SoS: September 8, 2014 - September 14, 2014

9/10/2014

Prep: Hot shower with L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash, home made PSO
Razor: Star Pat. 1912, French Fau Frame Back straight razor
Blade: GEM PTFE coated SE (1)
Brush: Turkish #6
Soap: Tabac
After: Home made ASB, Tabac after shave
Cologne: Tabac Eau De Cologne

Everything came together for a Darn Fine Shave + this morning. The Tabac products never let me down.

Have a blessed day!

 

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: Gillette Trac II
Blade: Gillette Trac II
Lather: C.O. Bigelow
Brush: Omega Boar Travel Brush
Post: Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Floid Amber/Old Spice Mixture

Same setup as yesterday. Still traveling today, but I'll be glad to get home to my good razors. I face lathered today; something that I rarely do. It went well and I finished with a pretty good shave.

Have a great day!

 

excellent shave. Now I remember why nothing beats the Fat.

 

Razor: iKon Slant
Blade: Personna Med Prep (D7)
Brush: FS Faux Horn 24mm Pur-Tech
Bowl: Turkish 5” Copper Bowl
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Bay Rum w Lime
Shave Soap: TSD Signature (Bay Rum w Bergamot)
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Dominica Bay Rum​

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Filarmonica 14 Sub Cero
Oscar11 H.I.S. brush
Proraso pre shave
MdC soap
Rose of Bulgaria shave cream
Myrsol Plastic Shave

 

Wednesday
hot shower
Shavemac custom 167,2 band,d01,fan
3P PPB
TSD SOTQ Fudge Brownie Lanolin Soap ,every time I use this,I get a craving for brownies and I don't have a sweet tooth
Gillette Ranger Tech/Iridium Super (3)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Stirling Orange Chill WH
Nasomatto Pardon edp

Great shave,BBS all around,face and dome!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

SOTD Wednesday 9-10-2014

7/8 DA, Full Hollow, Round Point/Hart Cocobolo
Proraso PSC
Tabac SC
Georgetown Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Gold Bond Moisturizing Lotion
British Sterling

Early start this morning. Riding to the Coast for a meeting. Great day for 5 hours of riding! It is going to feel great to be "in the Wind" again. Have a great Hump Day Gentlemen!

 

Tuesday 09.09.2014

Yesterday’s shave was provided by The Shave Den’s Wheat Shaving Cream in its Signature formula, and it did an outstanding job.
Although it had some help from the KAI blade, it get most of the credit. The KAI blade had seen better days and was noticeable less sharp than the previous day. In this regard it mimics the Feather, but the degradation was still less pronounced than what I am used to from the Feather blade.

I picked a boar brush for this occasion, and it is very clear to me that I need to do this more often. I have four boar brushes, but dislike three of them. My favourite is my first brush, the Proraso/Omega brush. I can still smell the swine in this brush, so I guess it is needless to say that this brush is under-utilized.

Face Soap: Bulldog Face Wash
Razor: Edwin Jagger de89
Blade: KAI (3)
Cream: TSD Wheat Shaving Cream – Signature Scent
Brush: Proraso Boar
Aftershave Lotion: Krampert’s Bay Rum

 

I had to click on it a few times to "see" it. Now I'm dancing around the pool with my wife. Thanks for the vibe!

 

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

S.O.T.D.

Cool Shower
Cold River SW Shampoo Bar - Head & Face
1970 Long Handle Black Beauty
Polsilver SI
Omega 10098
Kell's Original Hemp/Aloe - Dragon's Blood
OSMA Alum Block
Thayer's - Cucumber and Aloe Witch Hazel
Fine Fresh Vetiver
Clubman Talc



Have a great day!

 

That is a Beautiful Razor!

 

that's a good looking razor

 

Sounds like a nice soap. TSD soaps are getting nice comments.

Which are the other brushes and why do u dislike them? =P

 

I have no idea what I'm looking at, since I have zero experience with straights, and have never even touched one before to my knowledge... But that thing is gorgeous.

 

Great shave today. My latest acquisitions are starting to earn the spot in the rotation.



Pre: Shower, Neutrogena Face Wash, Noxzema.

Brush: VDH badger

Lather: homebrewed blend of Williams mug shaving soap + B&BW White Citrus EdC... Made into a puck in a Teavana storage tin (more on this in an upcoming Topic).

Razor: vintage Schick Krona.

Blade: CVS store brand (Mfg. by Personna, I believe).

Post: Cold water; Razorock Alum Block; C.O. Bigelow Dr. Galen Herbal Witch Hazel Skin Tonic No. 010

After: Homebrewed White Citrus (an 8:1 blend of Clear Head by Head Blade as a base + Bath & Body Works White Citrus Eau du Cologne).

Super-close 3-pass head shave - ATG, WTG, XTG - with the "new to me" Krona (wish I knew what year it was made) and a new CVS blade. My homebrewed (hacked, rather than home brewed, technically) soap and aftershave both worked like a charm... Nice thick lather with a citrus scent.

As an aside (I'm fond of asides, in case you couldn't tell), I typed this on an iPhone. Which unhelpfully tried to correct "Williams mug soap" into "Williams muff soap." Which I believe is something else entirely.

Also, autocorrect tried to change "soap and aftershave both worked like a charm" into "soap and aftershave broth worked like a charm." For the record, I did not make a broth out of the Eau du Cologne.

 

You don't have to be an expert to appreciate the graceful lines on that particular razor. These 'lines' were one of the main reasons I choose to restore this razor as the condition of the blade at the time was pretty wretched.

 

Speaking of autocorrect, I cannot count the number of times I've discovered that I've used an aftershave blame in my morning shaves....

 

What I do is use notes? I have a page for my gear, for SOTD, even blade usage. Works for me

 

Auto correct tries to help with bad grammar, but it just makes it worse.