Decadent December!! December 13 Razor - 1946-47 Gillette Aristocrat Blade - (1) Soap - Tabac Brush - Semogue 620 Post - Alum Time to bring the decadence home again, this time with my best vintage razor and another fine Muscovite blade. After three fun days on the Feather with three different razors I'm ready to settle down and do a few days with a modified detente setup. Usually I pair the Aristocrat with the Voskhod but I'm subbing in the Rapira Platinum Lux. Not my favorite of the Mostochlegmash blades but....any of them are better than most others. And, the Lux is one of the top blades they make. Tabac and the Semogue for the lather. I got a new puck of Tabac today that I had ordered so I need to use up the old one. It has a nice crack through the middle about to break into the ring of death so not too much longer. Great lather, slick, lots of cushion, that great Tabac scent, and the Crat and Lux were absolutely smooth. I think the Aristocrat may be the best razor Gillette ever made. While the Super Speed is a lot more common and performs exceptionally well, the extra weight and added aggressiveness (not much) of the Aristocrat just gives it a fantastic feel and result. Two pass and touch up and a near BBS is done and I'm more than happy with that. Such fine work from the Russki tonight I finished with alum on the outside (nice and quiet) and a shot of vodka on the inside (nice and warm).
Date: 14 December 2016 Brush: - Omega 10065 Green Handle 24/54mm Lather: - Arko Shaving Soap Razor: - Merkur 34C Blade: - Voskhod #2 Post Shave: - T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent / Nivea Sensitive Aftershave Splash
12/14/16 Shave of the DayFace Wash with Cellar Door Bath Supply Co Haunted Woods SoapArko Shaving Soap RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic 26mm Brush Crown King Dual Chamber Scuttle iKon X3 Slant Razor Derby Extra Blade – 5th Shave Homemade Mandarin Generic Distilled Witch Hazel Clubman Pinaud After Shave Lotion
My sotd Razor - gillette executive Brush - bunny brush Blade - supermax (6) Soap - mystic water vetiver - AWESOMENESS!! Post - proraso pre shave / whittismo lotion / witch hazel A/S - arctic blue Awesome shave ! Love this scent!!
Wed. 12/14/16 Excellent shave with the PAL Injecto-Matic this morning. Shave number 10 on this blade and going strong. Wonderful lather from the Proraso Green shave cream. Three easy refreshing passes for a dolphin smooth finish. Have a great day guys.
Hello TSD - just finished this shave: - CRSW "Spiced Amber - Virginia Sheng 24mm Silvertip - Mastro Livi "Grifetto" - Tüff sensitiv Rasierwasser Absolutely fantastic shave. This razor is a joy to use - it has been delivered perfectly sharp, the shave was as smooth and close as it gets. Very manoeuvrable as well, despite the pretty big olivewood scales. The new brush is a lather monster and extremely soft. But it shed hair like our cats in spring I hope that will decrease over time...
I think this soap smells like a cross between AV Musk and B-M 42. The performance is excellent. I also used some Reserve Classic and that goes well with 13 as well. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! SOTD 12/14/16 Pal Adjustable(Set At 3/4) Schick (7) Erskine 3103 Boar Williams Cold Water Rinse,Alum Block Pinaud Clubman A/S A new puck of Williams,a great shave with the Pal,topped off with Pinaud Clubman = One Happy ILTS!!
Gillette Tech Weber Bulldog Handle Rapira Swedish Supersteel Semogue BC Texugo Institut Karite Soap Alum Superior 70
December 14, 2016 ATT Calypso R1 Feather Zenith B02 Boar Nuavia Blu Witch Hazel Everything just clicked and worked well together. The Zenith B02 boar whipped up the Nuavia Blu soap into a wonderful slick lather with the splendid scent adding so much to the shave. The Calypso R1 delivered an effortless near BBS. Overall a fantastic shave. I hope everyone has a great Wednesday.
December 14 SOTD: Stirling Synthetic the La Toja Shave Stick Gillette Black Beauty Stirling Unscented PSB Clubman AS
This Williams Menthol cream is wonderful - too bad it's my last tube and I don't know how I could get it again. It smells lovely and gives fabulous lather with great cooling. It also has very good blade glide and lots of skincare. The Rubby Dubby Doo really froze me afterwards - what a feeling! Just about BBS after two passes.
