SoS: Mar 22 - 28 2010

Wednesday:
Definitely the last consecutive day for this razor/blade combination. Ran it up to a full week, and will try something new tomorrow.

Surrey Soap
VdH boar brush
L2 Schick injector with Schick blade

 

Wednesday

LeCoultre frameback, 7/8ths
Blade #6 (again)
Omega boar brush
Omega s/c
Proraso a/s splash
Bigelow Barber e de c


Second time out for this blade, after a return trip to the pasted strop. This shave was just as close and much smoother than the first.

Best Regards

goshawk

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
Boker Red Injun #102
Semogue 2000
VDH Deluxe
British Sterling

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, BLACK
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum Lime & Peppercorn
Brush: Mohawk 3-338
Razor: Gillette New
Blade: ASR packaged for AAFES, day 3, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion, Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood
'Stache Wax: Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

I've been pleasantly surprised by this blade. It's not giving the closest of shaves, but they sure have been comfortable.

 

SOTD Wednesday March 24, 2010

Razor: 3/8 Emco Square point
Soap/Mug: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush: Custom Rosewood Silvertip
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave No. 4711

First shave with the Emco straight I found at an Antique Store for $8.00. It had a really keen edge and with a little stroping it shaved very well. DFS and I'm really starting to get the technique down pretty well with the straights.

Great shaves and photos shown by all this morning Gents. Gotta run!

 

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Merkur 23C
Super Iridium
Cyril Salter Sublime Citrus SC
Vulfix 2234 Super
Dickinson’s Witch Hazel
Ogallala Bay Rum, Limes & Peppercorns Toner

A most pleasant shave, and BBS too! This Salter cream has a grapefruit/lemon scent, and it’s always a pleasure when it comes up in the rotation.

The Ogallala BR, L & P toner was a fine finish that integrated well with the citrus note of the Salter cream.

 

-Muehle (HJM) pure badger brush
-TH Lavender SC
-Aristrocrat razr
-Dorco 301 (2)
-Aluminum Block
-Anthony AS Cream
-4 blades

 

Wow Chris! Another beautiful razor; love that Revisor!

 

Thanks. The best thing is that it shaves as good as it looks!

 

Danke sehr, mein Freund, but if there is alcohol in it, which I am afraid there is, it is risky. I do NOT want for you to send, and then it should be confiscated by our Customs. :sad023 :scared001

 

More Hobby Week Theme

Old School Games~
Cribbage with the Wife~
Take no prisoners, expect no quarter, full contact Backgammon with my Girls ::duel

Chubby 3 Super
Trumpers Coconut SC
Thomas Turner & Co~~
TM Artisan Linen / Horsehide
Humphreys Witch Hazel
Refinery ASB
Kiehls #1 Musk
Have a Great Night~~​

 

Thursday's shave:

* Pre-shave wash with 'Dermalogica' face wash
* L'Occitane CADE shaving cream
* Kent BK2 grey Badger brush
* 1/4 grind Custom J. Chandler, 11/16
* Alum Block as post treatment

First shave with the L'Occitane cream, which I have described more here. The straight was stropped 30/50 beforehand and proved to be, as always, cutting-edge hardware.. :think002

 

Thyrsday, March 25th

Hot shower
VDH Deluxe ss
VDH Deluxe boar
Mühle R106 w/ Gillette 7 O'clock
De Vergulde Hand alum
444 ASB
Canali Dal 1934 EdT

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
Frederick Reynolds Chopper
Omega boar
Arko Shavestick
Masters Bay Rum
Obsession
Murray's Australian Beeswax

 

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Goodfella/Elios day 3
Florena-SC :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Booster Mosswood-AS
Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme-EDT

My face really appreciated the Florena cream this morning, because it has such soothing skincare. For some reason which I don't know, my skin felt a little irritated when I woke up, but this cream gave me the protection which I needed, as well as fantastic lather. The Booster Mosswood smells so traditional, barbershoppy, and nice!

 

Thursday:

Lord Smart razor
Royal SuperStainless blade
Palmolive Classica SC
VDH boar brush
M&L Florida Water Cologne

What can I say? Another great shave

 

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Futur
Super Iridium
Simpson Colonel X2L
TSD Crackling Firewood SS
Dickinson’s Witch Hazel
Ogallala Bay Rum

 

Revisor 5/8 // Rooney 1/2 Finest // Musgo Real // D. R. Harris Pink
AdP Colonia Intensa
​

 

Thursday

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Gillette Spoiler - Y4 (2)
Brush: Altesse Badger
Soap/Cream: Col. Conk Lime
A/S: Royall Lyme

 

Thursday

I bought this Ever Ready razor from the Shave Den store in December, but am using it for the first time. Walgreens blade, Col. Conk's Lime in the mug.

Not quite DFS. No nicks or weepers, but this model needs a little practice after using 1900 and 1912 style Gems.