SOS: December 2019

sunday shave
#22 aristocrat
platinum
rr 400
le pere lucien apricot
clubman whiskey woods

 

Thanks Gary! This is my first use of this set. Bought it in April at the Big Shave S'West earlier this year.

 

how did you like it compared to others you have?

 

Good Morning Everyone SOTD 12/29/19

Gillette Single Ring
Astra (6)
Burt's Bees Shave Cream
Cold Water Rinse, Witch Hazel
Burt's Bees Aftershave

Have A Great Day!

 

fine shave and pic..

 

Thanks!

 

Sunday 29th December



Clubman Shave Butter (Pre Shave)
P&B Imperial Rum Shaving Soap
Vulfix 'The Strand' Badger Brush
Ming Shi 2000S with a Derby Premium
Alum
Thayer's Witch Hazel with Cucumber
Creighton's Moisturiser
Brian's Home made Bay Rum

3 passes for a 'face feeler'. A lovely Sunday Morning shave at the end of my holiday

 

Thanks again Gary!

 

2019-12-29, Sunday

Weather was not defined enough to inspire me with a defined fragrance and so I slipped on the Iberian Portus Cale: I feel it spicy, oriental and fascinating.

It is a soap that does not easily lather with my technique or, more likely, it is I do not feel like submerging it with hot water, which would certainly facilitate the loading.
But the soap is at its end and I have the reasonable certainty that I will not buy it again not because I don't like it, but because I have so many soaps that a bowl that size would enter my inheritance.
So... i sip it!

And, speaking exaggerated quantities, I dealt with the blades question: they are not many in quantity, but in terms of variety and, instead of indulging in the use of my favorites, I decided to give it a good clearing.

And that's how I used a Müster again after six years.
The austere, almost Gothic logo and such a name evoke, in my mind, a domineering Germanicity.
Indeed it appears to be Israeli, produced by Personna.
(Well, fairly recent videos have made me discover worrying affinities between the military of the two nations, with others from a much older repertoire, so perhaps I haven't made too big s mistake.)

Probably, inspired by the name, I felt a certain Teutonicity in the cut: decisive and efficient, but not delicate, unnoticeable.
In this, for me, similar to Morris.
Another product I won't buy ...
But an absolute facial smoothness, despite a minimal regrowth with only two passes.

Petrucciani's second CD was not exactly the genre to choose for shaving: too rhythmic, swinging ... to accompany the austerity of the slow and ponderous gestures of the pogonotomic liturgy!
But he's pretty good...





Sapone PS: Valobra Glicerolanolina
Sapone: Portus Cale
Pennello: Simpson’s, Commodore X2, BB
Rasoio: Gillette, Tech, UK
Lametta: Müster
AS 1: MilMil, Figaro Gel
AS 2: Ai Monasteri, Balsamo Dopobarba
EdT: Vicious, Accidia
ST: M. Petrucciani, The Complete Dreyfus Jazz Recordings, 2° CD

 

SOTD 20191229.
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Proraso pre-shave cream (red).
Vintage brush / Maggard synth.
Jabonman "Lignum MMXIX" shaving soap.
RazoRock Game Changer GC-OC84 / Stork Ti "Paladin" handle.
Rockwell Razors Swedish Stainless Steel (3).
Haslinger "Sandelholz" ASB.
Loris "Luxe Oud" EdP.

 

Date:- 29 December 2019

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Stirling ~ Executive Man
Razor/Blade:- Schick Eversharp Hydro-Magic / Personna PTFE Coated Injector #2
Post/After-shave: T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- Tommy Hilfiger for Men

 

SE Sunday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Cella Crema Da Barba
Jayaruh #199
1907 Gem Jr. Lather Catcher
Vintage Gem Damaskeene
CWR
Cella Balsamo Dopobarba

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Cella Crema Da Barba face lathered well with Jayaruh #199 Brush. I did two passes and a cleanup with the 1907 Gem Jr. Lather Catcher razor with a Vingage Gem Damaskeene SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Cella Balsamo Dopobarba. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Merkur 34c
Astra blue blade
Palmolive soap stick
R&G man polish moisturiser
Old Spice a/s

 

A Gentleman’s shave set up. Nice!

 

Spicy Sunday's Shave;

• Rockwell 6S Jet Black (R6, R5, and R4)
  
• Gillette Rubie (Philippine Ver) (4)
• Stirling Spice Soap
  
• VdH Bowl
  
• Fine Lather Bowl
• Zenith B18
  
• Gentleman Jon's Alum Block
• Old Spice AS (USA)
• Stirling Spice ASB
• Old Spice EdC (USA)
  
• Million Dollar Hair Tonic
  
• Clubman Firm Hold Pomade
  
• Old Spice Original Deodorant
• Clubman Whiskey Woods Body Powder

 

Occam’s Enoch/Feather Pro/Yaqi 28mm Tux Barber Pole/Blades Grim Pre-shave oil
Blades Grim soap Unscented/Chiseled Face Sherlock after shave splash
Narciso Rodriguez for Him Bleu Noir


A very satisfying first shave with the Enoch.Smooth, efficient with very good balance and feel. The Feather Pro worked beautifully with the razor. A few more shaves will tell the story on consistently good shaves. I like it at first go. A great day to all and awesome shaves as well....​

 

Tabacstag!
We are headed to Frankenmuth today - a little German town not too far away, so I felt Tabac was an appropriate choice. I also used a personna lab blue in the Model T, dialing it down to 5 in order to address the sharpness of the blade. The shave was smooth and easy.

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Rockwell Model T
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Brush: Wild West Go Green
Lather: Tabac Original
Aftershave: Tabac Original

 

awesome shave and pic Gus..

 

Ops...
Thought it was a Bavarian town where they make German vermouth!

 

fine set ups,shaves and pics gentlemen..