SoS: January 23rd ~ January 29th, 2012

Rudy Vey Vintage Restore with Pink Handle/Silvertip
TFS Soap
EJ Razor with Ebony Handle
Shark Blade
TSD ISZ Splash
Tet-e-Tet AS Balm
Music-The Pogues

-bumming that Amazon ran out of Weber's

 

How's the Omega treating you Nick?

It looks like a model 49 in the pic rather then the 66.

 

I have a nice Weber Charcoal grill if it would help Danny.

It's only seen about a decade or so of use.

 

Thursday

Merkur Futur
Astra (1)
Altesse Badger brush
Col. Conk Lime
Booster Iced Lime A/S
Royall Lyme

Super rushed 3-pass shave this morning. I woke up more than 1 hour late because my alarm did not go off (the time probably didn't get re-set after a brief power outage yesterday). Got out of bed at 6:39 and was in the car heading to work at 6:58--showered, shaved, dressed, and drank 1 cup of coffee in that time (drank second cup of coffee in route to work)!

 

Thursday, January 26

EJ DE86
Rapira Lux (d1)
MWF, Vulfix 2235 Super
Stephans Spicy

Today the Rapira Lux got its first go. Got a BBS on 4 passes. Very forgiving. It is definitely a very good blade. Whether it is better than the Swede, Ladas or Voskhod, only more shaves will tell.

 

You're right! It is a 49. The 49 and the 66 are both doing a super job of lathering.

 

Tried 2 more firsts today... The Prima Scheerzeep... and a Russian Gillette Super Thin courtesy of Shawn (thanks man!!) The Soap Smells amazing IMO ....it wont really whip up a thick lather (in comparison to an Arko Stick) for me but thats no matter to me because it shaved perectly....good slip for the razor and did not thin out throughout any of the passes....today was a pretty awesome 3 pass shave!

Todays Whisker Pistol Showdown

Prep-Hot shower and some Dean Martin Radio on pandora
Razor-Gillette Super Speed
Blade-Gillete Super Thin (Russian)
Brush-VDH Luxury Badger
Soap-Prima Scheerzeep (Sanders & Co.)
ASB-Baxter of California

 

Thursday morning, January 26, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (5)
Omega 10066 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Thank you Jamie! greatly appreciated! I have tried to find this sweet spot and I believe it is somewhere around OZ I wont say it is mild at all, Just not a close shaver if that makes any sense? Could it be possible that (and I know this will sound crazy but hear me out) could my lather be (dare I say) to thick? could it be that the blade is "floating"? Some times I can get lather as thick as cake icing. Like I said earlier I can almost shave dry with this thing. Maybe I should "lean out" my lather? I know I will have to give it more time thats for sure.

 

Well I think

I certainly think you may have a point regarding the lather being to thick, maybe you need to be somewhere in between with the lather, you may have just solved your own problem. well done.

Regards Jamie.

 

Are you sure it isn't a muzzle flash

 

Thursday 26th January

Veleiro Pre shave soap scrub
Proraso Pre shave cream
Feather Artist Club RG with FeatherSuper Professional Blade
Semogue 830 Brush
Pollena Lider Shaving cream
Alum Block followed by 444 ASB
Fixegoiste Ice AS

A much more comfortable shave today. I must have used the correct angle!!! A DFS+ shave with two passes and a little touch up. Great after a post night duty sleep

 

chapeau!

 

Handmade "old school" pure badger brush.
"Centennial celebration" 1912 GEM / Personna ss
TSD (of course) bay rum
Crabtree & Evelyn Sienna balm Ahhhhhhh........

Great shave, am learning how to use this 100 year old technology, 3 quick passes pretty close to BBS. Fun stuff!!

 

Love them both, particularly Bill Evans. Waltz for Debbie, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Live at the Vanguard...regular Sunday listening

 

Thursday,

• Preshave: hot water rinse, hot washing cloth
• Razor: brandless
  
• Blade: new Feather blade
• Brush: Wilkinsin Sword badger / boar
• Soap Cream: TSD Oak Leaves & Acorns wheat schaving cream
• Mug: old Tabac soap mug
• Music: Fisher Z, Going deaf for a living
• 3-pass shave
• Post shave: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, TSD Cedarwood Witch Hazel

Result: close to BBS!

The shaving cream and the Witch Hazel came yesterday in the mail. I simply had to try 'em! I love those 'wooden' scents: all day I had the smell of a sawmill around me. Nice!

Have a nice day!

 

Henckels rostfrei 6/8 :: Joris Pur Gris Européen :: Mama Bear's SS :: Anthony Logistics ASB :: Lorenzo Villoresi "Piper Nigrum" EdT

 

How's the Fatboy treating you

 

Thursday
Proraso Pre/Post
Merkur 37C + Astra SP
Omega Mighty Midget
Proraso White
Cold Water Rinse + Old Spice Classic A/S

2 pass DFS, loving this razor a great deal, that's for sure. I should stop favouring my Mighty Midget, my other Omega Boar seems to be getting neglected. Might have to use him tomorrow and over the coming weekend.

 

Hot shower
Muhle R-41
feather (D-1)
omega badger
Bond shave cream
Becker scuttle

BBS 2 pass and touch ups!!!! it is a beast the R-41, and first time ive put a feather in it, I do like using the R-41 Not every day or even every week, but I do want it in my rotation

I will have pictures with my shaves again, I noticed some stuff had been moved near the fuse box so I asked the GF why!!! she said oh the fuse tripped the other day, when I asked what she was doing she said charging the camera battery why
So i changed the fuse in the scocket and the light has come on so I'll see in the morning if its ok, saved me a couple of ££££ not getting new battery (which would not of helped!!)