SoS: May 4, 2015 - May 10, 2015

8 May 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3 Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* Super 3-Band + Oscar11 Black C7
* Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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Friday 8th May



Warm shower
Hot towel
Mikes Barbershop bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Gold Single Ring (1921)
Rapira Swedish (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Aqua Velva Musk aftershave

 

SOTD: Friday, May 8
Soap: MdC Brain Bowl
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" Synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (2)
Aftershave: Floïd Blue

Have a great day!
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a full vintage hardware shave =) cool

 

5/08/15

Knockout Friday!!!

Knockout Shave Cotton
Omega 10066
GEM 1912
GEM PTFE Blade
Aqua Velva

 

Celestino, beautiful!

 

Fridays shave.
First shave with the new to me milord razor. I love the look of these even though they look just like a gold super speed.
It is quite an aggressive razor. At some points I moved using it today. Others not so much. I will have to try it with different blades and give it some time to get use too. Still got a good close shave today.




Pre Shave - Gillette Pre Shave Wash &
Edwin Jagger Hydrating Pre Shave lotion
Razor - Milord
Blade - Wilkinson Sword
Lather - I Coloniali
Brush - Pilsson synthetic
Aftershave - Nivea cooling balm & Old Spice

 

Mike, thank you for your kind words, my friend and I missed your photos the last few days! I hope you are well and that you were just busy.

 

FRIDAY
Final day (Day#7) of 30-Day Focus with this particular razor
After nearly a week of consecutive shaves with this ONE straight razor, I can officially state that Böker made a fine razor—even if this one is at least 80 years old.
Now I do have a soft spot for this one because it was my first SR—the one I learned to shave with—but it remains a smooth, efficient performer. A definite keeper that is always a joy to use.
The Böker is a tough act to follow, but I'll begin tomorrow with another SR to be used for the next 7 days.

Have a blessed Friday all!

 

Mikey likey the TSD stick?
I'm a real fan of them: great lather with a real nice menthol chill (I ordered a stack of them, all 'iced'). EZ to use, too!

 

5/8/15

Prep: hot shower
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Brush: Omega 6214 silvertip
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Rapira Lux (2)
Post: Old Spice Pure Sport

Tried face lathering with the silver tip and it didn't work as well as I might have expected. Ended up going to the bowl prior to the second pass and then it was fine. Face lather was a little thin.

 

I meant to post this yesterday, today's is coming next...
Crabtree & Evelyn's Sienna soap bowl lathered with
Carrington/EverReady 150 Black/Red brush with a TGN Best knot
Grandpa's Gillette T.V. Special SuperSpeed
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum Russian Blue (1)
and Floid Amber aftershave
mmm mmm good!

 

Mongoose B2 Polished / iKon SE
Feather ProGuard (6)
Duke 3 Best
L'occitane Cade
Geltir Scuttle
L'occitane Cade Balm

 

Frey's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock One-X croap
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bic (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (4, 5, 6)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash
Cologne: Le 3e Homme de Caron by Caron

Why is Jasman posting so late? There was a wasp. I managed to avoid the temptation to burn the house down to get it. As to the shave itself: The croap was fantastic, the blade better today than yesterday, and 3 passes were very comfortable, smooth, and BBS close. Great setup for great results.

 

A very nice shave.

Razor: Weber PH w/ Bulldog handle
Blade: Ladas
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Soap: Arko
A/S: Myrsol Emulsion (love it1)



For those curious how it 'ranked' in my highly subjective list here's that:

 

I'm chuckling at your wasp, the other morning my wife woke me up screaming! I thought someone was breaking in... Nope. A moth was flying around our bedroom.

 

My girlfriend is on record as volunteering to protect me from black and yellow flying bugs.

 

razor: shaving factory butterfly
blade: Astra sp
brush: Omega s synthetic
soap: pre de Provence no.63
post: USB/ homemade mix of VIBR/Masters bay rum/ citrus musk/ glycerin

great shave today. this was number 5 shave with this blade and it was starting to get a bit rough. this was the first time I have used shea butter as an aftershave and it seems to work quite well. I spent like $8 on a big container of it and at this rate it will last a lifetime as you only need a little bit. the soap was awesome! I just picked this up recently and I was quite impressed with the scent and performance. the homemade aftershave earned a spot in my rotation. not BBS but a pretty decent shave today.

 

Semogue 620
Vreto Premium Rose-Cedar
Merkur 39c
Feather (1)
Ralon AS

First time with a Feather blade and I'm loving it. Instantly shot to #1 spot.

 

Shave of the day

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

Soap/cream- TIKI Set sail shaving soap

Brush- Plisson synthetic

Razor- Weber polished head all stainless steel

Blade- Astra SP

Post- Cold water rinse, Homemade aftershave lotion, Speick aftershave lotion and Nivea sensitive aftershave balm with 1 drop of M-Bomb

Hmm.. I was VERY VERY exited about the TIKI soap because I live in sweden and haven’t had the chance to try it yet. It was a good performer, but I got a warming/burning sensation from it. I didn’t get red, but I sure felt it. what could that be? it wasn't unbearable, I might try and dilute it with something unscented, maybe its the essential oils. It smells nice, very different scent

Finished off with my own aftershave and Speick, 2 rounds, I did not mix them together =P it felt nice, they both have a hint of menthol but using them after each other enhanced that effect which was nice =D then to finish off with some moisture, I added nivea and while I was at it I used some M-bomb too.

This M-bomb should be in EVERYONES den