SOS: July 18 - 24 2011

Late to the party. It was one of those weekends.

Gillette #16
Voskhod
Knotty Badger Silvertip
The Shave Den Bourbon Vanilla Soap-Cream
The Shave Den Commando Cocktail Aftershave Milk
The Shave Den Bourbon Vanilla Cologne

 

This Menthol Monday brought to you by:

• Lord L6
• Vintage Williams with some menthol dust sprinkled on it :anifrozen
• Bullardo badger/bristle blend
• voshkod (7)
• AV Ice Blue :anifrozen

Really good shave to round out the testing of the L6. I really don't care for the newer Williams but the vintage stuff is really good stuff; wish it had some scent though. &th day on a Voshkod was decent but not perfect adn the AV remains my weapon of choice AS.....some good juice!

 

Prep: Hot Shower
Brush: Shavemac 177
Soap: TABAC
Razor: Fredrick Reynolds 6/8th's Wedge
Toner:Thayer's Lemon W.H.
A/S: Pinaud Clubman
Balm: Nivea Sensitive ASB

 

Monday, July 18, 2011

When the Good Lord needed help creating the scent of dew dripping off of Spanish lavender on a warm summer valley's morning, He called on Puig...

Worcester 5/8
Erskine Duke (poorly re-knotted by me)
Valobra Stick
Agua Lavanda Puig AS Splash
Aqua Lavanda Puig EdC
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Merkur 34C
Gillette Super Thin blade
Vulfix 660 Medium Super
Tom's of Maine Mint
Speick AS Balm

 

Tuesday's Shave:

• Gillette Red Tip
• Fred's Personna
• VDH boar
• Irisch Moos SC
• Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve
• RSC ASB

 

Happy Tuesday From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle II
Chubzz I
Arko Stick
Gillette Old Type
Vintage PAL Blade (1)
Cold Water Rag
Eveline Aloe ASG
Lustray Draggon Noir

Three Passes = DFS!

Have a great day Ya'll!

 

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Progress XL
Blade: Lord Platinum Class
Brush: Vie-Long Gonzalo Boar/Horsehair
Soap: Proraso (Green Pot)
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Alpa 378 Splash

Another hot one today--the day, not the shave! The shave was close, cool, and comfortable, with the Gonzalo providing copious amounts of great lather. The splash of Alpa was a fine finish, and now I'm ready to walk Cody, the dog, and run some errands before it gets REALLY hot.

 

• Robert Becker "Cranberry" scuttle
• 1911 Gillette ABC Empire old type razor
• New Voskhod blade
• 1940s restored HardRight finest badger brush
• The Shave Den 'Yin Yang' shaving cream
• Proraso Liquid Cream aftershave balm

A newborn baby has nothing on me. Super smooth.
::git ::git

 

Voskhod blade? Hrm... You aren't sitting on 20k+ of them by chance?

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Rapira
Lord Emofresh SC :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Keri unscented moisturizer
Gillette Series Intense Cooling AS Balsam :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
JHL Cologne

I am still suffering from pain in my left arm, yet I manage good and nice shaves. The Lord Emofresh cream cools pleasantly, and has a beautiful scent. The Gillette Series balsam is super-icy and comfortable.

 

Ha! Not yet. I've got 20 packs though, from a previous purchase. Rotating between them, BIC and Bolzano makes them last longer.

 

Jack Black Beard Lube
Gem OCMM
Ted Pella PFTE
Rudy Vey Finest Badger Brush
T&H Trafalger (5 drops of M-Bomb)
Dr Harris Arlington Splash
TSD ISZ Milk


-OCMM gave me a smooth comfortable shave. It's my second most aggressive now under the R41. I'd say it's about 70% of the R41, I definitely needed that third pass.

 

ISZ PreShave Balm - First Shave

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

• Prep: TSD ISZ PreShave Balm, hot shower w/ cold finish, hand strop blade
• Cream: C.O. Bigelow w/ 7 drops glycerin
• Brush: Frank Shaving Fine Badger
• Razor: Gem Micromatic Clog Pruf
• Blade: Walgreen's Gem (2), 3 passes
• Post: Ice cube rinse, Aqua-Velva Ice Blue, Hand strop blade
• Shave Rating: 5/5 I'm going to need a new scale if my shaves just keep getting better and better! :happy102

Thanks to Steve (swarden43) I was able to try the TSD ISZ PreShave Balm. What an enjoyable experience it was letting it sit on my face for 20 minutes. I can now understand why some like to leave it on for 30 minutes before their shower. Tomorrow I'll try a shorter application time to see if there's much difference. Today though gave me the smoothest, easiest, & most irritation-free I've ever had and it was just plain ol' fun. What a GREAT way to start the day out. Too many men out there are completely missing out on all of this joy! Thanks again to Steve for sending me this sample and thanks to our Queen JoAnna for making an amazing product. I look forward to using this regularly.

BTW, check out the frost on the Aqua Velva. That's right, I get it right out of the freezer!

 

Tuesday's Shave
Cool Shower
Arko Shave Stick/Arko Max.Comf.SC
Omega 10029
1965 Gillette Adjustable @6/Perma-Sharp Super (Day1)
Arko Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS/Rebul Lavanda Cologne

Couldn't post this shave this morning when I did it...Now 6 hours later I'm still absolutely BBS...My Super Speed and Schick Injector are so much fun, I forget how great a Modern razor like this one can be...This Slim/Perma-Sharp combination is a winner by any standards...Now I'm ready for those "ECU's" (extreme close-up), Rock Hudson's talking about in that Gillette Adjustable Commercial...

 

Tuesday, July 19

65’ Gillette Slim (set on 7)
Voskhod (d3)
TSD Florida Water SS
Vulfix 2235 Super Badger
Osage Rub
Lucky Tiger Aspen

 

I skipped todays shave. Just didn't want to (dont hate me) My face could use a day off. I just showered and scrubbed my face with face wash. After the shower I used a tiny bit of Phyto Expert Green and rubbed it in. My face well my nose and ears have started to peel a bit with the sunburn.

 

I'm with you man!! I'm keeping my Rebul Lavanda Cologne in the freezer aswell...Anytime during the day I want a "cool pick me up" I splash...

 

Tuesday:

Razor - Gem Micromatic Clog Pruf
Blade - Gem
Brush - Semogue 1305
Cream - TSD Signature Scent
Toner - Shavex Alum Block
A/S - GFT Extract of West Indian Lime

--
John

 

Tuesday

Gillette Guard (1)
Thater Stout 2
La Toja stick
Nivea Sensitive balm
AVC Ice Blue
Burberry Brit edt

Wow! The La Toja didn't dissapoint, loads of thick, creamy, slick lather, and with a light coating to start, I easily had enough for 4-5 passes. It smells kind of like MWF to me, and left my face feeling neutral.

Now for the Guard. I've been wanting to try one just because they're there, and I must say that I'm impressed with the thing. I really wanted to shout out that it sucked but I can't, because it delivered a great 2 pass shave for me, that was comfortable and blood free. Will be using it the rest of the week to see if I can get a week out of it. The only thing I saw as a negative was the fact that it doesn't care for lather that is too thick. The first pass I had to keep going over the same spot 2-3 times to cut through. If the rest of the week goes as well as today, I've found a very good travel/back up razor.