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

Thursday:

Turkish Horsehair
Super Speed/Sharp day 4
Lavanda SC (older version)
Svoboda AS Balsam
Barbon AS
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT

I had such a nice, close, and comfortable shave this morning that I really enjoyed. This Turkish Horsehair brush is great for lathering soaps and certain types of creams. The older version of Lavanda smells great, and has a slight cooling effect, and feels very good on the skin. If you have sensitive skin, then the Svoboda balsam and the Barbon aftershave will take good care of you!

 

October 3 2012

Wade & Butcher Celebrated
7/8ths, full hollow, barber's point
Omega Professional boar
Omega s/c
M&L Florida Water a/s
Bigelow Barber Black e de c


October 4 2012

Fatboy on 6
Wilkinson blade (Gillette)
Vie Long horsehair
The Real Shaving Co. s/c
Pinaud Special Reserve a/s
4711 e de c

Two very different set-ups. This morning, for the first time, I used the RSC cream straight from brush to face and while it worked well enough, I think I'll stick to KMF for that kind of lathering. Over all though, a quick no nonsense DFS. Yesterday was a different story; preshave oil, hot towels, straight razor. The whole trainwreck, as it were. As always the W&B did it's thing and the shave was smooth.

Have a great day, everyone

Graham

 

Thursday:
soak brush/Savile Row 3824/Ayar's Bowl
warm shower
Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
QCS Key Lime SS & SC lathered together with 3 drops M-Bomb
Joris 1912T/Perma-Sharp Super (3)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
warm water rinse
Thayer's Lemon WH followed by QCS Key Lime Aftershave Balm (very small amount)
Pinaud Lime Sec

Wonderful shave today,2 pass face,1 pass head,no touch-up's required for BBS.I didn't like shave 1 and 2 with the Joris/Perma-Sharp combo,but the third shave was the charm.Normally Perma-Sharps are my top blade in most razors,not-so much in the Joris.Today was different,nice and smooth,still with plenty of life in it for another shave or 2.

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) Thursday October 4, 2012

Prep: Brush soaking in cold water, face wash with Noxzema Triple Clean, tepid shower
Razor: FaTip Grande
Blade: Vokshod Teflon Coated (1)
Brush: Semogue 820
Cream: Lea Mentholated
AS: English Leather
Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash Of Aftershave

The shower was extra long today as even after an entire pot of Peet's French roast I still felt half asleep. Nothing wakes you up like a cool shower on a cold fall morning.

Surprised that the Semogue 820 does not get more love on the forums as it is a great brush. The bristles are nice and soft, great for bowl lathering, and in my opinion it is a much better choice as a first brush compared to a cheap pure badger.

The smell of Lea Menthol is enough to wake you up, as the menthol explodes in your face like a Claymore while you build the lather. It has become my favorite menthol cream as it really has a great kick, makes a nice slick lather and provides that lovely freeze to your face.

This morning my face was screaming for an Open Comb and the FaTip was giving me a dirty look for not using it much lately. I plopped in a Voskhod (thanks Bruce/Stroker) as a Russian/Italian union seemed like a sure fire way to remove an ungodly amount of whiskers from my face.

It was a massacre this morning, my whiskers had no place to go as the FaTip/Vokshod combo smoothly mowed them down. I almost felt sorry for them as there was no escaping the path of destruction. After one pass I could have stopped and left with a better shave than I had yesterday, but I wanted to push on.

Two full passes and some minor touch-up's at my jawline provided a BBS shave that was as good as it gets.

 

Thursday morning, October 4, 2012

Schick E2 Injector razor w/ Schick blade (4)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap w/ hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Shaves are a bit boring this week. Everything is packed up except my Merkur 34c, Proraso tube, Razorock Alum, Omega Boar, and some VS ASB. It's going to be like this until at least next Wed/Thurs. I already miss mixing it up everyday.

 

SOTD Thursday 10-4-2012

5/8 Wade & Butcher, Full Hollow,
French Point in Violetwood Scales
Proraso PSC
Irisch Moos SC
Parker Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
English Leather Cologne

 

Just make sure you save that Lavanda box!

 

Monty, that's great to hear that your shaving journey is coming together. Might I suggest a blade sampler.

 

4th of October Thursday, 2012

Before I hit the shower I refilled the Hummingbird feeder and the hanging water station {we live in apartment we have small balcony} We still Hummingbirds at our feeder, they are fueling up for their non-stop trip to Costa Rica.

Facial prep with Prairie Creations, does a great job prepping the face for the lather.
Featured sop today RazoRock Fresco.
Next up in the brush rotation the Omega 48, since the Semogue brushes moved in the Omega has somewhat been neglected.
The Omega did outstanding lathering job this morning, the lather exploded in the bowl. Building on yesterday's lather success I left the brush a tad wetter, it has proven to be successful.
Day two for the 20's Gillette OC and Super Max Platinum. My newly discovered change up of the doing the ATG last is proving to bring the shave up a notch.
Today's shave was a superior DFS, that pretty close to BBS.

I hope that everyone has had a great week, hang in there, tomorrow is TGIF.

 

04/10/2012 Thursday night,

Hot shower
Clarins men exfoliate cleanser
Dr Harris lemon and Ginger soap

Pr-shave
Herbal pre-shav gel/tobs
Tobs shave cream
Dr Harris skin toner
Dr Harris milk of cucumber an roses
Splash of tobs bay rum

Razor-t&h and brush
Blade-gillette 7 o'clock yellow

Only introduced to traditional shaving a few months back, and I am addicted to it! Can't stop myself from buying stuff! Have to hold back due to my girlfriend being pregnant, but love it it's great have spent a small fortune sofar but it sure is worth it!

 

Shave Date Log 10.04.2012

 

I MUST try this!

 

Hi Monty! Welcome to the Shave Den! Nice to know you had a great shave. Hope there's many more to come!

 

Thursday!

• prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Laïs, The Ladies' Second Song
• Brush: Omega travel boar
• Soap: Arko stick
• Razor: Gem OCMM
• Blade: Gem stainless
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

Magnificent shave! One of the closest I've ever had. It is now almost fifteen hours later and the stubble is only just starting to come.
Aro & Gem are an awesome combination (to me that is...)

Wish you all the best shaves!

 

Oct. 4, 2012

Preparation:Hot towel soak w/ Whole Foods 365 Glycerin Soap
Razor: Cadet TP-26 Open Comb
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Sharp Edge, aka yellow (1)
Brush:: Frank Shave Richmond 24 mm silvertip
Cream/Soap:C.O. Bigelow cream
Lathering Technique:Bowl lathered
Aftershave:Cold water splash / C.O. Bigelow Barber Elixir Green ASB

Continuing to try different blades in the Cadet TP-26 OC, so thougt I would go with the sharper Gillette 7 o’clock yellow. Results are very nice.

Nice BBS shave with the Bigelow cream, bowl lathered with the super soft Frank Silvertip. The Bigelow cream is nice, but not as nice as the Real Shave Co. Moisturizing cream which so far seems to be the best.

Finished with several splashes of cold water and the sadly discontinued C.O. Bigelow Barber Elixir Green After Shave Balm.

 

After a killer 12 hour shift I came home and had my self a hot shower and a perfect cheap shave
Hot shower
Nivea shaving cream
Cheapy Shavette loaded with an Astra SP
Balea pure badger brush ( although i find myself preferring the boar lately)
Alum block
and a splash of Old spice original

 

I had me an interesting shave this evening.
Using the EJ DE89 and a yellow 7 o'Clock I got me a nice, close and comfortable shave. While still setting a new Norse record in face mutilation. Not as bad as it reads, but still more than I am used to

Facewash: Fitjar Face Wash
Razor: Edwin jagger DE89l
Blade: Gillette 7 o'Clock - Yellow edition
Brush: Proraso
Soap - Might be Geo F Trumper Coconut scented soap
AS Lotion: Thayers Witch Hazel
AS balm: TSD After Shave Milk - Coconut and lime

 

October Third

 

Thursday!

Dropped my favorite bowl . New opportunity, I suppose!

Pre (Eucerin Moisturizing cream, warm shower)
Omega 10083 Pro boar
MWF
Merkur 23c w/ Kai Stainless
Post (Cetaphil Gentle cleanser, cold water rinse, pat dry)
Master Bay Rum

Two pass DFS! Down to the dregs of the Master Bay Rum bottle and the scent seems to have changed slightly. Anyone experienced something similar? Good thing I have a backup bottle.

The aftermath ...



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