SoS: August 1, 2016 - August 7, 2016

Had a late afternoon shave today as I'm heading out early in the morning.
The Olympics inspired me to use my Gillette 2012 London Olympics LE Gold Fusion
It was a surprisingly great shave
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It's like your gear is playing Hide-N-Go Seek!

 

Another great outdoor photo. You've inspired me to take some outdoor photos.

 

Nice colorful shot

 

Tonight's shave courtesy of my Streamline. Last time I used it I learned that, as a newer version model, it was built to take modern SE blades. So, that's what I fired up tonight. This is a very smooth razor. Reduction was OK on first pass, above average on second pass, and the third pass left next to nothing for touch ups. An outstanding shave.

AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap
Savile Row 3824
Ever Ready Streamline
GEM SS PTFE (2)
T&H Classic After Shave Balm



Happy shaving everyone - Karl

 

Barrister and Mann - Night Music | Rubberset 200-4 | Gem Damaskeene | Gem PTFE

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Night Music. It smells as beautiful as it looks. It's like a naughty Lavanille. I've previously described Night Music thusly:

 

8/6/16 SOTD
Tonight there was a large and rather loud crowd gathering and a lot of hollering and yelling coming from my shave den. It seems that the SE razors had ganged up on the Injectors and were threatening to destroy them. It seems like the SEs were not impressed with all the bench time they were receiving and the Injectors getting the call to action. So to calm things down a little bit I choser to call my Gem Damaskeene SE to action. Outfitted with a modern Gem SE blade the 7days worth of stubble fell away effortlessly. A 2 pass shave routine and I'm BBS and refreshed. Saving the chin stubble for a new Goatee that is way whiter than it should be but I'll see what it looks a couple weeks down the road.


Ken P.

 

Thank you!

 

Sunday's Planned SOTD



Razor: Red Imp 133 11/16 Full Hollow spike point
Brush: Truefitt & Hill Emperor 3 Silvertip
Bowl: Corbell Pedestal Bowl 4"
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Lemon Lime Chill
Shave Cream: Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: C&E West Indian Lime
Cologne: Cerruti 1881
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Do you ever go ATG with multibladed carts?

 

7 August 2016

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Iridium Super
* Epsilon 2-Band + Doug Korn Briarwood C7
* Mystic Water Irish Traveller
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO




Off on a 5-day vacation, tomorrow, so I won't be posting my pics until I return. Enjoy your time, gentlemen.


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My wife's sotd a modern tto razor with a very long handle
Blade Gillette 7 o'clock yellow (2)
Brush omega barber boar hair
Soap Mama bears fall scent label worn off
After shave clubman

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013JGAKDI/?tag=thshde-20

 

My SOTD


Razor - English Gillette oc
Blade - Gillette platinum plus (5)
Brush - kenzo reknotted badger
Soap - razorock lavender essential oil
Post - Nivea sensitive men
A/S - lilac veg.

What a great shave this morning. My posting is kind of late . I have several OC Gillette razors and most don't shave well for me. But this one... Wow! I couldn't tell if the razor was shaving . I couldn't feel the blade at all. Now I did get a few weepers and some irritation but that was at the end trying to get bbs. But up to that point it was smooth. The only issue with this razor is the handle. It's very thin and a little cumbersome to hold. But other than that, it performed well.
The blade is holding up fairly well. No issues at all. The soap was fantastic today. A lot of slickness and it was the first time I have been able to get slickness out of it. I bloomed the soap for 45 mins. I left a small amount of water and loaded it with a damp brush that I rung out most of the water. A 30 second load and a two minute bowl lather created enough lather for three people to shave with.

Happy shaving gents!!

 

Yeah I shave the same way as with a DE/SE razor - first WTG and then ATG.

 

I've often wondered what would happen now if I were to use a Harry's cart again.

 

You'd probably be just fine and run that cart in every possible direction

 

Pre-Shave: Cypriotian Olive/Argan Oil soap, cold water
Razor: BBS-1 UFO Titan L
Blade: Voskhod (2)
Brush: Nathan Clark Envy White
Lather: Mike's Hungarian Laveneder
Post-shave: Alum, Barrister & Man Kyovu Original, South Australian Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil​

 

Sun 7th August

Omega s10065 Synthetic
OSP Bay Rum
Schick J3 Golem 500
Schick S/S single [ 9- Japan ]
Alum Rub & Rinse off
Massimo Dutti A/S

Lovely Sunday Morning shave with this mild but efficient razor/ blade combination , which delivers a really comfortable and close finish.

 

Sunday morning shave with a Japanese

* SWK xl scuttle
* el Druide
* YSS Triumph 6/8
* BDF Mistero
* Floid Vigoroso
* BDF Misteto asb

A very nice shave, everybody have a nice Sunday!!

 

Hello all, here's a look at today's SOTD;

1948-50 Gillette Milord Rocket (made in USA)
Gillette Silver Blue Blade.
Kent BLK2 badger brush.
Maggards artisan London Barbershop shave soap.
Nivea post shave balm.
Avon Mesmerize aftershave lotion.
Avon Mesmerize cologne.



This is only my second shave with this Gillette USA made Rocket, and it seemed as if I have been shaving with it all my life. What a comfortable fit/feel! The London Barbershop soap went on incredibly fluidly, providing a great slick protective layer of lather, which the Rocket loaded with the GSB blade zipped right through, mowing down whiskers like a knife through butter. The Nivea post shave balm soothed the very few sore spots and I topped that off five minutes later with the Avon Mesmerize aftershave lotion. Patted my face dry and applied the matching Avon Mesmerize cologne, for a grand finish! I just love the medley of scents provided by the various products I used. I am truly blessed. And God Bless you all, have a great day!


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