SoS: September 13-19 2010

C-MON razor
EJ Medium Best
Trumper's Limes soap
Booster Iced Lime

 

Wednesday, September 15th

Hot shower
AOS Lavender sc
Kent T8 Pure Badger
Mühle R106 w/ Red Personna
Alum block
Nivea for Men ASB
Davidoff Cool Water EdT

 

Gentleness Thy Name Is Ming Shi

Wednesday's Shave

Hot Shower
Hot Water Splash
Arko SS
Omega 10029
2010 Ming Shi TTO/Astra SP (Day1)
Arko Citrus AS Cream
Arko Aqua AS

Yesterdays shave with my Super Speed and a Perma-Sharp was super close and easy, but several hours later the bottom of the hair-line on my throat was lined with in-grown hairs and shave bumps :shocked003 Perhaps a bit too much skin-streching, which is'nt needed with this combo.
Today it was too tender to shave, but a situation has presented itself where I must shave...Enter the Ming-Shi...Great Shave...ZERO irritation...Problem solved...Thanks Ming Shi...

 

Wednesday September 15

Gem Push Button Gold Lid
Ted Pella Stainless Coated (4)
Home Made Preshave Oil
Ever Ready Boar
Taylor (TOBS) Traditional SS
Proraso A/S

BBS, 3 passes. Smoothest neck I have had in ages!Great shave.

 

Hot Shower
Boker Red Injun #102
Omega Boar
Palmolive Shavestick
Witch Hazel/Corn Huskers Lotion
Clubman AS

This was a fantastic shave. After two passes I saw no need for a third. Pound for pound I would rate this as probably my best razor. Seems like it will hold an edge forever with just preshave stropping.

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
1950's Super Speed/Wilkinson day 3
Speick-SC :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Booster Polar Ice-AS :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Aramis-EDT :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008

Speick is definitely a cream which I need to use more often, because not only is the scent very nice, it lathers and protects my skin very, very well. The Wilkinson blade has reached the end of its usefullness, so tomorrow, it'll be a different blade brand.

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Tanzania, BLACK
Soap: D.R. Harris Marlborough + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor Badger/Boar
Razor: Gillette NEW
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade & put in tomorrow's razor
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Thought about giving this one a 5, it was that good.

 

No-Name Finest Re-Knot
Mentholated Van der Tea Tree soap
Gillette Tech Bull Mastiff
Shark Super Chrome (2)
Alum
IvyClub Spice

Very nice 3 pass shave. 4 / 5

 

Wednesday:

EJ DE87 razor
Walmart Wilkinson blade
CO Bigelow SC
Frank Shaving Silvertip brush
Osage Rub
Barbasol Pacific Rush Balm & A/S

I'm liking the Wilkinson blades, smooth and comfortable doing a nice job too.

 

Happy Hump Day From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
TGN Synthetic Re-Knot
T.B.S. Maca Root SC
Schick Injector F
Personna Blade (1)
Cold Water Rag
Clubman Draggon Noir
Nivea ASB

4 Passes = 4 Blade DFS.

I have to knock a blade off because while the Model F is a decent shaver, it is not as aggressive as I have come to like my shavers, AND I forgot to dunk the razor in alcohol after i used the metal polish on it, so I have a bit o' irritation from the metal polish residue. Ooops!

The all metal construction of the F is well balanced and easy to control, and it feels really nice in the hand. The head geometry is reminiscent of the Model L in terms of aggressiveness. The F does not really have a spring type mechanism like the more available Model G. Instead, the spring action comes from a copper plate that is riveted to the brass head and sort of acts in the reverse of the plate type spring found on the L.

All told, the F is a good shaver, but if someone were to ask me which Injector they should buy, I would point to the Model G. I have F, G, H, I, K, and L Injectors, and a Pal Adjustable and so far, the G is the best shave for me.

 

Should be back from a trip soon. One post from my iPhone. Here's what I've been using.

Palmolive Shave Stick.

Tweezerman brush.

Parker 90R DE razor.

Merkur blades. I found an unfinished pack and decided to use it up.

And I've been getting decent shaves. Not quite up to injector standards, especially on the neck, but acceptable.

 

Wednesday- Sept. 15

'52 SS black-tip
Bic (1)
C&E best
Pre de Provence
Booster's Polar Ice
C.O. Bigelow Elixir blue

I've had this black-tip SS for probably over a year and a half and have only used it once or twice. Recently, I've been planning on selling it so I cleaned and polished it all up but I haven't gotten around to posting it for sale. So basically it's just been sitting on my desk looking all pretty and shiny and I just couldn't take it anymore, I had to use it. It's a really great razor, good weight and balance, I wonder why I often overlooked this great little shaver.

 

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Razor: Merkur Long Handled Classic (23C)
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: Body Shop Old Formula
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Ogallala Bay Rum, Limes & Peppercorns Splash

 

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Omega Boar 10005
Soap: Williams
ASB: Realm
EdT: Rive Gauche PH​

 

Wednesday, September 15th

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Super Iridium
Pre-shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Brush: Simpson Ehsan
Cream/Soap: Klar Kabinett Soap
A/S: Mr. Taylor

I received a shipment of Klar Kabinett soap yesterday and could not resist trying a sample. The Kabinett soap is an old world barbers soap but unlike the Italian Barbers soaps, it is a fairly hard soap. I rubbed the chunk of soap over my beard like a shave stick, face lathered with my Ehsan, and was rewarded with mounds of lather. Despite being a tallow free soap, the Kabinett soap produced a lather equal in creaminess to any tallow soap I have used. Color me very impressed! The soap has a fairly strong rose scent which I enjoyed throughout the shave. End result...a BBS irritation free shave. Who could ask for more?

 

Early start today, wife had therapy for her shoulder after surgery.
Long hot shower, which did not untie the knots of stiffness.
While I was showering my Parker Badger Brush was warming up.
Pre shaved with Johnson Baby Oil.
I choose Palomive Shave Cream, Gillette Fat Boy with a Shark blade.
Whipped up some awesome lather, shaved with a #6 setting for the first pass, dailed down to #5 for the second pass.
Splashed Aqua Vela afterwards, followed with Nivea shave balm. A dash of Aqua Vela musk.
Great BBS.

 

C-MON razor
Shavemac 22579 Silvertip
Wilkinson Sword stick
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

• Gillette NEW Short Comb
• Red IP Blade
• RL Safari SS
• C&E BBB
• Nivea Replenishing ASB

Oh how I love the morning shave with soap these days!

 

Shave Of The Day - September 15th

:anifrozen Menthol Wednesday! :anifrozen​

• TSD Iced SubZero Preshave Balm - :freezing :freezing
• Music: Alecia Moore
• Hot Shower
• E. J. Badger Brush
• Lather Bowl
• Godrej Menthol Mist Cream - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• Firebar Fred Razor
• Derby Blade - Day 3
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend
• TSD A/S Splash - Iced SubZero Scent - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• 

Work night shave, so again I didn't push it, couple stragglers. I'll call it 4 blades.

 

Wednesday, September 15th

• Brush: Penchetta Butterscotch Chubby
• Razor: Gillette Milord
• Blade: Super Iridium
• Soap: Irisch Moos
• After Shave: Irisch Moos