SoS: April 16th, 2012 - April 22nd, 2012

Good morning, my fellow Knights of the lathering brush and the keen edge! I trust this short post finds you well!

My particular Moment of Zen (Jody really coined a memorable expression with that one…) today happened again at the Gym and consisted of:

Calani Simply Soap shave stick
Mühle travel shave brush in Nickel, with Silver Tip Fibre
’60 British Gillette Flare Tip Rocket
BIC Chrome Platinum blade (2.)
Speick Men after shave

Great shave after a painfully intense workout. But hey, no pain, no gain as the saying goes..
The soap produced a wonderfully slick lather, the BIC performed very well on its second run (they always do, don’t they?) and I really like the Rocket.

Hope you’ll all have an at least equally pleasurable shave and a great weekend ahead!

 

A little late. This is actually last nights shave:


Wade and Butcher Straight
Custom turned handle with 22mm best (thanks Rodd)
Mystic Waters Cedar and Sage
Super Duper extra mentholated Aqua Velva

 

Mike, who let you play with their LEGO to put this picture together? I like it!

 

Friday, April 20, 2012 - Midnight Shave

Prep :: Warm water wetdown
Razor :: BRW Progress
Blade :: Personna Med. Prep (5)
Soap :: Mystic Water Marrakesh + RR King Louis
Brush :: Bill Jack Badger
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH & Rosewater
AS :: Captain's Choice Bay Rum & TSD Bay Rum Milk

I got bored with using just one soap for a shave so I combined two of my favorite soft soaps. I swirled the brush on the RR and then on the MW and back and forth until the brush was fully loaded. Sweet, slick shave. Why, I might try Vintage Williams and P.160 next.

I continue my experiment to see how long a PMP blade will last. Tonight was number 5 and it felt better than number 1.

Have a great weekend Den Friends!

 

BLACK TIP BEAUTY SLAMS 2 PASSES + TOUCH-UP "OUT OF THE PARK" during TODAY'S SHAVE....NEWS AT 7...
Friday
Arko Shave Stick
Omega 10029 Baby Pro, boar
1952 Super Speed...Black Tip-Steel Model
Perma-Sharp Super D1
Arko-Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS/Rebul Lavanda Colonia
Don't get no better than this...

 

Prep L'Occitane Lavender Soap
Razor Feather AS - D1
Blade Feather
Brush Simpson Chubby 1
Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes
Alum + Witch Hazel
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
Coty Raw Vanilla Eau De Cologne

Jamie.

Two pass super smooth shave.

 

Friday



Fatboy (thanks Jeff)
Red Personna
The Colonel
TSD SOTQ 2012
Mandom

I decided to try out the fatboy that I received from Jeff. I had it on 5 most of the time (9 for the XTG pass on my neck), and I can see why people like them. They are very nice to use! The SOTQ from JoAnna is amazing! It took a few seconds to find the lather's sweet spot, but when I did it was creating amazing lather! The scent is amazing too! All in all it was a good shave...a great DFS!

 

Fri
Brush: Vie-Long Horse & Boar
Soap/Creme:Col. Conk Bay Rum
Razor:Merkur Futur
Pre: Hot Towel
Post: Lilac Vegetal
Hair Groom: Vitalis
Result: DFS

 

Friday, April 20

65’ Gillette Slim (setting 7)
Supermax Super Platinum (d2)
Tabac SS, Vulfix 2235 Super
Old Spice

 

Gem OCMM
Gem SS PTFE
Semogue 2000 V.2
Klar Kabinett
Superior 70

The smell of the new boar brush was the only detractor from this pleasant shave.

 

Friday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 5
Iced Subzero SS
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Obsession For Men EDT

Every time I use JoAnna's world champion Iced Subzero soap I know I'm guaranteed to get a freezing effect that I'll love, with great lather and skincare. The scent is also very much to my liking, and the slickness and blade glide are perfect. A little Diana Sport balsam makes the end of a shave so nice and frigid. Sorry, no pictures this morning!

 

Friday

Schick E2 (I think)
Schick blade
Semogue 1438
Proraso green
Floid Blue



First shave with the Schick E2, at least I think it's an E2. It came in yesterday, I will post some shocking before and after pics in The Haul. Is it strange to fall in love with a razor? Not around here, I hope. What a great little performer, and what a great little screamer: it is by far the loudest razor I own. Great sound, great shave.

 

SB Vie Long mix (badger-horse)
SS La Toja stick
SR Merkur Progress long (@1.5 - 1)
RB Feather (2)
ASL Floid Suave
ASB Floid
Hmm...so and so...

 

Glad you like it Joop. I love my E1 as well.

 

Friday, April 20, 2012

Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar
Lather: Provence Sante Green Tea - face lather
Brush: Semogue 1438
Razor: Merkur 39C Sledgehammer Slant
Blade: Voskhod (3); 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Menthol

Very smooth shave with the Sledgehammer today. A great result for some family pictures being made today.

 

Friday:

Soak brush/Shavemac D01 2 band
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
Cella shave soap with 3 drops M-Bomb
DB Original Scuttle
OCMM/Gem SS PTFE hand stropped (3)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean-up hardware,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
alcolado Glacial mixed with a small amount of 444

Face and head BBS and the blade is still going strong,I have to say today's shave was the smoothest so far for my OCMM, I'm thinking it's the Cella and the extra backbone the Shavemac has.

 

Friday:

Razor - Schick E3 injector
Blade - Chinese Schick (4)
Brush - ecotools synthetic make-up brush (24mm/42mm) (see below)
Lather - The Body Shop Maca Root shaving cream
A/S - Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Frag - Terre d'Hermes EdT

 

April 19th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Pre-Laters: Sara-s' Vetiver Shaving Soap
Pre-shave: 5Savages Shave Oil
Razor: Merkur 38M
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (2)
Soap/Cream: Cyril R. Salter - French Vetiver Shaving Cream
Post: 5Savages After Shave
AS: Every Man Jack Face Lotion - Signature Mint
DFS

The Rapira Swede was a little better on the second shave. It's shaving a lot like the Ladas did for me, which means it may work better in a Tech than in my 38M. I'll try that some time in the future.

Big hits of vetiver tonight, with a pre-lather of Sara-s' vetiver soap followed by CRS Vetiver cream. This was the first time using the CRS Vetiver SC. It was also my first use of cream in a tub. I thought I got enough cream on my brush but I had to squeeze the lather out of it for my third pass. The cream seem to take a lot of water but hit a wall at one point and started getting thin as it mixed with the rinse water on my face.

 

Friday, April 20, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Semogue SOC
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5 Face Lather
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

Friday morning, April 20, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (7)
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

Need a fresh blade in the morning!