SoS: December 29, 2014 - January 4, 2015

Friday 2nd January



Warm shower
Hot towel
CRSW Select Sandalwood scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Aristocrat Junior, Rocket head (1953-54)
Rapira Platinum Lux (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Boots Freshwood aftershave

 

SOTD January 1, 2015



First shave of the year, and it was a great one! I just received a 100-pack of Gillette 7 O'clock Yellow blades so I used one of these... It is one of my top 3-4 types of blades.

The Standard Razor continues to impress me. Very smooth shave, without too much irritation and no nicks or cuts at all.

The Elizabeth Street cream from The New York Shaving Company is a good performer and lathers very easily -- maybe too easily. I feel a little "cheated" when I use it, just like I do with my TOBS sandalwood cream or my Bigelow Proraso cream because I don't need to whip it in a bowl or use a brush with backbone. It just seems so much more satisfying to face-lather with my Wilkinson stick or Arko stick, or whip up a lather with B&M lather or MWF or Maggard's Limes and Bergamot.

Still, I had a fantastic shave. The only real drawback was that the New York Shaving cream clogs quite a bit, requiring more frequent rinsing or swishing.

Modern razors are definitely taking the lead for me lately. Between the Standard, the Phoenix, my EJ89, my 37C slant, and my Maggard MR6B, I'm mostly rotating through modern razors these days and putting most of the vintage razors on the back burner. Except for the '41 Ranger Tech and '40 Milord... Those are still my favorites out of my entire collection.

Happy New Year to everyone! Here's to a great 2015.

Eric

 

Friday

Prep: wash with glycerin soap
Soap: Barrister & Mann unscented
Brush: Bethlehem olive with HIS knot
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Super Iridium
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

Always feels great to take off a two day stubble! Very smooth and comfortable.

 

SOTD
Friday, January 2, 2014

Prep: Hot - Warm Shower, Stirling Bath Soap - Barbershop
Razor: IKon 102 Slant with iKon Bulldog Handle
Blade: Astra SP - #1
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip - 30X55
Lather: Crabtree & Evelyn - Nomad
Post: Razo Rock Alum Stick, Aloe Vera Toner, Witch Hazel+, Gold Bond Green Lotion
Aftershave: HTGAM Cologne/Aftershave - Gondolier

 

Friday
hot shower
Savile Row 3824
Somersets PSO
Mike's Natural Hungarian Lavender SS
iKon SC 102 slant,iKon handle/Sputnik (1) Started off with a lil drag,then as the shave progressed the Sputnik smoothed out some.Not sure about this one however the results were very good,BBS face and dome.I thought I would have some irritation but so far,so good.
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Fine American Blend ASL
YSL Rive Gauche pour Homme

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Jan 2 - 2015​

Gillette Rocket / Super Max (1)
Proraso Blue Cream
NGT Pure Badger
Retinol Men ASB
Pinaud Clubman
A very good shave except for my carelessness. I found a pimple I did not know I had under my lip and shaved the top off of it. I was surprised at that and the razor slipped a little and I gave myself a small slice. Neither one needed the styptic and the shave was very smooth and ended uup BBS. Jasper felt better today and made it into the photo.
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Thanks!

The brush was my first quality Silvertip I had every purchased and you can't pass up a Fatboy. Many thanks to @PanChango (Dale) for the Klar Kabinett PIF it is a fantastic soap and @JR Reyes sent me the mug for Christmas. All in all a DFS this morning.

 

Lovely pic, Mark!

 

2 January 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft 102 + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Mystic Water Vanilla Sandalwood
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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Nice photo, where was it taken?

 

59' Fatboy on 8
Gillette silver blue
Vintage Fuller brush
Proraso Green
Pinaud Clubman

 

SOTD Friday 1-2-2015

Maggard MR3 w/Walgreens Stainless Blade
Noxema Classic Clean
Arko SS
GP Scuttle
VDH Deluxe Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
Walgreens Old Spice knockoff

Dime store shave this morning. Getting back to basics; it doesn't take a lot of money to get a great shave.

 

2 January 2015 Shave

A very nice shave again with the Schick J3 / Gillette Twin Edged Blade combination. Solid performance was provided by the Matador "croap" and synthetic brush combination.

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Doble Temple
De Vergulde Hand
homemade handle, Shavemac knot
This Shavmac has potential, it's their lowest grade hair, pure. I picked up the knot for around $62 shipped and really enjoy the way this knot performs. I'd call the hair a bit on the coarse side and a little scruffy but not prickly. I think I'll end up brush I'm pretty fond of. Nice shave today. Have a good one.

 

2 Jan 2015
Pre - Corn Huskers
Soap - Li Occitane Cade
Brush - Li Occitane Plisson
Razor - Rockwell 6S (#3 plate)
Blade - Astra SP (1)
AS - Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve

First time using the new Rockwell razor. Passable shave, not real close do to new razor and the noise. This audible feedback on this LOUD, reminded me of when the barber uses a straight on my neck. No cuts, scraps and no sting with alum block. Working on a complete review and will post separately.

 

Very nice. I would be worried that I drop it in the water and lose it for good.

 

My first shave with the Arlington cream. Nice enough but I think I prefer the Marlborough fragrance. Also, I noticed the lid design is different from my other D.R. Harris products.
D.R.Harris Arlington cream
Rooney Heritage Stubby 3 brush (soon to be on BST. I want a smaller one)
Gold Gillette Fat Handle Tech
and fast becoming my favorite in-production blade, Rapira Swedish Super Steel (5)
L'Occitane Baux balm

 

Very nice setup

 

How do you like the 4711?
I can pick up a pack of the aftershave and cologne - both big bottles - for about $25 and curious how it is

 

Love your photos. Shaving pr0n