SoS: January 30th, 2012 ~ February 5th, 2012

I will join you!

 

hehe

 

Tuesday
Proraso Pre/Post Cream
Merkur 37C + Bolzano Blade (D3 I think)
Proraso White
Omega Mighty Midget
Cold Water Rinse + Old Spice Classic A/S

Beautiful shave this morning, was quick too, only around 8 minutes, don't know how that happened but at least it was bloodless lol.

 

Tuesday:


Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Best Badger
Soap: Williams
A/S: Pierre Cardin


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Tuesday:
Hot shower
ever ready boar brush
VDH deluxe soap
Magic shavette with a shark blade

2 passes with the Magic and only 2 very small nicks. finished the final pass with an adjustable on 9 and a Wilkie blade. Very quick final pass, which means I did pretty good with the str8.
cold water splash to rinse away the carnage then a little dab of Gillette a/s balm. Feeling good!

 

Early morning shave that I'm just getting time to post:

I made a last minute change to the razor and went with my Gillette Aristocrat (obviously not in the picture)
Super Iridium
22mm best in custom handle
Whipped Dog Scuttle
TSD wheat Barbershop
TSD ASM Barbershop

Ruh Roh I put this in the wrong thread! Maybe one of the mods can fix this for me.

 

Above Pic Taken After The Shave

Call Me Silly, Call Me Nutsy-Menthol Tuesday

The above quote is from the Odd Couple, whose theme is my ring tone. I can see Felix easily as a Wet Shaver.

So why am I a nut? I decided to pair a Gillette 7 o'clock Yellow Sharp Edge with my Merkur 37 C Slanty. I figured what the heck; this will either be the best shave of my life or the worst. So I went for it along with the following kit.

Vito's pre and post-nice and mentholy
Omega 80005-one heckuva face latherer
TSD ISZ Cream-truly brings tears to my eyes
Merkur 37 C Slanty-the clean-up hitter (LoL)
Gillette 7 o'clock Yellow Sharp Edge (1)-my favorite of the really sharp blades
TSD ISZ Witch Hazel-gotta get me more
TSD ISZ Milk-always a fab favorite
Alcolado Glacial-learned about it in this forum. Love It

So what happenned? I did my usual three pass shave, 14 hours after just using Slanty. Like I told my Dad, Slanty is much more efficient then aggressive.

The shave was perfect, nice and slow, with lots of noise. The pairing of Slanty and Yellow was sublime, always being in tune with the razor kept me safe. Two touch ups and it was one of my best shaves ever.

 

Wow!! You did go all out on the ISZ Great to have JoAnna as a temptress, huh?

You probably killed a few orange groves down there with all that ice. Glad to hear the yellows and Slanty played well together.

 

Thanx Randy...I went a little nuts.

 

If you don't go a little nuts every now and then, you'll go .....NUTS!!

 

WOO HOO indeed, and congratulations!

 

When I had my Jagger I used a yellow as the razor is mild and needs a lot of passes. Since switching to a Merkur Slant and Open Comb, I require much less passes and have a face that feels great

 

If I know I'm crazy I must be sane

 

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - Midnight Shave

Prep :: Shower
Razor :: Gillette Old Type /w BRW Handle
Blade :: Personna Med. Prep. (1)
Soap :: Speick Stick bowl grated
Brush :: Rudy Vey Omega Boar (the tips are splitting)
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH + Rosewater
AS :: RazoRock Wax

Tried a little experiment tonight. I read a post by Mark (Mark1966) that said the Gillette Old Type was originally meant to take a thicker blade. When I use my OT, I have to make sure the blade is seated evenly when I tighten the handle. Don't know why that is. So I though I would try a shim to simulate a thicker blade.

It did fix the blade loading problem, but the shave wasn't very comfortable and I got a small bit of iritation on the left side of my neck. It didn't last long and went away quick, but the shave wasn't that enjoyable. Question answered, but it wasn't the answer I wanted.

Enough of my troubles. Have a great Wednesday everybody.

 

I just made a shim for my Feather AS-D1. I'll let ya'll know how it worked in a bit.

 

L'Occitane Bavx soap
Razor Vintage Max Otte 6/8
Simpsons Chubby 1 in Super
Mitchells Woolfat
Alum + Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau De Parfum

Jamie.

Honed this razor up on sunday, and what a fantastic shave it delivered, somehow I knew even though as with all my razors they all pass the HHT off the last hone and strop, something told me this would be a fine shaver, and she did not disapoint.

 

4/8 Rebell
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Valobra shave stick
Cold water splash
Alum
Nivea AS lotion

 

Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: Speick Cream
Brush: D.R. Harris H1 (Rooney 1/1)
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Speick After Shave Lotion

 

Wednesdays shave:
Pre: Hot shower
Soap: RRxxx
Razor: Feather AS-D1/Gillette SS
Blade:Treet/Astra
Brush: Omega badger
Post: Cold water rinse

Tried to shim the Feather,didnt work to well. I think my blade chioce was the reason. Switched to the SS to finish 1st pass and do a complete 2nd pass.
DFS+

 

iKon Modern
Polsilver
M&F 3/1
QCS Vostok SS
Osage Rub

Guerlain - Dandy