SoS: May 6, 2013 - May 12, 2013

Vintage Monday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Regina Spektor, Begin To Hope
• Brush: vintage Dickinso & Gilroy boar travel brush
• Soap: vintage Williams
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat Jr
• Blade: Personna red - not vintage
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, hand strop blade & reload upside down

Stellar shave! Gotta love vintage!

 

Cool looking Kit....I see your new Hydro-magic already looks right at home...

 

I'll have to try that.

 

Great find! Those thrift stores have some great buys and that certainly is one of them. Enjoy!

 

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Proraso Shaving Soap​

Parker pure badger brush​

Gillette Super Speed​

Wilkinson Sword SS blade​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch Hazel​

Pinaud Clubman AS​

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Monday night
Razor: Gem OCMM
Blade: Gem Stainless
Brush: Semogue boar
Soap: Tabac
Nice smooth two pass shave (and touch ups) followed by a cold water rinse
Alum block
Final cold water rinse
Dove Men +Care "Hydrate" face lotion

Cheers!

 

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SoTN
5/6/2013

Nivia Face Wash w/Menthol and Vitamin E
Tabac Soap
Vie Long Horse (Test driving from jRod22)
'55 Heavy Super Speed Red Tip
Warm Rinse
Cold Rinse
WH Spray
Masters Bay Rum
RSC PS Balm

First shave with a Red Tip, and all I have to say is wow. It is all that it is cracked up to be. I was going to sell this beauty, but now I may have to hold on to her.

 

Weber Bulldog R41-13
Voskhod
Semogue OC Boar
Klar Kabinett
Alum
Superior 70

 

Tuesday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 2
Gillette Menthol SC
Anherb AS Conditioner
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS
YSL Pour Homme EDT

Another great BBS shave with a fabulous DE/blade combination - this 1950s Super Speed is mild, but it performs so well. The Rapiras are my favorite of all blades because they're very sharp and smooth. The Gillette Menthol cream from Europe smells nice, lathers rich and thick, and is as cooling as Proraso Green. The Anherb/Aqua Velva combination is a terrific way to cool and soothe your face afterwards.

 

Red Green! I miss that show!

 

Happy Tuesday From Florida!

Hot shower
Green Marvy Mug
Arko
Vulfix 404 Ba/Bo
Muhle R-41 (2011)
Astra SP (2)
Cold water rag
Anherb ASG
M&L Florida Water

2-passes = DFS+!

Have a great day Ya'll!

 

5/8 Bema
Castle Forbes Lime
28mm WSP knot

Very nice shave this morning. It's possible, over time, my opinion may change but I really don't get it when it comes to Castle Forbes. It's O.K. but it'd be down my list of favorites quite a way. Very good lather, o.k. scent, decent skin care. I guess it's a YMMV deal and my mileage varies a bit. Have a good one.

 

Tuesday
hot shower
Duke 3 in best
Proraso PrePost Cream (green)
Mystic Water Key Lime
Gillette 40's style SS W-1/Gillette 7 O'clock Green (India) (3)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum (almost time for another cube,it took over 2 years but now it's getting a bit flat)
cool water rinse
Thayer's Lemon WH (wish they made a Lime one)
Captains Choice Lime ASL

Great BBS shave face and dome

 

Another great 2 pass BBS.

Merkur 25c
Wilkie blade (4)
TSD Burmese Woods soap
TSD M-Bomb
Omega boar brush
Bloc Osma alum block
Thayer's lemon WH e/added menthol crystals
Pinaud lime sec EDC

 

This Gillette aftershave is awesome I think. It smells just like the balm, and other Gillette products. And there are only 4 or 5 ingredients. I can do with out all the di-methyl and tri-ethy l this and that. Have a nice day!

 

Tabac Tuesday for me, but I don't feel like using a shave stick, so it'll be Speick again

Merkur slant
Feather blade
Vulfix 404 brush
Speick in my Old Spice mug (Vintage!)
Proraso white as a pre-shave
English Leather as an aftershave

 

Tuesday:

Cetaphil Face Bar
Shave Secret Oil
Provence Sante Verlain
Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Afta Fresh
Old Spice
EJ Best Medium
Cadet Robusto
Treet Durasharp
Was a little pressed for time today and didn't have time for the straight routine, besides I wanted another go with my Cadet. I'm glad I did as todays 2 pass shave yielded a very nice DFS, unlike my 3 pass expieriment the other day. I have a second ingrown now from that moment of stupidity.

 

Tuesday morning, May 7, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (3)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

SOTD Tuesday 5-7-2013

Merkur 11C HD w/Voskhod Teflon
Proraso PSC
Proraso SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Mennen Original Skin Bracer

Not sure if the Merkur 11C can be considered "vintage" but, it is out of production and NLA (no longer available). At any rate, it is a great shaving razor and gets the job done very comfortably. The Mennen Skin Bracer is a "vintage" ASL that has been around for a century. It was one of my Dad's favorites and is one of mine as well.