SoS: December 28, 2015 - January 3, 2016

at 5.5 I'm surprised you have a nose. that thing is a weapon that opened up.

 

that slim looks like a twist or a knack

 

Pretty cool. "Steam Punk" is kind of like where the 1890's meet the 21st century.............

 

Thanks guys!

 

Thank you for your kind words, gentlemen!

 

It works best for me on five or six, so I split the difference.

 

Hello Folks, today's SOTD as follows;

1936 English Gillette Aristocrat-(pre #15 silver plated )
1956 Gillette Blue Blade.
Chinese Badger Hair brush.
Proraso Red shaving soap.
Nivea Post Shave Balm.
Captains Choice Sandalwood AS Splash.
Avon Mesmerize cologne.

Tonight I wanted to pamper myself a little, so I dug out my pre #15 English Aristocrat. I don't use it a lot because I don't want to damage the silver plate. But it is a fine shave tool. Once I had the lather right this razor delivered a two pass DFS/BBS. Here's the photo-



God Bless, and have a great night.

 

Planned shave-12/20/15


Weber
Rapira Platinum Lux
Omega 10066
Route 66 Lumberjack
Old Spice(I think this is my wife's fav)

 

Thanks. It was a good one.

 

Planned #SOTD for tomorrow
First time using this NDC Tech and my mystery brush.
I posted in the brush area asking if anyone knew about it but didn't have much luck.

 

Wednesday Planned SOTD



Razor: Cobra Classic
Blade: Feather Artist Club Professional (D6)
Brush: Omega 6240 25mm Silvertip
Bowl: Yoresh Scuttle
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Balm: Mickey Lee Lime Preshave Butter
Shave Soap: Beaver WoodWright Black Beard
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum W lime & peppercorn
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Really great photo!

 

Thank you Perry!

 

Planned Wednesday SoTD

Pal Injectomatic razor
Dutch schick blade
Vintage rubberset brush-synthetic knot
Mitchells Wool Fat shaving soap
Aqua Velva Ice Blue aftershave
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Razor: Ondüla TTO
Blade: Rapira (4)
S. Cream: Fax Fresh
Brush: Isana Men Synthetic
Cologne: Boğaziçi Lemon

I've shaved with an old production shaving cream or fax (an arko branch). Although it's lost some of its protection, I had a nice shave because of the menthol inside.

 

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Jumping Juniper shampoo cake from Lush
Soap/cream- De Vergulde Hand Extra fris shaving soap
Brush- Plisson synthetic
Razor- WEBER polished head all stainless steel
Blade- Personna lab blue
Post- Cold water rinse, Kueshi Pure and clean face toner and Talika Photo-hydra day moisturizer

First using the De Vergulde hand soap. It's a hard soap and smells very nice. Honestly I can't identify what the scent is, but I can smell that it's a fresh scent. I chose the extra fris because of that.

It's a hard soap but it wasn't hard to load which is positive. I used my plisson because it the brush I like to use on new soaps because I'm not sure how long I'll have to face lather to get the lather right.

This time it actually took a little longer than usual, maybe I loaded to much or maybe my brush was to dry. A guy on Instagram said it's a thirsty soap which I really agree with.

I got a nice shave, good performance and good scent. I didn't get the best lather, but that's due to technique I'm sure. This soap isn't still around because of mediocre lather.

I'll use it a few more times to dial it in =) the soap is loose in its container, the first use I loaded from the bottom to moist it a little and then I put it back in the container. That is supposed to help it stick when it's dry.

I tried my razor with 1 shim, it's not as good as 2 shims. So that is the sweet spot. It sucks to have to use shims. But I will find a permanent solution to it that isn't to glue the shim on




I like the print on the soap itself. Very cool =)

@macaronus I finally got this soap, remember when we talked about it?

 

GOOD MORNING TSD!! 12/30/15 SOTD

Razor-Weishi 9306( mto)
Blade-Wilkinson(3)
Lather-Weleda
Brush-Wooden Handle Badger
Three Passes-Wtg,Xtg,Atg
Post Shave-Cold Water Rinse
Witch Hazel With A/S

Had a very nice shave this a.m.everything worked well together resulting in a darn near BBS shave.

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!

 

12/30/2015
Razor – Gillette Super Speed (J4)
Blade – Feather (2)
Brush – DK7 with Druida Manchurian
Lather – B&M Seville
Post - Witch Hazel & Myrsol F/Extra

 

Lovely brush @clint64