SoS: December 28, 2015 - January 3, 2016

@clint64 What a beautiful brush!

 

3 January 2016

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


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The word "slide" is too dangerously close to "slice" in my books....

 

Great photo. Looks like you guys are having a rough winter...

 

SOTD
January 3, 2016
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: iKon B1 Standard
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Lather: MdC
Brush: Oscar11 28mm Silvertip
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Royall Vetiver
Fantastic shave!! The iKon B1 Standard baseplate is smooth and efficient..Very efficient.
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE!

 

Nice setup today Kerry. I find the iKon Standard Base to be their most efficient and most aggressive razor in their inventory and kept this over the ATT H1&H2. But as you well know each person's whiskers and technique is different so a YMMV thing.

 

What a great set-up, buddy!

 

Sherlock is a great scent. Perhaps the best new one in 2015.

 

Thank you.

 

My last purchase of 2015 was unexpected. I'd only seen pictures of the Schick Type K3 in a post on a forum here in TSD. However, I'd never seen one offered for sale until very recently. It was listed as a modified razor that someone had inexplicably cut down. When I contacted the seller I learned that she had mistook it and she had the medallion and the case but hadn't realized it was intended to be that length or that the medallion fit as a cap on the end and the three pieces actually did belong together. She agreed to sell all the pieces to me at her original BIN price.

So, today's shave was with the K3 which showed up in my mailbox yesterday. A full report can be found here:

Bio Palmyra Shaving Cream
Savile Row 3824
Schick Type K3
Personna (1)
Osma Alum Block
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy Shaving Everyone - Karl

 

Thanks, Guy! Yes the standard base is very aggressive and not for everyone, I had the 5 piece DLC from iKon last year and liked the standard base the best. One thing about using an aggressive razor like this is soap selection, slick, slick and more slick.

 

Thanks, Jeff! The iKon B1 is really nice.

 

Karl, Nice to see you using Bio Palmyra "the thing" a little unknown great cream.
Kerry

 

Very nice and a razor you don't see every day

 

Kerry what great gear and the colors are beautiful. Red, green, yellow. Bad to the bone razor!

 

Very nice!
Dumb question alert:
I have an iKon B1 as well. I noticed you refer to yours as 'standard'. Not being too well versed with iKon's naming policies what doe that pertain to?

 

It's the base plate, so you have the standard, the slant, OSS? The one that's open one side and closed the other, and open comb.

 

Sunday morning shave with the BT, smooth and relaxing ... Have a great day everyone!

 

I have this one: http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/ikon-b1-razor.45233/

 

You have the B1 open comb. Very nice!