SoS: January 5, 2015 - January 11, 2015

Sunday 11th January



Warm shower
Hot towel
CRSW Select Winter LE scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
7 O'Clock NEW
Personna Lab Blue (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Aqua Velva Ice Blue aftershave

 

11 January 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft 102 + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP Stubby 2-Band + Oscar11 All-Amber Cavaleiro
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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11 January 2015

Biotique Papaya Scrub & Jergens Face Cream
Klar Kabinett & KMF
M&F 2XL Super
Muhle R41 2013 w/ Sabi handle
Rapira Swedish Super (1)
Mennen SB

This is one smooth blade. Result was a very fine shave.

 

Floral Sunday

Today's shave was courtesy of Geo. F. Trumper's Lilac and TOBS Rose. This made an excellent scent and decently protective and slick lather.

Lilac (Geo. F. Trumper)
Rose (Taylor of Old Bond Street)
Slim adjustable
Voskhod Blade

 

I like the look of those...thank you for the feedback.

 

5/8 T.I.
De Vergulde Hand
homemade boar
Nice shave this morning. I think I'm going to start looking for a T.I. larger than 6/8 but will have to clear some razors out first. Have a good one.

 

Lovely razor!

 

Sunday

Soap: The Shave Den Wheat Cream, unscented
Brush: Mühle VIVO black fibre
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna med prep
After: Cold rinse, shea butter

Nice and comfortable.

 

Nice photo. It must have taken a long time to assemble the puzzle after your shave

 

Have you tried Cella? It's both Italian and smells strongly of almonds.

 

Hi Friends,

here now as promised my Pic from my Shave of the Day.



Greetings
Thorsten​

 

SOTD Sunday 1-11-2015

Gillette Old Type Ball End Brownie
Crystal Blade
Noxema
PC DdC Barbershop SC
GP Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
English Leather Cologne

 

11 Jan 2015
Pre - Corn Huskers
Soap - L' Occitane Cade
Brush - L' Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Razor - L3 Slim Adjustable (4)
Blade - Personna 74* (2)
AS - Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve

Absolutely a great shave. This is by far my current #1 set up and wish I could find a horde of Personna 74*'s to use every day.

 

Love that Pinaud bottle.

 

Thank you.

 

Day 11 - BSG

ATT S1 Kronos

Rapira PL

Plisson

Cade Soap and Balm

Two pass shave with touch ups. DFS. I tried to change from WTG/ATG to WTG/XTG. Did not like this as much. Way more touch ups and no real benefit. Lesson learned. On the plus side, my lather was great! Go Colts!

 

Sunday, January 11, 2015
Proraso Sensitive Preshave
VDH Boar
C. O. Bigelow + 4 drops glycerine
Merkur 34C w/Gillette 7 O'clock Super Platinum (1)
Cold splash, witch hazel, Lab Series balm, TSD AS Milk - Tabac
W/X/A, touch up

This is my standard set up, except the blade. This was my first shave with the SP. Noticeably better than the SS, which, until now, has been my favorite blade. Smoother, less irritation. I can't wait to try it in some other razors.

 

Thorsten, how are you enjoying the shea butter?

 

Hi @celestino
i L-O-V-E it. I use it as much as i can. I apply a good amount of the butter on my face every morning before i go to work. It helps my dry skin through the day and gives a wonderful skin feel. On days where i use a "lighter" hydration for my face (98% pure Aloe Vera Gel), i use my Shea Butter as a "Night Cream". Applying a bit on my face before going to bed, helps to get the skin feeling great all night.

My girlfriend told me, that my pores have changed and my skin looks better..."fresher". So, it seems to work well for me.

I would give it a try.

Even as an Aftershave-"Balm" it works wonders for my skin.

If you are interested, where i bought it...here the link:

http://www.iherb.com/Out-of-Africa-Shea-Butter-Raw-Wild-Crafted-Vanilla-8-oz-227-g/45324#p=1&oos=1&disc=0&lc=en-US&w=Shea Butter Vanilla&rc=2459&sr=null&ic=10

Greetings
Thorsten

 

Sunday Morning Shave

Pre: Shower
Razor: Fat handle Tech
Blade: Feather
Brush: VDH
Soap: Tabac
Post: Old Spice

This is the first time I mixed the Fat handle Tech with a Feather blade, and this was a great combo. It was actually an extremely mild shave! Turns out that I love face lathering Tabac, and the 'go to' aftershave for it seems to be Old Spice, perhaps so I can smell like an old man even more. Had about 4 days of growth and it was a great shave.