SoS: November 16, 2015 - November 22, 2015

Single Edge Sunday
GEM Jr. Parade Handle / Ted Pella SS Coated (4)
GFT Eucris
Rubberset Vintage w/ Silvertip Reknot
Retinol Men ASB
L'Occitane Cade Eau De Toilette

 

Welcome to SOTD!

 

Sunday:
hot shower
Somersets Tough Stubble PSO
Maggard MR4 2+ passes
Gillette Minora (1)
Gold Dachs Classic soap in a mug
Century boar
Thayers unscented w/aloe
TSD Signature A/S

Smooth. Amazingly smooth. Gloriously smooth.
So smooth I could have laid myself open without ever feeling the blade. That's how smooth my first pass was this morning.
Obviously good prep always plays a part; a hot shower, clean skin, a quality pre-shave oil liberally massaged in. And the equipment; a good boar knot, a weighty long-handled well-formed razor, and a brand new platinum blade.
But I have to say, as I do every time I use Gold Dachs soap, that this soap makes some of the best lather of all of my soap and cream products combined and it does it in hard water. If you haven't tried it, I'd encourage you to get a puck.

 

SOTD
TOBS Grapefruit
Rubberset 400
Feather AC SS
Feather Professional (3)
Witch Hazel
Chrome Azzarro Legend cologne

 

NOVember - NO Variation

November 22

Razor - Feather SS AC Pain Stick
Blade - (3)
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Cold Water, Alum, Nivea

Is it Sunday already? Sheesh! It's almost like thanksgiving is almost here or something. Oh, wait! Is that turkey I hear? Anyway, since it's Sunday it means it's two shave day. As usual it's the head up first on the list. VDH Deluxe soap and badger brush and the ever-reliable and efficiently effective Merkur 23c with Astra SP. A brand new Astra SP. The past two weeks I've wandered off into semi-sane land and worked on the sides of my head and a bit toward the back with the Feather SS. Last week I bled a bit for my efforts and while the results are good with it on those areas there really isn't any reason to keep trying that. The Merkur 23c works fine. So, lathered up the right side over and around the ear and picked up.........the Feather SS. I'm telling you, there's really no logic or reason involved here. Right side over the ear to start. I didn't make a mistake on the set down, made several good smooth strokes and had it working well. Bent the top of my ear down with the left hand and set down to clean up a bit closer to the ear and felt the bite. Just the slightest dig as I was a bit too steep. Finished it up and went behind the ear working downward strokes. Made it about halfway from my ear to the center of my neck and called it good. Went to the left side and repeated everything except the bite over the ear. No blood or issues there. Ok, well, let's grab the 23c and finish the rest of the head shave. Done and done. The cut over my right ear was very minor, just a couple spots of blood that stopped and disappeared with just a bit of pressure and cold water.

On to the face. Working on a two day growth and the Feather likes the heavier beard. Or at least it seems to. Once the angle is right it just goes right through. Finished the first pass CCS, second pass DFS. No blood or errors involved. Nice! Alum was a bit hot on my neck where I had done some extra clean up work during the second pass but otherwise a great shave from the razor.

I have noticed since the shave that the areas of my head where I used the Pain Stick are a little sensitive. Nothing major but clearly a bit of irritation. Not surprising. But no, I'm not going to use alum on my head to check it. That's really just too crazy, right Ivan?

After a full three weeks on the Feather SS I am with @wristwatchb in saying that I am finding it to be a really nice razor and one that is fun and effective to work with. The intimidation factor of the razor seems to be gone, as long as it's just a regular shave....the head shave is still a bit nerve wracking, and the results are solid and getting better all the time. Not bad for being made in a country that tends to puzzle us in so many other ways.

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SOTD :
Feeling a bit like bananas and rainbows this Sunday. This should have been an 80's new wave band album cover.

 

Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Personna SS (1)
Brush: WDC-2 (Grandfather's) High Mountain Badger Wood Handle (Whipped Dog) 22/65
Soap: TSD Iced Irish Spring Type
A/S: TSD Iced Irish Spring Type
TSD M Bomb
Very nice and cool DFS this afternoon.

 

Or a Worhal painting....

 

Shave Den Sunday!

SOTD - 22 November 2015

Day 22 - No Variation November!



TSD ISZ PreShave Balm
Utopia 3-piece
Gillette Silver Blue (22!!!)
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Proraso Red
Alum
TSD 2x Iced Barber Shoppe AS


I love Sundays with TSD!
Have a sterling Monday!​

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Sunday- Lavender/mint PSO, Long-handle Black Beauty with a Feather blade and my own Shea-butter shave soap. Now that the incision on my knee is fully closed, I don't have to keep avoiding the area.

 

Glad you're all healed up.

 

Sunday shave with the twin blade in the type L. It was a great shave but I think the single blade works just as well. The Pinaud bay rum is a great finish with a peppery burn that shows up a minute or 2 after you put it on. Too bad tomorrow's Monday!

 

Twin blade ? I'm zooming in but can't seem to make out two blades. I'm not familiar with the razor though. Was it modified or originally made a twin ?

 

I think I'm with ya on the blade thing.
I got my hands on some twins awhile back and so far in my "L" I'm not impressed. The shave is certainly close but it's harsh.
I plan to try a twin in some other Schick models ("J", Adjustable, etc.) and see if there's any difference.

 

here's a pic

 

It is the promotional razor that came sealed in a can with 2 blades, I have one blade left.

 

So in the wee hours last night when I couldn't sleep, I posted an SoS of yesterday's shave that was somewhat disappointing. So disappointing that I felt as though I could get back on the horse this afternoon. Afterall, if Brock Ozweiler could do it... I did that which you're not supposed to do and swapped a bunch of things.

Gillette Ranger Tech
Shark Super Chrome
Rubberset 200N with supersoft 22mm
Dunhill De luxe Navy Rolls Pipe Tobacco
Nivea Original Replenishing Post Shave Balm
Gillette Aqua Velva was not used -- I let Sauvecito Firm Hold Pomade do the talking
cold water, bowl lather
WTG XTG rXTG TU

I gave myself a stern pep talk before embarking because in my limited experience, the Ranger is fierce. The Shark I have no experience with but it spoke well of itself. The Ranger is a stern taskmaster for me. I got a great BBS shave but I screwed up near the end trying to go over the same area twice without re-lathering. Giving such an opening to the Ranger, there will be blood.

The Dunhill Pipe Tobacco was a disappointment as a soap. What's that you say? Oh, OK. Just kidding. Inside the tin is a sample of Mike's in some unknown and unrecognizable scent. Compared to the Country Club, I found it thin. It wasn't bad -- just wasn't great. The big soap find was old tobacco tins as soap sample holders.

I do have a little irritation but I'm not convinced that is due to the shave. As I said earlier, I'm used to shaves every 3-4 days and since yesterday's shave had me already irritated, it's hard to blame today's shave on anything but that.

The Ranger is fun. Keeps me on my toes. I think next shave it will be time to go back to the Fatboy and come full circle.

 

Very interesting (sorry Jay). I need to look into that one.

 

How does the Ben Franklin smell?