SoS: June 21-27 2010

Razor-Gillette Black handled adjustable
Blade-Astra
Brush-brown handled badger brush
Soap-C&E Nomad SS (6 drops of da BOMB)
Razorock alum
Osage Rub
TSD Iced Coconut Lime Verbena AS Milk


Another great and extremely frigid shave.

 

Tuesday

Williams Soap
Omega Boar
Schick Adjustable
Schick Blade

Nothing fancy, just another good shave.

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Rooney Emillion
TABAC
'61 Fat Boy
Super Iridium (2)
Musgo A/S

 

Sounds like you are getting some "COOL" shaves on those HOT Chicago summer days Danny! :happy005

 

Got lazy today and decided to use the ol' Reminton 'lectric.

OMG! It pulled and tugged and basically just chewed on my face. It was like trying to use a str8 that had been breadknifed on a brick. Had to pull out the Lather Catcher.

Second pic. is the LC kickin' arse. :happy102

 

That AV Blue and 4711 combo sounds pretty nice 'Hawk! I'll have to give that a try this morning!

 

Simon it should by now be very obvious why all of us on these "wet shaving" forums are here. Looks like we are going to have to wean you of that electrical/mechanical device and give you some good (and maybe unsolicited) advise; throw that monster away! I'm told they will skip several times when properly thrown accross the surface of a quiet pond, lake of river. It's time it was allowed to "sleep with the fishes"

 

One more outburst like that, young man, and we'll be forced to... to... to....

aw, heck, just don't let it happen again.

Glad you did show signs of repentance with the LC. Nice choice! :happy088 :happy088

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, H&B
Soap: Muhle Sandalwood
Brush: C&E Pure Badger
Razor: Gem MM Clog-Pruf
Blade: Gem "Ted Pella", day 4, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut AS
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Almost too close of a shave. My face is still a bit tender to the touch.

 

SOTD Tuesday June 22, 2010

Razor: 15/16 George Wostenholm & Sons
Celebrated I-XL Razor, Rockingham Works, Sheffield
Soap: Williams Mug Soap
Mug: Vintage Old Spice
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Medium Badger
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue
Cologne: 4711 Eau De Cologne

Great shave with the Wostie Wedge! The AV Blue and 4711 combo was very refreshing and I like the combo. The Williams SS is becoming a regular in my rotation and ranks right up there with MWF IMHO!
Great shaves shown by all Gentlemen, thanks for sharing! :happy005

 

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Razor: DR Harris 3-Piece Razor
Blade: Gillette Yellow
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Brush: Vie-Long 16510
Cream: Cyril Salter Sublime Citrus
A/S: DR Harris Sandalwood

The Cyril Salter Sublime Citrus is the perfect summer cream and the Vie-Long 16510 is the ultimate cream brush. I enjoyed a luxurious BBS shave and the DR Harris Sandalwood provided an appropriate finish.

 

Today, I shaved in the Barbershop, with Maite Arbea, the only barbershop in Pamplona, the city near my little village

Truefitt&Hill 1805 SC and ASB, Vie Long Brush,...

 

Razor: Rolls Razor
Brush: Omega 599
Cream: Ginger's Garden Bayrum Lime
AS: AII Osage

 

Wednesday June 23

65' Slim/7
Dorco 301 (2)
Ever Ready Boar
Home Made PreShave Oil + M-Bomb
TSD Cool Water SS
Osage Rub, Gillette Cool Wave
Dunkin Donuts Coffee, Americana + dash vanilla

5 Blades, 3+ passes. Followed a suggestion and tried 2 drops of M-Bomb in my preshave oil, which did 2 things. It not only added a nice menthol touch early in the shave, but precipitated an arctic blast when I added the Osage later. OH BABY! Words cannot describe! That was wonderfull!!

 

Hot Shower
Boker Red Injun #102
Omega Boar Brush
Speick shavestick
Witch Hazel/Clubman AS
CK Eternity

I'd never mug lathered a shavestick before but it seemed to work out very well. I started by crayoning the shavestick on my face as normal. I then loaded a damp brush directly off the shavestick and whipped up lather in my mug. I then took the brush to my already soaped down face and there was my first pass. The mug full of lather was floated in a sink full of hot water while I completed my first pass. There was ample warm lather for a second pass and finishing face wash. Very nice shave too. I normally sport Jovan Musk with Speick but just wasn't feeling it this morning so I just grabbed what felt good.

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Ming Shi TTO/Wilkinson Sword day 3
Italian Palmolive Menthol-SC :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Osage Rub-AS :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Black Garter-Cologne

Damn, I love this Palmolive Menthol cream from Italy, because it smells so minty and nice, it lathers so rich and creamy, and the cooling effect is so powerful. The Osage Rub ain't exactly warm either! :happy102

 

WEDS...

Van Der Tea Tree soap
Omega Boar 10005
Feather Portable
Israeli Personna Day 4
Barbasol Pacific Rush

 

VieLong 16726 : Merkur 33C+Permasharp : Myrsol SC : Proraso ASB

 

Happy Wednesday From Steamy Florida!

Hot Shower
Redneck Scuttle
T.B.S. Synthetic Brush
T&H Trafalgar SC
Lady Gillette Blue Star (SWMBO stole my Weishi, so I stole her Blue Star)
Red IP (1)
Cold Water Splash
Witch Hazel
Florida Water

3 passes = DFS.

The T&H Trafalgar has a great scent and whipped up quick and slick and was very cushioning. I don't know that it is worth $18.00 for a little 2.6oz tube though.

 

Wednesday

Gillette President
NOS Minora blade
Omega Faux Ivory boar
Kappus s/c
Proraso a/s splash
Bigelow Barber Black e de c

Just got the President last Sunday. This is the first time out with it. It seems well balanced, hefty, and middling aggressive. It gave a very nice shave.

goshawk