SoS: July 22, 2013 - July 28, 2013

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, Dirigo Blue Cedarwood PSO
Coffee: Cafe Sello Rojo, BLACK
CD: B.B. King ~ The Ultimate Collection
Soap: TSD Tabac Type lanolin
Brush: 24mm silvertip set in red mallee burl
DE: Parker 80R
Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 3, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Dirigo Blue

Great shave.

 

R41 Bulldog
Permasharp Super
Chubbz 2 (Rubberst 300N Omega restore)
Walter's Rose
Alum
Superior 70

Same excellent shave as yesterday, but just swapped out brushes.

 

6/8 Hart
Barrister and Mann SS
22mm Omega knot
Stephan Bay Rum
Very nice shave this morning. The Barrister and Mann performed very well again. Have a good one.

 

Wednesday
cool shower
Thater 4292/6,2 band,fan
Proraso PSC
Mystic Water Rosalimone SS
Face-R41 "Fang"/Perma-Sharp Super (3)
Dome-OCMM/Pella coated (1)
cold water rinse
Shavex alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's Rose WH mixed with a shot of Roberts Rosewater
Rose Of Bulagaria mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

Very nice 2 razor shave,2 pass face,1 pass head for BBS all around

 

Wednesday:

Prep: Hot shower, AoS Unscented PSO
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: VDH Original Unscented
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 Open Comb
Blade: Bic Hi-Chromium Platinum (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG
Post: Cold water rinse, Alum, Dickinson's WH
Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre d'Orange

Two passes today, simply because two passes today with the Bic (on its first day) brought me as close a shave as three with the Shark (on its 3rd day) did yesterday. Some early signs of a pimple convinced me to skip a day of the ASB. Darned near BBS.

 

Fantastic shave today. I must say Feather blades don't ware as well as others. I usually get six to seven shaves from one Astra, and this is getting le boot on day four. Blade aside, everything else was great. Love the palm oil in the palmolive classic. I usually hold out on using the vintage clubman but I'm sure it's a special occasion somewhere. Have a great day gents.

 

PRE: Hot Towel + MR GLO Soap + Homemade PSO
BRUSH: Omega 636
SOAP: Peppermint/Lavender MWF
RAZOR: Merkur 38c
BLADE: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
POST: Alum + Floid Blue Sample (indecisive lately!)



The experiment with the MWF actually went pretty well. It still has MWF's great mild clean scent, but overtones of Lavender and Peppermint. It also has a slight, but noticeable cooling sensation from the Peppermint EO! Pleased!!! I decided to crack open my Floid Blue sample from WCS as well. Almost wish I wouldn't have...Great stuff, now I want some! Have an amazing day all!

 

Wednesday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: Sara-S's mint
• Razor: Rolls Razor
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse.

Excellent shave.

 

Wednesday

CeraVe facial cleanser
AoS shave soap, unscented
Mühle hjm synthetic brush
Gillette fat handled Tech
Astra SP blade, new
CeraVe lotion

Three comfortable passes, very smooth result. It's going to be a hot day in Seattle today!

 

WEDNEZDAY

a. PRE: hot shower, Lucky Tiger Lemon wash, hot towel, homemade PSO
b. RAZOR: Merkur 38c
c. BLADE: Astra SP
d. BRUSH: Semogue 830
e. SOAP: Pacific Shaving Cream & dab of glycerin; whipped up in a hot scuttle
f. SHAVE: 3 passes (WTG, XTG, ATG) plus touch-up
g. POST: Cold water rinse & dry; Ogalalla Bay Rum Aftershave, Nivea balm

The Pacific Shaving cream produces a really nice, creamy lather with light fragrance!
Like yesterday morn—Darn Fine shave & nearly a BBS!

 

SOTD Wednesday 7-24-2013

Merkur 11C w/Voskhod Teflon
La Toja Classic SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Florida Water cologne

Great shave this morning. My wife and I are waiting for the results of some tests and going for another round of CT scans Monday to determine what to do. Life is a waiting game I suppose. All we can do now is hang loose.

 

Wednesday morning, July 24, 2013

Schick E2 Injector w/ Schick NOS blade (2)
Omega 20102 Pro boar w/ Mitchell's Wool Fat
Warm water and bowl lather for a DFS—
Finish w/ Captain's Choice Lime!

Great times with the E2 Injector and MWF! Another fantastic shave.

Aces!

 

Late Wodin's Day morning:

Razor: Bakelite Merkur
Blade: 7:00 yellow
Brush: Semogue boar
Soap: The Mighty TABAC
Aftershave: Aqua Velva of the lighter blue variety

Delightful shave. That big floppy brush fills the bathroom with lather. The bakelite Merkur, while not so easy as my slant, is just fun. 7:00 yellow remains a very good blade for me.

Two days off with nothing to do but mow the lawn and play with the kids!

 

Razor: Newly Revamped Rhodium Plated Fat Boy
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Amber 28mm TGN finest 2 band
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: Queen Charlotte Soaps Iced Key Lime
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: TSD Sub Zero AS Balm

 

I couldn't get that cream to lather! What's your trick?

 

Maybe the dab of glycerin? I really didn't have to fight too hard for the cream to start forming a pretty lush lather.
About a minute or so of constant whipping, plus a few drops of water, produced the rather prodigious amount in the scuttle.

 

One of my favorite soaps is Van Der Hagen Deluxe melted and mixed with Van Der Hagen Glycerin. The combination creates a great smelling, slick soap with excellent skin care abilities. I like to put my mixture into a nice Kingsley dark wood bowl to jazz it up a bit and to give it the respect that it so rightly deserves. For the low cost of $3.50 for 5oz. of soap and $6.50 for the bowl I get an amazing soap in an amazing container. Sadly, I haven't been able to use this soap much lately because I've been on a soft soap kick, but today I pulled out my VDH Deluxe/Glycerin blend and took it for a spin.

I did my usual three pass wtg/atg/xtg shave followed by a cold water rinse and a splash of T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel. The AoS Fine Badger brush helped the VDH soap go crazy with thick, creamy lather that provided excellent protection and glide. The Gillette Old Type head sitting comfortably on a ball end Tech handle was the perfect choice to finish off my Personna Platinum blade. The blade is on shave #7, but still works well. I'm actually hesitant to let the Personna Platinum go, but I feel it beginning to tug, so following this shave it's time for something new. I managed a DFS with zero nicks. The blade caused a little minor irritation while shaving, but the witch hazel took care of that. A great shave with gear that really deserves more love.

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: Gillette Old Type on ball end Tech handle
Blade: Personna Platinum
Brush: AoS Fine Badger Brush
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe/Glycerin Blend
Post: Cold water rinse and T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel

 

Hello everybody, my shave today:

Warm Water,
Proraso green shaving cream,
Mühle badger brush,
Feather Artist Club Shavette
with professional blades,
cold water,
Alum block needed,
GDR's Tüff sensitive AS,
Drakkar noir.

Those Feather blades bite me. I'll try again later, in a week or so.

 

Wednesday morning, July 24, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (5)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

24.7.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Gillette Superspeed Flare Tip
• Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium (5)
• Brush: Frank Shaving Faux Agate
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street Lemon and Lime sample
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Floid Vigoroso + 444