SoS May 18-24 2009

Monday 5/18 . . .

• [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel
  [*]Brush: The "Ever Roddy 300" an Ever Ready 300 refurbished with silvertip badger knot by "The Knotty Badger"
  [*]Cream: Tabac SC
  [*]Razor: '07 GEM Jr Lathercatcher style with wood handle for face & Braun 7526 electric for head
  [*]Blade: Ted Pella PTFE coated SE (shave 3)
  [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel Toner & Nivea Extra Soothing ASB
  [*]EDT: Tabac EDT
  
  [*]Result: BBS today. That little GEM Jr sure is a great shaver especially paired with the Pella blade. No nicks or weepers today either. The Tabac remains perhaps my favorite scent whether in cream or soap.

 

Monday...

Razor: Slim @6
Blade: Schick Plus-Platinum (NOS) day 3
Soap: Tabac
A/S: Pinaud Clubman

Post 1000!

 

Congratulations.heheheheh

 

Razor: 38C
Blade: Gillette Swede
Brush: Duke 1 Best
Soap: SCS Austin blend
A/S: Lucido splash followed by TSD Iced Unscented Milk
Edt: Penhaligon's Opus 1870

 

Merkur 38C // Feather (3) // Arko Shave Stick // Tweezerman // AV Ice Blue

Smoooooooooooth

 

Monday morning!

Merkur Futur with Wilkinson (UK) Blade
Plisson 16 HMW
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Shaving Soap
Thayer's Witch Hazel; TSD Lavender Milk
Penhaligon's Racquets Formula Cologne

 

fun day for me with a jury duty notice for this morning...like they'll let a uniformed cop on a jury...

anyway:

Atra razor
TSD's TABAC-LIKE
Witch Hazel w/ menthol splash
Old Spice A/S

I know some of you guys don't like to hear about good shaves with a cart. but this razor really works well and is much much cheaper to use than the new-fangled cartridge razors out there now. Perfecto BBS even on the neck and jaw with 2 passes and a touch-up.

 

Monday

Muhle R89 / Feather
EJ BBB
HBS "Old Spice" Type SS
Aqua Velva Splash
Burt's Bees Natural AS

 

Whatever works for you! That's what it's all about, isn't it?

 

No. It's about collectible Gillette's, expensive blades, out of production tallow soaps and expensive after shave...

oh wait...that's not this place...:happy102

EW

 

Monday

Razor: Trumper's Warwick
Blade: NOS Wilkinson
Brush: Vintage Rooney
Cream: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet
A/S: Clinique PSH
Edt: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet



Of course,I kind of resemble the remark above,so maybe I'm in the wrong place...

 

Monday

Hot shower + hot towels
EJ BBB
Gillette slim
Gillette swedes
Ingram S/C
Proraso A/S splash
Cold towels
Nivea A/S balm

Nice cool shave! I strated using the gillette swedes on saturday evening and was very happy with it. It's sharp, maybe not as sharp as a feather but gives a very comfortable shave. As a matter of fact i didn't even thought about what blade i had in the razor the first passes. Guess it's a sign that things are about to come together. Also used TOBS mr taylor S/C on saturday. What a great scent! That's by now my official evening wear scent!

 

yeah,you might have been thinking in somewhere else....

 

MONDAY,
18 MAY '9.

Body - Fiorentino Rose
Hair - C&E Rose Water
Razor - Personna Blue
Lather - Gastby Cream
Brush - Allen Solly Boar
Splash - Jean-P. Gaultier
Finish - Jean-P. Gaultier.

...

Personna dual-track throwaways are razors I use here are there, free at the gym.

Gatsby SC is Japanese, Aloe- and Witch Hazel-infused.

The boar isn't dense but has a very pleasingly hefty ceramic handle.

Unable to locate my copy of Gatsby, I substituted This Side of Paradise for the backdrop

 

Late posting
Sunday May 17, 2009 830am

Face lathering

Hardware:
Brush: BBE
Razor: 68 slim adj. 9/3
Blade: Red IP (4)

Software:
Cream: KMF cool mint
AS Splash: TSD Iced Lime
AS Milk: TSD Lime
Cologne: Acqua Di Gio

 

I don't know where you get your information, but that's what DE shaving is all about. We all just make newbies think it's a "cheaper" alternative so they get hooked and can't stop. It's happened to all of us Actually, it's all about getting the best shave you can... price not being of concern.

 

Ah, so--made in Japan, the Gatsby!!!

 

Double Arrow razor
Omega 10029 boar
P160 soap
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

Beautiful!

 

19 May, Tuesday
Merkur Futur w/ Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless
Vulfix #2233
EJ Sea Buckthorn SS
Penhaligon's Opus 1870 EDT

Had a very nice shave today, with the EJ soap. Lathers very easily, generates a slick lather. Not as cushioning as the TOBS soap, but no irritation or nicks, even though I had the Futur at 1.5 today.

Fourth shave with this same blade. I've tried stropping it on my Dovo strop in the evenings before using it the next morning. Fourth shave still feels smooth and sharp.