SoS: March 29-April 4, 2010

Thursday's shave

* Biotherm face wash
* Fitjar East Indies shave cream (first shave with this one)
* Kent BK2 grey badger brush
* Custom J. Chandler, 5/8+ and 1/4 hollow
* Fitjar Fjellheim AS cream

NICE!

 

Wednesday:



Glycerin preshave
Vulfix 247 pure badger
Homemade Guinness SS
Gillette Super Adjustable
Personna (day1)
Witch Hazel
Homemade Bay Rum AS

 

Thursday. Early

Gem Bullet Tip Micromatic
D.R. Harris Almond Shave Stick
Omega Turnback Boar Travel Brush

My most expensive soap, $13.75 for the stick. Works pretty well, but not better than the cheap stuff.

A very small brush that comes with its own sleeve to cover the bristles for travel.

Took some work, but got a good lather, face lathering. Another fine shave. I'm probably due for a bad one.:shocked002

 

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Goodfella/new Super Max
Tet-a-Tet-SC :1respect :happy005
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Mennen Skin Bracer Original-AS
Versace L'homme-EDT

Aх, какое красивое бритье сегодня--Этот крем для бритья Tet-a-tet замечателен!

Translation:

Ahhhh, what a beautiful shave today--this Tet-a-Tet shaving cream is wonderful!

 

Hot Shower
Imperial 5/8 Extra Hollow Ground
Semogue 2000
Palmolive Shave Stick (courtesy of Shave Junkie)
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal
Murray and Lanman's Lotus and Violets Cologne

Razor felt quite nice in my hand but isn't quite where I need it to be edge wise (touch up hone tonight). The Palmolive Shavestick was fantastic, great smell, and nice lather.

 

Thursday, April 1st

Hot shower
De Vergulde Hand ss
VDH Deluxe boar
Mühle R89 w/ Red Personna
De Vergulde Hand alum
444 ASB w/ La Toja splash
Veleiro cologne

 

Thursday:

'57 Gillette SuperSpeed razor
Gillette 7 OCY blade
Palmolive Classica SC
Vulfix 375S brush
Pinaud Clubman A/S

First time using a SuperSpeed in months, forgot how good a shaver it is. Nice shave

 

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Merkur Progress XL
Astra Superior Platinum
Simfix Grosvenor LE Two Band Super
Proraso Classic SS
Dickinson’s Witch Hazel
Proraso A/S Splash

 

Thursday:

38C / Crystal
Semogue 1520 Boar
SCS "Very V" SC
Proraso ASB
Acca Kappa Cedro AS Splash

 

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor LE
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Cream: Mitchell's Wool Fat
A/S: Taylor Mr. Taylor

Another excellent shave!

 

Thursday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, black
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood
Brush: Semogue 2000
Razor: Merkur 11C
Blade: Astra, day 4, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion, Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood balm
'Stache Wax: Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 3 blades

I like the scent of this soap. It just doesn't perform as well as some of my others.

 

SOTD Thursday April 1, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Mehaz Solingen
Soap/Mug: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush: Custom Rosewood Silvertip
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue :freezing

Much better shave today than yesterday! I was dreading my shave this morning (that hasn't happened since the old Mach 3 days!) but it wasn't that bad. I used a very light touch with the razor even in the area of yesterdays skin grafts. The razor is honed great! If my shaving skills was a good as my honing skills I would not have any trouble. Still some stubble left on the right side of neck but I'm not obsessing about them this morning. (Need to heal a little more before going there.) I think I'll stick to this shave kit for awhile and eliminate all the variables to mark my progress in the skills area. The Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue really felt nice this morning!

 

RW 7/8 w/ abalone scales // Rooney 1/2 Finest // QED Sandalwood-Rose
D.R. Harris Pink // Diptyque Tam Dao
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Dubl Duck Special
Rooney 1/3 Silvertip
Godrej cream
Pinaud Clubman after shave

 

Thursday April 1, 2010

Brush: KBBSBB
Blade: Red IP (1)
Razor: 69 super adj. 9/6

Soap: Green Mountain
Splash: TSD Iced Lime
Milk: TSD Raspberry
Cologne: D&G Light Blue

 

-24mm Silvertip Badger Brush with snake wood handle
-Speick Shave Stick
-Gillette "Old"
-Israeli Crystal Blade
-Lab Series AS
-4.5 blades-being on vacation this week has made my shaves better-amazing how not being in a hurry has improved my technique.

 

Thursday's Shave

Razor- EJ Georgian (Ivory Handle)
Blade- IP Red
Brush- Baier Silvertip
Trumper's Violet Cream
Aftershave Balm- Nancy Boy

Only had time for two passes today, pretty good shave overall for being in a hurry:mad:

 

Thank you for the support Steve. I pulled it off again today too in less time and an even better shave!

But I digress, back to my SOTD:

• hot shpwer
• GEM Micromatic
• GEM personna blade
• 25 mm EJ silvertipo
• C.O. Bigelow SC
• L&M Florida Water

Another great Micromatic shave today. Very pleasing I still don't think I'm torn from DEs but I accomplished what I wanted to and that was to learn the micro well enough to not bleed and be irritated and I have far surpassed that.

 

Thursday

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Gillette Spoiler - Y4 (8)
Brush: Omega Boar
Soap/Cream: Col. Conk Lime
A/S: Royall Lyme

 

Friday, April 2nd

Hot shower
TSD Subzero ss
Kent T8 Pure Badger
D.R. Harris DE87 w/ IP
444 alum
444 ASB w/ La Toja splash