SoS: January 25, 2016 - January 31, 2016

31.i.2016

 

Hi Friends,

today i had a "Full-Tilt Pino Silvestre" Shave:


Pino Silvestre Shave Soap / GEM Micromatic Bullet Tip / GEM Stainless (4) / Rubberset Replica w. 25mm Shavemac Silvertip / T.N. Dickinson´s Witch Hazel / Pino Silvestre AS / Pino Silvestre EdT

Wow!!! That´s the only thing i can say right now. I received a sample of the soap from a friendly member in our German Forum. The ones of you, who know the shower bath of Pino Silvestre and know the scent...THAT IS EXACTLY THE SAME SCENT!!! Absolutely awesome. The lather is very easy to build, lasts for a long time and gives very good slickness and cushion. Another positiv aspect of the soap is, that the soap cooles on your skin. Menthol isn´t mentioned on the ingredient list, but it´s very good noticable. Nice.

The Bullet Tip is a wonderful razor. I used my GEM Stainless Blade today for the 4th time and the blade is still great. Just like the first shave with it. No pulling, tugging or anything. I read somewhere, that the Bullet Tip is "the Super Speed of the SE-Razor´s". That´s true. It shaves so gentle and thoroughly...stunning.

I´m smelling like a Pine wood now, which i love.

Have a great time and a great shave. Take care.

Greetings
Thorsten​

 

Good morning TSD

My sunday shave:



- Meißner Tremonia Woody Almond
- Semogue OC
- Parker 87R
- GSB (#2)
- Tüff sensitiv

The guy who owns this razor said that with the Parker he can get shaves that are just as close as the ones from his Mühle R41, but much much smoother. To prove this claim he started a passaround on the German Wet Shaving forum. I received this razor yesterday.

Astonishing shave today!

This razor is mild. And I mean VERY mild - if I should rate razor aggressiveness by numbers, I'd say my 1960ies Gillette Tech is a 1, Mühle R89 a 2, a Merkur 34c a 3. This Parker is a 0.5. If there hadn't been some acoustic feedback I would have thought that I just wiped the lather off my face with the safety guard. First pass WTG I did not feel the blade at all.

Second pass A and XTG there was a bit more blade feedback, but still a very very smooth shave. And pretty close as well - boderline BBS with 2 passes and the usual touchup.

Fact is: I can get a BBS or at least DFS+ shave in two(and a half) passes from almost any razor. The more interesting question is: How long does it last? In terms of longevity not much comes close to the R41 ... maybe the Futur on a higher setting.

Guess I'll know more tonight.

Have a great sunday.

 

1/31/16 - Final Shave of January (planned)

Prep: shower
Lather: The Soap Exhange Bay Rum tallow
Brush: Omega 10066
Razor: Blackland Blackbird
Blade: Shark Super Stainless (2)
Post: Old Spice

 

Good Morning everyone, today's SOTD as follows;

1917 Property US Army Gillette Old Type.
Vintage Gillette Red & Black Thin blade.
Cella shaving soap.
Nivea post shave balm
Vintage English Leather as splash.
Vintage English Leather cologne.



Have a wonderful Sunday!

 

SOTD SUN. 1/31/16
PRE SHAVE CLEANSER: BURT'S BEES CHAMOMILE AND SOAP BARK
PRE SHAVE OIL: SHAVE SECRET
SHAVE SOAP: PRORASO GREEN
SHAVE BRUSH: @Jayaruh #12
RAZOR: MERKUR 15C OC
BLADE: GSB

AFTER SHAVE BALM: VASELINE COOLING HYDRATING LOTION

SOAP: GRANDPA'S PINE TAR SOAP
COLOGNE: HALSTON 1-12 BY: HALSTON

GOOD MORNING GUYS. BBS TODAY IN THREE PASSES WITH SOME LIGHT TOUCHUPS UNDER BOTH JAWLINES. THE GSB BLADE FELT SUPER SMOOTH IN THIS MERKUR 15C AND THE PRORASO MADE SOME BEAUTIFUL COOLING FACE LATHER. PRORASO HAS TO ME A MEDICINAL TYPE OF SCENT BUT I FIND IT VERY COMFORTING AND SOOTHING. YOU HAVE ALL BECOME DEAR FRIENDS TO ME, SO FOR TODAYS PHOTO I WANTED TO ENGAGE YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL AND FIND A WAY TO BRING YOU INTO MY PHOTO EXPERIENCE WITH ME. I HOPE IT PLEASES YOU. HAVE A GREAT SHAVE AND A GREAT DAY FRIENDS.

 

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING TSD! 01/31/16

Razor-Unknown Brand Trac II Handle
Blade-Dollar General Trac II/Atra
Brush-VDH Boar
Lather-Body Nature Stone Wash
Three Passes-Wtg,Xtg,Atg
Post Shave-Cold Water Rinse
Witch Hazel,Old Spice A/S

So last night when I was trying to decide what to shave with this morning I saw this Trac II handle and thought why not!
I put a Dollar General Blade on,($1.50 for six) lathered up The Stone Wash Soap and did my three passes.
Boy was I surprised! I got a very close and comfortable shave ,I thought with that handle being longer than a wet week I might have trouble but not so.
All topped off with the Old Spice A/S ( also bought at the Dollar General $5.45 on sale I need to stay out of those stores!!lol).
So when all is said and done I ended up with a BBS shave which= One Happy ILTS!!

HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY EVERYONE!!

 

Those D.G. blades are great I use them on my headblade. Your razor is very cool looking!

 

Thanks I got two of them in a box lot of razors I bought a while back.

 

It worked - nice picture. you look a little angry though ... or are you just concentrating on what you're doing there?

 

I'm glad you decided to use it for your SOTD it takes a great picture!

 

Every time I see this razor pictured here my RAD starts to kick in. I did not give in yet, but I guess someday I will

 

Yes @Marverel I was concentrating on trying to make the photo a memorable one.

 

Seville Sunday
Nice two pass shave today. It's not quite as close as I usually like it, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. I started and finished with Van Yulay - PSO and Shuyak Island splash. My face feels great.
This has been a great month with Barrister & Mann. I did not finish my jars of Ferox, Rhapsody, or Lavanille. I'm not mad, since that just means I'll have more shaves with them in days to come.
Prep: Van Yulay PSO
Soap: B&M Seville
Brush: HIS Lather Monster
Razor: der Futur
Blade: Voskhod (2)
AS: Van Yulay Shuyak Island

 

Yeah - it's not about the money ... you can have a lot of shaving fun pretty inexpensively

 

Thanks Again!, I've been trying to use something different on Sunday's I'm glad you enjoyed the picture!

 

Yeah that's the truth!

 

01/31/2016
Razor – Ikon B1 OC with Triad Ti
Blade – Feather (2)
Brush – Rudy Vey with Shavemac Finest
Lather – TSD Yin Yang
Post - Witch Hazel followed by F&C Shambala

 

Sunday: Day 17 of my second round of blade testing

Prep: Hot Shower, Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash
Brush: @Jayaruh #33 Horsehair
Lather: Ginger's Garden Lavender Herbal with clay and mango butter
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Croma Diamant (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (4, 5, 6)
Post: Cold water rinse, Bloc Osma alum, Thayer's Witch Hazel pad, Ginger's Garden Lavender Herbal aftershave splash
Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre d' Orange

This shave did not start off auspiciously. A sudden muscle spasm while I was moving the blade from the RAKE to the 41c resulted in a nasty little cut next to the fingernail of my right middle finger. Though I had been rotating between my four brushes to this point, I decided to go back to the #33 to try to dial in the lather a bit more. This started with a technique I rarely use: palm lathering. The lather for the first pass was much better. The lather for the next two passes was not as good. As for the blade itself, I'm pretty convinced that - though it has yet to nick me while shaving - the Croma Diamant is not my ideal blade. To my sensibilities, it shaves much more like an SS blade than a platinum-coated blade. I have no doubt that some would find that a selling point. DFS+ results, despite the aforementioned issues.

 

Guy, thanks for the kind words!