SoS: November 16, 2015 - November 22, 2015

Monday



Bulldog Men Sensitive face wash
2014 Weber PH SS "Bulldog" razor
Vikings Sword (4) blade
JR #26 WD boar brush
RazoRock XXX SS
WTG/XTG/XTG
Omar Bay Rum AS

Another great shave with my new brush. Boar stench is gone and I feel the tips opening up.
It's amazing how much the XXX scent resembles DR Harris Arlington. Lovely.
Running on the fumes of Omar's great stuff, while I wait for my own blend to finish.
I'm not really missing my ATG pass. The various XTG's makes for a very close shave.
DFS+++​

 

November 16 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Gillette Aristocrat
Stirling Unscented PSB -- Mentholated
Fine Fresh Vetiver

 

I treated myself to a lethal freeze just now from the Glacial Lemon Chill soap, which started the ball rolling. It went on frigid, rich, and slick with such a nice soothing feeling in addition to that freeze. The Diana Sport balm, together with the Arctique aftershave almost left me disoriented with tearing eyes! (I love it!) BBS again as always!

 

I'm new to a chilly shave, but I'm enjoying it. I follow your posts to keep up on chilly products. Thanks...

 

Monday:

Prep: Hot shower, Nivea for Men Original Moisturizing Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger
Lather: Ginger's Garden Coffee Jasmine soap (with mango butter)
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (3, 4, 5)
Post: Cold water rinse, Thayer's witch hazel & aloe vera pad, Myrsol Metilsol AS splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

This was such a comfortable shave. The lather was dialed in just right, the Bic was ultra-smooth while still being more than sharp enough to mow down the stubble without any issues, and the postshave care was just about perfect. My biggest complaint with this DFS+ shave is it isn't quite this good every single time.

 

Monday:
hot shower
Maggard Eucalyptus PSO
1973 Gillette Black Handled SuperSpeed 2+ passes
Lord Cool Super Stainless (2)
LASS Vanilla Eucalyptus Mint in a mug
StrongSet boar
Thayers unscented w/aloe
TSD SubZero Mint A/S milk
Wm Neumann & Co Absolute Zero A/S

My first few strokes were so smooth it seemed almost surreal until I realized that I had forgotten to put the blade in.
Have a great week fellow shavers!

 

SOTD Nov. 16, 2015

Rusty Blace Blend Pre Shave Oil
Gillette Heavy Tech / Astra SP
Semogue / Le Pere Lucien
WH / Coconut Oil
Great shave this morning...nice combination of products!

 

Very nice!

 

6/8 Grelot
MT/Indian Flavour
homemade silver tip
Nice shave this morning. Have a good one.

 

Gem / Gem

M&F

Pannacrema Nostalgia

Jabonman Eastern Breeze

 

SOTD
November 16, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Grafco-Merkur 3-Piece Open Comb
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Lather: La Toja
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Gingers Garden Aventus
I'm so impressed with this Grafco-Merkur OC, it's the best OC I've used. Very smooth shave this morning.
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE!

 

Gillette Black Beauty razor
Astra SP blade
FS Silver Tip brush
CO Bigelow SC
Osage Rub/Jason's Aloe Gel
Pinaud Lime Sec cologne w/added menthol

I don't use a DE often, but this little Gillette is really a nice shaver. Smooth, effective and very comfortable. And all the menthol products felt very nice indeed. All in all, a very fine DFS shave to start the day. Now go and enjoy your day folks.

 

11/16/15 - Fred K Fenney Tally Ho

 

I must have missed it, when did you convert to straights?

 

SOTD: Monday, November 16
C&S Oxford & Cambridge
Simpson CH2 Two-Band SiLVERTiP
'48-'50 Gillette Aristocrat
Feather (3)
Agua Lavanda Puig EdT

Have a great day!



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Monday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Cold River Soap Works “Original”-Bergamot & Bay (just finished 2nd jar)
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Brush: Ever-Ready C40/Whipped Dog Silvertip-22mmx60mm
Aftershave: Fine American Blend

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

CRSW Bergamot & Bay today-just finished 2nd jar-have two of the “Original” left. 20 seconds to load the Ever-Ready/WD Silvertip. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette Silver Blue still in the Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Fine American Blend.

Bob

 

16 November 2015

* Wolfman WR1-SB + WRH3 Aluminum
* Iridium Super
* WSP Manchurian + Doug Korn All-Amber Taca
* Mystic Water Brown Windsor
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Very cool perspective!

 

November 16

'62 Gillette Slim Adjustable (4)
Chinese Gillette Super Blue Blade (2)

After yesterday's harsh shave with the Thin Cap OT and the Super Blue Blade, I was very curious to see how today would go using the same blade in the Slim. As I should have expected, it went very smoothly for a one-pass CCS with no weepers and no irritation.

It's a shame that this blade is so hard to find in the West as I think I could actually like it. So far, the only place I've found that carries it is lightinthebox.com at $2.99 per pack of 5 (though with free shipping if I care to wait) which makes them more expensive than GSBs.

Meanwhile, the Slim continues its push to become my favorite razor. It's strange, but I have a Black Beauty and don't find it nearly as nice.

JR

 

Hello Messieurs, this morning's shave :



- htgam "Pumpkin 3.14" soap
- Epsilon Horse Brush
- Leresche "Le Souverain" Straight
- Gibbs 13 DE
- htgam "Autumn Factory" AS

Not tooo bad ! Bonne journée Messieurs !