SoS: January 2nd ~ January 8th, 2012

Saturday

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Sabi Badger
TSD SOTQ
Lord L6
Voskhod (2)
Cool Water Rinse
TRSC ASB
Lolita Lempicka Perfume

I still can't place the scent of this SOTQ.

Now, it's off to work for me. Have a great Saturday!

 

Saturday, January 7

59’ E1 Fatboy (setting 7)
Lord Platinum (D3)
MWF
Vulfix 2235 Super
Master Musk

Excellent lather from the MWF, and this is only my 2nd shave with it. This puck seems to have no breakeven period.

 

Saturday, January 07, 2012

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Soap or Cream: Speick Cream
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Speick Splash

An excellent shave this morning. I really like the scent, as well as the performance, of Speick products. I feel very refreshed and ready to take our dog to the dog park this morning. The other dogs will wag their tails in approval--they know a good shave when they see one!

 

Saturday - it's the weekend! Time for the SEs.

Prep: 30 minute marinade with TSD ISZ PSB, strop str8, hot shower
CD: The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya Safari Ridge, BLACK
Strop: VB 2" black latigo/linen
Soap: TSD Leather
Brush: C&E Pure badger
Str8: Dovo Ebony A&F, 3 passes
SE: Schick Injector E model, touch up
Post: Cold water rinse, RazoRock rub down, cold water rinse #2, B&BW Noir
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Super, super shave. Feelin' fine, smellin' great.
Antique shopping this morning, Wild Card Weekend this afternoon.

Life is good!

 

R41 w/ Feather (day 3 or 4 I think)
Semogue 2000
Klar Kabinett / Bigelow SC / a healthy dose of M-bomb Frosty Super Duper Lather
Alum
TSD ISZ Witch Hazel
Tet-a-Tet ASB

Excellent cold water shave.

 

Just can't bring myself to try a cold water shave.

 

Saturday morning shave:

Razor: Feather AS
Blade: Shark super chrome (day 2. I like these blades so well I ordered 100 of them from BullGoose. Also some MWF,RazoRock XXX and alum )
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe ( I dont think I told you guys this,but I bought 2 pucks of this stuff at walmart for $1.60 EA. melted them down in my Burma shave mug )
Brush: Omega Badger

Shave rating: 5 blades
Every now and then its just nice to use the cheap soap and abuse without worry

 

Saturday, January 7, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: DE87
Blade: Gillette
Soap: Palmolive Classic Cream
Brush: D.R. Harris H1 (Rooney 1/1)
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

Saturday morning, January 7, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick Blade,
Omega 20107 Boar Bristle Brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Saturday, January 7, 2012

1. Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar; hand strop blade
2. Coffee: Locally roasted, fresh ground Costa Rican w/ cream
3. Lather: MWF - face lather
4. Brush: Simpson's Commodore X2
5. Razor: Gem Clog Pruf Micromatic
6. Blade: Pella SS PTFE coated (2); 2 passes
7. Post: Cold water rinse; Kiehl's Balm

A distilled water experiment shave after my hard water thread the other day. I loaded for ½ the time that I normally do (30s instead of 60s) and still had plenty of lather for 4+ passes. Not as much leftover as I do regularly so I may be able to decrease my tap water loading as well. The Clog Pruf limits the angles that I like to use so if I'm not careful I cause irritation trying to get the results to match my OCMM which I can now use effortlessly. Skipped the A/S splash today and just used the Kiehl's balm and I think that worked better. My face feels wonderful.

Shave Rating - Splendid! God Bless!

 

You gotta at least try it! You like the ISZ pre-shave, so it can't be that much of a leap. Keep your lather warm if you want but use cold water for all your rinses. Then if you like that you can try cold water lather and just go nutso!

 

All I can say about cold water shaves is, to each his own. I tried it one time, not because I wanted to but because I had to. Not my cup of tea.

 

SOTD Saturday​

7th January 2012​

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Feather Hi-Stainless/Muhle R89/Lijun&1980 Finest/Valobra Almond/C&E Nomad ASB​

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Well at least you tried it and learned it wasn't for you!

 

No shave Saturday. Everyone else is doing a fine job as always.

 

Veiga 7/8, restored & rescaled by Maximilian
Ambrose Spanish Horse (25/50)
Plisson #14 Haute Montagne
JabonMan "Brisa de Oriente" SS
Czech&Speake Frankincense&Myhrr EdT




Jabonman is a spanish artisan who's is starting to make soft soaps, and with succes I must say. A picture of the lather

 

Saturday, January 7th

Razor: GIBBS Click Pen
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Rudy Vey D01 Beehive
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Cream: Kool Monsoon
A/S: Acca Kappa White Moss Emulsion

I received the Kool Monsoon shave cream in a trade with Jeff (Crackstar aka Jay-dee) and decided to try it this morning. This cream lathered like it was on steroids...it almost reminded me of the classic Lucy episode with the washing machine that bubbles over with suds. The scent is a bit hard to describe though...I would say somewhere between Fruity Pebbles and Arko. I was expecting a bit of menthol (due to the name) but could not detect any. In any case, I enjoyed a fine shave followed by a dab of Acca Kappa Emulsion. The Kool Monsoon is a good economy cream that is worth a try.

 

Phil, I think that should be the quote of the week.

Thanks for the description!

 

Saturday 7th January

Hot Shower, followed by a Real Shaving facial scrub
Proraso Pre/Post cream
Ford & Medley of Sheffield 333 5/8 razor
Vie-Long N02 Extra Barber Brush
Vitos Green Shaving soap
Alum block, followed by Proraso Pre/Post cream
Fixegoiste Ice A/S

My second traditional straight shave. Once again a DFS shave, alough a little closer this time. I changed the angle slightly. An enjoyable experience with no cuts, weepers or burn. I do however still find the replaceable blade straights easier to use. The traditional edge is definitely less sharp, and the shave requires more work on my part. At least my newbie stropping does not appear to have caused any damage!

 

You are welcome...the description just popped in my head as soon as I took a whiff of the lather.