SoS: November 19th, 2012 - November 25th, 2012

Folks, get ready because winter is not far away - we're already getting dark before 4:30 PM. Let's enjoy our shaves and show how we did them!

Menthol Monday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/new Shark
Aspis Ice Rain SC
444 AS Balsam
Barbon AS
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT

Got to freeze that face off, oh yeah - give me that menthol, I need it, I want it, oh yeah, freeze me baby - it's soooooo wonderful! This Aspis cream is another Bulgarian beauty with awesome lather, a nice scent, and a great cooling sensation, and also the benefits of allantoin which soothe and protect sensitive skin from irritation. If you want to know another super-duper chilling combination, try 444 and Barbon. Both of these will make your face feel like you have ice on it!

 

Good morning!

My Monday Moment of Zen:

Musgo Real pre-shave oil
Calani Dubai shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush, Silver Tip Fibre
Cobra Classic SE razor
Feather Professional blade (1.)
Bloc Osma alum
D.R. Harris Bay Rum after shave

Just great!

Wishing all of you a wonderful week and plenty of very enjoyable shaves ahead!

 

• The Shave Den PSC - Iced Sub-Zero
• Lea SC
• H.I.S Synthetic Brush
• Gillette 1947 (no notch) Super Speed
• Perma-Sharp Blade (3)
• Baxter ASB
• Figaro ASL

Well it's Monday morning and as usual the Asian Boys are leading the charge (Smoothy and myself that is)! Of course being a day ahead helps, heh heh. I actually shaved about six hours ago. Jeff... thanks for putting up the new weeks SOTD on Sunday night as that helps us out here in Asia.

I recently bought three menthol creams: Gillette; Lea; and Palmolive. They are all really good but for me, the Palmolive is in third place. Given the low price of the Lea cream I think I would have to rate it first. The Figaro ASL is an inexpensive ASL from Hungary. It has a very pleasant scent with what I feel is a bit of spruce or pine. Perfect for the Christmas season. Very enjoyable BBS shave today.

Cheers, everyone!

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SOTD Monday 11-19-2012

Razor: Gillette Super Speed F2
Blade: Wilkinson Sword (2)
Brush: Omega 10029
Cream: Arko Ice Mint
AS: Barbon


For menthol Monday I chose Arko Ice Mint that helped a lot for my great shave this morning with 2 passes WTG/XTG ,not BBS but maybe DFS ,good enough for me
definitely

 

5/8 J. Rodgers & Sons
Soap ? Haslinger Sandalwood, I think
24mm Grade A

Great shave this morning. I have no idea what soap I used, best guess, Haslinger sandalwood. One change from the pic, at the last moment I switched from the 30mm to the 24 Grade A. So at any rate, the mystery shave was excellent. Have a good one. BTW, these older razors with a medium type grind (1/2 hollow or less) are fine shavers. I do have another, I believe it's a Wostenholm, but my son-in-law has it right now.

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Monday:

Hot shower / Speick stick / Cheap Omega Boar / Cheap plastic feather razor / Feather blade / Proraso A/S

I've been in DC for the last 4 days and brought all my starter gear (minus the shave stick and A/S). I was afraid my checked bag would get lost and so would my gear.

Yesterday stopped by the Grooming Lounge here in DC, I was expecting more options. I did pick up a bottle of Prorasos new formula of A/S and have to say I enjoy it. Also stop in AOS. I was intimidated by some of the prices and left with samples they gave me.

 

Well I did a Menthol Monday on Monday this week. As I am still experimenting with this not a lot of variety in gear.
EJ DE89 with Webber Bulldog handel
a new Sputnik blade
HVH brush
Proraso pre/post shave
Palmolive menthol shave cream
Proraso Shave Balm
AV Ice Blue AS.

All in all a very nice shave -smooth, no irritation at all.

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) Merkur/Menthol Monday November 19, 2012​

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• Prep: Brush soaking in very hot water, face washed with Noxzema Triple Clean, warm shower.
• Razor: Merkur 500 Progress
• Blade: Personna Medical Prep
• Brush: Semogue 620 Boar
• Soap: Proraso Menthol and Eucalyptus (New Formula) with added Menthol
• AS: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue with added Menthol
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash of Aftershave

I decided to add some additional menthol to the Proraso and Aqua Velva. That really kicked down the freeze level to 30 below.

Another great shave with the Progress. It seems that no matter which blade that I toss into it, that it performs flawlessly.

Sunday into Monday is always the day which I have the least amount of sleep. I need a razor that I can shave with half asleep, and this is definitely it.

I have used so much menthol today that I cannot feel my face, it is frozen like I have frostbite....but in a good way

 

Menthol Monday:
soak brush/Omega B&B Essential Brush/DB Brush Scuttle
hot shower
Proraso PrePost Cream
Lea Mentolada SC
Merkur 39c "Da Hamma"/Shark Super Chrome (1)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
warm water rinse
Thayer's Medicated Superhazel mixed with 3 drops M-Bomb
The Rub mixed with a very small amount of Vostok Aftershave Balm

This was my first shave with the Shark and wow,was it smooth.The Shark may have dethroned Voskhod as my favorite blade in "Da Hamma" time will tell.Anyways it was a nice and frosty start to the week

 

Monday morning, November 19, 2012

Schick E2 Injector razor w/ Schick blade (9)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Proraso shaving cream w/ hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Hot shower
Gillette tech
Rapira blade (D-4)
Shave stick (vintage unknown brand)
Culmak Junior badger boar mix brush

It was my first shave with a tech lol, i have two of them, I thought I would try outr the contents of the shave set I picked up last week, 3 passes with touch ups nice smooth shave cant complain for a total £3.50 outlay.

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB, hand strop blade
CD: 100 Blues Masters, disc 2
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
Razor: Gillette OLD Type
Blade: Astra SP, day 1, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

A little too much water that made for a lather that was just a tad thin. Good enough to use and had a darn near BBS shave.

 

SOTD Monday 11-19-2012

Merkur OC/T2 Bull Mastiff Handle
Polsilver SI Blade
Proraso PSC
Speick SC
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Brut Original Cologne

Starting the week off with one of my newest favorites. The Polsilver SI is a smooth and effective blade and loaded into the Merkur OC/T2 combo it is a lethal weapon to whisker stubble!

 

19.11.2012 - Cream week.

To start off the cream week, I decided that the blue Proraso would be an excellent choice. Proraso being Proraso and me being slightly disappointed was good enough reason to give this one another go.
And I have to say that I am still not convinced that this is the Proraso I (kind of) know and love. The smell reminds me of a newly washed piece of cloth that has gone sour. I can detect the clean smell of soap, but also the sour smell of stale clothing.
I am not certain on how I can properly describe it, but you get the idea.

I also used some of the blue proraso AS balm, and I get a similar association from this one. But now I was reminded of fresh laundry hanging in a stale and damp cellar.

The lather would probably be just perfect if I just managed to do it right. First I added too much water, then I added too much cream to compensate. After working it for a few minutes I called quits and just shaved with what I got.

Ended up with a tingling DFS, probably due to the Progress being set too high, the blade being too sharp and me being less sharp

Anyway..

Merkur Progress
Gillette 7 o'black
Merkur Futur Brush
Proraso Blue Cream
Thayers Witch Hazel
Proraso Blue Aftershave Balm

 

Merkur 38c
Merkur blade
La Toja Stick
Provence Sante Green Tea Splash
La Toja Balm
tunes-Green Day
no menthol, on a Monday?

 

In honor of both Menthol Monday and Cream Week...

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1960 Gillette Super Speed
Feather blade (for a change)
Ingram menthol s/c
Ever-Ready brush
Macho + Avon Island Lime a/s

DFS (didn't want to push the Feather as I hadn't used one in I can't remember how long). No nicks, though.

Ol' Ingram whipped up like a dream (already rinsed it for pic). Menthol is not too potent, so for this time of year it's juuuuust right.

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Birthday Shave


Been a while since I last posted in the SOTD thread, and indeed I've been mostly shaving in the shower with a 1966 Gillette Slim adjustable but it was my birthday today so I decided to indulge myself and also test the camera on my new phone.

Razor: Unbranded shoulderless German, probably sold as s souvenir but it holds an edge which is hard to beat.
Soap: Nanny's Rasage Traditionnel, one of the the best soaps around and an artisan soap at that.
Brush: Simpson 57, a gift some time ago from a true gentleman.
Post:Alum then Pashana Original, it might be a cheap aftershave but its still my favourite.

No shaving related presents, I have far too much stuff already. However I did receive a hi-vis coat as I'm spending a lot of time walking down rural lanes in the dark and at dusk taking the dog from fields to have a run about. The downside is that it makes me look like a traffic cop, on the plus side I can have hours of fun standing at the side of the road pointing a hair drier at passing motorists.

My 10 year old daughter made me some fabulous chocolate cup cakes, I think 'll have one now.

 

Happy Birthday Nic! Good to see your post and that you are using the Straights again. Enjoy your Birthday and those Chocolate cup cakes from your Daughter.

 

Thanks Bruce

 

Happy Birthday Nic! All the best for the next year!!

Regards, Lyndon