SoS: August 27th, 2012 - September 2nd, 2012

Hump day!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Maroon5, Songs about Jane
• Bursh: DVH boar
• Soap: DVH stick
• Razor: Shake Sharp Razor
• Blade: Gillette Blue (#1)
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

The first day of a fourteen day trial with the Shake Sharp Razor. The balance is a bit different from my other razors. The head is just a tad heavy compared to the hollow handle. Guess it will take a bit of time to get used to.

Had a great shave, though. Close to BBS. Just along the jawline some stubble persisted.

Now let's see how the shaking sharpening system holds out. Since I've got a 14 days window and the razor exposes only one side of the blade, I'll be using just that one side of the DE blade. Courious if it'll work? You bet ya!

Happy shavings!

 

Love the scuttle! The colours combine nicely and I guess it lathers up really nice with the glazing droplets on the inside. Enjoy!

 

DVH soap totally rocks!

 

Maybe to drill a hole in your next alum block and tie it with a rope to something sturdy ;-) ceilings hook, let's say...

Got back to straights.
4/8 Rebell from herzi
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Ceramic bowl
Valobra Menthol soap
Cold water splash
Mayor Energy Platinum AS splash

Great shave. Very pleasant.

 

Wednesday:

Razor - Tradere solid bar
Blade - Permasharp (3)
Brush - Semogue Caravela
Lather - MdC soap
AS - Mandom Lucido
Frag - Dunhill for Men EdT

 

Wednesday Morning
Edwin Jagger DE87 + Unknown Platinum
Simpsons Chubby CH1
Klar Kabinett
Cold Water Rinse
Old Spice Pure Sport
Firehouse Dark Wax

 

Weber ARC with Bulldog Handle
Feather Blade
Vintage Brush Rudy Vey restore with Finest Badger (aka twin or bro brush)
VDH Soap
Osage Rub
Lab Series AS Balm
tunes: Taj Mahal

 

My friend, Palmolive Menthol and Godrej Menthol Mist are even colder than the Lea Menthol, and I have this cream from Colombia called DENU which out-freezes even them. Let me show you a picture of it. There is also Iced Subzero soap or cream or Vostok cream from Queen Charlotte Soaps which are the 2 ultimate Supreme Freezers!

 

8/29/2012 ... Day 2 with the new combo!

 

Great, now three more that I must try!!!

 

Oh la la, are these creams ever cold!

 

I trust no one more than you when it comes to creams, you are the cream guru!

 

Good morning.

My Wednesday shave yesterday consisted of a rushed and un-ceremonial one; I was running late getting out of the house:

Logona Mann shave cream
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
Gillette Sensor with new cartridge
Bloc Osma alum
Speick Men after shave


And my Moment of Zen this morning was still Zen but not the nicest, I’ve had due to the blade loaded today:

Calani Cadre Noir shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
Merkur Vision
Voskhod blade (2nd shave)
Bloc Osma alum
Musgo Real Classic after shave

The Voskhod was pretty rough, something I had noticed on this very same blade’s first shave last week in a Gillette Red Tip. Then I attributed it to the blade being fresh out of its wrapping. Today however wasn’t any better so I discarded the blade after only 2 shaves. Instead of my regular Feather, I will load a Gillette Platinum into the Vision tomorrow; I found I still had a few lying around (together with a couple of BICs and ASPs…) A bit of spice in my daily bread & butter, i mean blade & razor does no harm... ;-)

 

Pre-shave: Marinated in Proraso Pre-Shaving Cream, Warm shower
Razor: EJ89L
Blade: Personna "Labs"
Brush: Muhle Black Fiber
Cream: TOBS Sandalwood
A/S: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Bar, Witch Hazel, Proraso AS, Nivea

Lovin' the scent of Sandalwood lately. I may use this for the next few shaves.

 

Wednesday evening my friends in need where:

FaceWash: Fitjar face soap
Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome
Brush: Muhle Classic Silvertip & AOS Starter Kit Brush
Rinse
Thayers Witch Hazel
Fitjars Aftershave Cream

Isn't that AOS one the cutest little brush you ever saw?

 

Thursday 30th August

Hot shower and facial scrub
3P Pre/post shave cream
TDJ shavette / SuperMax Stainless blade
Muhle HJM Black Fibre Synthetic
GFT Rose Shave cream
Home prepared Les Vinaigres des Toilette.
Unrefined Shea Butter
Rosewater.
Morgans Classic Pomade

After my deliberations yesterday.....I ended up using neither! 3 pass DFS+. The Shea butter really is great as a moisturiser. Absorbs completely and leaves a good feeling!

 

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 4
Everest SC
Visal AS Gel
Osage Rub AS
Obsession for Men EDT

I was thinking of my dear friend Dmitry this morning so I decided to use my Everest cream today, and I'm glad that I did. This stuff lathers wonderfully, it smells sporty and nice, and it has a light, but pleasant cooling effect. The Visal gel and Osage Rub froze me out altogether. This shave was a smashing success!

 

Crown & Sword
Palmolive Lemon SC
homemade 30mm brush
AV Musk

Best shave of the week so far, smooth and close. Pretty indifferent to the scent of the Palmolive Lemon but it performed well. Have a good one. It's been a crazy busy week.


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Shower
EJ Pre Shaving Cream
SWK XL Scuttle
Merkur 12C
Gillette Blue
Rooney 1/3 Silvertip
SMN Cream / Soap
444 balm

 

Yes, surprisingly they do help with lather creation. The inner bowl was supposed to be painted as a hulled out watermelon and the bumps are seeds. But for my purpose I wanted the colors to work with the ones I chose for the Gravy boat. During the firing process the glazes sort of bled together and the raised bumps, seeds got more pronounced. I am really liking my homemade "Gravy Boat Scuttle" a lot!