SoS: December 1, 2014 - December 7, 2014

SOTD: Stealth Travel Edition III

Speick cream
Plisson L'occitane Synthetic
RazoRock Stealth Slant razor
Personna (Walgreens) blade
Speick AS

 

Thursday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: WSP Rustic Shaving Soap-Mahogany
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (3)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip-24mmx48mm
Aftershave: Fine Platinum

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Rustic Shaving Soap Mahogany today. 20 seconds: load & go with the WD brush. Easy, excellent lather. Personna Med Prep in the NEW SC. Incredible, smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished Fine Platinum.

Bob

 

Revisor 8/8
Oscar11 H.I.S. brush
Pannacrema Namaste soap
Myrsol K

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4 December 2014

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Graphite Black
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber C7
* Mystic Water Jeff's Lavender
* Unrefined Shea Butter




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SOTD
December 4, 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: Gillette Ball End Tech 1966 L2
Blade: Ladas
Brush: Omega Pro 49
Lather: MdC
Post: Alum. Dickinson WH
Aftershave: Stetson. Axe Shield Sensitive
I noticed Kevin used the Pro 49 with MdC, so I gave it a try. Wow! I was rewarded with a pile of creamy lather. The Gillette Ball End Tech will be back into the rotation soon.
Go out and get it!

 

I interested to here your blade comparison.

 

Tomac SSS does kind of sound like a jet plane doesn't it? The Tomac Super Stainless Steel are actually re-branded Gillette Spoilers and I lucked into them around a year ago on ebay. Bought the 1st 100 on ebay for $8.00, decided to look up the specs on the Tomac and that is when I found out they were re-branded Spoilers. Went back to the seller and bought the last two hundred that he still had available at the time for another $20. I have found I can get at least a dozen shave with one of these blades and with two of them have reached 20 shaves. Helps that since I started using PSO I only need two pass shaves 90% of the time.

 

Thursday
hot shower
Shavemac Custom 167,2 band,do1,fan
Corn Huskers Lotion--Great as a prep,my face,dome and hands haven't felt this good in winter.
TSD 2X Iced Neroli Lanolin Stick ---nice and frosty
Gillette Ranger Tech/Super Iridium (2)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Stirling MITA WH mixed with a pea sized amount of 444
Histoires de Parfums 1740 Marquis de Sade


Very frosty shave,face and dome BBS!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Sweet looking blade!

 

I know exactly what you mean. I have the same issue. Less passes, no pressure, and good prep have helped me with the source of irritation.

 

SOTD ~ Thursday, December 4, 2014​

Prep: Hot/Warm Shower, Mike's Natural Bath Soap - Pumpkin Spice
Razor: '49 Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Bolzano - #3
Brush: Simpson Commodore X - 3
Lather: Al's Shaving - Sapone' da Barba
Post: Alum Stick, Witch Hazel+, Aloe Vera Toner
Aftershave: Al's Private Stock - Shave Balm
Cologne: Brooks Brothers - 1818


Had a great shave today. Al's Sapone da Barba floral barber shop scent is fantastic in the morning. The shave balm was muy soothing too. Wrapped it up with some BB 1818 and I'm ready to go.
Shave on gents!

 

Thanks Guy, that's some great information. The Gillette spoilers were great blades and I think one of the last DE blades Gillette made back before they went with the carts. I think they sold the manufacturing tooling to India or Russia when they stopped making blades in the US. I wonder if someone is making them (the spoiler equivalent) under a different name from another country that can be purchased today and what that brand name is? It sounds like the Tomac SSS line is discontinued. (?)

 

Thursday 4th December



Warm shower
Hot towel
Shannon's Bay Spice scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Single Ring (Made in Canada 1908-09)
Astra SP (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Old Spice Sensitive aftershave

 

SOTD Thursday 12-4-2014

Gillette NEW LC "Copper Top" w/Crystal
Noxema
TOBS SC - St. James
GT Scuttle
Omega Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
British Sterling

 

Thusday

Prep: wash with CeraVe cleanser
Soap: Mike's Natural unscented
Brush: Oscar11 with HIS knot
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Super Iridium
After: Cold rinse, witch hazel, CeraVe lotion

 

SoTD, Thursday, Dec. 4, more Gemology.

Soap- Bearded Jack's Eucalyptus Lavender
Brush- Erskine
Razor- Gem bullet tip Micromatic
Blade- cvs
Rinse- Osage
Aftershave- Avon Leather
Lotion- score
Cologne- Cordovan



Another Gem, another great shave. I found this Micro to be a touch milder than the G-Bar from yesterday. But it also have me a 2 pass bbs shave. So results are quite similar. I like the Bullet Tip quite a bit, but I didn't connect with it as strongly as I did with its older brother, the OCMM.
The Bearded Jack's soap continues to wow me. Great fragrance, and fantastic lather. All in all, a good shave day. Not an earth shaker or anything, but a good start to the day.

 

Hot shower
Fatboy
Feather blade
Proraso Green Tea & Oatmeal
Vulfix brush
WTH, XTG and ATG with particular attention to the neck

Finished with generic witch hazel and Clinique post-shave soother

Day off, enjoying it!!

 

December 4
First shave with the Aristocrat. A great shave loaded with A Feather with 4 or 5 shaves on it. It week take a spot in my rotation.
Aristocrat / Feather
Proraso Green
Vintage Simms boar
Lavender Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva Musk

 

Lucky Tiger! Solid old school stuff!

 

I hope so...thinking of and praying for you! Hope this gets resolved soon...