SOS: May 2025

Friday morning:

King C Gillette Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/7 AM day 6
Noxzema SC
Prep ASB
Booster Polar Ice AS Splash

Whenever I use my Noxzema cream I feel like I’m in Paradise - for so many years it was the only brand that I used and I would give up all my other stuff if it was still available. Not only do I love the scent it’s such a pleasure to lather, its menthol sensation feels great and it leaves my skin feeling like it’s been born again. The Prep has the same scent and it’s so moisturizing as well as soothing - it also has a nice cooling effect. The Polar Ice aftershave smells like a 50s barbershop do I ever love it. Three glorious passes gave me a fantastic BBS shave that I enjoyed from start to finish!


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Gillette Blue Tip B3 1956
Gillette Silver Blue Blade (1)
WSP Black Badger Brush 21/55

Gibbs Shaving Cream

Humphrey's Citrus Witch Hazel
Lustray Blue Spice After Shave

This Gillette Blue Tip is new to me, and this was my first time using it. It gave an excellent, smooth shave. Have a great day.

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That is super high praise for a shaving product my Lantzman! Noxzema sounds like one I would have loved!

 

Anniversary shave with the incomparable Riga Razor

Hot water preparation
MSC Frosted Lavender Shave Soap
Savile Row 3824 Silvertip Badger
Riga Razor 8/8
MSC Frosted Lavender After Shave



Happy shaving - Karl

 

As indicated yesterday(Thurs)...same lineup today.

 

Just how "Frosted" is their Lavender?

 

Canada's version of Clubman, right? (The Polar Ice).

 

It's Gunna Be A Memorial Week-end : Here's Saturday(24):

prep-Nivea Bodywash(in shower)
lather-IKE(Strike Gold Shave)*
brush-Jayaruh #59
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot DisposeABLE
A.S.-IKE(Strike Gold Shave*

*-With this, you get two Presidents in one(it may be called Ike, but the feature scent is Eight And Bob, a scent loved by JFK. Thus, two Presidents are remembered together on this Memorial Day week-end.)

 

VERY frosty!


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Friday, May 23

AoS Lemon~~Wald S1~~Barbasol Floating Head/Wizamet Iridium Super
Have a great day!​

 

SATURDAY SHAVE
RAZOR: Above The Tie Calypso X1 AC Slant
BLADE: Schick Proline
BRUSH: OpusBrush 25mm Oumo EHD 2-Band Badger
LATHER: D.R. Harris Windsor Shaving Soap
POST: Muelhens 4711 Eau De Cologne Splash

 

My only regret is that I am getting acclimated to it!!

 

I still find it to be Glacial cold - the aftershave is lethal!


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Happy Anniversary!!

 

Saturday SOTD


Razor: Colonial Razors The General Brass
Blade: Schick Proline (6)
Brush: Wolf Whiskers Beehive w 24mm Black Wolf
Bowl: HoneycombCopper 4 ½”
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Enigma Machine Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Oil: 3P
Shave Soap: Mystic Waters Sardinian Honey
Butter: Stirling's Almond Creme
Aftershave: Murphy and McNeil Barbershop De Los Muertos

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I almost forgot to wish you a happy anniversary!


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SOTD: 24th May 2025.



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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Cien Men Kenya Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Pears Transparent bar Soap.
Face & Head Lather.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Synthetic.
Lather: Wilkinson Sword Classic Shaving Soap.
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword. (D1)
Razor: Wilkinson Sword Classic TTO.
Razor: Supply V2 (**) base plate. (Head/Dome) - Personna Injector PTFE. (D2)

Post:
Cold Water Face & Head Rinse./Cold water face & Head wash with brush squeezing's,/Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.5 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./Superdrug Sierran Breeze ASL./ Aloe Vera Gel.

(Face & Head Shave)

A new eclectic shave set up to start the Weekend..

Another close comfortable face & head shave with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Aloe Vera Gel.

My face & precious swede are feeling smooth and smelling divine.

Stay safe, and enjoy the start of the bank holiday weekend (UK) ladies & gentlemen.

 

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Shavemac 'Crushed Mud' Resin 24/52mm Fan G5C Premium Synth.
Soap/Cream:- Noble Otter ~ Eros’ Ambrosia
Razor/Blade:- RazoRock Goat SS (borrowed) / Wizamet Super Iridium #5
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Plunkett's Vita E Pure with Rosehip Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerine (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for autumn & winter season)
Fragrance:- L'Occitane Baux
Tonight Tipple:- Guinness

I'm returning the RazoRock Goat SS back tomorrow, it's been an interesting experience, I'm glad to see RazoRock has created a razor in stainless steel version of a similar or closer to the original Merkur 34C HD. That, a lot of wet shavers have experience and owned the Merkur 34C or 34G in their own den, it's a love and hate two piece razors, as YMMV some wet shavers find it, it's just right, and some find it's too mild as we all have different experience.

I've owned the Merkur 34C since I first started wet shaving many moons ago in my 30s, straight out from cartridge razors and airy can goo crap.

I've also owned a Weber razor awhile back since I've been hunting them online for years, which is a very close and near precise version of the Merkur 34C, however, it's a real shame the Weber razor isn't in production anymore when they offer their stainless steel version due to quality control issue back somewhere in 2010 or 2011.

RazoRock Goat SS gap is slightly wider, and the blade exposure is NOT neutral according to their website at all when comparing side by side with the original 34C. The blade exposure feels like double the rate, because, the RazoRock Goat blade exposure is one step higher against the original Weber razor I've owned in my den, when comparing them side by side against the Goat SS.

The Weber razor gap is the same as the 34C, with a slightly more blade exposure, just one step under against the RazoRock Goat blade exposure.
I find the Weber razor the most comfortable and the most enjoyable razor I've owned against the Merkur 34C and the Goat SS, the Goat SS blade exposure is a bit too much against the 34C for beginners, who never experience real traditional wet shaving with a double edge blade.

IF, RazoRock Goat drop the blade exposure slightly down a notch, keep the gap the same, and this new Goat SS razor well become near precise as the original Weber razor version.

My rate level blade exposure from high to low.
1. RazoRock Goat.
2. Weber razor
3. Merkur 34C & 34G

 

Thanks for your excellent post. I have and enjoy the 34C and 34G both. However, my very favorite 2pc is the Muhle R89 Twist. I thought about purchasing the Goat, and I still might. I believe I have more RazoRock razors than any other. Gillette probably coming in second.

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Saturday morning:

Hot shower
Yaqi 30mm Barber Pole
Super Speed/7 AM day 7
Southern Witchcrafts Lavender SS
Lubriderm Moisturizer
Sir Canada Ceder AS Splash
Chabrawichi 555 Cologne

A few years ago I received this Lavender soap from SW that a friend of mine sent me and I must say this - truthfully it’s the most GORGEOUS lavender scent I’ve ever experienced, the lather is crazy thick, rich, slick as well as protective, and it has such a soothing, relaxing postshave feeling. The Lubriderm moisturizer added lots of extra care, and the Canada Ceder aftershave from Germany smells amazing - it pairs perfectly with the Chabrawichi cologne from Egypt which costs literally pennies over there. Three passes did the job for me - another brilliant BBS shave that was so much fun!

Have a great day - be well and stay safe!


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