SoS: December 19th ~ December 25th, 2011

You can say that again.

 

Okay,

 

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: EJ Chatsworth
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L Best
Soap or Cream: Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Meehan Bay Rhum Splash

 

Nothing worse than a cold house, well except for a cold toilet seat.

 

Tuesday, December 20


65’ Gillette Slim (setting 7)
Derby Extra (d2)
Preshave Oil Blend
Renaissance Man Black Amber S/S
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Pinuad Clubman Virgin Island BR

Great shave (4.7). Revisited a Derby this week. It has been a long time, perhaps 6 mo or a yr. Back then Derby's seemed to be at their best for me in the Slim and with some preshave oil in support, and even then it cut my neck consistently. Did this routine today, and got a near BBS without a scratch. Go figure. It pays to revisit past demons.

 

Tuesday morning,

Schick G1 Injector Razor w/ Personna Blade (4)
Omega 20107 Boar Bristle Brush,
Arko shave soap w/ hot water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!



Nice lather with the Omega 20107 and Arko.

 

Tuesday:

Shumate 5/8
The Dridecker
Palmolive Stick
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Fresh Balm
Old Spice A S Splash

 

Tuesday, December 20th

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Personna Med Prep
Brush: Shavemac D01 Horn
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Tabula Rasa Dark Lavender
A/S: D.R. Harris Marlborough

An excellent shave.

 

Many thanx Mang I am very psyched and I also think I have found a great dealer who I can get suggestions from. I will give him a plug. Gary at Shoe Box Shave.

Thanx again Danny!

 

Tuesday:
Hot shower followed with Proraso Pre then:


The Feather blade treated me so much better today than the Derby yesterday.

 

Hot shower
razorock classic
gillette fatboy with derby blade
cold water rinse followed by gillette aftershave gel
dfs. but i think the derby is starting to burn back to the feather

 

Tuesday December 20th

Prep: Hot Shower, RSC Scrub
Razor: Merkur 23c
Blade: Shark SC (2)
Brush: Omega Boar
Soap: Proraso Green Tea & Aloe
Post: Thayers WH, Cold Rinse, Nivea ASB

Overall a very nice 3.5 pass shave after a few days off. Not the smoothest, but that means there's more to shave tomorrow
Have a great day people!

 

Couldn't agree more about the Omega. Great brush, period.

 

Tuesday's Shower and Shave
Hot Shower
LuJin Badger
MWF
Gillette Knack
Voshkod
Warm water rinse, polar water splash, Thayer's Witchhazel, Arko Balm
Three passes I had a very jolly DFS.

We were out of town for a couple days. It is great to be home.

 

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - Today's the day!

1. Prep: Hot shower; CB Super Sensitive facewash; hand strop blade
2. Coffee: Locally roasted, fresh ground Nicaraguan w/ cream
3. Lather: MWF - face lather
4. Brush: Simpsons Commodore X2
5. Razor: Gem HFT
6. Blade: Pella SS PTFE coated (1); 3+ passes
7. Post: Cold water rinse; Aqua Velva mixed w/ California Baby super sensitive face lotion

And an audible sigh of relief was heard from my bathroom this morning. The MWF lathered brilliantly even in my hard water. I loaded a bit longer and I think the brush is breaking in as it's holding more lather. I easily had enough lather today for 5 passes. I'm very pleased with the Simpsons Best grade of hair. Tomorrow morning I'm going back to my Vulfix Super to see how it performs on MWF.

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower
CD: Jimmy Bratcher ~ Something Better
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya Safari Ridge, BLACK
Soap: VDH Deluxe (WalMart - $1.50) + 2 drops Em's Place Woodstock EO
Brush: Ever Ready 250PB with original knot, antique mall <$10
Razor: '55 Gillette Red Tip, flea market - $5
Blade: Gillette Super Thin, free sample from Phil
Post: Cold water rinse, Cool Mist - free sample from JoAnna, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own, <$1 per tin

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Darn near 5 blades.

 

Went to my barber-Frank-for shave today: lost count at 10 hot towels-sweeeeet and smooooooth.
He used Proraso and told me he was confused when he first saw Proraso soap/cream as it
was first a pre-shave. Pro=pre, Raso=lather. Great tidbit.

 

Your barber was on the Andy Griffith show?

Never knew that about the Porasso naming. Nice bit of trivia.

 

Great cheap shave today (in keeping with this weeks theme) DFS+ Gotta love the palmolive shave stick, for the price

Hot shower
palmolive shave stick
Omega 10275 boar
EJ89L
Astra (d-3)
Bond ASB + After shave (the balm was ok not at all for the price could feel the alcohol for a min or so very citrusy)