SoS: February 20th, 2012 - February 26th, 2012

Friday morning, February 24, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (4)
Omega 10049 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Muhle R41 ('11) head iKon Bulldog handle = Muhledog
Perma sharp
M&F Lee7
Mike's Natural Shave Soap Barber Shop
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S
Ebano & Ebano A/S Balm

Idole de Lubin Eau de Parfum

 

Gillette Aristocrat #66
Iridium Super
Simpson Colonel x2l
La Toja Manantiales
Speick AS and 444 balm

 

EJ DE89L
Derby
EJ Brush
EJ Shave Soap
Jack Black A/S Gel

This was either my 6th or 7th shave with this blade with no tugging at all! I'm not quite sure why it is lasting so long, but I'm just going to ride it out. Anxious to try another blade, but curious to see how long this one will go...

 

No Fatip!?!?!

 

Friday

Hot Shower(soak brush,Semogue 620)
Proraso PrePost cream
Mama Bear's Lavender And Peppermint
Pils 101NE/Gillette Black (3)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean brush,razor,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Floid Vigoroso mixed with a pea sized amount of Proraso PrePost cream

Nice blast of menthol today between the Proraso,Mama Bear and Floid I was cool for at least 30 minutes after my shave.The Pils delivered a nice BBS shave face and head.

 

friday

Well I started todays shave off with MWF but the lathered dried out quickly. So I switched out the MWF for the Proraso to finish my 2nd pass on the face. When I started the head shave I switched from the Fatboy to the Feather AS.
Ended up with a DFS on both surfaces
I'm tellin ya, I'm really starting to dig the Proraso white lately. Its quickly becoming my goto favorite soap. Running a VERY close 2nd is the green. The proraso and the Feather AS is my front line in whisker war far.

 

I know I had to give my other razors some Love. I do like the FaTip, it hits all of the great things I like in a razor. Aggressive but not as much as the R41. I get great Audio feedback like I do with the R41. I get 1 or 2 extra shaves per blade more than I would with the R41. I like the R41 but I find myself reaching for the FaTip. I am wondering if I should save up for a Joris?

 

Hot Shower / Palmolive stick in Bowl / Merkur Futur 700 / Personna Red / Omega Pro 48 / Nivea Cool lotion / Nivea Balm cool

 

Today's shave for MWF week
Hot shower
Prep preshave cream(not in the picture oops)
Vintage opal pure badger
The Fat
Merkur Futur
Wilkinson(german) blade
Coldwater rinse
Booster Polar Ice

 

Happy Anniversary! Here's to many more

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
CD: Stevie Ray Vaughan ~ The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan (finished listening to disc 1 - it's a 2-shave disc, and I still have disc 2 to go! )
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK
Soap: TSD Coffee
Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor badger/boar
Razor: Merkur Futur @ 2.75
Blade: Gillette Super Thin, day 5, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Osage Rub, B&BW Noir

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Don't get much better!

 

I'm not possitive about this, but didn't Joris make the Fatip some years ago? There's no denying the Joris is one sweet looking razor. I heard they give a great shave as well. Gee, thanks for sparking yet another AD, just when I thought I had them somewhat under control.

 

I really like the Booster Polar Ice. It's not Floid Blue, but I still like using it.

 

*long whistle* she's a beaut

 

Friday, February 24, 2012

Prep :: Shower and Glycerin
Razor :: Schick G1
Blade :: Schick
Soap :: Mystic Water Marakesh
Brush :: Rudy Vey Silvertip
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH + Rosewater
AS :: TSD Crystal Blue AS + RazoRock Balm

I didn't get to have my usual midnight shave last night because I've been up for 36 hrs. working. Got some decent sleep and had a mid-morning shave.

This was the first time I've paired the Crystal Blue and RR balm. I usually just use the RR by itself, but today the two together were great. Made me feel brand new.

It's Friday, folks! Have a great weekend.

 

Friday, February 24, 2012

Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar
Lather: MWF - face lather
Brush: Semogue 1250
Razor: FaTip
Blade: Voskhod (1); 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

First go with the FaTip and it was good. Tried a boar brush again & I just can't get on the piggy train. Great shave though!

 

Friday!!

Muhle R106
Gillette Yellow
The Colonel
MWF
Proraso AS



Today's shave was great! The perfect way to start a snowy Friday. Unfortunately I could start running this morning...and a blizzard is hitting tomorrow. Anyway, the Gillette was really nice. It really is sharp! I suspect tomorrow's shave will be better with the blade being dulled down a bit. The new MWF lathered like a dream! I remember why I loved this soap...it is just so nice on the skin! The Proraso splash left my face feeling cool for a while! It seems I am feeling the menthol more and more with this one. I may have to look into a 400ml bottle. Needless to say it was a DFS, and if it wasn't for some reason...it sure was enjoyable!

 

Friday

Prep: Hot Shower
face wash with Everyman Jack face scrub
Razor: Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Astra SP
Soap: MWF
Brush: Ever-Ready 100 with TGN Finest Badger
Post: Cold water rinse
AS: Mama Bear's Winter AS Balm (Spellbound Woods)