SoS: December 19th ~ December 25th, 2011

Loving the X2. I hope it's serving you at least as well!

 

Wednesday's Shower and Shave Merry Christmas to everyone!
Each morning starts with a long hot shower.
During the shower the Omega Midget was warming.
I choose a sample of Mem shave cream.
The razor choice today was my Gillette Knack loaded with a Voshkod blade.
After three passes I rinsed my face with water. Following that was a generous polar water splash, then patted dry my face. I applied a liberal splash of Thayer's Witch Hazel.
I followed it face freezing Osage Rub.
Results for today's shave was a 5 Bells DFS.

 

Wednesday, 20 December

Razor: Futur Merkur
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Simpsons Commodore X2
Pre-Shave: PREP Pre-Shave
Lather: PREP Shaving Cream
Post: PREP After Shave Balm

Maybe my best shave to date. Incredible

 

Got the MDC from Bullgoose and was going to try it a couple of times and pass it along at the appropriate discount. Unfortunately, it is one of the best that I have ever tried and even after using it five or six times, you still cannot see that it has ever been used. Someone said it would last for a year of shaves or longer and I believe them. Now, I just should sell everything else

 

Wednesday Morning

Prep: Glycerin and water
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Super Iridium (4)
Soap: Spieck stick grated into bowl (first shave)
Brush: Rudy Vey Chubby
Post: RazoRock Alum followed by Cold water rinse
AS/ASB: Captain's Choice Bay Rum AS followed by TSD Bay Rum Milk

Love my Bay Rum finish!

 

Sounds like a great set-up. I'm really enjoying my X2!

 

Trying to pull myself out of this onslaught of sickness (stomach bug & sinus infection!) I managed to get a much needed shave in this evening. Three days of forest to go all pre-Teddy Roosevelt on. This required the big gun....my open comb Every-Ready!

Brush: Omega 11126 banded boar
Razor: Ever-Ready brass flip-front open comb SE
Blade: Treet carbon, 1
Prep: Jock Soap pre-shave oil
Soap: Williams Mug
Toner: Thayer's Rose Petal witch hazel
Finish: Nivea Cooling Balm
Smelly: M&L Florida Water

Very nice and smooooooth shave. BBS without even trying. Much need, much enjoyed! ...but now I'm wiped out and need to rest

 

Sorry to hear about your illness! May you recover quickly now that you've had a great shave. 9/10 doctors who bothered to return the survey say beards slow the detoxifying qualities of skin by holding all that gunk in!

 

Very clean set-up. Can you post a picture of that stand showing how it looks over the sink area?

 

Wednesday

6/8 Unbranded Shoulderless
Vie Long Horse/Badger Mix
Culmak Soap
Alum
Aquatonic AS

A beautiful shave, the Culmak soap never ceases to impress me.

 

Fasan Slant
Feather
Duke I
GFT Sandalwood cream
Mandom After Shave

It has been a busy couple weeks. I miss this place. I hope to be back more soon.

 

Pulled into the vortex of tomorrow!

 

My pleasure Johnny... I have a very small bathroom so I need the extra space. I don't know what I'm going to do when I start ordering more soaps and creams.
The little stand is from Wal-Mart and cost less than $8.
Sorry for this interruption, now back to your regularly scheduled SoS

 

SOTD 22-12-2011

Hot Shower
Muhle R 41
Gellette Green SS / 4th day
Semogue 1305
Schwarzwisskeramik Bowl
Martin De Candre
TOBS St.James​

 

SB Dovo Fine Badger
SS Yardley (vintage) + SC Old Spice Original
SR EJDE89L
RB Astra Keramik (5)
ASL Old Spice Original
ASG Scent from Heaven (Old Spice scent)

 

Gillette sheraton
Voskhod (3)
Rod Neep cocobolo 22mm silvertip
TFS Barbe Rosse
Thayers witch hazel AS and 444 balm

 

Late Nite Shave:

I realized today that the Slant will be here Friday and that I haven't shaved today. So I took a nice 11pm shave and now I will build some stubble for the Slant:

Proraso Pre/Post shave
Vulfix 404 Mixed
Gillette 7 o'clock Yellow (1)
EJ89
Pinaud Limesec

Another pared down shave with the addition of the Proraso for pre/post. A very relaxing and enjoyable shave.

So Proraso Pre/Post, u r today's featured item.

 

I see the toilet sets next to the sink. I refer you to this thread for when the inventory grows.

Homemade Shave Storage

 

Thursday, December 22. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Simpsons Duke 2
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

Timor​

Treet​

Omega​

Kell's Amber​

Ivy Club​

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