SoS: May 20, 2013 - May 26, 2013

Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Dorko shavette
Blade: Astra
Brush: #6 horse
Soap: Sundance Soapery - Spicy Bay Rum
Post: Alum block, ASB (1/2 witch hazel, 1/2 aloe)
Aftershave: Captains Choice Bay Rum

 

SOTD Tuesday 5-21-2013

Muhle R41 (2010) w/Crystal
Proraso PSC
Proraso SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Mennen Original Skin Bracer

A Proraso morning. Very nice!

 

Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (10)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

 

Merkur 38c
Personna Med Prep
Vintage brush, Rudy Vey restore with finest badger
Eveline Men Extreme SC (thanks Dmitry)
Master's Lilac Vegetol Splash
Tet-a-Tet AS Balm
music-bach Cello Suites
coffee-home roasted Sumatra

 

Tuesday:

Cetaphil Face Bar
Shave Secret Oil
Barbasol Regular
Barbasol Brisk Splash
Barbasol Pacific Rush Balm
Brut Splash
Trac ii

 

Simply awesome shave today. 2 pass BBS perfection.

 

Schick I2 Hydro-magic with Schick blade (1)
Barbasol Arctic Chill,
Finish with cold water, Witch Hazel
and Captain's Choice Bay Rum,

Cold water two pass for a very soothing and chilling DFS!

Aces!

 

Gillette slim adjustable
Wilkinson sword
IB LE Semogue
JM Frazier SC
Floid blue

I turned the slim to 7 and got a very smooth, close shave. The JM Frazier smells fantastic and lathers well. It was a little thin in the 3rd pass but I think I need to use more. I'm definitely going to have to pick a tub of this up.

 

Tuesday 05/21

Hot shower, Axe Chilling
Semogue 1460
Vitos super extra
Gillette OC
Silver Star
Pinaud Vegatal
Three passes a very nice DFS

 

Great shave today. This brush works as well with hard soap as it does with a soft crème.

 

Second day Astra half in the shavette
Wilkinson sword sensitive SC
HJM badger
Balea alum stick
OS original

Two pass shave, close, and smooth not a BBS but nothing sliced open with the shavette today so it's good enough

 

Mikes Natural soap shampoo bar
Speick soap

Schick Krona
Gillette SuperThin from Thailand
Dr. Bronners homemade shave lube
Pre de Provence shave cream

Pre de Provence ASB
Ogallala Bay, Bay Rum Limes and Peppercorns AS

The Krona never lets me down. Another DFS with a razor/blade combo that my face likes. Still not sure about the Ogallala. So far my favorite has been the Sage & Cedar, followed by the Lime and Peppercorns, then the original Bay Rum. Still gotta try the Sandalwood, and I don't care for the cologne.

 

De nada. Glad you like it!

 

Slept in, had to rush off to the dentist with littlebear, so Tuesday lunchtime shave:
Razor: Merkur slant
Blade: Treet
Brush: F.D. & G travel
Pre shave: Proraso green
Lather: Speick soap
Aftershave: GCW



First impression of the Treet: Cool! It's black!
Second impression of Treet: Rough, but enjoyable (does that make any sense?)
Thinking about the Treet after the shave (that's like right now. Real time): I'll give it two more days, maybe it'll be better tomorrow. Maybe I should cork it for Thursday if it doesn't get better.
Decent shave, but I'm rough on the sides of and under the chin, the Treet just doesn't seem to cut through the extra wire-ry hair their, but then nothing but Feathers and the odd Russian seems to.

 

Tuesday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Paul Simon, graceland
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: TSD Bay Rum
• Razor: Ugly Duckling
• Blade: Max Herder
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, sharpen blade in Allegro mod. L

Nice! I always like to use the TSD Bay Rum. Excellent soap!

 

21.5.2013

• Prep: shower, Geo F. Trumper Limes skin food
• Razor: Gillette Travel Tech / STAR
• Blade: Personna Med Prep
• Brush: Frank Shaving Faux Agate
• Soap: Palmolive shave stick
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Old Spice Original

I nearly forgot about the STAR razor I have. The handle is quite hefty so I thought I'd pair it with the Travel Tech head. Apart from 2 minor nicks it was quite a decent shave.

 

SOTD Tuesday

Prep: Hot bath, Shave Secret
Music: The Naked and Famous
Razor: '53 Ball Tech
Blade: Voskhod Teflon
Cream: TSD Wheat Cream YSL L'Homme
Brush: AOS pure badger
Shave: 4 passes
Post: Warm then cold water splash, TSD AS YSL L'Homme, Dirty English ASB
Pomade: Murray's Superior
Cologne: John Varvatos Vintage

Another great shave, TSD wheat cream is the bomb and I really enjoy shaving with the Ball Tech razor. Really like the Dirty English balm as well!

Keep it cool out there

 

Pre: Hot Shower and warm water splash
Razor: P.H. Hahn 5/8 full hollow
Brush: Omega 11137
Soap: A superlather of Vitos Extra Super and eShave White Tea
Post: Cold water rinse

A BBS shave with zero nicks and only mild irritation. There was some tugging atg, I think my P.H. Hahn needs a better polish on its edge, but that will have to wait until I can send it off.

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

EJ Pure, Speick, Supermax Sunrise (1), Superadjustable (2 on 2), Pinaud's Bay Rum



The new Sunrise blade felt great, I'm really thinking I've found a winner here, and have yet to even try the Bolzanos sitting in the medicine cabinet. They feel sharp and smooth and all of those other fun adjectives, but I have to wonder how much of it is psychosomatic, because honestly, I just like the packaging. As lame as it may be, I get a kick out of these little multi-colored paper wrappers and to me that's as good a reason to pick a favorite as any. I like the Speick enough that I'm pretty sure I'll be ordering the aftershave lotion and deo stick pretty soon. . .

 

What's the story with the Allegro? A blade sharpening device? Is the angle adjustable?