SoS: June 1, 2015 - June 7, 2015

SOTD 1 June 2015

30 Day Rule with an OC Cadet!



One puck, ten blades, an OC Razor and a huge brush! All month!


Have a great Tuesday!
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Monday

Soap: Maggard unscented
Brush: Bethlehem olive wood HIS synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Gillette SharpEdge, yellow
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

Great shave with my ISZ soap - lots of cooling, and the Alt Innsbruck felt wonderful!

 

SOTD
Tabac Tuesday!
June 2, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: iKon Shavecraft 101
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Omega 10066
Lather: Tabac
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Folsom & Co. Shady Past
Wonderful shave. I really like this Tabac soap, the Omega 10066 seems to be the perfect brush for this soap/jar. iKon SC101 is such a quality razor at a very affordable price. Shady Past is awesome.
A better tomorrow. Takes your best today!

 

Calm
It's been a while since I used Lavanille, and I'm reminded how much I love it. The scent is almost intoxicating and the lather is hard to beat. The Colonel made yogurt quickly and the FatBoy easily handled my stubble. I used the same 9-7-7 as yesterday with similar results. Cologne Russe stung a little more than I expected, but it's all good now.
Prep: Shea Moisture Scrub, Mickey Lee Lime
Soap: B&M Lavanille
Brush: The Colonel
Razor: Gillette FatBoy
Blade: Voskhod
AS: B&M Cologne Russe

 

June 2 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Vie-long Horsehair Brush
Latha SS
'48 Gillette Milord
Stirling Unscented PSB
Latha Post Shave

A second day using cold water shave, and it seems to be really working well. Still a but odd feeling the cold razor on my skin, but u am getting good shaves and less irritation. The Latha was great providing good protection and slickness. It was a good start to the day.

 

Those olive wood brushes are so beautiful! The grain pattern is gorgeous and unique to each one!

 

6/02/15 - A Month Of Proraso!!

A great BBS Shave. Used a little more water to get the slickness I like.

Proraso Green Soap
Semogue Italian Barber LE
Gillette New Improved
Pol-Silver Blade (4)
Proraso Green AS

Got a lot better shave with the razor. Different than the News, in a good way. I like the weight and the handle.

 

tobacco Tuesday
hot water wash with dove+ care
west German woody/ unknown badger knot
rustic shave soap tobacco
Gillette slim(j2)(7)
Ladas(3)
Crusellas tobacco
today's shave was nice. the old knot is very soft, but still makes excellent lather. my birthyear slim have me a very nice three pass shave. finished with Crusellas tobacco, it's very reminiscent of pinaud special reserve.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

beautiful new standard

 

Rudy Vey custom

Atlas s2

Lab blue

Chiseled face easy st for both

 

6/8 Nev-A-Hone
TOBS Coconut SC
homemade badger, 25mm Shavemac pure
I'm in the process of putting some new scales on this one (kinda ATOR style). I'll pin it and polish it when I get the chance. Nice shave today, have a good one. BTW, sounds like my shoulder is toast so I'm going to be limited as to what I can do for awhile.

 

Thanks. It's a nice razor.

 

that's a very nice set-up, I could live with that for a month.

 

Hmmm. Is this a new Standard or New Improved? Or are they the same thing?

Did a little looking up on this. The New Standard is a New Improved. Gillette printed it on the inside of some of the cases. Don't have the case. But by the looks, this razor is in the class of the New Improved.

 

Cream Week for Me-7 Creams in 7 Days

Tuesday-Day 2

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Coate’s Sandalwood Cream
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Platinum (4)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip-24mmx48mm
Aftershave: Chiseled Face-Ghost Town Barber

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

Coate’s Sandalwood Cream today. 5 seconds to load the WD Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. Gillette Platinum in the Slim. Very smooth, close, shave. I finished with Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber.

Bob

 

Nice looking shave. President shave like the Aristocrat?

 

Schick J1 razor
Personna blade
Lord SC
Plisson/L'Occitane brush
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/Sage mix
Pinaud Lime Sec Cologne

Summer is here in SE Louisiana and time to keep using the mentholated creams/soap. BTW, nice shave

 

I am still using the sample of LASS Woody Lavender. A small (I think 2 oz.) sample has lasted me 6 shave so far (3 this week and 3 previously) and I still have at least one shave left. As you get the water/soap ratio closer to optimum, this soap really shines. But, the tolerance between a good and a poor ratio is very small. 3 passes and BBS for me today.

L.A.S.S. woody lavender
rapira stainless
slim adjustable

 

SOTD: Tuesday, June 2
Soap: MW Irish Traveller
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" 2 Band Silvertip
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Polsilver SI (1)
EdC: Creed Green Irish Tweed

Have a great day!​