SoS: August 19, 2013 - August 25, 2013

SOTD Sunday 8-25-2013

FaTip Grange w/ Voskhod Teflon
TOBS SC - St. James
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
British Sterling Cologne

I gotta' use the TOBS SC more! It's just a great shave cream and gets forgotten in the drawer due to the ease of grabbing a tube of SC instead. It's worth the extra 2 seconds to get out the tub and SC spoon to enjoy this great SC. A great shave with the FaTip Grande and russkie. Enjoy the rest of your weekend Gentlemen!

 

Sun AM Shave:

Rapira Super (2)
Mergress XL
Tabac
Semogue 1305
Florida Water
Pre de Provence Balm

Im not too impressed with the Rapiras. They pull a little more than i would expect a blade right out of the box. Yesterday was the same. Different soap, different razor, same slightly "pully" results. Id expect this at day 3 or 4 and although not horrible, Id like at least 2 perfect shaves out of a blade before feeling it.

 

Saturday's Shave
Razor: Revamped Rhodium Plated Fat Boy
Blade: Israeli Red Personna
Brush: 30mm Super Silvertip
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: Cella
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Captains Choice

Sunday's Shave
Razor: Revamped Rhodium Plated Fat Boy
Blade: Israeli Red Personna
Brush: Amber 28mm TGN finest 2 band
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: Tabac
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Tabac

 

Spoiled rotten Birthday SOTD 08-24-13

* Shower:
• Soap: Davidoff Cool Water Shower Gel
• Shampoo: Head & Shoulders Shampoo with Old Spice scent

* Shave
• Prep: Hot shower, Nivea Face Wash, Every Man Jack Signature Mint Face Scrub, Hot towel
• Brush: Van Der Hagen boar
• Lather: Van Der Hagen Deluxe soap
• Razor: Merkur 23C
• Blade: Feather (3)
• Passes: WTG/XTG/ATG/RXTG
• Post: Warm water rinse, Cold water rinse, T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel pad, Davidoff Cool Water Aftershave Balm, Davidoff Cool Water Aftershave Splash
• Cologne: Davidoff Cool Water EdT

Awesome shave for me today. Super smooth. Pulled out the big guns Davidoff Cool Water products. Near $200 shave today because I deserve it. Perfect BBS smooth. No pics today. Forgot to take one. Have a great day guys.

 

SUNDAY
a. Pre: Hot shower,Hot 2-minute towel, Homemade PSO
b. Razor: Merkur 39c HD 'Sledgehammer'
c. Blade: Merkur Super (Day 3), hand-strop pre & post shave
d. Brush: Whipped Dog 30mm Silvertip
e. Soap: L'Occitane Cade Soap & Speik cream & liquid Glycerin— scuttle-warmed
f. Shave: Three passes and touch-up
g. Post: Cold water rinse & dry; Alum Block & Shea Butter balm

Day 3 with Merkur blade; SMOOOTH & CLOSE Slant Bar shave! BBS!

 

Hi Friends,

today i had another great shave.I love the PannaCrema more and more from shave to shave.Such an awesome,outstanding soap.

So,please take a look at the equipment:

-hot shower
-Gillette Fat Handle Tech
-Gillette Platinum blade (3-passes)
-Nightdivers "Honeystick" custom made brush (TGN 24mm 2-band with 50mm Loft)
-PannaCrema Vetiver
-Proraso Aftershave



I let the picture stand for it´s own...i don´t need more words!!!

Have a great shave,have a great day. Take care of you.

Greetings
Thorsten

 

Thorsten-The more I see your friend's brushes, the more I like them!

 

Shave of the Day, Sunday August 25, 2013
• Prep: Brush soaked in ice water, tepid shower
• Razor: Butterfly Safety Razor in Gun Metal
• Blade: Croma Diamant Stainless
• Brush: Shavemac Limited Edition Shaving Brush 90 with High Density Finest Two-Band Badger Fan Knot designed by Geoff Anderson
• Soap: De Vergulde Hand
• AS: Gillette Cool Wave
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, double splash of aftershave

Today's razor is one of those modern TTO's that you will find being sold under various brand names; Timor, Erbe, SF:Solingen, Frank Shaving, and Weishi. They tend to get a lot of bad reviews from people and I really do not understand why. The build quality is excellent, this particular model is very heavy for it's size, and the mechanics operate very smoothly.

The shave which I get from this modern TTO is better than any vintage TTO that I have owned, and I have owned many. Like any mild razor that I use I had to do three full passes with some light buffing to achieve the the closeness that I wanted.

If I had to rate today's shave I would give it 8.5/10, not bad for a razor that I picked up for next to nothing.

Enjoy your Sunday everyone. Tomorrow is back to the grind after having a week off.

 

I decided to change out the Gem stainless steel blade for a Gem carbon steel just to see how the carbon blade would compare. The stainless steel still has some life in it, so it gets to live in the Clog Pruf for a while.

I started out with a fairly straight forward set up: the restored Made-Rite brush with a pure badger knot, my 1912 with a carbon blade, and some Kell's Ultra Aloe Energy soap, but then I added on. I pulled out the Shave Secret for a preshave oil and decided to make a superlather using the Kell's and some AoS Ocean Kelp. I also decided to use some of my trusty SAL Alum and a dash of AoS Ocean Kelp after shave lotion. What started out as a simple lather and rinse sort of shave ended up being a product extravaganza. The picture does not reflect this change because all of that stuff is a pain to photograph together and because I already took the picture and did not feel like redoing it.

I did a three pass wtg/atg/xtg shave followed by a cold water rinse and my post shave add-ons. The results were a BBS shave with zero nicks and zero irritation. The superlather worked up into a nice creamy result, but the scent of the Kell's Energy overpowered the AoS Ocean Kelp. Next time I'll use some Karo Classic or Local Pig instead. The carbon blade was nice and smooth, but was not significantly different than the stainless steel blade. Overall, this was a good shave. My abilities with SE razors continue to improve and with that improvement my comfort level also increases.

Pre: Hot shower, warm water splash, and Shave Secret
Razor: Gem 1912
Blade: Gem carbon steel
Brush: Made-Rite pure badger
Soap: Superlather of Kell's Ultra Aloe Energy and AoS Ocean Kelp
Post: Cold water rinse, SAL Alum, and AoS Ocean Kelp After Shave Lotion

 

@Bobcat: Thank you. I like it a lot too. Very good qualitiy for a custom made brush.

 

53 is pretty low for that dense of a knot. No issues with it not releasing the lather?

I just checked the bloom on my 2000 after using this morning and it is just shy of 4". It is a little lofty at 59mm, but still my favorite of the Semogue boars. When that knot breaks in, the tips are almost feathery.

 

Sunday morning, August 25, 2013

Schick E2 Injector & Exchange Select blade (8)
Omega 20102 boar bristle brush,
MWF soap, bowl lather & shave—
Captain's Choice Bay Rum rinse, just right!


Wow, simply a fantastic luxurious shave.

Aces!

 

Razor: Toggle @6
Blade: Polsilver (1)
Brush: BF Greenie
Stick: Palmolive
Post: Alum & Thayer's
AS: Krampert's Finest

My second times trying the Polsilver blade, I loathed it the first time but it was great this time.

 

Sunday

Clear essentials unscented glycerin soap
TSD unscented lanolin soap
Oscar11 brush with HIS knot
Gillette fat-handled Tech
Gillette yellow blade
CeraVe lotion

Three passes, very comfortable shave.

 

25.8.2013

• Prep: shower
• Razor: Weber DLC
• Blade: Personna Lab Blue (1)
• Brush: WSP Monarch HMW
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Soap: Mike's Natural Soaps Bay Rum sample
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Old Spice Champion

 

Prep: hot shower, TBS Maca Root Face Wash.
Brush: Vulfix Burlington.
Razor: Schick Krona.
Blade: Viking Sword.
Soap: MWF.
Post: cold water rinse, Thayer's WH Lavender, Captain's Choice Lime.

I haven't used MWF that much. My lathering skills with it are kind of rusty. I still managed to get a decent shave, but it took a little bit more than usual. The lather wasn't as slick as I would like it to be. The Captain's Choice really saved things for me.

 

This is really weird because MWF has lanolin in it and so does Musgo Real cream. The MWF has a lovely and classy scent and it always gave me super-awesome lather, but along with that super-awesome lather came such terrible irritation. I never experienced any of that with the Musgo Real cream. Now, is that strange?

 

That is weird Dodi. My problem with the lather was too much water and not enough soap. I swiped the brush across my neck and noticed that the lather was thin, airy, and had bubbles. More soap fixed that. I really like the light, refreshing scent it gives too.

 

Tour De Mike's​

Hungarian Lavender​

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Conclusion Day 3:

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Once again a truly amazing experience. Lavender's are among my favorite scents and this one is right up there at the top of the list. This variety has such a great clean flowery scent that mixes beautifully with the camphor which can be quite present in Lavender EO's. This soap is a breeze to lather in the wide-mouth tin. The lather it produces has plenty of slickness and makes a top grade in the protection category. Sad to move on from this soap, but I imagine this excellent soap will find a solid place in my rotation for some time. It will also be re-visited when I test all my Lavender soaps in the Lavender Fields competition. Scoring and Summary HERE.

 

Yep...Definitely strange. I find it to be possibly the slickest soap I have tried. Do you soak it prior to using it (while in shower)? You could let it soak in water over a period of say 12 hours. The fat definitely loves water! I did this with some Lavender EO and it whips up a great and super slick lather like a charm.

EDIT: Must have missed your reply about too much water