SoS: March 23, 2015 - March 29, 2015

Astra SP was the first blade I put in my arsenal. Voskhods are my favorite and I think they are comparable, but the Voskhods last a bit better and are sharper, at least to me. The Platinum Lux is nice, as well as Ladas. All blades I keep on hand. The 7 o'clocks don't agree with me. No St. Petersburg Russian blades for me, all Moscow blades.

 

Razor.. Gillette new
Blade.. rapira platinum lux
Brush.. restored rubberset
Soap.. pre de provence

 

Sorry I am a noob so dont know where anything is made but I get one more shave from the Voskhod's over the Astra SP's (4 vs 3) and found the Voskhod's about the same price point! I remember now that I have a few Russian tucks sitting here from you generosity in the PIF I was picked from! Thx. for those and I havent used any cause I have some singles to tryout first!

I am going to test a Ladas next to see how that fairs and to see how it might compare the the Voskhod's. I would really like to get to one blade only kinda setup! I know, good luck with that right? LOL

 

Beautiful!

 

Planed SOTD for Sunday 29Mar15

Left to Right Back-row:"Old Corps"& "Oscar 11" Custom 28/65mm TGN Finest Badger F-2 Knot Resin Handle Brush VDH Luxury Mug Set, Captain's Choice Cat O' Nine Tails
Left to Right Front-Row: Shave Secret Shaving Oil,Wilkinson Sword DE Blades White Container, ATT R-1 88mm Kronos Handle ** {This Razor is used but not always in my Rotation}, RazoRock Ultimate Aftershave.



Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Tea Tree Bath Soap, Neutrogena Men Invigorating Face Wash
Deodorant: Mennen Speed Stick * Wet wash cloth soaked in Cold Water
Shaving Mug: VDH Luxury Mug
Shaving Soap: VDH Deluxe Shave Soap
Razor: ATT Atlas R-1 88mm Kronos Handle
Blade: Wilkinson Sword DE Blade (1)
Brush: "Old Corps"& "Oscar 11" Custom 28/65mm TGN Finest Badger F-2 Knot Resin Handle Brush
Aftershave: Stirling Cat O' Nine Tails A/S

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard). Start with a new Wilkinson Sword Classic Razor Blade. I will also Face Lather again tomorrow, I will wipe face off with Ice Cold Wet Wash Cloth. I will be shaving with Cold Water. Hopefully it will result in another DFS-BBS, with "No Nicks or Weepers".

 

Is there alcohol in the witch hazel from Stirling?

 

Sunday Morning Shave
Razor: Gillette Red Tip
Blade: Rapira Super Stainless (8)
Brush: Isana Men Pure Badger
Soap: Arko + Ylang Ylang EO
AS: Barbon

Excellent BBS! No weeper,nick or irritation. Rapira SS is above my expectations. It lasts really long and still sharp.

 

Sunday, March 29, 2015 (Planned shave)
WD synthetic
T.O.B.S. Sensitive Cream
Merkur 34C w/Gillette 7 O'clock SP (3)
Cold rinse, witch hazel, Neutrogena Triple Protect Face Lotion

Have a blessed Palm Sunday! I'm finishing a sermon series on the Covenants (how God chooses to relate to us), so the sermon won't be Palm Sunday-ish, but the music and other readings will.

 

Congratulations to your daughter!

 

Congrats to your daughter.

 

I really like the brush. You did a great job on the restoration.

 

03/29/2015
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – GEM 1924
Blade –CVS GEM
Brush –Rudy Vey with Shavemac Finest
Lather – MdC
Post - Witch Hazel and Dove AS Balm



A pretty good 3 pass shave this morning. Not sure if it is the razor, the blade or the nut holding the razor but I ended up with several weepers and irritation on my neck between my Adams apple and chin. Much different shave than the Feather Weight I tried earlier. I have ordered some coated blades that should arrive Monday afternoon. Think I am going to try this again with a different blade.

 

Sunday (Birthday Shave):

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock One-X croap
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Big Ben Super Stainless (purple wrapper) (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (1, 2, 3)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash
Cologne: Aoud Forest by Montale (sample)

I had to take my brand new RazoRock razor for a test-drive this AM, and decided to pair it with more RazoRock products. After a solid month of building lather with the Ginger's Garden soap, the RazoRock croap's look on the brush was a significant difference, but it lathered just as easily as I remembered; the menthol was hard to detect, but after the Grass Stain Menthol Snow for 30 days (minus no-shave days) that's not a surprise. The Bamboozled Rake is easily the largest and heaviest DE razor I own, since the 41c and FaTip Piccolo are relatively tiny, but it was easy and instinctive to find the right balance point in my hand. I took a page out of @GDCarrington's playbook by loading the Big Ben into a new razor, and found the pairing very good. The Bamboozled RAKE is notably more aggressive than the 41c, while being considerably more forgiving than the Piccolo. At no point did I find myself having to readjust the angle or pressure because it threatened to bite me; I even was able to go ATG without any bloodshed or hot spots, a rarity for me particularly on a blade's first day. BBS results with a razor that could easily move to the top spot in my den.

 

Smooth Sunday
In an effort to bring spring, I went with Ferox today. I don't think it worked since its 19°F. Thankfully, Ferox does make for a great shave. The lather was excellent as usual and der Vorschlaghammer took no prisoners among my stubble. I wanted to avoid strongly scented aftershave at church, so I went with Shea Moisture Elixir - subtle grapefruit scent but very effective skin care.

 

Happy Birthday!!

 

Happy Birthday! Enjoy your day!

 

happy birthday jasman

 

SOTD
March 29, 2015
Face & Head shave
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Sputnik
Brush: Red & Black acrylic Silvertip 22/50mm
Lather: RR Mudder Focker
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: RR One X
My shaves with the iKon SC101 and Sputnik have been excellent, no need to change things up. Mudder Focker is my favorite of the RR soaps. I really like this RR One X aftershave, I should get the soap. Baseball starts in a week! Let's go Giants! Raise the flag!
Go out and get it

 

awesome kit, hey.. do you use the open comb or the close comb side?

 

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Bulldog Original face wash, sandalwood bar soap

Soap/cream- Haslinger schafmilch rasierseife mit Schafmilk & Lanolin

Brush- Semogue boar 1470

Razor- Merkur 37c

Blade- Rapira super stainless

Post- Cold water rinse, Pinaud Clubman vanilla Classic aftershave lotion and Nivea original mild aftershave balm

It was a long time ago since I used this soap and I remember it was slick as hell. And… It was! Man I got a nice shave. I might have gotten a little to close on some places, but I’m not feeling any razor burn.

The semogue whipped up a good lather, I overloaded today because the last time I lathered with my semogue I didn’t have enough lather for 2 full passes, but today i did HEHE it actually took a good while longer to lather because I loaded so much =P hey, I got enough soap for 5-10 years why be stingy? =P

The rapira performs well, and I have found the best way yo clean the ”soul patch” area. I dont get that close enough and my girlfriend pointed it out, i thought I was getting away with it hahaha. But she made me realize I should maybe try to approach that area in a different way. So I went diagonally and VOILA all gone =D