SoS: September 14, 2015 - September 20, 2015

How's that Stirling Bay Rum?

 

Wholly Kaw makes some good products. The soap makes a great lather, and the aftershaves are nice as well.

 

that's a cool bowl. very unique looking!

 

Thanks. Its a shame he's not making brushes anymore as they are a fantastic brush for the price. This brush was sold having a Manchurian knot.

 

Cool bowl.

 

Fridays shave. Went with the most reliable gear today and have a great shave.


Razor - Pils
Blade - Sputnik
Brush - Plisson synthetic
Lather - I Coloniali Soap
Aftershave - Nivea moisterising balm

Have a great weekend.

 

Today was the last day with the Gem G-bar and I'm running out of things to say about it. It is a consistent shaver giving me very nice two pass DFS's with just a little cleanup. I'm not sure I will ever get BBS but I'm happy with the shaves I'm getting.
SOTD
Gem G-bar
Gem Stainless (5)
Rubberset 400
TOBS Grapefruit cream
AOS AS Balm
Florida Water AS
Happy Friday!

 

Haven't posted my SOTD yet this week, it's about time I catch up.

My shaves on Monday, Tuesday and today, Friday consisted of my trusted Feather hardware, my synthetic Guinea Pig shave brush from Nightdivers, Jack Back shave cream and Tüff sensitiv after shave.


My shaves on Wednesday and Thursday were the same in most aspects except the hardware - I used my Gillette cartridge razor.

 

Razor: Gillette Ball End Tech NDC (declared 1947) Birth Year
Brush: Jerusalem Olive Wood/WD Silvertip 24/48
Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Cream/Soap: Castle Forbes cedarwood & sandalwood cream
Blade: Feather (2)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black Balm, Old Spice original Shulton 1973 glass cologne Stopper #4
The Castle whipped up nicely with the Silvertip. The Gillette Tech is a nice mild razor for me even with a Feather blade. Very nice two pass shave with some touchup. Warm water rinse and pat dry. Some WH and after cleanup some JB Balm and then some Old Spice original Shulton from 1973? The Spice is nice!

 

I really enjoy it. It's different than CC. Has the burn of CO9T tho...

 

Clove fragrance-little or lot?

 

Clove and cinnamon to my nose. It's very nice I think.

 

Another fine picture @clint64. I like the reflection of the brush and razor.

 

Thanks Kerry!

 

Thanks Mark!

 

Razor: Gillette Slim Twist White Handle
Blade: Racer Super Class Platinum
Brush: Vie-Long White Horse
Cream: Fax Fresh
Cologne: Sandy (Pe Re Ja) White Lily Flower

It was an ok shave, because I used a vintage shaving cream and it had lost its protectiveness in time, but made a sufficient lather and it was slickly. I love the smell of this shaving cream. Although its expiry date is long gone, it has a strong fresh unique scent. Fax shaving creams used to be produced by evyap (known mostly aka Arko).

 

I don't understand the question Paul.

 

Absolutely! Fantastic soap. I'll try another scent and a aftershave next.

 

I would recommend samples. They last a while cause it is a dense soap. The Fougere Bouquet is my favorite. A unique sweet scent unlike any other fougere I have come across.

 

I wanted to follow up my today's SOTD with some personal feedback. Today was my first shave with my Vintage Williams Project.
http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/the-vintage-williams-project.45842/page-2#post-894306
I chronicled it at the above link.
I have a fairly small soap vessel, so I chose my Simpson M6. Even though there was 50% more water added during the process, most of which has since dried up, I did bloom the puck while showering. The added menthol (5g:130g soap) proved to be worthy of our friend Crackstar. I would have to say that it eclipses every menthol soap I have ever tried. Boom!
I was initially skeptical that all of the added water would prove damaging to the soap, however, the lather was typical Vintage Williams, magnificent. Why they ever messed with this recipe I will never know.
My personal feelings are that this is a good way to stretch a puck of Williams, but be aware that you are not going to have 2 times as much soap. After drying out, you may end up with 30-40% more volume. Naturally YMMV.
Results:
Lather:
Menthol:
Cushion:
Glide:
Post shave: /
Fun project, thanks to GDC!