SoS: January 12, 2015 - January 18, 2015

TUES. 1/13

RAZOR: '58 Fat Boy
BLADE: SuperMax Platinum
SOAP: Proraso green
BRUSH: WD silvertip
AS: Barbasol Pacific Rush

Shave #4 with the Fat Boy / SuperMax combo. (I figured out what shave I'm on). Opinion on the SuperMax is that it is OK, pretty good, in fact, but doesn't seem to get close enough. Tomorrow a new Astra.

 

Today I combined my favorite soap (Provence Sante) with my favorite Sandalwood cream (OAS Sandalwood) for a wonderfully creamy and scent filled shave. Unfortunately, my Voskhod was a bit over used, so I restrained myself to only 2 passes, which resulted in a decently smooth shave.

Provence Sante
AOS Sandalwood

Slim adjustable
Voskhod blade

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: WSP Rustic Shave Soap-Mahogany
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: 70’s Gillette Spoiler Super Stainless (4)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club Southern Oud

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

Rustic Shave Soap Mahogany today. 20 seconds: load & go with the ER brush. Great, easy lather. Gillette Spoiler still in the NEW. Excellent, smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Country Club Southern Oud.

Bob

 

SOTD
Tuesday, January 13, 2014

Prep: Hot - Warm Shower, Stirling Bath Soap - Coniferous, Nuetrogena Invigorating Face Wash
Razor: IKon 102 Slant w Bulldog Handle
Blade: Bolzano - #2
Brush: Muhle V-2 Silvertip Fibre
Lather: Strop Shoppe - Bay Rum
Post: RazoRock Alum Stick, Dickinson's+ Menthol, Gold Bond Green Lotion
Aftershave - Barrister and Mann Kyovu - Bay Rum

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Charlie, thank you for your kind words and I really enjoyed the composition of your shot!

 

13 January 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft 102 + Weber Bulldog Handle
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro
* Mystic Water Vanilla Sandalwood
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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Most excellent photo. You'll have to tell us how you did this. Thank you.

 

Filarmonica Especial Para Barbas Duras
Muhle V1 synthetic brush
Barristr & Mann Caledonia Rose soap
Pinaud Clubman

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1/13/2015 30 Day - Shave # 13

Prep - Hot Shower
Razor - Mongoose Satin B2
Blade - Kai Mild (1)
Brush - Rubberset 400 with WSP HMW
Lather - Soap Commander Confidence
Post - Witch Hazel and CC Sandalwood AS



Very nice 2 pass shave. Not BBS but pretty close. About the best I care to do on work mornings.

 

Tuesday
hot shower
M&F Chief
Corn Huskers Lotion
Stirling Orange Chill
iKon SC 102 slant,iKon handle/Bolzano (1) My first time with Bolzano,so far I'm liking this one.Very nice shave,BBS face and dome!
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Stirling Orange Chill WH mixed with a pea sized amount of 444
Terre d'Hermes Pure Parfum


Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Oh ya! I'll even make a note on my calender for this one.

6/8 T.I.
TOBS Sandalwood
homemade brush
Nice shave with a vintage T.I. this morning. The TOBS soap has nowhere near the potency (scent) of the cream which is a bit of a disappointment but performance is still good. Have a good one.

 

Wonderful!

 

Thank you for your kind words, Mike!

 

Tuesday 13th January



Warm shower
Hot towel
Stirling Sharp Dressed Man scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Gold fat handle Tech (1950)
Feather (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Old Spice sensitive aftershave

 

13 Jan 2015
Pre - Corn Huskers
Soap - MWF
Brush - WD Silvertip 24/50
Razor - L3 Super speed flair tip
Blade - Ladas (2)
AS - Pinaud Clubman Musk

A couple more firsts again. 1. Superspeed with Ladas, perform excellent together for another great DFS shave. 2. MWF. The stars must have been aligned as I was able to generate plenty of rich, thick lather just like any other soap really. The difference is the performance. Slickest soap I have and post shave is fantastic!

 

I took the picture of my razors with my android phone.



I then open the Photo Lab app, chose the New Reality section, scrolled down to the Autumn Pencil Drawing filter. I picked the picture that I had taken with my phone and pressed the check mark to apply the filter. The Photo Lab app does its magic and saves the file to my phone.

 

SOTD Tuesday 1-13-2015

Gillette Super Speed Flair Tip w/Crystal
Noxema
Tiki 7 Seas SC (I love this stuff!)
GP Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
Pinaud Draggon Noir ASL (This too!)

 

Tyr's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Soap: Stirling Coconut Lime/Godrej Lemon-Lime Fresh uberlather
Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC Nickel
Blade: Asco SS (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG (3, 4)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock Cumba Cheech AS lotion
Cologne: Burberry Brit by Burberry

Another uberlather today, to finish up the last of the Stirling Coconut Lime sample. Combined with the Godrej, the lather was particularly voluminous, if not as slick as when I combined it the Speick. Perhaps because of this, or perhaps because the Asco dulled more quickly than I anticipated, 2 passes weren't quite as close today as 2 passes yesterday, though I'd still call the results a DFS, and I still avoided bloodshed or irritation.

 

Day 13 BSG

ATT S1 Kronos

Rapira PL

Plisson

Cade Soap and Balm

3 pass DFS today with no touch ups. I pushed the ATG a little too much on my lip. A little redness, but nothing too bad.