SoS: March 26th, 2012 -April 1st, 2012

Hotel Travel Shave - Tuesday

Brush: Vulfix Grosvenor
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
Blade: Super Iridium
Cream: Acqua di Parma
Post: Cold water, Alum, AdP ASB, AdP AS, AdP Talc

 

Time for a DE razor:
Gillette Super Adjustable
Iridium blade
Frankensoap
Omega boar brush

The Frankensoap is mostly beneath the surface. I poured melted VdH glycerine soap on top of all the other fragments. Works great.
I tossed in The Iliad and a Sheaffer School Pen in hopes of making the photo more artistic.

 

Tuesday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
Omega Pro Sketched
Cella
Alum Block
Aqua Velva
Afta Original
Tabac After Shave

 

Tuesday

Hot Shower (soak brush,Savile Row 3824)
Proraso PrePost cream
TOB Lemon and Lime shaving cream
Merkur 39C (The Hammer)/Voshkod (2)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean brush,razor,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
M&L Florida Water mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

I was walking in the old neighborhood yesterday when I saw a botanica store.I walked in and saw the Florida Water and Kananga Water for 2:50 apiece.My only expierience with Florida Water is M&L Florida Water Peru,I always wanted to know if there was a difference.There sure is,the peru version is spicier and the reg one has more orange citrus to it,both are very good.Kananga Water is more floral also smells wonderful,tomorrow's shave I'll have to try some.

 

Tuesday 27 of march 2012

Semogue 1305/LÓccitane/Thiers Issard 11/16+E&J+Astra platinum/OnEl Jesús del Pozo/Balm Floid.


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Happy Tuesday!

Pre: Hot Shower, Tabac SC + Glycerin
Razor: Merkur 23c
Blade: SuperMax Super Platinum (2)
Cream: Speick
Brush: Omega 10005
Post: Thayers WH, Cold Rinse, Clubman AS

Overall, this shave was more than decent. A bit of tugging from dry lather, but in the end, no irritation, and darn near BBS. Not quite, but who cares.

 

SOTD Tuesday 3-27-2012

5/8 Solingen First Class, Full Hollow, Round Point
Proraso PSC
VDH Deluxe SS
Cobalt Blue Shaving Mug "Old Ironsides" (Cobalt Blue is my favorite color!)
Medium Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea ASB
British Sterling Cologne

Dropped this razor on the counter right on the edge last time I used it. Made a lovely slice in the counter top but couldn't see any damage on the edge. I ran it back through the hones just to make sure the edge was aligned. Seems to be back to it's very fine self so, I am thankful there was no damage done. I thought about grabbing for it when it slipped out of my hand but I figured it was easier to re-hone the edge than grow a couple of new fingers! LOL

 

I like the pic, but doesn't this set-up for the pic, nice as it is, dull the edge of the str8? I'm a total noob about str8s, so I'm just asking.

 

Tuesday.

• Prep: hot water splash, hot washing cloth
• Music: Wim Mertens, Full Of Cobbles (Wim Mertens is a Belgian minimalist composer)
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: DVH
• Razor: Gillette Old Type OC
• Blade: Timor, 2nd shave
• Shave: 3-pass

The last bit of the puck wasn't enough, but the new puck was...
Nice DFS.

Enjoy your day!

 

Great photo. Like your Den items too. What type pen is that, also are you a pen collector?

 

Tuesday: 3/27/12
Brush: Semogue 830 banded boar
Razor: Merkur 41C open-comb
Blade: Gillette 7 o'yellow, 1
Soap: Pre de Provence
Toner: Thayer's Rose Petal WH
Finish: Malizia Uomo Vetyver AS

Really, really, really nice shave! Happy Shaving!

 

Tuesday's Shower and Shave

Hot shower nice long one using Amber Freckle Face bar soap.
On deck was Parker Badger, waiting to lather MWF.
Day two for the Rocket and Eddison combo. Definitely an improved shave today, obviously my lather missed the sweet spot Sunday.
After three comfortable passes I splashed cold water on my face. After drying my face, I rubbed in the RazoRock Alum. I was skeptical that alum would work, I now a convert to using alum. A splash of Thayer's witch-hazel, to finish a great shave a splash of Pinaud Lilac Vegtal.

The :wave:were enthused that this shave was such an exceptional DFS. They were unanimous with giving it a ten.

 

Tuesday AM:


Milady Decolette with Astra SP
Chinese mixed badger brush
Mystic Waters Cedar and Sage
Osage
Today is my last day in Denver and I must say that my face is ready. Not sure if it is the small dimly lit bathroom or something about the difference in water, but I have gotten terrible shaves for my entire visit. It seems like I am simply unable to make my 3rd pass without shredding my jaw and neck. Fort Worth here we come.

 

Tuesday 27th March

Facial Scrub
3p Pre/Post cream
Parker 31R straight
Simpson Special in Best
Lider Pollena Active Shave cream
Simple Facial Toner
444 ASB
Floid Original AS
4711 EDT

Had to go back to the Parker today as I was a little disappointed with my shaves over the weekend. They were at best acceptable. This time I used a tried and tested cream and achieved a BBS with 3 passes. This makes me wonder if it was the La Toja soap. I had never used it before Saturday. The only other variable was the lack of a facial scrub.....ie prep. Will check that out tomorrow.

 

It's a 1990s Sheaffer School Pen. Still inexpensive, even NOS, but a good everyday pen. It's not really a collection, and most of my pens are not vintage, but I have accumulated quite a few.

 

Cheaper pens are fun...if they write well. I have a selection of Chinese pens, which are cheap....write well....and I have no worries about losing them!

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar
Lather: TSD ISZ Wheat Cream & Musgo Real - face lather
Brush: Semogue 820 & DVH boar
Razor: Gem OCMM
Blade: Pella PTFE (2); 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Menthol

I had the morning off of work today to help at home and I was able to play a bit so I lathered 2 brushes with 2 different soaps and used them both. ISZ for the first pass on the DVH and Musgo Real on the 820 for pass 2 & 3. It was a very fun shave with excellent results. The 820 is really softening at the tips and hopefully the DVH is soon to follow.

 

Merkur 23C/Astra
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Red Line SC
Cold water splash
Nivea AS splash
Nice shave, but too fast. 23C is great to shave on a run when you overslept...

 

Wednesday’s shave:

Calani Lavender shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
’56 Gillette Red Tip
Feather (3.)
D.R. Harris Arlington after shave

I don’t think I want to wait ‘til next week to take the English Rocket for a spin, might do that tomorrow…

Have a good one today, all of you!

 

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - Midnight Shave

Prep :: Warm water wetdown
Razor :: BRW NEW Short Comb
Blade :: Super Iridium
Soap :: Vintage Colgate (Face Loaded)
Brush :: Bill Jack Badger
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH & Rosewater
AS :: TSD Bay Rum Milk & Captain's Choice Bay Rum AS

Kevin (Hanzo) PIFd me a puck of V. Colgate soap and it was terrific. It and the V. Williams Tonsorial soap are top notch. Great stuff like this makes me wonder why they stopped making it. Thanks again, Kevin!

My new Bill Jack Finest Badger brush got its maiden voyage tonight. I love this new brush. Tons of backbone, dense and not floppy. Just like I like my women.

Peace