SoS: January 2nd ~ January 8th, 2012

To get the weekly thread started, I've decided to pull up pictures from other members posts from the TSD SOTD Archives, this weeks picture is courtesy of Empty Words:

 

Hot Shower
Merkur Progress
Astra SP
Semogue OC
TOBS Rose Cream
Fa men
Trumper , Coral Skin Food

 

Monday, January 2


59’ E1 Fatboy (setting 7)
Personna Lab Blue (d1)
TSD Acqua Di Gio Type S/S
Vulfix 2235 Super
Master Blue, Zegna Colonia

This was my first go with the Lab Blue blade. Seemed quite forgiving, and perhaps a little sharper than an IP Red. My neck got zero irritation. More tryouts to come. Stay tuned.

 

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 5
Williams Menthol SC
Keri unscented moisturizer
Osage Rub AS

I made sure that for my 1st Menthol Monday Shave of 2012 I would have a frozen face - the Williams Menthol cream has a somewhat milder cooling effect than Palmolive Menthol during the 1st pass, but then when you re-lather, it itensifies very well. The Osage Rub is in a class by itself.

 

Monday morning, January 2, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna Blade (2)
Omega 10066 Boar Bristle Brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Monday - First shave of the New Year

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Sabi Badger
TSD Yin Yang SS + 1/2 pump KMF
Lord L6
Gillette 7 OC - Black (2)
Cool Water Rinse
Hyatt Portico Lavender & Citrus Body Lotion
Lolita Lempicka Perfume

The Sabi was a good choice today. The scritchiness sure did scrub all of 2011 off my legs and let it go down the drain. Time for a new year!!



Have a fantastic day!

 

Monday shave report:

Feather AS-D1 with feather blade
VDH soap
Omega badger brush

DFS today Even with the VDH. I'm almost out of Razorock and the proraso seems to bother my skin in this cold weather. So I decided to use some VDH. Not a bad soap but it aint no Razorock!

 

Monday, January 2, 2012. Good Morning!

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

 

Monday, January 2nd

Monday "Mourning" Shave

Razor: Wilkinson Sticky*
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Simspon Douglas*
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Penhaligons Blenheim Bouquet (Tallow Version)*
A/S: Vintage Yardley*

Now that the holidays are over I am back to my regular routine of using mainly discontinued (and missed) shaving items on Mondays -Something I dub the Monday "Mourning" Shave. Everything marked with an * is dearly departed.

I enjoyed an excellent shave followed by a refreshing splash of Yardley aftershave. I believe that the aftershave is from the 1960's and am amazed that it is still good.

 

Monday:

Shumate 5/8
EJ Best
Truefitt & Hill Trafalgar
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Fresh Balm
Pinaud Clubman

 

Monday, January 2, 2012

1. Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar; hand strop blade
2. Coffee: Locally roasted, fresh ground something from my BIL w/ cream *Christmas Gift*
3. Lather: L'Occitane Cade - face lather *Christmas Gift*
4. Brush: Simpson's Commodore X2 *Christmas Gift*
5. Razor: Gem MMOC
6. Blade: Pella SS PTFE coated (7); 3 passes
7. Post: Cold water rinse; Osage Rub + Kiehl's Balm *Christmas Gift*

The Cade gave up a super slick and thick lather to the X2 this morning. With each use I'm liking the scent more and more. The Osage + Kiehl's gave a great freezing feeling along with some wonderful skin hydration.

 

Monday, January 02, 2012

The "Monday Mourning" shave using some shaving products no longer in production, indicated by asterisks.

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: 1967 Gillette Slim Adjustable*
Blade: Astra Keramik*
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor LE Two Band Super*
Soap or Cream: Penhaligon's English Fern (tallow formula)*
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Wesley & Scott Lavender Balm*

Excellent shave! My New Year's resolution is to clean my razors and brushes.

 

Mon Jan 2
Brush: Silvertip badger ( hand turned handle)
Soap/Creme: Cella
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Astra SP
Pre: Shower & glycerin soap
Post: Witch Hazel
Hair Groom: Gables Creme Oil
Result: Great shave. Nice quick easy 3-pass DFS.

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush, hand strop blade
CD: Howlin' Wolf ~ The Definitive Collection
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK
Cream: The Body Shop Maca Root + 3 drops M bomb
Brush: Omega 10098
Razor: Gillette OLD Type
Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Cool Mist + 2 drops M Bomb, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Great shave all the way 'round. Darn near BBS and 5 blades; small nick on the chin, though. Oh, well. At least I'm off work today!

 

Slanty Shave 10

I know I said I was giving my face a rest but I wanted to see how gentle "Slanty" could be on 19 hours of stubble.

Instead of going for two passes, I went for three very easy ones. With "Slanty," if you hit your marks, no touch ups r necessary. Was today a BBS Hatrick and 4-5?

EBC Pre Shave-a great pre-shave
Vulfix 404 Mixed-today's featured item
Cella Soap-I have never made such beautiful lather
Gillette 7 o'clock Dark Blue (5)-with 4 of 5 shaves BBS, he retires to the bank
Merkur 37 C Slant-I have finely fully bonded with Slanty. A great razor. Not aggressive so much as efficient
EBC Almond Shave Balm
Barber's Choice Menthol AS-because I lost track of the fact that today is Monday

The shave ended a beautiful BBS, and the blade retired after delivering one quality shave after another.

After two Gillette Dark Blues, I am going to put a Black on and see how it goes.

Winter Classic Is Coming-Go Rangers!!!

 

Scott, what do you think of blade loading the slant so far? Easy to get used to? What method are you using? It's great you're enjoying the new razor!

 

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Monday Morning​

Prep - Nothing!
Coffee - Folgers Regular (Black)
Music - Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K.216
Razor - Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Blade - Feather (Stropped)
Soap - Proraso Aloe & Green Tea
Brush - EJ Pure Badger (Still breaking it in)
Post - Cold water rinse & Old Spice Pure Sport A/S

Beautiful Shave. Kept with the Proraso today just due to really loving that menthol feeling and wound up going with a hand lather just for something different. I'm going to definitely have to get more into it. Went back with the Merkur because I thought he might feel lonely, and he behaved very well with the new feather blade this morning, no nicks or weepers which I won't complain about for a 4 pass BBS! I also remembered this morning that my wife absolutely hates Mozart after I started playing it...WHOOPS! (Or was it a whoops...)

 

That sounds like a great set-up!

 

Monday 2nd Jan.

Hot Shower and Real Shaving Facial Scrub
Kai Captain Excelia (Japanese Style)
New Forest Tubby 1
Vitos Green
Alum Block
444 ASB
Italian Floid




Great shave for the start of the year. Off tomorrow....so will try to plan something special

 

Monday's Shower and Shave
A long hot shower to start the day off.
I choose the Omega Midget to face lather Lider.
Monday's razor a Gillette Black Handle SS, with a day three Eddison blade.
After three passes I did a warm water rinse, which was followed with a polar water splash. I patted dried my face, splashed on Thayer's Witch Hazel, after it dried I finished up with Kapo balm.
Today's shave was a five blade DFS.