SoS: July 31, 2017 - August 6, 2017

Wed. 8/2/17







Wonderful shave with the Gillette Sensor 5 this morning. Three passes for a dolphin smooth and refreshing finish. Enjoy your day friends.

 

Terrific photo, Martin! What a beautiful injector as well. Have a great day!

 

Thank you, buddy!

Great picture, yourself! Have a great day!

 

Bon Vivednesday
Superb shave today. Slugger whipped up top notch lather from L&L very easily and quickly. Three smooth and efficient passes with the Rockwell 6s and I'm good to go.
Prep: Chatillon Lux butter
Soap: Chatillon Lux Bon Vivant
Brush: JR 159 Slugger
Razor: Rockwell 6s R6
Blade: voskhod
AS: Chatillon Lux Bon Vivant

 

Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap
Jayaruh #155 Brush
Portland Razor Company Siren
Lucky Tiger
Florida Water Aftershave
Have fun!

 

Castle Forbes Lavender
Paladin Blonde Badger
Frederick Reynolds
Fine Lavender

 

Wednesday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: RazoRock Tuscan Oud
Razor: Gillette Fat Boy
Blade: Vintage Gillette Platinum Plus (Shave #6)
Brush: Cowboy Classic/Whipped Dog Silvertip-24mmx54mm
Aftershave: RazoRock Tuscan Oud

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

RazoRock Tuscan Oud today. 20 seconds to load the CC/Whipped Dog Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Gillette Platinum Plus still in the Fat Boy. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with RazoRock Tuscan Oud aftershave.

Bob

 

SOTD: Vintage Solingen-made classic 5/8" Otto Deutsch 'Hans' razor, Stirling 'Orange Chill' mentholated tallow soap, custom Oscar11 boar brush, and Fine 'L'Orange Noir' aftershave. Lovely shave from start to finish. Have a great Wednesday, gents!

 

Schulze 192
Muhle Synthetic Brush
Sampsons Shaving Soap
Proraso Pre/Post Shave

 

Nice setup. I am trying to assemble an Old Spice Burley set myself.

 

Love that brush, it looks even floppier than my no-name best badger! (Is it floppy?)

 

Elegant Clint.

 

Wednesday, August 2

Czech & Speake Oxford & Cambridge~~Paladin Cleo~~1921 Gillette Big Fellow~~Perma-Sharp (3)~~AOS Lavender ASG/ASB
Have a great day!​

 

Thank you Primo.

 

Shower Soap - Mrs. Meyers Clean Day Lemon Verbena Bar Soap


Razor - DaveOcean33 "Atlas"
Blade - Kai Stainless Steel
Shave Brush - Gentleman's Hangar Synthetic
Shave Stand by Robert Evans on Etsy. Must request custom project to order.
Shave Soap - Mama Bear's "Bounty"
Preshave Oil - Lather & Wood's "Unscented"
Aftershave - Country Club for Men "1837"
Post Shave Balm - Retseliney Hyaluronic Acid Face Serum
Deodorant - Organic Essence "Lemon Tea-Tree Mint"
Fragrance - Creed Royal Water

There was just one tiny sliver of glycerin soap left in the bottom of the bowl. The stiff backbone of the brush worked up an impressive lather from just that tiny amount of soap (I still have more of this soap in reserve, but I wanted to see just how good the brush would be at extracting every last bit of soap). I'd have to say the Kai blade shaves very comfortably in this very aggressive razor (I call it "The Face Grater"), however I didn't have the time to try any risky shave strokes to eek the closest shave I could this morning. So, a full test of the Kai blade will have to wait.

 

Hi gents, always late for the party, here are my last 3 SOTDs :







Bonne journée Messieurs

 

Schick Adjustable (M1) Razor
Personna Injector Blade
Ever-Ready #1 Boar Brush (restored)
Love My Skin Tobacco & Bay Leaf Soap
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Tabac After Shave

A very nice shave today. Two passes with some touch up for a very smooth BBS shave.

 

SOTN August 1st


RazoRock Baby Smooth
Gillette Platinum (4)
Stirling 24mm Synthetic
Dirty Deeds Bay Run and Lime
Stirling Iced Pineapple AS

I think this will be the last attempt with the Dirty Deeds soap sample. I don't know what the issue is but I cannot get a good lather out of this soap, which is a shame because I really like the scent and so does my wife. On top of that while trying to face lather it last night before even putting the razor to my face I was starting to feel a little bit of a burning sensation. By the time I was done with the shave I had a good bit of irritation going. Luckily a splash of Stirling Iced Pineapple and its menthol blast extinguished the burn things and made my face blissfully numb. When the chill faded the irritated feeling was gone. Have a great day my friends!

 

Beautiful presentation.

 

TIMELESS Ti :: DECLARATION Franklin :: PENHALIGON'S Sartorial​