SoS: March 5th, 2012 ~ March 11th, 2012

Saturday Morning-ish!

Pre: Hot Shower, Glycerin
Razor: Merkur 23c
Blade: Personna Lab (2)
Cream: European Palmolive
Brush: Omega 10005
Post: Thayers WH, Cold Rinse, Captain's Choice Bay Rum

Another near-BBS which I am very pleased with. I'm not sure about the Labs yet, they seem to give me a bit of burn. Maybe it's my technique. The burn from the Bay Rum was excellent, and I love how it feels after!

Have a good weekend!

 

Ahh, Saturday...

• Prep: hot water rinse, hot washing cloth
• Music: Panic! at the disco, Pretty. Odd.
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: vintage Williams
• Razor: RRRRRolllsss
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

A bit agressive, but definately a DFS +!

Have a great weekend all!

 

Friday's Shave:

Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Short Comb New
Blade: Crystal
Brush: ER 200 w TGN 24mm finest
Soap: Vin. Williams + M-Bomb
Post: TSD Barber Shop ASM

Saturday:

Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM
Brush: ER 200 w TGN 24mm finest
Soap: TSD Pumpkin Spice + M-Bomb
Post: Vin. Old Spice AS

 

Saturday
Prep: Hot Shower
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik L
Brush: Simpsons Duke 3
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Voskhod
Cream: Tabula Rasa
Post: Cold water, Alum, Mandom AS Cream, Mandom Splash

:30 min multi-pass BBS!

 

Saturday's Shower and Shave

Hot shower with a bar of Amber bath works.

Omega "Midget" was today's brush choice. Soap choice Ward shave cream.
Razor choice a Schick Injector G-1.
Three passes with the Schick this morning. I had the best shave ever with the Injector this morning. a simple adjustment of my angle improved the shave dramatically.
Post ritual polar water splash, Thayer's Witchhazel, and then Kapo.

The :wave:were thrilled with this DFS and the judges were unanimous in awarding it a 10.


Hope everyone's weekend is going great. Remember clocks go back one hour tonight.

 

Saturday

Birthday shave courtesy of Mickie's Barbershop. It was done with a shavette I believe. He used half of a Wilkinson blade. It was very relaxing! I ended up with a few knicks on my chin, but that area takes some serious prep to get soft. The barber used CREW shave cream and some menthol additive. As an aftershave he used Pinot? I think...didn't get a good look at it, but he slathered it on twice. It was strong but smelled great!

I would rate the shave a DFS. Would I do it again? For sure!

 

That sounds awesome!!

 

Hot Shower
Proraso Pre Shaving Cream
Merkur 45 Bakelite
Feather blade
Semogue 2000
Schwarzweisskeramik XL
Proraso Green Soap
Proraso lotion

 

Sunday, March 11, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: Proraso
Brush: Semogue 1305
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue A/S

 

Semogue 2020 / Omega / Gillette flare tip / Gillette Suer Silver / Proraso ASL / 3P pre-dopo barba

 

Sunday's shave

• Prep: hot water splash, hot washing cloth
• Music: Philip Glass, Dancepieces
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: DVH shave stick
• Razor: Rolls
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water splash, cold water splash

A bit rough shave today. A bit stingy afterwards. But a DFS none the less.

Have a nice one!

 

Sunday

Schick Hydromagic
Personna day 7
Vulfix super badger travel brush
Mama Bear Lime Ice soap & Proraso cream
Proraso splash



Great Menthol Monday shave, too bad it's Sunday. The Personna has deserved it's retirement. It has been a fun S/E week, the hydromagic is a very fine razor.

 

Sunday 11th March

Facial Scrub
3P Preshave cream
Kai Captain Excelia (Japanese Style)
Semogue 1470 Boar brush
Col Conk Bay Rum Soap
Alum Block
Osage Rub and 444 ASB
Pashana Bay Rum

Two pass with touchup BBS. On nights tonight so it's off to bed for me.

 

Poor pic of a Clauss 6/8 I've been working on. I have to attempt to straighten the original scales yet, these are some replacements I made for it to get by. The blade has some issues and I've had a bugger of a time getting a good edge on it. This morning shave was fine but I think the blade has more to offer, I'll work on it some more but its not going into rotation yet. Mystic Waters Lilly of the Valley was the soap of the day.

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Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Dovo Bismarck 5/8
Palmindaya SC
Booster Moswood
JHL Cologne

I cannot believe how wonderful it felt to enjoy a nice, long, soothing and relaxing shave with my Dovo Bismarck this morning. I did three passes with it and not even my barber could have done a better job. The Palmindaya cream smells so nice and traditional without any of that lousy "modern" or "retro" note, and the Booster Mosswood aftershave was such a delightful finish, along with a little JHL cologne.

 

Gem OCMM
Gem SS PTFE (4 i think)
Bigelow SC
Semogue OC boar
Alum
TSD ISZ Witch hazel.

A bit rushed, but an acceptable shave to finish out SE week.

 

Sunday morning, March 11, 2012

Schick I2 Hydro-magic w/ Schick blade (3)
Omega 10005 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!



Another great shave with the Schick I2 Hydro-magic!

 

Sunday 11 Mar 12
Gillette Slim Adjustable
Gillette 7 o'clock blue
Cella
Omega 10005
Cold Water Rinse
Brut

Great shave this morning as well, my BBS streak is broken but oh well, still a DFS. The Omega has been ignored lately so I broke it out and gave it another spin, still breaking in nicely though and whipped up a nice lather.

 

Sunday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
Omega Pro Red
Cella
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Original
British Sterling Cologne

 

First DST shave of the year

Queen Charlotte Soaps Lavender Shave Soap
Semogue 2009 LE Boar
Iridium Super
Progress XL
Alum
Floid Blue A/S

Molto Bene!