SoS: November 12th, 2012 - November 18th, 2012

Wednesday evening:

I hadn't shaved since Sunday so a full 3 day growth needed to go.

Pre Shave: Hot Shower / Proraso PSC
Shave Cream: Proraso Red
Shave Bowl: WCS large bowl
Shave Brush: Men's Biz Super Badger
Razor: Merkur 12C
Blade: Personna Red (3)
Post Shave: Cold Water rinse / Nivea Post SC

What a great shave.

 

Wednesday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Lord Emofresh SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Alt Innsbruck AS
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT

What a great shave today - that Lord Emofresh cream is becoming more and more popular here in Montreal, especially with the Middle Eastern community here. It's a Level C Menthol cream which lathers crazy-rich, smells awesome, and gives great skincare. The Svoboda balsam is Level B, and the Alt Innsbruck is easily a Level A, so let's say that I froze my face in stages!

 

Case Red Imp, 5/8
Acca Kappa
30mm homemade silver tip
Brut Splash On

Great steel in this American made razor, very fine edge. It'll hang with anything I own. Great shave this morning. Have a good one.

photo storage

 

Wednesday morning, November 14, 2012

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

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) Wednesday November 14, 2012​

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• Prep: Brush soaking in cold water, face wash with Neutrogena Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Anti-Blemish Cleanser, luke warm shower
• Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb mounted to T2 Bulldog Handle
• Blade: Personna Med Prep
• Brush: Semogue 1438 Boar
• Soap: Proraso Menthol and Eucalyptus (New Formula)
• AS: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash of Aftershave

I love of each of my four Semogue Boars, but the one that I seem to reach for all of the time is the 1438. It just feels so right in my hand and the knot is perfect for face lathering.

As always, I get a very close and mild shave from the NEW short comb. Those wanting another mild open comb, I do not think that the NEW SC is an aggressive razor at all. For me it is nothing more than an open comb variant of a Tech...or maybe after using the Matador Capa Dorada, everything else feels like a Tech

 

Weber Bulldog Handle/ARC
Lord Platinum Blade
Semogue 803
TSD Burmese Wood (can I get that again when this one is out? Hope so) Soap SOTQ A4
Osage Rub
Ahava AS Balm
tunes-Broadway Mix

 

SOTD Wednesday 11-14-2012

1952 Gillette Super Speed Black Tip (X-2) Steel
Feather Blade
Proraso PSC
Arko Shave Stick
Natural Bristle Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Mennen Original Skin Bracer

First use of the Arko Shave Stick this morning and I am pretty impressed with the lather produced by this SS. The scent of it reminds me of Ivory Soap from back in my childhood but, it's not all that bad really. I haven't used the Black Tip for a while and I should use it more often. Paired with a feather blade this razor is absolutely perfect! Lloyd, I will have to agree with you my friend; this razor was King Gillettes' finest hour! Finish was a cooling splash of Skin Bracer reminiscent of my Dad's shaving routine. All in all, a great shaving experience this morning!

 

SOTD Wednesday 11-14-2012

Razor: Gillette Super Speed F2
Blade: Gillette Stainless Steel Red Box (2)
Brush: Omega 10077
Cream: Aspis Ice Rain
AS: Тройной



Another great shave, two passes WTG/ATG, a few drops of Tройной without burning, the EDT is simply no need

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, AoS pre-shave oil
CD: 100 Blues Masters, disc 1
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK
Soap: TSD SOTQ C3 - Sun-dried Cotton
Brush: C&E Pure Badger
Razor: Sheraton
Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 3, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Old Spice cologne, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

 

SOTD - Wednesday 11/14

Prep - Hot Shower, Face Lather then Hot towel and relather
Razor - Gillette SS X4
Blade - Shark Super chrome
Brush - Pure Badger Tweezerman
Cream - Proraso Sandalwood
AS - Brut

 

Wednesday

Eucerin moisturizing cream
Omega 10083 Pro boar
MWF
Merkur 23c w/ Kai Stainless
Cetaphil gentle cleanser
Master Bay Rum


Wonderful two pass DFS! I've taken this Kai blade past a week now! Unbelievable. We'll see if this is the end of the road tomorrow.

In honor of Myth Busters week ---

Myth?: Necessary to use a cleanser on the face before shaving to get a close comfortable shave.
Hypothesis: Not necessary to use a cleanser on the face before shaving to get a close comfortable shave.
Myth Busted?: I never use a cleanser before shaving and imho my shaves are great. No problems at all. Now I don't go into a shave with mud all over my face either. When I've used a cleanser before shaving in the distant past, the only difference I've noticed is drying of the skin from too much washing. Dry skin usually gives me trouble when shaving (uncomfortable-low performing shaves). My Eucerin moisturizing cream application before shower/shave helps prevent my skin from drying while in the shower and provides a nice pre-shave start to my shave. As a side note, all my soaps/creams tend to be on the moisturizing side of the spectrum. BTW, everyday I do use a gentle cleanser (Cetaphil) after shaving just to clean off any residue from the soap/cream. This doesn't seem to interfere with the moisturizing benefits of the Eucerin moisturizing cream and soaps/creams. Pores clean, skin moist, no acne or any other nasties.

Not scientific or anything.

[edit:grammatical flow corrections]

 

• BIRTHDAY SHAVE....happy birthday to me,,,,tough to be an old man
• Razor: Wilkinson Sticky
• Blade: Vintage Wilkinson black
• Brush: Semogue Badger LE 2008 Horn handle
• Cream:Tabac
• AS: Tet a Tet

 

Had a few busy days. (well in fact I still have, sorry no pics)

Monday
Gillette Flare Tip Rocket w/ Super Max (#5)
DVH boar brush & Sara-S's homemade
Great lather, great shave

Tuesday

Gem OCMM w/ Gem stainless (#3)
Wilkinson Sword badger & DVH cream
Great lather, great shave again

Wednesday
Ugly Duckling w/ Super Max (#6)
Travel King boar & Tabac stick
Great lather, nice shave. Not great. Guess the blade has had enough.

See ya!

 

Happy Birthday, Doug!

 

Ohhhhhhhh my goodness that Aspis Ice Rain - ohhhhhhh my goodness, I cannot wait to get it! (and the other goodies!)

 

Will soon arrive to you Jeff

 

You will hear me yell from happiness all the way accross the Atlantic!

 

Today is a monumental day in history for me. It was my first straight shave!

Pre Shave: Shower, Proraso PSC, Pacific Shave Face Scrub.
Brush: Semogue 1305.
Razor: Gold Dollar 300 and Gillette Black handled Flare Tip.
Blade: Personna Med Prep.
Cream: Musgo Real.
Post: Cold water rinse, alum block, cold water rinse, Thayer's Rose WH, Juicy Couture Dirty English Aftershave.

Ok guys here's how it went down. I only planned to do my cheeks with the straight and accomplished that without a single nick. It felt kind of awkward trying to handle it, especially when I crossed over to the opposite side of my face. However, I still managed to get the opposite side of my face, but didn't go for smooth. If I missed it, I just left it and then went back over it with my Super Speed after I re-lathered. The areas I did manage to get clean feel amazing! Enough rambling, I just wanted you all to share my excitement.

 

Stick with it! It'll come to ya!!

 

I will be checking out Whippeddog tonight!