2)
H.L. Thäter 49125/1 Silvertip
AoS SS Lavender
AoS ASB Lavender

Have a nice day

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Gillette Tuckaway (1922)
Semogue 1305
Speick Stick
Home Blend AS

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