SoS: January 30th, 2012 ~ February 5th, 2012

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 6
Godrej Menthol Mist SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Obsession For Men EDT

This shave was awesome in every aspect - smoothness, comfort, and enjoyment. The Godrej Menthol Mist cream lathers so well, smells nice, and gives a frigid and long-lasting menthol effect. A little of this Diana Sport balsam, and your face will need all day to thaw out!

 

Gillette Old Type
Feather (3)
Semogue 2000
Arko Shave Stick
Alum

Could have stopped after one pass, but went for a second.

Simple yet excellent shave today.

 

How are you liking the brush Bill?

 

Merkur 45 Bakelite
Rapira Swedish SS
Rooney 3/3
Mama Bear Aged Spice SS
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S


Creed - Cuir de Russie

 

Thursday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
Thater 4125/2
Arko Stick
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Fresh Balm
Jovan Musk After Shave/Cologne

 

С Днем Сурка!

Second shave using the Portman Square English Style Cream sample I received from Phil @ BullGoose.
This time I face lathered using my Ever Ready C40 and the results were very good! Lather was still not
really thick, but very acceptable with adequate cushion and really slick - very impressive laundry list of
quality ingredients in this "croap". The scent is growing on me, a little different than you would expect,
but nice & refreshing for a spring shave. Even though it was the fifth use on this blade, the slickness of
this cream (croap?) gave me a really great shave!
Prep: Hot shower
Soap/cream: Portman Square English Style Cream - Orange Vetiver
Brush: Ever Ready C40
Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable I-2 birth year/quarter, (5)
Blade: Lord Platinum (5)
Cold water rinse
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
M&L Florida Water

90% BBS, 10% DFS

 

I really like that bottle. I wish I could find a few empty ones just like it.

 

Thursday

Dovo Bismarck 6/8
Altesse badger brush
KMF Key Lime cream
Booster Iced Lime
Royall Lyme A/S

Simply superb!

 

Thursday morning, February 2, 2012

Schick I2 Hydro-magic w/ Schick blade,
Omega 10066 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!



A fresh Schick blade this morning.

 

Thursday

Gillette FB @3
Derby blade day 1
C&E Sandalwood soap
D.R. Harris after shave splash



Yesterday was a quick shave, this one was speed shaving: first pass WTG in short strokes, second pass WTG in long strokes, third pass somewhere between WTG and XTG in long strokes.
Result: DFS-- in 5 minutes. Do I like it? Not really, but let's blame the alarm clock .....
Today a package with 2 tubes of palmolive Menthol arrived, testdrive in 14 hours.

 

Prep:- 12 hour night shift, hot shower
Razor:- 1948 Gillette aristocrat
Blade:- Astra (D-1)
Soap:- Kent
Brush:- omega 100275 boar (face lathered today)
ASB:- Dirty english

DFS razor did not seen quite as good as the 59 fatboy I have maybe the night shift took it toll on me, the smoothness of the TTO it trully and enginering marvel for a 60 year old razor felt like a real quallity Item, more so than any other TTO i have owned

 

What do you think of the SS compared to your injector?

 

Thursday - another day closer

Prep: Hot shower
CD: Blues Gold, disc 1 ~ various early artists
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor
Soap: Tabac + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
Razor: Merkur 11C
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 4, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Cool Mist + 2 drops M Bomb, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Great shave all the way 'round.

 

Well, I have always preferred the Schick Injectors over DE razors. I would compare the SS with my DE87 although I believe the SS is a little milder than the DE87.

 

Bummer that you can't shave for some days. I do like your imagination!

 

Thursday
Hot water rinse
Arko Uber-lather
Omega 10029 Baby-Pro, boar
1952 Gillette Black Tip SS, steel
Perma-Sharp Super D2
Arko-New moisturizer/Rebul Lavanda Colonia

Man. I never used to like to hear people call the Super-Speeds mild shavers....Seems like 'mild' refers to a weakness....But I'll tell you...This SS is the mildest shaver I own, but still very capable of delivering a BBS in 3 passes...And It gives new meaning to the phrase, "It felt like there was no blade in the razor". And on the 3rd pass I was doing ATG razor buffing and still felt like -no blade...Ha,ha,ha...But the results were unequivicably BBS...

The 'Black Tip Beauty' ....and that grey deoderant stick now contains my Arko Shave Stick...

 

Thursday

Today I wanted to try the Gem Micromatic again, though the blades come from the local hardware store. Should have known better. Although I like the weight and balance of the Gem, the blade was not up to par. Guess I'll have to order some real SE blades.

Set up:

• Prep: hot water rinse, hor washcloth
• Music: Philip Glass, Powaqqatsi (I've got the movie as well on DVD)
• Soap: DVH
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger / boar
• Razor: Gem Micromatic
• Blade: local hardware store
• 3+ pass shave
• Post: cold water (forgot the hot water)

Result: FS (no DFS, due to the crappy blade )

Have a great day!

 

Thursday's Shave:

Coffee: World Market Coasta Rician
Prep: Hot Shower, RSC Face Scrub
Razor: Gil. Short Handle Super Adjustable
Blade: Store Personna
Brush: Dridecker
Soap: Col. Conk Almond (prob. only 1 shave left )
Post: Hazelwood Soap Co. ASL

 

С днем Сурка, друг!!!

4/8 Rebell
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Tet-a-tet SC
Cold water splash
Tet-a-tet ASB

Nice shave!

 

Ground Hog Day 2012
The gopher saw his shadow, six more weeks of winter. I can deal with six more weeks of the winter we are having in Arkansas. Today we are in the high 60's.

Hot Shower

Parker Badger/Proaraso
Gillette SS/Persona Blue
Polar water splash, Thayer's Witch Hazel, Fitness Balm.

The :wave:rated this shave a DFS 10.