SoS May 4 - 10 2009

Wonderful brush!!!!

 

Dubl Duck Special No. 1
Rooney Emillion
D.R. Harris Arlington soap
Proraso AS

 

After most of a day out working at my moms.. Mowing and whatnot.

1910 Gem Jr.
Treet blade <D1>
Ogallala Bay Rum
Vintage Badger Brush
WH
Pinaud Virgin Island Bay Rum A/S


I am all Bay Rummy and very very happy with that Ogallala Shave Soap. <thanks again MsB>

 

Saturday AM

Hot shower
Proraso Pre-Post at beginning of shower
King of Shaves Azor Sensitive cream during shower
VDH Boar brush
Merkur Progress w/ Swedish Gillette
Cedarmanfurniture soap
WWR
D.R. Harris Sandalwood A/S splash
CWR
Proraso A/S balm

First go-round with the (in)famous Cedarman soap. Not good lather at all. Tried numerous times and eventually settled on a lather that is sub-par compared a QED soap, Mama Bear's soap, TSD soap, etc.

I could be having an off day, though. So more to follow! Yeah for me!

 

Saturday

Merkur Futur
Derby Extra (1)
VDH Glycerin Soap
Aqua Velva A/S

I finally broke down an got a bottle of AV. I've used it before and just had to have it again!

 

Saturday May 9

Prehave: Proraso
Brush: GFT Best Badger
Cream: GFT Sandalwood
Razor: 1959 Gillette Fatboy (set on 7)
Blade: Feather
Aftershave: Third Stone Botanicals Bay Rum
Cologne: T&H Trafalgar

Not a bad shave all in all. 3 passes (WTG,XTG,ATG). Got about 3 tiny nicks but seem to have the problem of razorburn well and truly beaten.

Pete

 

Sunday morning shave

Mercadona pure badger brush
La Toja shaving stick
Wilkinson DE with Bic blade(2nd shave)
Kinessia Artic splash
Paco Rabanne pour homme after shave balm

Its gonna be good to be back at home!!!

 

Sunday 5/10

• Ever Ready 100T boar
• Speick Shave Stick
• Gillette Super Adj.
• Gillette 7OCB
• Thayer's A/F Original
• La Toja splash

Result: Fantastic BBS shave today! Nice and comfortable, awesome lather from the Speick stick, and that La Toja splash is awesome!

 

Sunday...

Razor: Fatboy @5
Blade: Gillette Platinum-Plus (NOS) day 5
Cream: KMF Unscented
A/S: Brut

 

"NEW TO ME" Theme Week: Day 7​

Sunday


Anything in Blue is something "new" for this week

• Soap:Arko
• Brush: Golden Nib Knot in Ever-Ready handle
• Razor: Stahly Live Blade
• Blade: 7 O'Clock Permasharp Stainless (#3)
• A/S: Thayers followed by AV Ice Blue

 

SUNDAY. 10 MAY.

Razor: Merkur LH
Blade: SharpEdge
Brush: C&E Best
Soap: Arko Stick
Splash: AV Blue.

...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lkL1BY1p8Y

 

Sunday:

Gorey's Chairman
Dovo Bismarck 5/8
Classic Euro Palmolive-SC
Hega-AS
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Wars-EDT

Another work of art of a shave made possible by the weekend allowing me to RELAX and to shave SLOWLY.

 

5/10

1917 gillette old type
swedish gillette
derby normal
ever roddy badger brush, black/green marble bakelite handle

dickinsons witch hazel

pinaud clubman virgin island bay rum

 

After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

Shavemac 22mm silvertip
Apollo/feather
IK SS
Lucky Tiger AS
Tom Ford 'Amber Absolute' EdP

A real disaster this morning......even managed to cut myself! It's gotta be well over a year since this happened (actually, I can't even remember when the last time was). The styptic pencil just couldn't work it's magic..........sheesh. Took the cut half an hour to finally shut down totally.

The first two times (of the four total) ever using this razor I tried an Iridium blade, and it was great. No problems at all.........smooth, comfortable, and room for error. I was really surprised, since the razor looks a bit aggressive. As a result, the last couple of shaves have been with a feather(another one of my usual blades). Heh, yesterday I sliced my neck in one spot...left a 1/4 inch red line near my adams apple. There was even an almost transparent piece of skin still hanging.........very nice!

So, today I went extra slow and that turned out badly. The problem is there is ZERO room for error with this razor/blade combo. Yeah, the cut happened even before I felt any sorta warning sting or resistance. And, the cut occurred on a spot I've never had a problem with before.

Man, once again I'm shown how the quality of my shave is affected by the blades being used. Heh, I recall reading members thoughts on that when I was new, and I just didn't get it. I mean, sharp is sharp.........right? Well, not exactly.

A sad shave this morning........even skipped my last pass......sigh. The good news is I get to use a more wonderful set up tomorrow. Yeah, and I also became a little more empathetic towards the new DE shavers......

Martin

 

Sunday

Merkur Futur
Derby Extra (2)
KMF Lavender Cream
Polo A/S

 

Sunday May 10, 2009 10am

Hardware:
Brush: BBE
Razor: 68 slim adj. 9/3
Blade: Red IP (1)

Software:
Cream: Men U
AS Splash: TSD Iced Lime
AS Balm: SCS Blue Line
Cologne: Acqua Di Gio

 

SUNDAY'S SECOND.

If I shave again today - that is, if I do a night out - here is how I see it:

Body - MWF
Hair - MWF
Razor - Merkur LH
Blade - Feather
Soap - MWF
Brush - C&E Pure
Splash - Old Spice
Finish - Tabac.

...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FeZZ9PGyyU

 

Amazing scent on that Bay Rum soap, huh?

I want the splash. I love Master's, but it's too oily...

 

Sunday...Mother's Day:

Merkur Progress with Gillette Permasharp Blade
Rooney 3/1 Finest
Trumper Almond Hard Soap
Thayer's Witch Hazel; Gentlemen's Refinery AS Balm
Knize 10

Hmm...something wasn't quite right today. Maybe it was the Trumper Almond or, more likely, the Progress/Permasharp combination. Next, I'll try the Super Iridium in the Progress. The SI has been performing well in the Futur.

 

Mother's Day: 51 Gillette SS razor / Treet Classic blade / Omega 61384 bruish / C.O. Bigelow cream / T&H West Indies Lime Aftershave

Nice shave, it's the least I could do for my bride of 41+ years.