SoS: April 12-18 2010

Friday, April 16th

Hot shower
VDH Deluxe mugsoap
VDH Deluxe boar
D.R. Harris DE87 w/ Red Personna
De Vergulde Hand alum
444 ASB w/ La Toja splash
Davidoff Adventure EdT

 

Hot Shower
Hot towel on face-felt great
Arko Shavestick
'65 Slim-
Perma-Sharp Super (day 3)
Arko Maximum Comfort AS cream
Arko maximum AS
Arko Nem Soft Lotion (moisturizer)

In an effort to return to normalness, I made a 3 pass shave on #6 and got a very clean DFS...one hour later, not completely satisfied, wanted more, I relathered and did one WTG pass on #9, could hear just enough whiskers being cut to make my DFS a "Shiney" BBS...) (maybe a little excessive but, what can I say... face feels great...)

 

Friday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Wilkinson Sword day 2
Palmolive Cool-SC :anifrozen :happy005 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Mennen Skin Bracer Original-AS

Although the weather here is miserable, I still could not resist the temptation to take a good face-freezing shave. I cannot say enough praises for this Palmolive Cool cream. The Mennen Skin Bracer aftershave provided the perfect closing chill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WD0WVL-HjE

 

Grandpa Shave Friday

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
6/8" Boker Barber Tip (first shave with this razor)
Semogue 2000
Palmolive shavestick
Corn Huskers Lotion
Brut Splash

Pretty close to a BBS shave. If it's anything like the others though, this razor will improve exponentially after a few weeks of use and a touch up hone or two. This razor is interesting to me because it has the heft of a wedge but I seem to get a little feedback and while not as concave as my Red Injun 102, it certainly delivers a hollow ground-like shave but still feels a lot like a wedge in my hand.

 

TGIF:

Gillette Ball End Tech razor
Treet Black Beauty blade
Palmolive Classica SC
Rooney 3/1 brush
Osage Rub
Pinaud Clubman A/S

1st time using a ball end tech. I'm liking it. Mighty fine shaver.

 

Friday, April 16, 2010

Razor: Merkur Progress XL
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: Arko Moist
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Speick Splash

An excellent, close but comfortable shave this morning. Arko cream always impresses me with its quality and bargain price. The Speick splash, as usual, was a fine finish.

 

I agree! I picked one up a few weeks back for $5 brand spankin' new. Only had a tiny bit of the shellac missing off the base of the ball exposing the gold. Awesome shaver. I'm glad you like yours too.

 

In celebration of it getting warmer out I have been shaving with this combo this week:

Merkur 1904
7 O'clock Sharp Edge
Knotty Badger Silver Tip
Toms of Maine Mint
The Shave Den Subzero ASM

 

Friday

Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: Derby (4)
Brush: Altesse Badger
Soap/Cream: CO Bigelow
A/S: AV Ice Sport

 

Friday:

Flare Tip SS/ Red IP
Rooney 1/1 Super
TGQ Lime Margarita SS
GFT WI Limes Skin Food
TSD Iced Blue Juniper AS Splash

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, black (roasting some Kenya this weekend!)
Soap: VDH Deluxe
Brush: Mohawk 3-338
Razor: Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 5, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB & Brut AS
'Stache Wax: Wacky Tacky

Shave rating: 4 Blades

I've had closer shaves, but this was a good one. I noticed the head on this Tech is a tad different than the head on my Ball End Tech. That may be why I got a better shave out of the Fat Handle Tech than what I get with the Ball End. The Ball End is just TOO mild for my taste.

As for my venture in using str8s, I'm saving up a few bucks. I want to send three of them out to Lynn for honing, and I need to get a strop. My birthday is in a few weeks, so I'll probably be able to get what I want then.

 

-Vintage Pomco Slant razor
-Wilkinson Sword blade
-Vintage Stag Pure Badger Brush
-Palmolive SS
-Alum block
-TSD Iced Mojito AS Milk:anifrozen:anifrozen:anifrozen



-Except for the Iced Mojito and alum block everything I used was a first for me.
Worked out great-very pleasant comfortable DFS.

 

Glad to hear that you will soon be venturing into the world of straights Steve. Smart move to start off with some well honed straights from the get-go! Hope the "Birthday Bunny" gets you all set up with the Strop.

 

Nice shot Danny, looks like a nice shave kit there!

 

SOTD Friday April 16, 2010

Razor: 1930 Gillette New OC
Blade: Dorco
Soap: Classic Shaving Lilac
Mug: Vintage Old Spice
Brush: Omega Boar 81052
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave: Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

BBS shave with the Gillette New this morning! Great shaving razor. Haven't used a DE for over two weeks so thought I'd better get one out and blow the dust off of it. Used the Omega Boar I got from Scott (sb9091) this morning and I am really impressed! Thanks Scott! I have used the Burma Shave boars and some vintage boars but, this Omega is awesome! Soaked it last night and did a couple of practice lathers with it and noticed the smell wasn't very bad at all. This morning it proved to be quite the lathermeister and was amazingly soft on the first usage. With the Lilac shave soap the boar smell was virtually gone after the first shave. This Omega Boar didn't feel any more scritchy than some medium pure badger brushes and it's only the first use. This thing should really break-in nice!

Great shaves shown by all this week Gents! Thanks for sharing! :happy005

 

Friday, April 16, 2010

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Gillette SharpEdge (Yellow)
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor LE
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Penhaligon's English Fern
A/S: Penhaligon's English Fern
EDT: Penhaligon's English Fern

Today was Top Shelf Friday. The Simfix Grosvenor teamed with the Penhaligon's English Fern to make the prettiest meringue like lather I have ever seen. I had enough lather for 4 passes plus touch-up and experienced a very enjoyable BBS shave. A splash of English Fern aftershave and a spritz of English Fern EDT was the perfect finish.

 

Friday April 16, 2010

Brush: KBBSBB
Blade: Red IP (2)
Razor: gillette 69 super adj. 7/7

Soap: TSD Crackling Fireplace
Splash: Proraso
Milk: TSD Blue Juniper
Cologne: T&H 1805

 

Friday

Veleiro Pre-shave Soap
Penhaligon's Opus 1870 Shaving Cream
Semogue 2040HD brush
Puma #19 7/8" Straight Razor
Musgo Real After Shave Balm

 

Dubl Duck Special
Rooney 1/1 Super
Cella soap
Pinaud Clubman after shave

 

Razor: Norikazu Kanetake
Brush: Omega 40033
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
AS: AII Osage