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

Saturday 25th February

Hot Shower and Facial scrub
Proraso Preshave cream
Feather Artist Club SS
New Forest 2222 High Mountain Silvertip
Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap
Witchazel followed by 444 ASB
Swiss Pitralon AS

Broke the trend for this week...and used something new. My New Forest 2222 arrived this morning and I decided to give it a trial run. It gas a VERY luxurious feel....with great backbone. This will definitely be one of my favourite Badger brushes. Dont intend to bowl lather as I don't do that any more.....but it is perfect for face lathering. Tonight I had a DFS+ with two passes. For some reason I seem to be getting more shaves out of my Feather Super Pros. This one was #5 and still going strong!

 

Thanks Steve. It was a gift from Frank my barber-he used to cut the hairs of my neck with it in the 60's-80's-called it his "work horse."
And yes the music..... Always good to see more blues fans out there. Ever been to the Chicago Blues Festival? It's a great party.

 

Saturday (1&2)

EJ DE 8911 with iKon handle
Feather day 3
D.R. Harris best badger
MWF
TSD Iced Eucalyptus WH
Proraso splash (shave 1)
Floid Blue (shave 2)

First time ever I shaved two times on the same day. We're leaving to the airport this night (impossible flight schedule, but it saved a lot of money) for a week in the sun.
At 10 am this morning I did two passes WTG just to look a little presentable. 30 minutes ago I did a proper three pass shave that will get me through the night and the Sunday, I guess.
See you next week here at TSD!

 

Working on the lathe so all dusty, time for a hot shower and shave!
scalding hot Shower
VHD soap (not bad)
Vintage Strongset brush
1966 slim adj./?
Avon Wild Country after shave lotion

Had to finish breaking in my newly reknotted Strongset brush (next to my badger copy). It was originally an 18mm bristle, so I shaved down a 20mm bristle knot and stuck it in. Third shave with it and I really like the stiffness, WAY different than badger, but really like the feel, not much bloom. Forgot what blade I stuck in the slim, but it worked fine. So far all from the TSD sample pack have been OK. The Avon has been laying around for ten years or so, and has gotten a little gritty, but it still packs a punch (yowee!) and it smells OK. Now relax and a cocktail ahhhh!!

 

Nice use of environmental canvases, Terry.

 

Saturday 2/25/12 1133hrs

Prep: Hot shower with Old Spice Fiji
Razor: Slim Adjustable (6)
Blade: Crystal Red (8)
Soap: VDH
Brush: VDH Boar
AS: Gables Bay Rum

My facial hair does not grow fast, but man I just love shaving so much now thai I had to again today. 1 pass with some touch ups. It was my 8th shave with this blade and razor combo and I think I still might get at least 3 more.

 

Unlucky, another fast shave
Merkur 23C/Green 7OC
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Phyto Expert SC
Cold water splash
Nivea AS splash
Hope, I'll return to straights on Sunday!

 

Shawna, Papa and Mama told me they had some chilly weather down in South Florida recently, but now they say it became more seasonable. We had a good amount of snow here yesterday and today, but we are still behind in the winter. Who needs it!

 

My friend, I feel to take out my Dovo Bismarck 5/8 straight for tomorrow morning and see if I can still manage a good shave!

 

Saturday



Prep: Hot Shower
face wash with Everyman Jack face scrub
Pacific Shaving Pre-shave oil
Razor:Gillette Ball Handle Tech
Blade:Crystal Platinum Chrome (1)
Soap/Cream: MWF
Brush: Ever-Ready 100 with TGN Finest Badger
Post: Cold Water rinse and RR Alum
AS: Mama Bears Winter After Shave Balm (Spellbound Woods)

Results: DFS- Ended up with one weeper this morning and a little sting when applying RR Alum

 

True! We had a couple of chilly days but it has warmed up nicely. You can keep the snow, we're good without it!

 

Razor: Paul Revere Injector
Blade: EMS/Ted Pella
Brush: Shavemac w 28 knot Silvertip
Soap or Cream: MCD from Phil
A/S: GFT Astor from Phil

Thanks to Phil, I had a great shave

 

Out of My Sick Bed to Clean Up

Actually feeling a little better today, but resting up for work week. Put together an MWF shave on a Gillette 7 o'clock black, and Slanty took the stubble down. Hours layer I am playing acoustic guitar and amazed at the smoothness of my face.

Vitos Pre
Vulfix 404 mixed
MWF
Merkur 37 C Slanty
Gillette Brand New Black Ninja
Witch Hazel, Iced Bourbon Vanilla, Vitos
Finish with Alcolado Glacial

A really nice shave/I will be back to posting next week

 

Oyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, I wish we could just throw it away. Our daughter and our dog love it, however, but Corinne and I hate it!

 

Good to hear you're back up and around, Scott.

 

Catch up time! I'm in North Dakota for the weekend, so away from the computer!

Pre: Hot Shower, Some sort of soap
Razor: Merkur 23c
Blade: Polsilver (2)
Cream: European Palmolive/Proraso
Brush: Omega 10005
Post: Thayers WH, Some sort of A/S! Haha

Twas a great shave as I remember. Has also been a good weekend in Grand Forks though! Scored a few goodies! Clubman ASB and Talc, CO Bigelow Elixer White, Thayers WH Lemon, Glycerin, and an alum block! So far...

 

Hope you get back to feeling 100% soon!

 

Hot Shower followed by musgo real oil soap
Merkur Futur 700
Astra SP
Schwarzweisskeramik Bowl
Semogue 1305
RazoRock Napoleon's Violet
Osma Alum
RazoRock Wax

 

I wish you luck ! Just be sure the razor is sharp enough (was professionally honed or bought 'shave ready') and well-stropped before the shave. And keep the things slow - cheeks and sideburns WTG are enough for the first shave, at least that is how I did. I sometimes still touch up with the DE on my hard-to-shave areas and if you watch trough SoS posts, you'll see many guys, who uses 2 razors - a straight and DE, in one shave. Find an article about the technique - SRP Wiki has a bunch of them... I'm looking forward to read about your experience!

 

Saturday morning shave:
Good Humor Razor with Gillette Spoiler Blade
Omega Boar
Bald Frog Soap
TSD pink Grapefruit ASM