SoS: January 28, 2013 - February 3, 2013

Friday

soak brush/Rooney Heritage Stubby 3XL/DB Brush Scuttle
hot shower
Proraso PrePost Cream
Mike's Natural Bay Rum SC
Gillette Fat Handle New SC/Perma-Sharp Super (2)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
warm water rinse
Thayer's Lemon WH
Captain's Choice Cat O' Nine Tails

Great 2 pass face,1 pass dome for BBS all around.Enjoy the weekend everyone

 

Mr Asd, as a Norseman, I am curious. How do you find the Fitjar Miklagard cream? (I am assuming that ASC stands for aftershave cream )

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) Friday February 1, 2013​

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• Prep: Brush soaked in hot water, warm shower, face washed with Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash, hot wash cloth on face.
• Razor: 1940's NDC Gillette Superspeed
• Blade: Perma-Sharp Super Stainless (2)
• Brush: Vintage Stanley Home Products restored with TGN 22mm Fan High Density Finest Two-Band Badger Knot
• Soap: Sultans Shaving Soap Gold Sandalwood
• AS: Mennen Skin Bracer Original with added menthol
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, double splash of aftershave

Todd had sent me a few samples of the Sultans Shaving Soap products, which I have never heard of before. This gold sandalwood is not like anything I have ever used before. It is a golden color, has the texture and look of a salve, yet lathers up like crazy. The scent is very subdued, but still very pleasant. The lather was thick, creamy, and very slick, I like it a lot.

First use of the Stanley brush since I restored it. The knot is a little taller than the original one, but a much better feel to it. I was shocked over how soft this knot is, in fact it may very well be the softest badger than I own. A lot less scritch than any Super Silver Tip I have, so soft I just want to bring the brush to work with me to rub it on my face all day, HA.

My shaves just not have been great lately. I think they are good in the morning but by time noon rolls around, my skin feels like sandpaper, and my face is starting to itch from all of the stubble. By the time I leave the office it looks like a full 24 hours has rolled around and I need to shave again, and on many nights I do.

The shave feels very good today, but we will see.

 

Friday - 01.02.2013

I've had the day off today, and had not planned to shave. Just relax, go for a walk, enjoy my day etc etc. But the temptation got the better of me, and decided to shave anyway.
One of my favourite combination is the Futur and the Gillette Silver Blue blade, and since my last two shaves was less than excellent due to me trying out new blades, I wanted to treat myself to something nice.
But I also wanted to try something new, so I picked up my tube of Arko shaving cream. I have used this once before, but I do not remember anything about it.

The stage was set for what I hoped to be a good performance.
I was not disappointed. The cream was outstanding, the razor and blade was a pleasure to use and even the aftershave grew on me. I used the Captains Choice Bay Rum, and I may have mentioned before that it smells rather like plastic. Today was no exception, but somehow it smelled less funky and I started to notice the bay rum scent a little more. It also had a nice sting to it. Not much, but enough to be enjoyable.

All in all, a great shave with three lovely passes.

Merkur Futur
Gillette Silver Blue Blade
Semogoue Boar Brush
Arko Shave Cream
Captains Choice Bay Rum Aftershave
Fitjarsoap Coconut & Shea Butter moisturiser.

 

Friday morning, February 1, 2013

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

 

Friday 01-02-2013

Razor: Gillette Slim '64 @ 5
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Omega 10077
Cream: Gada Original
AS: Brut



Excellent 3-pass shave,DFS+

 

Friday
Feather AS-D1 Open Comb
Voskhod
Simpsons Duke 2 Best
T&H Trafalgar
Brut A/S

 

SOTD Friday 2-1-2013

Merkur 15C w/ Voskhod Teflon
Proraso PSC
Erasmic SC
Semogue 820 Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Adidas Dynamic Pulse ASL

The Merkur 15C is just a great modern version of the Gillette Old Type razor. The appearance of the handle is that of a Gillette Single Ring but it is a solid handle. The shave it delivers is slightly milder than the Gillette open combs but the end results are the same; close, smooth and comfortable. A great shaving razor with the smaller classic handle for those days when you feel like a lighter touch. The Voskhod Teflon blade works splendidly in this razor!

 

This morning was the 3rd shave with my new Weishi-Gunmetal razor with a Polsilver Super Iridium blade.
The Weishi seems to get reviews of it being not to good a razor. For me, it has been incredible. Much less forgiving than my EJ89811, and my Merkur 25C OC.

a perfect BBS 3rd shave on my face and head using the same blade!

Hot shower
Proraso Pre/Post SC old formula
Face lathered with Proraso green tub
My Dad's old Omega brush (RIP Dad)
Thayers AS WH
Clubman AS

Gonna try pushing this blade for a 4th shave tomorrow morning.

 

Friday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Arno, Charles Ernest
• Brush: DVH
• Soap: Tabac
• Razor: Ugly Duckling
• Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock yellow
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, hand strop blade, load upside-down in next DE razor in line

Bice BBS today!

 

You're lucky your wife gave you a kiss because mine was still sleeping after I finished the shave. The only kiss I got was from our German Shepherd!

 

Hope you got some good feedback at least...

 

I got my hugs and kisses when I returned home, but now the stubble is back and it's time to shave again tomorrow morning!

 

Hot soak

Right side: 1952 Super Speed
Left side: Late '40s Diplomat

New Big Ben blade swapped between both
Tabac soap

The Diplomat is a great razor and noticeably smoother of the two (ultrasmooth with a Big Ben), but only because it's less aggressive. That, for me, results in extra work to take off the same amount of beard. The S.S. is more efficient.

The early TTOs and pre-flare tip Super Speeds are the T-800 of Gillette razors: it does one thing, does it perfectly, and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are BBS.

 

SOTD Friday 2.1.13

Preshave - Hot Shower, TBS Face wash
Cream - Proraso Sandalwood
Brush - WD 24mm Silvertip
Blade - Dorco (2)
Razor - 1952 Gillette SS
A/S - Nivea Balm, Brut AS



Nice relaxing shave this evening. The wife and baby weren't home yet so I figured I would sneak in a shower so there is more time later in the evening. Great shave. Day two on the dorco gave a pleasant 3 pass DFS and I forgot how much I love the sandalwood scent. It goes great with the brut A/S.

 

Col. Conk Lime Glycerine Shave Soap
Parker pure badger
Schick E3 with custom wood handle
CVS SS blade
Cold water rinse
T.N. Dickinson Witch hazel
Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue

 

Friday:

Hot shower / Neutrogena Men Invigorating face wash / Proraso PSC / Semogue 830 / EJ DE89L w/ Bulldog handle / Gillette EverSharp / MdC / DB Bill bowl / Armani Code a/s / Armani Code EDT

 

Today's shave:

Prep: Warm shower, TBS Tea Tree face wash, Billy Jealousy Face Scrub.
Brush: Whipped Dog silver tip (first use.)
Razor: Wade & Butcher Straight (dimensions unknown) and Gillette Ball End Tech.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Soap: Proraso White Soap (first use, thank you Jeff for suggesting it! I will review it in a little bit.)
Post: Cold water rinse, patted my face dry with a towel, 2nd cold water splash, patted dry again, Thayer's WH Rose Petal, Floid Blue.

I don't know what to say about this shave. It was a very good shave. I only used the straight on my cheeks, mustache area, and whatever flat parts I could find. I went WTG and unintentionally got a close shave on my cheeks; but the shave was very comfortable regardless. I did a second pass with a combo of WTG and XTG and got most of the stubble on that pass. The Proraso white is pretty good stuff. I have it in the canned caca form, but this is definitely a step above that and I think Proraso is the best canned caca I have ever used.

 

Saturday afternoon

Hot shower
Proraso pre
MWF - 1st time!
Duke 2 Best
GEM 1912
GEM coated blade (5)
Thayer's Peach Witchhazel
Penhaligons Endymion AS Balm

Very smooth. My first use of a soap rather than a cream. I see why so many feel MWF is the tops. Gorgeous stuff.

 

That wooden handle looks nice on the Schick!