SoS: December 12th ~ December 18th, 2011

Thursday:

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Personna (US)
Brush: Best Badger
Soap: Williams
ASB: Armani
EdT: YSL Pour Homme


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Hello Gang!
Today’s shave, after 3 days of abstinence:
Valobra Menthol shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr.2 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
BRW Bull Mastiff with long tooth Gillette New
Feather (2.)
D.R. Harris Bay Rum After Shave

Excellent shave!
Wishing all of you a wonderful weekend!

 

Thursday Afternoon

Sabi Black Badger - Van Der Hagen shave soap
62 Gillette Slim Adjustable @5 - Dorco blade - 2Pass
Cold rinse
Superior Bay Rum AS
DFS

 

Well Brian as far as I know Feather do two shavers with wood handles, there's offer on one from shaving.ie at the moment and here's the link to the other one.
http://www.shaving.ie/products/Feather-Artist-Club-RG-Wood.html

Regards Jamie

 

Aaaah..... the RG version . I thought you were talking abut a new SS. I had looked at those, but the geometry is different and I fear they might be a 'little too aggressive for me.

 

You may be right about the geometry, but I cannot see there being much difference myself, but you never know, it would be nice if Feather offered spare scales in various materials and colours so we could chop and change when we feel like. PS by the way whats the Kai Captain Excelia Razor like, and where did you pick that up.

Regards Jamie.

 

Hot Shower / Muhle R41 / Feather / Omega Pro 48 / Scwarzeisskeramik Bowl / Nivea mild Cream / Alum RazoRock / Nivea Cool

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Friday, December 16


Gillette New
Crystal (d1)
Tabac SS
Vulfix 2235 Super
TSD Tabac Type A/S

Great shave today. TGIF.

 

Friday, December 16. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1 Injector
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: D.R. Harris H1 (Rooney 1/1)
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue



Have a GREAT day.

 

Its a great shaver.......is very solid and just drips class. I really like the Japanese style. I bought from razorblades and more. Will PM you the details

 

Friday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 6
Palmolive Cool SC
Keri unscented moisturizer
Osage Rub AS
JHL Cologne

As I've said before, a better name for this Palmolive Cool cream would be Palmolive Frigid, because it really is frigid. I finally finished off this tube, but I have another one in reserve. The 7 AM blade gave me a great shave, but it struggled a little bit today, so I'll replace it.

 

Gillette Old Type Bull Mastiff
Feather (3)
Semogue 2000
TOBS Avocado
4711 AS

 

Friday

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Scarlatti
Klar Kabinett SS
Lord L6
Voskhod (5)
Cool Water Rinse
TSD Geisha ASM
Pe Re Ja Cologne

Nice and comfy shave to round out a busy/crazy/roller coaster week. The Voskhod finished it's life span today and has been sent to the Great Blade Bank in the Sky.

Have a great Friday!

 

Ever-ready Streamline
GEM SE blade
Semogie 2011 LE Finest Bristle 1
Speick shave stick
Floid blue and 444 balm

 

Dale,

I've got an Old Type head coming from Bob b/c I have a spare Bull Mastiff handle. How do you like the shave?

 

Friday, December 16, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur 23C
Blade: Voskhod Teflon
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L Best
Soap or Cream: Tabac Soap
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Tabac Splash

Ahh...Tabac--it never disappoints me. It took a little while to get used to the scent when I first started using Tabac, but it has grown on me and the soap has become one of my favorites. I consider it a classic and I hope they don't start messing with the formula.

 

They wouldn't dare!!

 

Bigelow Parkin, day 4​

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Bigelow Parkin folding travel razor​

Gillette Super Thin Blade​

Godrej Shaving Round​

Omega Professional Boar brush​

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That ends the Bigelow Parkin experiment; back to an injector tomorrow. Another shave on the lower end of acceptable, mostly quite close, but never did quite as good a job on my neck as I'm used to. With only a few shaves in, it's an open question how much of this is technique, and how much is the razor. I definitely feel I'm getting the hang of controlling it, but perhaps a little more work would help. It does seem to be a pretty mild shaver, though. I didn't get any irritation or nicks, even with multiple passes..​

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Anyway, I'll have some more to write, and some more pictures, but not immediately. It's been interesting.​

 

DFS this morning.
Broke out the PRORASO white And it felt very nice. It's a shame tho, it just doesn't bowl lather like the RazoRock. But still nice to face lather.

 

I bowl/scuttle lather with my Proraso Green Tub all the time and it make a GREAT lather. Watch for my post tomorrow in this section as I will use the Proraso Green.