SoS: June 8, 2015 - June 14, 2015

Sunday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Reef Point-Peerless
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue SP (2)
Brush: oscar11 Boar-25mmx60mm
Aftershave: Country Club-Sweet Water

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

Reef Point Peerless today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 Boar. Great, easy, thick, lather. 7 O’Clock Blue SP in the Fatboy. Great smooth, close, shave. I finished with CC Sweet Water.

Bob

 

half hour of peaceful reflection, playing with my toys, before the hectic elements of life flood my day. sounds pretty lucky to me.

 

Seriously? Over 15 minutes whipping up a lather? If I have to spend more than 5 minutes on a puck, I'm tossing it.
Not trying to be offensive, but you either need to consider a new soap or changing up your lather building skills.

 

Sunday 14th June





Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Ferox bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW LC
Sputnik (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lemon witch hazel
Myrsol Lemon aftershave

 

SOTD: Sunday, June 14
Soap: Mike's Peppermint & Rosemary
Brush: Semogue Owners Club Boar (1)
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Polsilver SI (3)
Aftershave: Alt-Innsbruck

Have a great day!​

 

June 14 2015 SOTD

Prep: Shower…then hot facecloth followed by homemade Lavender EO pre-shave oil
Soap: Proraso White
Razor: Fendrihan DE closed comb
Blade: Feather
Brush: Parker Badger
Aftershave: Hot facecloth followed by Lavender Witch Hazel
Aftershave balm: Shea Butter

I had such great success with the Proraso White yesterday I thought I would try for a repeat performance. Again this is a fine soap...great lather, good lubrication. The faint hint of menthol is a treat. No complaints. If only everything in life were this easy....

 

Sunday

Soap: Mike's Natural unscented
Brush: Napa Soap black fiber synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Feather
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

Thanks. Today was the ninth time I have used it but I do not think this one is for me. Beautifully built, super easy to clean but I like razors a little more on the aggressive side.

 

MDC w TOBS Almond
Rapira Swedish blade
slim adjustable

3 passes for a good, not great shave

 

Are your razors spelling out a secret code?

 

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Warm Shower, Mystic Water Soap - Marrakesh, Neutrogena Face Scrub
Gillette New Long Comb
Bolzano #4
Dark Holler Butterscotch Marble
Proraso Red Sapone'
Alum Block, Stirling's Black Ice Witch Hazel, Organic Shea Butter
Chilled Proraso Aftershave Lotion


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today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
@clint64 customized rubberset 400/ whipped dog high mountain white
Maggard chai tea
Muhle r41
Ladas(4)
pinaud clubman musk
today's shave was super nice.(two exceptional ones in a row). the 400/wd is a lather making machine, yet is soft and pillowy on my face.(lovin my custom brushes lately). three passes of the r41, smooth as glass. finished it off with clubman musk.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

did you add menthol to the Proraso, or did you actually make it cold?

 

Sunday Shave

Pre: Shower
Razor: Merkur 23c
Blade: Voskhod
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Plisson Synthetic
After: Clubman Special Reserve

A real great shave. A surprising BBS. I'm still trying to get used to the Plisson brush.

 

Both, added menthol crystals and kept in the refrigerator. Chilled Proraso has a little extra kick.

 

Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Personna 74 (1)
Soap: Tabac (1)
Brush: Oscar11 Marigold
Finish: cold water and Thayer's original
AS: Dollar Tree Fresh

The cheap Dollar Tree AS is great. Only con is it needs menthol.

 

If you don't like the Plisson I can help you out and take it off your hands

 

World Tournament of Blades - Russia vs. the World!!
June 14, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Omega Pro 48
Soap - Arko
Razor - '59 Superspeed
Blade - (1)
Post - Alum, Nivea Balm

Next round....the Treet Platinum is up first. A familiar blade from Pakistan it is a stainless steel blade from a manufacturer who continues to make a number of carbon blades. Since I had used this blade before (and since the Lord Platinum was HORRIBLE when I tried it), I substituted it in after making the bracket. I remember it as being a pretty good blade and a number of people use it regularly across the various forums.

Gear for the day - the 1959 Superspeed...yes I grabbed the right one this time....and Arko with the Pro 48. Shouldn't be a problem getting lather or a shave. And, as usual, the Arko and 48 produced a great lather in a hurry. Here we go. First pass was quite comfortable and effective. Blade is sharp but again not over the top sharp. Smooth feel to it and overall a very nice pass. Lathered up for the second pass and went XTG. Again good results, smooth feel, no real issues. Went for a final neck pass and found it comfortable even in a Gillette Slide. I did notice feeling some irritation by the time I finished. Result was a DFS. The alum, well it let me know that I had shaved. Like almost all Platinum blades this one left me a bit burned by the alum. Not the worst though.

Scoring - Sharpness I have to give it a 1. I know a lot of my blades have had a 1 but I'm not grading a 1 as Feather sharp, just a sharp enough blade to get a really good first pass and quick reduction on the second. This one has it. Smoothness, again a 1. Nice feel. Irritation...definitely some there so a 2. Can't ignore the alum. And result? DFS so a 2.

Total - 6. Not bad at all, but not in the top tier so far. Tomorrow we throw the USA into the fray with the Personna Lab Blue!

I wanted to end with a funny meme for Pakistan but found a problem. The same problem when I looked for one for Greece with the Bic. None of them are really funny. Either that or I don't know enough about the country to understand what is funny about them. So, I leave you with this........

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SOTD - Sunday, June 14, 2015

Cool shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: Simpsons Duke 3
Soap: D.R. Harris Arlington
Razor: '56 ball-end Tech
Blade: Voskhod (5)
Aftershave: Fine American Blend