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

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower
CD: Blues Gold, disc 1 ~ various early artists
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK
Soap & Cream: C&E Nomad super lather
Brush: H. Stern Co. 10006
Razor: '73 Black Handle Gillette
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Just a tad rough along the jaw line. Very enjoyable, though. Feeling good and stinking pretty!

 

Wednesday 1st Feb.

Hot shower and facial scrub
Proraso Pre shave cream
Feather Artist Club RG
Semogue 1470 Boar brush
Wilkinson Sword Shave stick
Witchazel
Proraso Pre/Post cream
Floid Original AS

Will just give this a DFS today. 12 hours on I still have no stubble...so it could have been a BBS... However a little razor burm on one spot on my jawline means it is marked down.

 

nice pic...Very nice....I might have to pull my Black Tip out tomorrow...It's been too long, I miss it...

 

Merkur 37G :: Plisson blaireau noir #10 :: Palmolive stick :: Thayer's WH :: Trumper's Wild Fern EdT

 

Yeah man!! Those are two of my favorite things about TWS...

 

Wednesday's Shower and Shave
Each morning my prep starts with a hot shower, while I shower my brush for the day warms up. Brush choice today was the Omega "Midget", the little brush that can lather any soap or cream.

Today's soap choice was a sample of Lemon and Cedarwood. The little "Midget" whipped up a nice lather in no time.

Today's razor was a Gillette SS, loaded with a mystery blade. This was day three for the blade, after today it was evident that a fourth day with this blade would not be possible. Tomorrow I will chose a different razor and a different blade.

Three passes with the razor, then a facial rinse with polar water. Then a splash of Thayer's Witch Hazel, followed with a splash of Kananga Water.

The :wave:give this DFS an 8.

Hope that everyone is having a great week.

 

Open Comb Wednesday


Today my Merkur 11 C asked for the ball. With only one shave left in the blade, the razor knew that a shave today guaranteed 1-2 more consecutive shaves with the new blade as it also new that Slanty had a new Gillette Yellow and was hoping it would get one for tomorrow.

Lineup

EBC preshave
Vulfix 404 Mixed
MWF face lathered
Merkur 11 C Open Comb
Humphreys Witch Hazel
TSD Iced Bourbon Vanilla Milk
Pinaud Vanilla

It was a nice shave. 8 hours after the shave, I am still pretty smooth. I thoroughly enjoyed the shave. I am loving both of my Merkurs

 

Wednesday Feb 1, 2012

Brush: Semogue 830 banded boar
Razor: Merkur 41C open-comb "1904"
Blade: Merkur, 3 with a trimmed Feather as a shim
Soap: Speick
Toner: Thayer's Lavender WH
Finish: Speick AS splash
Smelly: Taylor's Eton College cologne

Fantastically smooth shave and no irritation in the slightest! BBS Happy Shaving

 

Wednesday
Proraso Pre/Post
Merkur 37C + Bolzano (Forgot what day it was....4 or 5 I think LOL)
Omega 10008
Proraso White
Cold Water Rinse + Old Spice Classic A/S

DFS, this particular Bolzano blade has completely changed my opinion of them - they needed a revisit as I think the first one I tried had a rather bum blade on it. The brush was decent but since I'm face lathering so much I'm finding myself missing badger....

 

Wednesday

1966 Gillette Slim
Supermax Blade
NF2213
Boots Cool Cologne Cream
Alum
Blue Stratos AS

Swift and efficient, with a great result. Albeit not as enjoyable as a straight shave.

 

Wednesday:


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

 

Guys I am going to load an imaginary shave on here for today and tomorrow....as I have not and still wont be able to shave today or tomorrow.....my ATG passes messed my world up....NEVER AGAIN!!

Anywho....to go with todays imaginary shave I am going to make up a shave that I WISH I could have even when I was able to shave lol meaning stuff I want to use....so Im gonna let myself imagine.....

Razor- Theirs-Issard Sheffield Straight with Sicilian Olivewood scales
Bowl- Dirty Bird Original Scuttle Berry/Blue
Soap- Irish Moos Shave stick
Brush- Simpson Chubby 3 Super Badger
Aftershave- D R Harris Arlington


Ahhhh...what a great imaginary shave....guys im sorry for wasting your time reading this post...but I needed to vent lol....not shaving is drivin me nuts!

 

Too busy having fun to shave today

 

Wednesday February 1st

Hot shower
Vulfix 404 badger/boar mix
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Lord L6 Razor
Shark Super Chrome Blade - Day 3
Thayer's Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Mix
Aqua Velva Ice Blue Aftershave

 

Mühle R41
Personna med prep
Semogue 2011 LE finest badger 1
Institut Karite
Weleda ASB

 

Thursday, February 2, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Gillette SS
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Blue
Soap: Palmolive Classic
Brush: Duke 2
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Speick After Shave Lotion

 

Thursdays shave:

Proraso pre-post shave
Omega badger
FeatherAS-D1
Astra super platinum
Proraso pre-post shave
Proraso AS balm
Great 3 pass shave. Not as close as I'd prefer but a DFS none the less.
You people are turning me into a mentholholic! Thank you

 

Happy Thursday From Florida!

Hot Shower
Chubbz I
T.R.S. Cream
R-41
7 O'c Blue (1)
Cold Water Rag
T.R.S. Balm
Booster Mosswood

3 Passes = 5 Blade, Off the Hook, Bang A Gong, Inter-Galactic BBS!

Have a great day Ya'll!

 

Thursday!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Sabi Badger
AOS Lemon SC
Lord L6
Gillette 7 OC - Blue (1)
Cool Water Rinse
TSD Sea Buckthorn ASM
Pe Re Ja Cologne



Spectacular!

Have a fabulous day ... the weekend will be here before we know it!