SoS: January 9th ~ January 15th, 2012

Yeah I have done that, usually it dont matter which I do, my shave is DFS as standard. Your only as good as your last shave, thankfully the next one is never far away

 

Friday 13th January.

Proraso Pre Shave
Feather Artist Club SS
Omega 10029 brush
Vitos Green Soap
Alum Block followed by Proraso ASB
Italian Floid Original AS.

One of my colleagues at work has just hit 60 so we are going out celebrating tonight. As we are going to an Italian restaurant....I decided to go with an Italian theme. I have a busy weekend ahead of me so I had to take some leave and have had time for a long relaxing shave, with a BBS result .

 

Friday

Dovo Bismarck 6/8; Merkur Futur
Shark (4?)
Men-u Boar brush
TSD Irish Spring type soap
Booster June Clover A/S
Master Topaz A/S

I was tired this morning and I had trouble shaving my neck area so I turned to the trusty Futur to finish the job. I used the Booster June Clover (from a sample) in place of witch hazel and the Master Topaz for the finish because the Booster scents just don't last for me. Good start for my Friday!

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
CD: Lightnin' Hopkins ~ Lightnin' and the Blues
Coffee: El Salvador, BLACK
Soap: TSD SOTQ A4, Burmese Wood
Brush: Omega 10098
Razor: '73 Black Handle SS
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 5, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, Curve

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Purty durn gooooood.

 

+1

 

Well done.
You have taken your first step into a larger world. - Obi-Wan Kenobi

 

Slanted Shave # 20

Today marks the end of numbering the slanted shaves. Slanty is my buddy and will be my #1 son. I sold my Jagger and the ex took a no name mild so another Merkur, an 11 C open comb will be the recovery/day shave following a night shave razor. Slanty's brother will be named O.C Wein.

No am meeting today, so I took a very leisurely shave. I also now fully believe that for me, the Gillette Blacks are good for 4 shaves, vs 5 for the Blue (sometimes 6) and Yellow (5). But who cares, it is the perfect blade for Slanty.

The new Omega 80005 is breaking in nicely, smells like MWF, the best soap for a new brush.

The Kit

EBC Preshave
Omega 80005
MWF
Gillette 7 o'clock Black (5 and retired)
Merkur 37 C Slant
Witch Hazel
TSD Bourbon Vanilla
Aqua Velva Ice Sport

The shave says it all. As long as my senior customers are still pinching my face, I know my kit is taking good care of me

Today's Feature Pic:

New Omega 80005 Brush
My Italian is weak but I think Pura Setola is Pure Bristle:

 

Great photography job well done.

 

Friday
EJ DE87 w/Astra Superior Platinum (D2, Stropped)
EJ Pure Badger Brush
EJ Aloe Cream
Old Spice Classic A/S

Beautiful shave, felt very moisturized while I was out in the blizzard for the day as well. Still pissed the army hasn't dropped my package off from Italian Barber, I really wanted to try slanty and the menthol over the weekend

 

Hot Shower
LuJin Badger
Lider Shave Cream
Gillette Gold Tech
Asco
Warm water rinse, polar water splash Thayer's Witch Hazel, Proraso
A shave that want beyond the realms of DFS.

Yesterday I borrowed a cereal bowl from the cupboard, (it is now part of my shave den) . I was impressed the quality of lather I had lathering in the bowl. I thought may be it was fluke , eurkea it is not a fluke today's lather was even greater. The greater the lather quality is the better the shave.

Classic wet shaving is such a joy and fun. It is funny how a simple inexpensive change can turn the shaving experience up a notch. Proving that classic wet shaving does not need a great outlay of money to make the shaving experience awesome.

 

Snuck away for some cross country skiing early this morning-it's beautiful out there:bike trail in north suburbs of Chicago
Coffee-Intelligentsia Black Cat Espresso in Mocha Maker
Razor-Torrey (antique store find-$15)
Moss Scuttle
Rudy Vey Vintage Restore-Finest Badger Fan shaped knot
TOBS Almond SC
Alcolado Glacial AS
Baxter of California AS Balm
Music-John Lee Hooker

 

The Cella Story is great from beginning to end.

 

Keep on going!

 

Hard to wipe that smile off your face.....Isn't it!!

 

Friday the 13th!

Brush: Proraso branded Omega Pro boar (pictured in avatar)
Razor: 1950's Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Tiger Superior Stainless, 1
Soap: Williams Mug
Toner: Alum/Thayer's Rose Petal witch hazel
Finish: Small amount of organic jojoba oil and a generous splash of M&L Florida Water

Don't know what I think of the jojoba oil on the face just yet, but we'll see. Seems OK as a body moisturizer. Finally tried this Tiger blade from Czech Republic. Nice. I won't say it's blowing my mind, but it was kind to my skin while giving the whiskers a run for their money. I did get a little irritation here and there, nothing major and nothing noticeable to the eye, but I figure that's got more to do with the fact I haven't used my SS in quite a while.

Happy Shaving!

 

Thank you much hahaha this is actually the first decent pic I have ever uploaded on here....I took this pic with my phone but usually the pics I load come from the crappy camera in my IPAD2....I think I will be using my phone from now on.

 

lol - you know it...been rubbin my mug all day.