SoS: August 3-9 2009 - "The Artisans of TSD Week"

Wednesday:

Plisson 18
Truefitt & Hill Lavender cream
Schick Krona w/ Super Iridium blade
Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel w/ alcohol added
Castle Forbes Lavender balm
Creed Royal Scottish Lavender cologne

 

Wednesday - Artisan Week

• Soap:Ginger's Garden Lime Yuzu
• Brush:Semogue 1305
• Razor:Bob's Razor Works Bulldog Mastiff
• Blade:KAI (Shave #3)
• A/S: Thayers with peppermint EO followed by own ASB mix

 

Good Wednesday afternoon all...

George Wostenholm Celebrated XL
Trumpers superbadger
Arko Lemon sc
Thayers Original WH w/ aloe
Floid Vigoroso
Arko Citrus after shave cream
Alt Innsbruck Edc

After a morning of painting the kitchen, a bit of relief with the shave of the day

 

Merkur HD/SharP
Burma Boar
Williams Mug Soap w/ Barbasol
Aqua Velva

 

8/5

1919 valet autostrop
gem blade, modified
williams soap
ever ready horsehair brush, black and brown handle

dickinsons witch hazel
murray & lanman florida water

polo double black

 

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Merkur 33C “Classic” razor with Derby Extra blade
Semogue 2000 Boar Brush
Godrej Menthol Mist shaving cream
Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue aftershave lotion
Nivea Extreme Comfort asb (only a dab)

The Merkur 33 Classic razor, no bells, no whistles, under-rated, overlooked,
inexpensive and well made; it gets the job done.

 

6 August, Thursday

Gillette Super Click w/ Gillette Super Thin
Rooney 3/1 "Super"
Palmolive SS
L'Occitane Vetyver EDT

 

5 AUG '9.
FACE AFLAME.

Wash: Porto Voga
Razor: Super Adj., 7
Blade: Derby Extra
Soap: l'Occitane
Brush: C&E Best
Splash: AV Classic.

...

Two pass shave, XTG-ATG, left my face absolutely burning. ATG has always been especially rough on me, my hair coarse. But a little razor burn I can live with; it's the ingrowns that come after that trouble me.

Will brew up a home-made TendSkin (Arko Komando, Aspirin) soon to help combat ingrowns, should they arise.

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

 

Wednesday evening shave, face and heade, in hotel
-Weishi gunmetal
-7 O'Clock SE
-Omega 20086 boar
-Arko Stick
-Alum Block
-Oglalla Limes & Peppercorns sample

I'm surprised, but the Weishi and 7 O'Clock aren't a good match. Liking the Oglalla scent, but could use a little moisture. If I had a full bottle, I'd add a little glycerin or corn husker's lotion.
(also this is my 1,000th post!)

 

Forgot to put yesterdays shave up, so I will combine it with todays...

Day 2 of "The Artisans of TSD Week"

• Hot Shower with Suzi's shea butter soap in Red Dragon scent
• Semogue 1305 Brush
• Suzi's coconut scented shave soap
• Pushbutton Gem
• CVS Blade Day 1
• Witch Hazel
• Proraso A/S Balm

This was a rough shave, I think I got a bum blade, neck was very tender and sore. Never had this rough of a shave from the pushbutton before.


Day 3 of "The Artisans of TSD Week"

• Hot Shower with Suzi's shea butter soap in Red Dragon scent
• Burma Shave Boar Brush
• Suzi's coconut scented shave soap
• Clix Razor
• Derby Day 1
• Witch Hazel
• Aqua Velva Ice Balm

After yesterdays rough shave I switched to my "go to" Clix razor and blade setup, and had a much nicer shave today. I really like that Dragons Blood Scent.

 

Thursday:

Gorey's Chairman
Ming Shi TTO/7 AM day 3
Kupa Fresh-SC :drool :drool
Arko Aqua-AS gel
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Musgo Real Oakmoss-cologne

Another fantastic cream from Bulgaria--Kupa Fresh gives so much lather, it has a gorgeous scent, and it leaves the skin feeling smooth and well-taken care of. The Arko Aqua gel has a terrific cooling effect.

 

VI AUGUST TWO-
THOU-
SAND & NINE'S
SHAVE, WHICH SHAVE HAS'
NT OCCURRED YET,
AS I'M AT PRE-
SENT B.
B.S. BUT SHALL SLICE
SOON, AS
HAIR GROWS.

Wash: Imperial Leather
Razor: Parker 22R
Blade: Treet Classic
Cream: Musk Spice
Brush: 10077 Boar
Splash: Osage Rub
Finish: Something Sultry.

...

De Ting Continues.

 

THURSDAY

Krona/7'Oclock/Yellow Wrapper/day 3
VDH Brush
VDH Soap
FOTE Aloe Gel
Ogallala Bay Rum AS with Peppercorns & Limes

 

Thursday

Merkur Futur
Derby Extra (3)
KMF Lavender Cream
Thayer's WH with Aloe
Aqua Velva Ice Sport A/S

 

Thursday: Gillette Fatboy razor / Brazilian SuperThin blade / Kell's Original SS / EverReady Synthetic brush / Barbasol Brisk Aftershave

I've decided that I don't care for this particular synthetic brush so going back to boar.

 

Thursday - Artisan Week

• Soap:Kell's Casbah Mint
• Brush:Semogue 1305
• Razor:C2 Schick Magazine Repeating razor
• Blade:Pella Injector (Shave #1)
• A/S: Thayers with peppermint EO followed by TSD Iced Subzero

 

6th August 09

Semogue 1305
Trumpers violet SC
Merkur HD
Feather D5
Thayers aloe formula
Emily's ASB Bay Rum

Fantastic three pass shave.

 

06 Aug 09
All I can say is WOW!!!
Hot Shower (washed face with Eucalyptus Spearmint Soap)
Gillette Slim Adjustable (set at 9)
TSD Wheat Cream Iced Subzero
Osage Rub
Pinaud Lime Sec EDC

I seldom use creams but this one could quite possibly change my mind. The menthol blast throughout was amazing and if you're not a morning person and need to wake up this is the set up for you. After the initial menthol blast from the shaving cream the cold water rinse seemed to turn it up another notch. Then came the Osage Rub which took the menthol blast clean off the charts. All this stuff worked together so well and the menthol blast was absolutely incredible. Even now, roughly 10 minutes after my shave, my hands are still icy and tingling. Bravo! Good Show. This set up will make regular appearances. That's a fact. Even as we speak I have an puck of Iced Subzero Soap inbound. I only hope there's nothing lost in the translation from cream to soap. Fortunately, a large jug of Osage Rub appeared in yesterday's mail as well.

 

Trumpers razor
Rooney brush
Palmolive shave stick
Hydrolast Lime & Green Tea balm
C&S #88 EDT

 

Thursday - August 6

Golden Nib Silvertip in C&E handle
Salter Sublime Citrus SC
Gillette '55 Gold Ball End Tech
Gillette "Swede" (D8)
Schick Injector Type E
Pella Gem Injector Blade (D4)
Thayers Rose WH / TSD Blueberry Splash

The "swede" wasn't 'cutting it' after the 1st pass so I grabbed the injector. Great shave.