SoS: April 6, 2015 - April 12, 2015

Fourth day with the Tradere OC and it continues to amaze and delight.

It was also the very first time I used the VDH Deluxe soap today.
I must admit my feelings towards the soap can be summed up like:
"If I had to I could easily shave with it - but there was nothing about the soap (scent or performance) that would make me deliberately pick it ahead of a number of other soaps I have".

Razor: Tradere OC, 2nd gen
Blade: Personna
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Soap: VDH Deluxe
A/S: Myrsol Blue followed by some Anherb

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Thursday:
hot shower w/Plain Jane & Co Masculine Musk bar soap
Homemade PSO
Gillette Slim (9) 2+ passes
Rapira Swedish Supersteel (5)
GFT Spanish Leather cream in a warm bowl
Long Handled boar
Thayers unscented w/aloe
GFT Spanish Leather AS (sample)

A little too much gung in my gung-ho this morning and I ended up with enough lather for two men and a boy. Another great shave with a Rapira S/S. Usually I retire a blade after 4 or 5 shaves but this one doesn't feel like it's done yet.

 

That's my opinion of VDH too. It's good soap, and adequate...but fails to provide any standout qualities. But a good product nonetheless.

 

Given your brush collection, you want a few amber scented soaps!

 

Friday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shave Soap
Semogue 1305 Boar Brush
Gillette Fatboy F2
Sputnik Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Pinaud Vegetal

The Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Semogue 1305 Boar Brush. Two passes with my Gillette Fatboy razor and a Sputnik Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Lemon WH and then Pinaud Vegetal after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

This is the last shave with the fatboy for my Adjustable Month. Next, the Schick M is up for ten days.

 

That OC looks like a Gillette "Old" to me from the picture. I have an "Old" OC and it gives me a rough shave. I've worked on it by "riding the cap", and that seems to help. But I dont pick it up very often.

 

You make some very fine brushes Doug! Thanks for the post

 

I just recently got a puck of the VDH Deluxe but haven't used it yet. I've only used the VDH Luxury, and like it. Admittedly, I don't have a big selection to chose from that I've tried though (3). Hopefully this weekend I'll use the Deluxe and can do a comparison.

 

SOTD - Thursday, April 9, 2015

Shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: Ever-Ready 115, 20mm TGN 2-band finest
Soap: MdC Fougere
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Voskhod (1)
Aftershave: Floid SE Mentolado Vigoroso

 

SOTD 4-9-15

Razor: ATT M2 with Bulldog handle
Blade: Astra SP (3)
Soap: Arko stick
Bowl: Steel
Brush: VDH Boar

Preshave was just face wash with warm water and post shave was rinse with warm water then some cold water splashes and pat dry!

Shave was great, an easy DFS with no nicks or irritation.

Razor: Decided to tryout the M2 plate again and it worked just fine! No complaints!

Soap: This is my goto soap, I put it aside to test others and not sure why! This Arko just works amazingly well with not to much effort and gives great lather and protection during passes. All you have to do is rub stick on your damp/moistened face then grab the brush and face lather it. Repeat for each pass, so simple but so good!

Please feel free to leave comments on any items used as I enjoy reading them to see what others say about the gear I am using/trying out!

Thx.

 

stash, I'm either reading your post wrong or your mixed up on nicknames.
there is a long comb in the pic, can't tell, but looks like a long comb old. they tend to be aggressive. gotta use an easy hand with them.
but dial it in, and you'll have a very nice shave.
tech are much easier going.

 

Its probably me that got it wrong. Going on photos in SOTD and trying to put names with razors... This is the one I used.

 

that's a old type ball end. yeah, it's not known for mildness.
but it will deliver a nice shave.
good looking razor.

 

April 10 Plans

Stirling Sheep facial soap
Merkur 37C slant bar razor
Feather blade (day 1)
Omega 10098 professional boar brush
Arko shave stick & glycerin
Two passes
Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Nivea Sensitive Post-Shave balm

I enjoyed tons of slick and protective lather this morning simply by paying more attention and taking more time. The glycerin improves the mix as well. I keep adding water slowly (even after I think it has enough) and working it in until I see the very first signs of thinning. Then, I'm ready to shave...and the shave is great.

Grace and Peace!

 

Thank you.

 

Thats a Gillette New Style Ball End open comb. One like that was my first razor ever.

 

been admiring your brushes, nice work.

 

Thanks for the tips, I have two other OC(long and short) that I thought were New style.

 

old

New


the new's blade was aligned by a bar inside the head
the old type had alignment pins

 

Friday morning's planned action:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Sharp day 5
Chiseled Face Cryogen SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
YSL Pour Homme EdT

After this morning's shave which felt like my face was on fire (in a good way!) I decided to repeat this experience for a second consecutive time. This Cryogen soap lathers like a wild beast and in no time your brush has enough soap on it for five passes. I'm still in shock at how damned frigid this stuff is - ok, it's not ten times colder than the Glacials but there's definitely a detectable difference. Thank goodness this soap offers very good skincare. My Gold Bond is such wonderful moisturizer and let's see how cold the Penguin will make me feel afterwards. The Sharp blade is still doing a good job.

A great weekend to all in advance!