SoS: April 23rd, 2012 - April 29th, 2012

Tuesday

Hot Shower + Noxema Face Cream
Proraso Pre-Shave
VDH Deluxe, palm lathered w/ pure badger
'73 Black Handle SS w/ Voskhod (4)
Warm + Cold Water Rinse
Witch Hazel w/ Alum
Nivea Anti-Irritation ASB

Quick 2 pass shave this morning as I was in a rush. I was sporting about 4 days of growth so I had to shave. The Voskhod swiped through like it was new. Not the best way to lather the VDH imo, kinda dry, but I was in a hurry, and it worked. I just picked up that Nivea ASB and it is very nice. We'll see if it holds up through the day like the moisture cream does.

 

Thank you Aaron.

Jamie.

 

Razor: 69 Slimline Gillette Adjustable (set on 4)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock super stainless (First blade from my sampler pack)
Brush: Shaving brush (Black Ever-Ready)
Cream: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus Shaving Soap
A/S: Alum bar
A/S: Nivea A/S Balm

 

Wednesday:

Razor - Gillette Bulldog (Old Type)
Blade - Blue Personas
Brush - Plisson HMW 2-band Size 10 (20mm/53mm) (see below)
Lather - Wars shaving cream
A/S - Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Frag - Vintage Godet Cuir de Russe

 

Tuesday

MWF
Gillette Black Handle
Vikings Sword (2)
The Manchurian
Mandom

A simple but elegant 2-pass shave. DFS!

 

Tuesday:

Soak Brush/Shavemac 167 D01 2 band
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
DB Original Scuttle
Tabac shave soap
Gillette SS/Red IP (1)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean hardware & software,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Tabac splash mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

Wonderful 3 pass face 1 pass headshave with the Super Speed,very smooth.Maybe not as smooth as my Feather AS-D1 but certainly more efficient.With the Feather I usually need to touch up my head,the Gillette needed no touch up.Three great shaves in a row,I think I'm gonna do a 2 week rotation with the Joris,Cobra Classic and the Gillette SS and see how it goes.

 

April 23th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Pre: eShave Verbena Lime PreShave Oil
Razor: Merkur 38M
Brush: Semogue 1305
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (3)
Soap/Cream: Tabac SS
Post: 5Savages After Shave (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne)
AS: Every Man Jack Signature Mint Face Lotion
BBS

Awesome shave but a bit of burn afterwards. This officially ends my 2 blade test of the Rapira Swedes and they're a keeper. Now we back the Personna Labs for one blade to reestablish my baseline and then I think I'm going to try a Dorco.

I'm having trouble with the performance of this Semogue. The night before I used my badger brush with the Tabac and had huge pillows of lather to use. Last night I had the worst lather I have ever had with Tabac. I soaked the brush for 30 minutes, shook the water out (forgot to let it just drip out as Johnny suggested) loaded up a ton and found the lather to be thick, but dry. No problem, I thought, I'll just ad water. But, no matter how much water I added (but dripping a few drop into the knot at a time), the lather didn't improve much. I finally gave up and took the first pass.

On the second pass, with my rinsed face still dripping wet, the lather now went on very thin, and too hydrated. I went back to the bowl for more soap but never really got anything I would call a good lather. The end result was great, but not very satisfying. I sure hope this brush gets better with breaking in. I'll certainly stick with it for now.

 

FaTip
Feather
M&F Lee7
Mystic Water Coconut Shave soap
Nivea Energy A/S w/ 444 A/S Balm

Caron - 3rdMan

 

Better shave today? This is getting addicting, huh LOL? It's okay to admit.

 

Tuesday morning, April 24, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna blade (4)
Semogue SOC boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

SOTD Tuesday 4-24-2012

1912 GEM Damaskeene
GEM Stainless Blade
Old Spice Clone SS in Vintage Old Spice Mug
Semogue 1460 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea ASB
No. 4711 EDC

Back from my trip and into SE week. Feels great to be back home in my own surroundings!

 

Tuesday, April 24, 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 1305
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

Gillette Slim (9)
Astra SP
Mike's Natural Soap - Peppermint & Rosemary
Omega 11047
Lucky Tiger AS

DFS today. Mike's soap is great! The mint gives a very slight cooling sensation.

 

Tuesday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
Barbasol
Alum Block
Aqua Velva
Afta Original
Clubman Bay Rum

Running short on time today so it was a quick lather day with the Barbasol.

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
CD: WoW 1997, disc 1
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK
Soap: TSD SOTQ A4 - Burmese Wood
Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor badger/boar mix
Razor: Merkur Futur @ 2.6
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 2, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Cool Mist, B&BW Noir, hand strop blade

A great shave.

 

........and then some

 

Cold water shave with a Geneva Cutlery Pyramid 7 and MWF.

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Yes it is definitely addicting. Still had a few previous nicks reopen, based on additional reading I am beginning to wonder if I should try another blade. I've read that the 7 O'Clock Gillette's are really sharp similar to Feathers. But I am loving the me time while shaving!

 

Tuesday shave

Pretty much the Monday shave just Repeat
hot shower
MWF
FB
Shark SC (day 5)
cold water rinse/old spice
pillow

 

04/24/2012 Tuesday's Shower and Shave
Hot shower .
Facial Prep~~~Proraso glycerin
Brush~~~LuJin Badger
Soap~~~MWF
Razor~~~Gold Tech
Blade~~~Feather
Passes~~~{3}
Post~~~RazoRock Alum & Superior 70
:wave:an outstanding DFS.
Yes a great shave becomes both addicting and enjoyable.




I hope everyone's week is off to a smashing great start.