SoS: August 5, 2013 - August 11, 2013

5/8 J.S. Holler
Mundus SS
23mm Omega knot
Stephan Bay Rum
Nice shave this morning. Have a good one.

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, Dirigo Blue Cedarwood PSO
Coffee: Maxwell House Breakfast Blend, BLACK
CD: Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues ~ Stevie Ray Vaughan
Soap: TSD SOTQ C4 Vanilla Oak
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
DE: '55 Blue Tip SS
Blade: Astra SP, day 2, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

A very mild razor, almost too mild. Left the jaw line a bit rough, but I'll let it go. I learned a long time ago - DON'T CHASE THE BABY.

 

Tuesday August 6th
Portugal, Spain, Great Britain, and America today!

Shave Soap: La Toja Stick
Razor: Gillette Super Speed Flare Tip
Blade: Personna Med Prep
Brush: Omega 10066 Boar
Aftershave: Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes AS Balm

 

Tuesday:

Prep: Hot shower, AoS Unscented PSO
Brush: VDH Boar
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Merkur (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH
Cologne: Burberry Brit

First day with the infamous Merkur blade. I'd put it on par with the Shark from earlier in my sample pack, with comparable smoothness and sharpness; were I a bigger fan of the Shark, I'd be more tempted by the Merkur's performance, but even then the price would make it hard to choose Merkur intentionally. DFS, generally, with one nick along the throat. No ASB today, to keep my face from getting too oily - and yes, I know the ASBs I use are "oil-free."

 

TUESDAY
RAZOR: DE89
BLADE: Derby
BRUSH: Omega 599
SOAP: Arko
POST: Dickenson's Witch Hazel and Aqua Velva

Arko and Aqua Velva is a superb combo. Try it! Have a great day.

 

The Gillette Blue Tip 'Lady's Razor' was supposedly the 'mildest' SS Gillette made. Considering how mild the standard SS shaves, it is no surprise that using the blue tip successfully to remove all the whiskers requires repeated efforts.
I chased the baby once with my 'new' Red Tip and for my efforts received a close shave, plus irritation AND tenderness...

 

Tuesday
hot shower
Omega boar
Proraso PSC
Cella
40's style SS/Gillette Yellow (1)
cold water rinse
Shavex Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's Original WH
TSD Almond ASL

Gillette o'clock Yella and SS turned out to be a great combo,I bought a few packs of the yellows and so far so good.I may have to get a hundred so I have them in stock

 

Tuesday

Perhaps the best shave I've ever had today!

Pretty close to BBS with only a single weeper. Little to no irritation anywhere else. Second time using a scuttle as well. I was very very surprised at how well the Williams took to the scuttle. I did have to work a little harder whipping it (probably twice as much as another soap), but oh man it was the best lather I've had yet!

Prep: Hot shower and washed my face off with Dove's glycerin soap (grape seed/oil scent)
Brush: Simply Beautiful Basic Badger Brush
Razor: Merkur 180 Long handle
Blade: New Astra Blade
Soap: Williams + a shot of glycerin
Scuttle: Robert Beckman with piping hot water microwaved.
Passes: WTG, WTG, ATG + Touchups
Post: Cold water splash, Alum, another rinse, Clubman Pinaud Special Reserve

 

Tuesday

Wash: TSD unscented soap
Lather: TSD unscented wheat cream
Brush: TGN 20mm synthetic in Burma Shave handle
Razor: Gillette fat handled Tech
Blade: Astra SP
After: TSD unscented aftershave milk

Nice, close comfortable shave. The TSD cream was excellent, as always. Second day with the TGN synthetic. Knot is soft, but a little scrubbier than the Mühle black fiber synthetic that I have been favoring lately. Of course, that brush has to be one of the softest experiences around.

Another warm day in Seattle!

 

Razor: Merkur futur
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: 30mm Super Silvertip
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: Cella
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Tabac

 

TSD Iced Energy Shaving Soap
Simpson Duke 3 in Best
Facelather
Merkur Progress
Personna Med Prep
4 passes
BBS
TSD Energy After Shave Splash
TSD Enery Cologne

Fantastic shave and great fragrance. Energy is an outstanding summer fragrance. If you have not tried TSD soap and aftershave products scented with Energy, you really owe it to yourself to give it a try!

 

SOTD Tuesday 8-6-2013

Gillette Super Speed NDC w/Feather
Pre de Provence SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Caswell Massey Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Adidas Dynamic Pulse ASL

Noticed that this is Super Speed Week so I'll get into the flow this morning. (Gives me an opportunity to use and enjoy the great shaves of my SS's.) No worries there!

 

Tuesday morning, August 6, 2013

Schick E2 Injector & Schick blade (1)
Omega 20102 boar & Mitchell's Wool Fat,
warm water & bowl lather for a damn fine shave—
Witch Hazel & Captain's Choice Bay Rum for the finish!

For the Schick E2 Injector, the Chinese Schick blades work the best for my face and provide a most pleasurable shave!


For the Schick E2 Injector, the Chinese Schick blades work the best for my face and provide a most pleasurable shave!

Aces!

 

Tuesday morning travel shave...


First post in quite some time. It isn't that I haven't been shaving, it is just that it has been a very busy summer!

Cheers!

 

Tuesday morning, August 6, 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!

 

Tuesday - SS Week

VDH Deluxe face lathered with Simpsons Special Best Badger
40's SuperSpeed with Feather blade (2)
3 passes and finish with Pinaud Vanilla aftershave

The Feather seems to give me a bit of neck irritation. I also have to say the VDH Deluxe isn't a favorite, it's been a long time since I've used it.

 

Tuesday
Menthol Tuesday

a. Pre: Hot shower, Hot towel, Proraso Menthol PreShave cream
b. Razor: Merkur 38c Barber Pole
c. Blade: Astra SP
d. Brush: Semogue 830
e. Soap: Proraso Menthol cream, scuttle-warmed
f. Shave: 3 passes (WTG,XTG,ATG) + touch-up
g. Post: Cold water rinse & dry; Osage Rub & Nivea balm
I love the warm, yet cooling feel of the scuttle-heated menthol lather! Great way to start the day!
I'm quickly becoming a fan of this Proraso stuff! Darn near BBS!

 

08/06 Tuesday

Hot Shower
Fliods pre-shave oil
Provence
Semogue 1460
Gillette Tech (fat handle)
Wilkinson
Aqua Vela Musk/Proraso
Three passes for great DFS.

 

6.8.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Vintage Bakelite Slant
• Blade: Polsilver SI (5)
• Brush: The BiG Shave LE #90/100 by Semogue
• Cream: LEA mentholated
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Proraso lozione dopobarba

 

Bobcat,
I'm looking at your Flair Tip Super Speed and noticed the end caps (or where the end caps of a super speed should be) on you razor are split. Also, the head heigth appears to be tall as opposed to the flatter heads of the Flair tip SS's (lower head heigth after 1962 I think.) It looks like this is an anomaly. It looks like a Flair tip SS handle on an early (1941) Ranger Tech Head. The solid end caps were added to the Ranger Tech in 1946 and beyond when the '40's style SS's replaced the Ranger Tech. (The head geometry stayed the same but the handle was changed to the '40's SS handle style in 1947. Is there a date code on the bottom plate of your razor? (I'm thinking there isn't any.) At any rate, it really looks like a Ranger Tech Head with a Flair Tip handle. Interesting! Did you get this razor off e-bay? I'm thinking you may have gotten a Frankenrazor there. ?????

 

...or is it simply missing the end caps?

62 SS Flair tip