SoS: July 27-August 2 2009

Friday Morning:

Hot Shower/Hot Towel
1972 Gillette Super Adjustable (set at 4)
Swedish Gillette (Shave #3)
Kent/Altesse Pure Badger
TOBS Avocado SC
Skin Bracer Green
TSD AS Milk
Preferred Stock

Very impressed with today's results. Wednesday, my face felt a little raw and tight afterward. Not the case today. I did try and make sure that I used a lighter touch this time around as I did dial the adjuster up to a 4 from a 3. I can feel a bit more smoothness than Wednesday's shave also, and that's with a 3x used Swede. I'll be interested to see how much better the results could be with a fresh blade. The TOBS lathered up magnificently but I wish I had an aftershave that matched up with it a little better than the Green Bracer but I personally don't know any that would. But the menthol kick was nice. A great finish to the month.

 

Just another Ferny Friday:

Simpson PJ2 Super
Penhaligon's English Fern soap
Schick Krona with Super Iridium blade
Penhaligon's English Fern AS; Clinique Post-Shave Healer
Penhaligon's English Fern EdT

The new two-band PJ2 super doesn't seem to get a lot of air time on the forum (most folks seem to be all over the T2 and CH2), but it's an exceptional brush with just the right amount of fill and density.

 

Merkur "Classic 1904"
Israeli Persona blade
Vulfix best badger
QED lime soap
Proraso after shave

 

Caswell-Massey sandalwood pre-shave oil
Semogue 1305 brush
Tabac shave cream with some menthol added
Weishi razor
Derby blade (new)
Thayers original alcohol free witch hazel with aloe (as after shave)

The mentholated Tabac cream is great, as is the Thayers. Got a face cooling shave. However, the shave was not as close as I like . The Weishi was my first DE and it was a great introduction into non-Mach 3 and non-Fusion shaving. I hadn't used it in months so decided to try it again. I guess I have just outgrown it and prefer a slightly more aggressive shave. My Gillette NEW, Merkur slant, and Probak open comb have nothing to worry about as far as favorite razors go.

 

Dubl Duck Special
Rooney 1/1 Super
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Proraso after shave
Trumper's Sandalwood Skin Food

 

Friday 7/31

Semogue 1305
Palmolive Classic SC
Gillette Milord
Gillette 7OCB
Thayer's A/F Original
Brummel AS

Result: This Milord is turning out to be quite a nice shaver. The smaller handle has taken a bit to get used to, but I'm really starting to like it...

 

Matt, The Milord was the 2nd razor I got after the Weishi mentioned above. I got it on e-Bay and even though its shiny new beauty days are long over, it has never left my rotation. IMO they are great razors that always give a reliable shave.

 

Friday/Viernes
Kells original hemp blend casbah mint soap
Semogue 1305 boar brush
Rocket HD with IP blade(1st shave)
Proraso AS

Definitely the Kells soap is one of my favs.

 

its the top of the head with the blade bar down. ive got a video on how to put a blade in a gem with the same head. maybe the ornate-ness is throwing you off


7/31

1917 gillette old type
german wilkinson
derby normal
aristocrat badger brush, green and white handle

dickinsons witch hazel

old spice

 

Friday - July 31

Semogue 1305 Boar Brush
GEM MM Open Comb with Pella Gem (D4)
Tabac Soap
Thayers Rose Witch Hazel
TSD Iced Mayan Gold

This shave is in the Top 5 of all time.

 

Saturday August 1

Pre: Sandalwood Skinfood
Brush: GFT Best Badger
Soap: Proraso (green tub)
Razor: 1930's Aristocrat
Blade: Astra Superior (Day 2)
Aftershave: alum block followed by Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm
Cologne: Parfum de Nicolai 'Baladin'

Pete

 

THE
II OF
THIRTY-
1 JULY.

Razor: Wilkinson Dual
Lather: Blix Fresh SC
Brush: Crabtree BBB
Finish: AV Blue, Tabac.

...

Blix is a very solid cream I received courtesy of Jeff. Light menthol, abundant lather, low price.

...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v5vrfPcavc&feature=related

 

Saturday

Merkur Futur
Derby Extra (3)
Col Conk Lime Soap
Thayer's WH with Aloe
Pinaud Clubman A/S

 

Saturday:

Gorey's Chairman
Ming Shi TTO/7 AM day 3
Proraso Aloe & Green Tea-SS :drool :drool
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
JHL-AS

No time for the straight this morning, but still a good and presentable shave. This Proraso White bowl soap is the only product from Proraso that I can honestly say I really enjoy. In fact, it has become one of my favorite soaps.

 

SATURDAY

Feather Popular
Feather/day 3
VDH Brush
Cremo Cream
FOTE Aloe Gel
Clubman After Shave

 

Saturday 8/1 . . .

• [*]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: SCS Fairway Rose
  [*]Razor: '10 GEM Jr. Lather Catcher Style
  [*]Blade: Ted Pella PTFE coated SE (shave 2)
  [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Savory Rose Witch Hazel Toner & AV After Shave Conditioner
  [*]EDT: TSD Old Spice Type EDT
  
  [*]Result: WOW! An effortless BBS shave today. The Fairway Rose has just a wonderful scent and provides a great cushion and slickness for the razor to pass across my face. And to add to the great shave the TSD Old Spice Scent is one of my wife's favorites. As always the GEM Jr Lather Catcher did its job masterfully. Thanks St Sue and Queen Joanna for your great concoctions.

 

Sabado/Saturday
Semogue 1520 boar brush
Kells hemp blend casbah mint soap
Rocket HD with IP(2nd shave)
Floid AS Vigoroso.

Got another great shave!I understand the love for the british Gillettes,I have a flare tip Rocket,#58 and now this Rocket HD and are great well built razors.
The Casbah Mint soap simply ROCKS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wHLoErB8Po

 

After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

Shavemac 22mm silvertip
Schick 'L' type injector/Personna twinjector blades(NOS)
AOS unscented SC(added lime EO)
Lucky tiger AS
Ogalallah bay rum cologne

Time to change the blade......4 shaves will do it for this one. I felt a small amout of resistance this shave, and there's no need for that....heh. The shave itself was very close, especially my neck. Ahhhhhhhhh, it's worth using an injector just for that feature. That teeeny slim head really mops up those whiskers in hard to reach spots. Heh, I'm sorta dreading the idea of going back to my fatboy....clunky old thing that it is..........

I'll use a Schick blade in this razor tomorrow, and then I'll have seen which blade is better in two different razors. It's been a good time using these razors again.

BBS results,
Martin

 

8/1

1907 valet auto strop
feather SE
williams soap
ever ready horsehair brush, black and brown handle

dickinsons witch hazel
pinaud clubman virgin island bay rum

polo double black

 

Hot shower
Gem Jr. 1912 Fat Handle
TSD Coconut Lime Verbena
Dickinson's WH (Aloefied)
Drakar Noir EDT

I'm as big a fan of sharp razor blades as the next man but good God Gurtey this one was absolutely ridiculously sharp! A few little weepers but nothing catsrophic. WH seemed to seal them right up.