SOS: May 2019

Stunning pic and gear!

 

2019-05-27, Monday

A beautiful fall day: drizzly raining and pretty cool. I thought we were on the ascending slope: a couple of days ago we had 26°C.
Hence i decided for a strong soap and what better than Strong 'n Scottish?
The vulcanized rubber smell goes as it's lathered and had a great shave notwithstanding I feel Feather's a bit rougher than Kai's. But I imagine it's just a personal feeling.



Sapone PS: Valobra Glicerolanolina
Sapone: Meißner Tremonia, Strong 'n Scottish
Pennello: FS, Chubby Silvertip 26
Rasoio: Gillette, Rocket Red Tip
Lametta: Fearher
AS: MilMil, Figaro Gel
EdT: Aramis
ST: Dave Brubeck - Take Five

 

SOTD 20190527.

J&T® bamboo / Tuxedo.
Jabones by Luna “Java” shaving soap.
Seygus "Zeppelin" V2 0.7 / Seygus Ti handle.
Rainbow Super Stainless (4).
Nouvelle Etoile (== Novaya Zarya) “Vétiver Frais” ASL.

 

Monday 27th May



Cold Water Shave
Vitos Preshave Cream
OSP Grapefruit and Menthol Shaving Soap
Semogue 'Taj' Badger/Boar Brush
Gem Featherweight Razor with a Treet Carbon Blade
Mentholated Witch Hazel
Dove Moisturiser
Epsilon Blue AS

The Tree blades give a good shave....but it is a little off putting how quickly the main body of the blade tarnishes despite a coating of Ballistol. I don't think I will be restocking.
3 passes for a perfect finish and it is off to the Hay Festival for a talk on the D-Day Landings!

 

Good Morning Everyone SOTD 05/27/19

Gillette Ball End Old Type
Shark Super Stainless (1)
Badger
C.O. Bigelow
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Aqua Velva A/S

Have A Great Day!

 

My Old Type should look so good.

 

Pre: Warm water splash
Brush: Maseto 24mm ST
Cream: T&H No.10
Razor: Muhle R41 (2013)
Blade: Astra SP
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, T&H No.10 PSB

What's going on? Second shaving cream and DE shave in a row!
Someone check under the bed for a pod.
Happy Shaving one and all.

 

Menthol Monday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Ingram
Jayaruh #356 Synthetic
Ever-Ready Bathroom Set
Gem Blue Star CS
CWR
Osage Rub

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Ingram Shave Cream face lathered well with the Jayaruh #356 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Ever-Ready Bathroom Set razor with a Gem Blue Star CS blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

I think Maseto brushes are far better than FS ones.
And look even better!

 

RR Gamechanger .84 & Super Max Blue Diamond
Maggard 30mm Tux
Shannon’s Bay/Patchouli/Grapefruit soap
Humphreys Alcoholado Maravilla
Shannon’s Bay/Patchouli/Grapefruit a/s splash
JV Artisan Acqua

An early, brisk but, sunny morning shave. Nailed it. Have a great day and wonderful shaves Gents.
Time to spark up the Barbecue and get some Ribs going....​

 

Monday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Ramblin’ Man
Soap: Reef Point Submariner
Razor: Vintage Gillette Fat Boy
Blade: Vintage Gillette “Spoiler” Super Stainless (19)
Brush: John’s Brushes Silvertip-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Reef Point Submariner

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

Reef Point Submariner today. 20 seconds to load the John’s Brushes Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette “Spoiler” SS still in the Gillette Fat Boy. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Reef Point Submariner aftershave.

Bob

 

May 27th
Razor: Cooper Monobilt
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (2)
Brush: Grizzly Bay Constitution
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: WSP Barbershop
PAA Galactic witch hazel
PAA Star Jelly unscented
AS: Fine American Blend

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

 

I haven't tried an FS brush but the Maseto Silvertip and Finest knots are excellent imo.

 

Good morning gents,

My Menthol Monday SOTD:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Wilkinson TTO/Astra Green day 2
Soap Smooth Frozen Cranberry SS
Lucky Tiger ASB
Fine Snake Bite AS Splash
Bleu de Chanel EdP (later today)

We’re taking a 4:00 PM flight today to return home after a wonderful and well-deserved vacation here in Miami. I had a very good shave thanks to my fabulous Wilkinson razor/Astra Green combination as well as this lovely Frozen Cranberry soap which I received as a gift from my precious wife a while back. The scent is beautiful, the lather is thick, rich, and dense, with a STRONG menthol punch along with very good postshave care. The Lucky Tiger balm is very similar to the Prep, especially scent-wise and it’s very cooling as well as moisturizing. A couple of splashes of the Snake Bite gave me an intense freezing which felt so good - in fact it feels like an air conditioner in a bottle. All it took were too passes to get me BBS.

Have a great week!

 

Never tried a goats milk shave.

 

27 May 2019
Memorial Day

An effortless, 2 pass, minor touch-up, BBS shave.

Soap: Proraso Green
Brush: Omega 10086
Razor: Fatip Grande
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Aftershave: Proraso Green splash

 

I have a few Fs's and they are certainly good, some got on an Ebay auction for very little. Ang got them because i had not known about Lyojuni-Maseto yet... Found out about Lyojuni-Maseto only later.
I have a 2-band (London) an it's one of best I have.
Non only, but they cost less than FS' who's gone out of his mind: my 'chubby' ST costs now about 50% more than 4 years ago!

 

Memorial Day, 2019

Eufros Rosa Bourbon~~Simpson Emperor 3~~Ralf Aust 5/8~~Penhaligon's The Hammam
Today, let's remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.​

 

My SOTD on Monday, 27th May 2019

Pre-shave prep: shower
DE-razor: Edwin Jagger
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Brush: Stirling, 24mm, 2-band Badger (bulb)
Shaving soap: Saponifico Varesino, Stella Alpina
Lathering: bowl lather in a Bakelite bowl
Finish-off: WWR, CWR, Alum block, Humphreys Witch-Hazel Original Astringent
Aftershave splash: none
Aftershave balm: Stirling, Arkadia

Have a nice day to all of you.