SoS: October 1st, 2012 - October 7th, 2012

Lather was wonderful , the scent was OK (not one of my favs, but not horrible, either). But, boy, did I tenderize my throat.

 

Prep with Dove cream bar face wash with warm water
Tabac original shave stick lathered in the bowl
Weishi 9306c with a Astra blade, 2 pass shave
Cold water wash, alum and another cold water rinse
Splash of old spice (i thought it will clash with Tabac but they seem to get along)

The orange color of my bowl doesn't hurt the eyes when it's black and white

 

Congratulations on your anniversary

 

Monday 1 October 2012

Each morning I look forward to my shave, shaving is not chore anymore. It is fun each morning to pick out a brush, the soap for the day. Finishing it aftershave or a balm, some days both.

Hot shower starts my day, the change in the weather has Mr. Arthur misbehaving.
While showering the Parker King Badger was warming up. After a great shower facial wash with Prairie creations pre-shave soap.
Taking the warmed King Badger lathered up a dollop of Derby Menthol.
Day two for the Rocket and Rapria pairing.
Three passes then unto the cold water splash , rub down with alum a generous splash of Osage.
The shave was an excellent DFS


I hope everyone has had a great start to the week and that your week goes swimmingly.

 

Congrats, matey!

 

Monday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Paul Simon, Graceland
• Brush: Omega travel boar
• Soap: Palmolive stick
• Razor: Gillette flare tip rocket
• Blade: HEMA
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

Almost, almost BBS today. Don't you just love shaving? I do!

Have a great week!

(sorry, no pic today...)

 

Monday:

Razor - British Gillette Aristocrat No. 15
Blade - Vintage Schick Platinum
Brush - Vie-long 12705 horse
Lather - Valobra shave stick
A/S - Addias Dynamic Pulse

 

Thanks, Brad!

Dank U well, Mike!

 

Tuesday - Day 2 in Rotbart-Land, same set-up as yesterday:

Calani Dubai shave soap
Semogue #1305 shave brush
Rotbart Mond - Extra open comb razor
Rotbart “Extra Dünn” razor blade (2.)
Bloc Osma alum
Musgo Real Classic after shave

Very nice and effortless shave, 2 passes for a DFS result (it does make it easier to achieve BBS when letting the stubble grow for a couple of days beforehand, I find...).

 

Jeff, don't tell me you speak Norwegian!

 

And Dutch also! @Jeff

Congratulations, brother!

 

Thanks, Jeff!
I mostly curse in Dutch, it really sounds good (even better than Finnish, which I am trying to learn now). The maternal side of my ancestry is originally from the Flemish part of Belgium, their language is quite similar to Dutch.
My Norwegian is extremely limited to only a couple of expressions, I wouldn't call it 'speaking the language', to be honest. I used to have a colleague from Stavanger in Norway working with me here in Singapore and he taught me the one or the other norse word.

 

If you want to find a very good lather mug (big mouth so your brush has some room to move to make the lather) check out the dollar stores (or equivalent) in your area. (I'm not sure where you live) I have found a number of nice lather mugs (they are actually soup mugs) in these types of stores and they only cost $1.oo dollar.
You can not beat the price and you can find some beautiful colored mugs as well.

Here is an example of a $1.00 dollar store shaving Mug. (Soup Mug):

 

10-1-12

Razor: Parker 22R
Blade: Astra
Soap: Omega
Brush: TBS

A nice overall DFS this evening! Hope everyone had a wonderful day!

 

Thanks mate,
I will be on the look out next time I am out & about, we have a few $1 stores in the area.



I also saw that Lyndon had a great looking bowl in one of his previous SoS's so hopefully he will get time to let me know how he finds it.

 

Wow Stroker, nice lather mug!

 

• Prep pre-shave
• TOBS shaving cream - Shaving Shop
• FS Berwick (21mm) - Finest Badger - Ivory color, fan shape
• Gillette 1930's "Thin Bar Handle" - Short Open Comb
• PolSilver blade (1st shave)
• TOBS AS gel - Shaving Shop
• TOBS AS lotion - Shaving Shop

Kicking off the OC week with some of my favorites. I really like the FS fan shave badger. It's one of my most favorite brushes. I think I may buy the silvertip version. (No SBAD here, LOL!) This was my second shave with my new vintage Gillete OC. It is my favorite OC. I can't believe how good of a match it is for me. Today's shave was excellent. I was DFS after two passes and the third pass gave me a very close BBS shave. My cheeks are as smooth as paper, even when I rub my fingers lightly against the grain! I think I could get BBS with this razor is just two passes; WTG and ATG. I love the TOBS Shaving Shop product line, although today I could feel a slight irritation from the fragrance. Funny because I can practically bathe in menthol but I am sensitive to some fragrances. Weird.

Hope you all have an excellent week.

Cheers, Lyndon

 

Monday

(A bit belated.)

Pre (Eucerin Moisturizing cream, warm shower)
Omega Pro boar
MWF
Merkur 23c w/ Kai
Post (Cetaphil Gentle cleanser, cold water ... brrrrr!)
Master Bay Rum

Two pass DFS! The mornings are getting cool. Autumn is definitely here in all its splendid color!

 

Oct 1
Face Wash: Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash
Pre-Shave Lather: Dalan D'Men Sensitive
Pre-Shave Oil: T&H Ultimate Comfort Pre-Shave Oil
Shave Lather: Mystic Water Sandalwood Shave Soap
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: SuperMax Platinum (3)
Brush: TGN Finest, 18mm
Post: Witch Hazel/Rum/Aloe/Glycern mixture followed by Kistna ASB by The Body Shop

Top to bottom a great shave. I think I'm getting just the slightest tingling from the Dalan, but other than that, no complaints.

 

Last nights shave:

Merkur 34c
Rapira SS
Semogue boar
RazoRock mudder focker
RazoRock 888 A/S lotion

DFS