SoS: July 31, 2017 - August 6, 2017

Thanks. I like that its style is so different from the Tritium rod to the distressed brass look.
Steve

 

Chiseled Face Groomatorium - Civet
Island Bladeworks "Stoya" | Elite Razor Manchurian
Ever-Ready SE | Gem PTFE
Homemade Aftershave w/Zoologist Civet EdP
Zoologist Civet EdP

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Left - stock original, two year old Omega Pro 10098.
Right - Handle by Tom @twhite , same knot from a new brush.

27mm, set at 65mm loft like the Omega. It was as close as I could find in a NOS looking knot to give the Rubberset 400 look. Still breaking in the B-400 knot. It's stiff and scritchy the way I like em.
The other two threaded swappable ferrules have a Tuxedo from APShaveCo & a WD High Mountain badger (Thanks Clint! @clint64)

 

Thank you very much Doug - you are too kind

Love your El Druida brush BTW

 

Love that style of brush. Someday...

 

How's that Curley's Ideal treating you? I picked one up a year ago, but haven't gotten it honed. The frameback design looks like the blades might be replaceable.

 

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Simpson Captain 2
MDC Citrus
Colonial Razors 'The General'
Feather Pro
Fine L'Orange Noir
TerreD'Hermes



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Thanks Jeff! This razor is one of those amazing TSD things. I put up a WTB ad for a Gillette 195, and a wonderful TSD member answered, though he wouldn't let me buy it! Deal was keep it forever or provide it PIF style to another down the line. It's one of only 3 DE razors still left in my inventory, and it's staying forever. To honor the generosity of Charlie Danger, it gets a focus each summer. It's Adjustable August in that focus thread, and I am up to Day 71 on this Arko Stick. And of course the mighty Osage, you need no explanation for that choice in August!

 

Adjustable (Arko) August!!!

August 2 - Grand Blade Trials

Razor - 1962 (H1) Gillette Slim (3)
Blade - (1)
Soap - Route 66 Sweeney Todd
Brush - Jayaruh #46
Post - Alum

And we're off and running with the Trials again this month. I'm waiting on a couple of blades to arrive in the next day or two so in the meantime I'll pick another blade from Lord in Egypt. The Rainbow is a Super Stainless blade and we can at least say its wrapper is colorful. Not sure what else we can say until we give it a try.

For this blade I'll be using the Route 66 soap and for tonight's shave the JR46, which produced its usual phenomenal lather from the load off the puck. Of my three synthetic brushes, the Maggard knot is still my favorite, followed closely by the Tuxedo, then the West Coast Shaving knot.

In addition to having a colorful wrapper, the first run with the Rainbow on the mild 3 of the Slim also proves it has a lack of sharpness. Pretty "meh" feel to it. Reduction was less than optimal but I still managed a DFS in two passes and touch up. Nothing close to the baby but better than I thought it would do. No dragging or other problems, it just doesn't cut like a sharp blade. Definitely not dull, but not sharp. What do we call that, "darp"? "Shull"? I'm hoping it may improve as we dial up to 6 for tomorrow's shave. This may be yet another less than sharp blade that improves with aggression in the razor.

Otherwise, no issues and the alum was quiet. Can't complain about the shave, it just wasn't exciting. Which, actually, is probably a good thing if I think about it long enough.

 

2 August SOTD
Gillette Senator W/ Feather Blade
Mr. Taylor Cream and AS
Hand crafted brush



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Gillette Sensor
Western Family Twin Trac Cart
Semogue 830
Barbasol (Yellow Can)
AV Sensitive Skin 5in1 ASB

Clayton

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Great looking razor and brush.

 

Excellent setup!

 

Beautiful brush Mark.

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Good Morning Everyone! SOTD 08/03/17

Gillette Single Ring
Personna (4)
Boar
Kingsley For Men Shaving Soap
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Gillette Cool Wave A/S

A Very Nice BBS Shave

Have A Great Day Everyone!

 

Good morning to you also. Nice setup and brush. Does it have a brass handle?

 

SOTD 20170803



J&T® black walnut / "Black Mag".
Jabones by Luna "Higo y vainilla".
iKon "El Jefe" / Cadman handle.
Kai Titan Mild (15).
Hugo Boss Bottled EdT.

 

Good shot. How do you like that aftershave?

 

Thank you - the aftershave (Boss Bottled Edt) has a nice scent and lasts ...

 

August 3, 2017
OneBlade Genesis V2
Feather FHS-10 (4)
Rubberset 400 with WSP HMW
Dirty Deeds Arroyo Cactus
Floid Blue

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