SoS: July 22, 2013 - July 28, 2013

Friday morning, July 26, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (7)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Friday

CeraVe facial cleanser
Petal Pusher kokum butter soap, unscented
HIS synthetic brush
Vintage Bakelite slant
Super Iridium blade
CeraVe lotion

Nice creamy lather from the kokum butter soap. Three comfortable passes with the slant gave a nice smooth finish.

 

Friday morning, July 26, 2013

Schick E2 Injector w/ Schick NOS blade (4)
Omega 20102 Pro boar w/ Mitchell's Wool Fat
Warm water and bowl lather for a DFS—
Finish w/ Captain's Choice Bay Rum!

A morning of luxury with the rich MWF and efficient Schick E2 Injector, smooth and comfortable, and very enjoyable.

Aces!

 

My dear friend, use this cream more frequently to send you more of it

 

Monday-Friday

Razor: Gillette Slim '64 @ 9
Blade: Shark SS (1-5)
Brush: Horse hair #6
Cream: Arko Ice Mint/Aspic Ice Rain/Gada Cool Mint/SuperMax Lemon/Top Ten Sensitive
AS: Barbon/Figaro/Top Ten Sensitive

Busy week,but great shave every morning!

 

Friday


Used my Wilkinson Bonded with a new blade. A nice shave, similar to an injector, but I prefer the weight of the injector. This will be the razor I put in my carry-on for business trips. I like it better than the multiblade cartridge razors.

 

Friday, July 26, 2013

Chubby 2, Black Beauty, SuperMax Sunrise, Speick everything



Great shave after a couple days growth. The 'Beauty on 5 mowed it all down in 3 easy passes, and the Sssshpike products performed beautifully as always. This is pretty much my favorite combo.

Have a great weekend!

 

Thank you. The Oglalalla Bay Rum has a subtle, spicey fragrance that fades rather quickly. The scent lingers with you all day, but not overpowering or intrusive. My wife and sons all like the fragrance.
The alcohol provides a pleasant 'sting' post-shave, but is milder than many traditional aftershaves. Feels very nice on the face and, unlike many aftershaves, doesnt dry out the skin.
Be sure to shake it well before applying! Many online retailers such as Amazon carry it as well as many of the shave-supply sites.

 

Razor: Newly Revamped Rhodium Plated Fat Boy
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Vie-Long Horsehair
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: Cella
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Captains Choice

 

Back in 1971 or 72 I got one of those razors. At the time I shaved with a Schick injector. Unknown to me, I loaded a cartridge where the blade was "crooked" and it took a hunk out of the side of my face. I went back to the injectors. Be sure to visually inspect those cartridges before using them. Just saying...

 

Really like the looks of your scuttle.

 

Friday 07/26

Hot shower to start the day.
Fliods pre-shave oil
Mem Olive (sample from my goodies box)
Vulfix 28
Gillette OC
Gillette 7 o'clock black
Tiger
Cade
A superior DFS from three passes.
Everyone have a great weekend.

 

Thanks Brad. It's actually a mixing bowl or mug thingie I got on the Bay. Really nice as a SS mug for loading the brush. I then transfer the loaded brush to the GT Scuttle to get the lather all nice and warm.

 

Friday
HOT water whisker rinse-2 min.
Arko Shave Stick/Omega 10029
1938 Gillette Senator OC TTO
Rapira SS d1
Old Spice AS

For the last few months I've been pretty much SE exclusive....But the last 3 days this lovely Senator from 'Dixie' has been providing decadent shaving pleasures that renew my faith in DE's...although there is nothing ordinary about this razor....even Jack Dempsey said she was a 'Knock-Out'!!!

 

July 26, 2013 Friday evening shave

Prep: Hot water rinse/Somerset's pre-shave oil
Brush: Restored Made Rite Finest Badger
Cream/Soap: Queen Charlotte's Iced Key Lime
Razor: 1959 Gillette Fat Boy (7,5,3)
Blade: Vintage Gillette Thin (NOS) new

Three pass shave WTG, ATG, XTG for touch ups

Post: Rinse and Ice cube rub

Aftershave: Myrsol formula F Extra

Inaugural run for the brand new (to me) 59' Fat Boy. In retrospect, I should have used a modern blade instead of the NOS Gillette Thin. Decent shave but the blade pulled a little here and there and I had numerous touch ups to do, more than normal. I tossed the blade and will move on. Love the new Fat Boy however.

Frank

 

Vielen Dank, mein Freund - das ist so lieb!

 

Thanks, Veli. I promise I will. I'm also waiting for your signal!

 

Proraso pre
WM Neumann's Bay Rum Soap
Semogue 1800 Boar
Merkur 33c Head / UFO TiTan
Gillette Silver Blue
Thayer's Original
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum
Guerlain Vetiver EDT

Love the Bay Rum plus Vetiver combo. Earthy, dirty, rustic smell.

 

I did a super lather of Kell's Original Ultra Aloe Juniper Sage and Karo Classic. I did a face lather with my new Every Man Jack synthetic brush and got an amazingly creamy, thick lather with a nice juniper heavy scent. I did a three pass wtg/atg/xtg shave followed by a cold water rinse and an application of SAL Alum. Yet another BBS shave from my RiMei and a Croma Diamant blade. I'm really liking all of these spiffy Tech and Tech-like razors.

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: RiMei
Blade: Croma Diamant
Brush: Every Man Jack synthetic
Soap: Superlather of Kell's Original Ultra Aloe Juniper Sage and Karo Classic
Post: Cold water rinse and SAL Alum

 

Similar situation with my Semogue: began rather coarse & stiff, but bloomed to an enjoyable softness on the tips. Really developed into a great brush!


...and Pre de Provence is da' bomb!
Still my favorite post-shave finale, with the Nivea coming in second.