SoS: January 16th ~ January 22nd, 2012

Menthol Monday

Pre: Proraso Pre/Post Cream
Razor: 2011 R41
Blade: Feather
Brush: Omega 48
Soap/Cream: Proraso Green Tub
Post: Proraso Pre/Post Cream
A/S or Balm: Proraso A/S

 

Mon Jan 16
Brush: Vie-Long Boar
Soap/Creme: Col Conk bay Rum
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Pre: Hot Towel
Post: Witch Hazel
Hair Groom: Gables Creme Oil
Result: Nice quick, comfortable "weekend" shave.

 

Blue Monday
Warm Rinse
Face lathered with Omega Boar
Founders Reserve Cedarwood and Clarysage Shave Cream
2Passes with 6/8 Wade and Butcher refurbished Str8
Cold rinse Warm rinse
Finish with Ogallala Sage and Cedar Bay Rum

 

Today’s shave at the Gym:

Calani Oriental Plum shave soap stick
Mühle travel shave brush in Nickel with Silver Tip Fibre
BRW Bull Mastiff Gillette New long tooth
Feather (2.)
Speick Men After Shave

 

Gillette #16 Aristocrat
Voskhod (3)
Semogue Caravela
Cella
Speick AS and 444 balm

 

L'Occitane Bavx Soap
Feather Artist Club - SS
Feather Blade Light
Le Tuft Chubby 1.5 in Lignum Vitae
Vito's Coconut & Almond
Alum + Propolis
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
Floris Elite Eau De Parfum

Jamie.

The Feather delivered a super shave, and the Floris Elite smells absolutely divine, the Bavx soap is such a super soap so good in fact i've even used it for whipping up a lather in the past very rich and moisturising as you would expect from all L'Occitane products, even though it's a bathroom soap it's as good as any shaving soap.

 

Tuesday, January 17
Face Lathering

EJ DE86
7 O’Clock Yellow (d1)
L'Occitane Cade
Ever Ready Boar 100T
Old Spice

 

Jamie, now that's composition, very nice shot.

 

Tuesday 17th January

Facial Scrub
Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Ford & Medley 333 5/8 Razor
Frank Shaving Berwick in Finest
Pollena Lider Shaving Cream
Alum Block followed by Three Crowns Rosewater Aftershave Milk
Swiss Pitralon AS


A DFS today. in preparation for another night duty. The blade is starting to drag a little ....so there will have to be some time spent with my pasted paddle strops. This will be the first time ......so the results will be interesting!

 

Gem OCMM
Gem Stainless PTFE (4)
Simpson Chubby 2
TOBS Avocado w/ M-boom
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

A very nice chilly shave.

 

Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: EJ DE87
Blade: Gillette
Soap: GFT
Brush: Simpsons Duke 2
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Pitralon Classic

 

Happy Tuesday From Florida!

Hot Shower
Chubbz I
Mem Olive SC
R-41
Voskhod (1)
Cold Water Rag
A.V. Sport

3 Pass DFS+

Have a great day Ya'll!

 

Muhle R41 ('11)
Rapira Swedish SS
Rooney 3/3
Martin D Candre SS
Alum
Humphreys Citrus WH
Dr.Henk's #6 Dutch Moss A/S Balm


MPG - Santal Noble

 

Tuesday

Gillette FB
Schark (2)
De Vergulde Hand 'extra fris'
Vulfix travel
Musgo real AS

Very nice shave, the DVH 'extra fris' soap laters like crazy, I very much like it and think I'm going to stick to it the rest of the week.

 

Love the Blue Monday theme and Blue-tint picture....Very Nice....
I'm going to add mine to the same theme minus my own pic...Thanks
Blue Monday
Hot Rinse
Bowl lathered with Omega 10029 Boar
Arko Shave Stick and Arko Adventure Shave Cream
2 Passes+a few "Jody Yoda J-Hooks" with 1938 Gillette Senator
New Perma-Sharp Super
Cold rinse
Finish with Arko-Nem moisturizer and Rebul's Lavanda Colonia

This razor is the most non-blade sensitive razor I've ever had...In a week and 1/2, I've tried Astra SP, Rapira SS, and Derby Extra. All gave me superior results...But today.... I don't know if it's just getting more used to the razor or the new Perma-Sharp, but todays shave was the best yet...Absolutely effortless, and sooo BBS...although Skin seriously feels like a blade never touched it....

BTW-Stick was smooshed into a bowl with a screw on top a while ago and today I added a healthy shot of SC before whipping up the lather...I was very happy with the 'Uber' results...

 

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur 23C
Blade: Ladas Super Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long Gonzalo Boar/Horse
Soap or Cream: Portman Square Notting Hill Cream/Soap
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Pashana Original Splash

A fine, smooth, and comfortable shave this morning. The Ladas is one of those blades that seems to smooth out after the first shave or two (this was #2), although the first shave is not unduly rough, just a tad less smooth. The Pashana, which can be a little assertive, provides a very nice finish when used with restraint. This bottle will last a looong time!

 

DE time again.
Feather Portable razor
Feather blade
Omega Boar brush
Grated Palmolive shave stick

I don't really get the fuss about Feather blades. To me, they're just what DE blades are supposed to be.

In unrelated news, we had our first snow of 2012, in fact, the first since October 31st of last year. Only about an inch, though.

 

I believe that's the first Feather Portable razor I've seen. Do they still make them? I have one of the Feather Popular razors but I wish it was all metal construction like yours. I also like to grate my Palmolive sticks. Should have some more by next week.

 

When I got mine about two years ago, they were discontinued, but it hadn't been that long, and you could still get NOS ones for under $10 from a number of places. Haven't seen one on sale for a while now, though.

 

I've been MIA from the web.

Tuesday