SoS: December 19th ~ December 25th, 2011

Cheap Week

Williams Shave Soap - $1.29
Tweezerman Badger Brush - Free
1962 Gillette Slim Adjustable - $10.00
Voskhod Blade - Free
Superior 7o Bay Rum - $4.99

Shave - Priceless


The Beatles - Money (That's What I Want)

 

Obviously, your opinion of Brut Revolution is that it should be delegated to the less than dollar store?

 

This will be the first use that I have had of the Barber (Rebadged Personnas) brand. 20 blades for$7.99 plus shipping at Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00022AUME/?tag=thshde-20

I will let you know of the results.

 

Prep: Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Soap: Trumpers Lime
Brush: Omega 31064
Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: Personna Medical Prep (5)
Toner: Thayers Lemon W.H.
A/S: Musgo Real

 

Boker's Red Injun 101
Rudy Vey Finest-restore
Connaught Spearmint SC
TSD Iced Cracklin Firewood Splash
TSD Iced Mojito Milk
Music-Monk:Standards

 

Tuesday's shave:
Valobra Menthol shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr.2 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
Merkur 11C OC
ASP (new)
Dr. Alkaitis Organic Soothing Gel After Shave

 

Early Tuesday Morning

Puma 3/8, Vie Long Horse/Badger, Penhaligan's English Fern, Alum, Jovan Musk

This tiny puma may have been cheap but it punches above its weight!
The Red Ranger approves this shave.

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Personna (US)
Brush: Best Badger
Soap: Williams
ASB: Aqua Velva Ice Blue
EdT: Quorum


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After taking my Sunday rest for my face, it was time to mow down a two day growth (can't wait till this arrives)

I set up for a nice menthol Monday with the following items.

Since I always use witch hazel, and splashes and soaks, I am going to make my list a little shorter. Here goes.

Prorasso Preshave
Vulfix 404 Mixed
Palmolive Italian Menthol
EJ89
Gillette Dark Blue (3k)
TSD ISZ Milk
Aqua Velva Original

My pics are going to feature an item from my collection to shake it up. The featured item today is my Vulfix 404 Mixed.

Thank you.

 

Nice pic! Didn't notice the thread with your razor hunt-great choice.

 

SOTD 20-12-2011​

Long Hot Shower followed by Proraso Pre Shaving cream
Merkur 39C
Feather / 4th day
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Schwarzwisskeramik Bowl
P 160
Old Spice Lagoon + RazoRock wax​

 

Mon, Dec 19
Brush: Omega Boar
Soap/Creme: Cella
Razor:Gillette Old
Blade: Rapira SS
Pre: hot towel
Post: Witch hazel
Hair Groom: Gables creme oil
Result: DFS, Quick, gentle, close. What more can I say?

 

Monday

JM Schmid & Son 6/8 ($25 at a cigar shop)
Altesse Badger (not cheap, but on a 3-brush rotation, you do what you can)
Omega Soap (I got 3 tubs for $9.00 a few years ago and I'm still using the first tub)
Aqua Velva Ice Sport (under $7)

Menthol Monday and Cheap week! I don't know if I'm going to have time to post many shaves this week. My parents are coming for a visit for the latter half of the week and we are still getting ready for Christmas. I'll definitely be back for Christmas Eve and Christmas though! Great shave today with only a small nick on my chin. Even though I'm posting late again, I still have very little stubble from this mornings' shave!

 

Muhle R41
Voskhod (2)
Semogue 2011LE Finest badger 1
TFS Tabacco Verde
Speick AS / 444 ASB

 

Good morning!
Bay Rum day:
-SB Vie Long mix (badger-horse)
-SS Calani Bay Rum stick
-SR EJDE89L
-RB Astra Keramik (3)
-ASL Ogallala Bay Rum Original
-ASB The Village Barber (scent similar to Ogallala)

 

Tuesday, December 20. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: D.R. Harris H2 (Rooney 1/2)
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 4
Italian Palmolive Menthol SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
JHL Cologne

The menthol power of this Palmolive cream and Diana balsam is unbelieveable - between the 2 of them your face will feel frozen for hours. I really enjoyed the shave this morning, and it turned out to be BBS once again. The 7 AM's are not vicious either, but I'll admit that the Rapiras are a little gentler.

 

Gillette Old Type
Feather (1)
Semogue OC boar
Nord Ost SC
Alum
Nord Ost ASB

Very quick cold shower and cold water shave today.

The circuit breaker popped sometime yesterday and I hadn't noticed until this morning.

I don't mind them during the summer, but when it's just about freezing ... well not so much.