SoS: April 23rd, 2012 - April 29th, 2012

It is certainly good stuff. Skin care is good....but it would be too much of a sacrifice to miss my Osage Rub/444 combo on a Menthol Monday
I have also sourced some Palmolive Menthol, and Menthol Mist. Those will also be something to look forward to!

 

I agree - Godrej Menthol Mist and Palmolive Menthol are also wonderful, and so is Osage Rub. I never tried the 444!

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK
Cream: TBS Maca Root + 4 drops M Bomb
Brush: Ever Ready 250PB
Razor: Stahly, wound up for every pass
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade

Not too shabby. I'll take it.

My theory on the vibrating Stahly, it gives the blade that side-to-side slicing motion to make for a shave with less tugging. Meh. I still think the handle is too fat.

 

Monday, April 23:

Razor - Schick E3 injector
Blade - Chinese Schick (5)
Brush - Somerset Simpsons T4 in 2-band Super (see pic)
Lather - Ian's soap
A/S - Speick splash

 

04/23/2012 Monday

My day starts with a hot shower, I enjoy the luxury of bar soap lather.
Facial prep Proraso glycerin.
Today I chose the Omega Midget, to lather Tet-A-Tet, . I decide to face lather today.
Razor change today, Gillette Gold Tech, loaded with a Feather Blade.
Post shave, RazoRock Alum, Tet-A-Tet balm.

:wave:a great DFS.

 

Weber Razor
Feather Blade
Rudy Vey vintage restore-finest badger
C&E Sienna
Alcolado Glacial Splash
Ahava AS Balm
Weber/Feather-outstanding combo! BBS after 3d growth
Music-David Brubeck, Time Out

 

Good morning!

My Tuesday shave ritual:

Logona Mann shave cream
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
Schick M1 Injector Adjustable
Personna PFTE-coated Injector blade (2.)
Musgo Real Classic after shave

Getting nice results with the Injector, which is encouraging. Am applying zero pressure, none whatsoever (i usually do apply very little pressure when using a DE, but even less so with this one) and the results are exceeding my expectations.

 

Monday Shave:

Have had three days off.
Hot shower, Yardley bar soap
TSD Malachite shaving soap (PIF from JoAnna, I have a new top 3 saop!!!!) Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tweezerman badger brush
Merkur Slant Bar w/ Merkur blade 3rd shave
Cold water rinse
Dickinson's Witch hazel
Old Spice Classic AS
Clubman talc

Three pass from the Slant Bar and that GREAT TSD soap = BBS

 

Monday Night:


Great Shave!!

 

You like the masonic lodge scent? What is the scent like? You a traveling man?

 

Shick Kona
swan-morton skin graph blade (1)
old prorasso green pre
old prorasso green soap / erasimatic shave cream
my proasso as frankenbalm ( 2 parst old porasso asb white, 2 parts old prorasso green as, 1 part old prorasso green pre and 1 part old prorasso white pre that are all mixed throughtly in a prorasso bottle)

This was my first go with the skin graph blade and lets just say they are intimidating.
I not wanting to graph my own skin steped all elements of pressure way down.
The results were a DFS probabily could have made a BBS but didnt want to push it.
allthoughs nay sayers that thought they were going to be like carpet cutters in an SE.
Challenge accepted and completed .
Will be running this blade until she cant take anymore so stay tuned for uncharted waters ahead.

 

Monday 04/23/12 0605hrs

Prep: Warm Shower
Background Noise: Snoring dog
Razor: Tech
Blade: Yellow
Razor: Slim (5)
Blade: Atra Green
Brush: Tweezerman
Soap: TSD Christmas ale
Post: CW and Stetson AS

First pass WTG and the Tech just was not feeling it, so for the 2nd pass WTG I went with my favorite razor so far, the slim. DFS

 

I will say that it is a unique scent. I personally like it, but it's not for everyone. Think teak wood and lemon oil.

 

Shower
Ej Pre Shaving Cream
Merkur 37G
Feather Blade
Simpsons X3 Best Badger
TOBS Rose Cream
Witch Hazel
Trumper Skin food

 

Tuesday

Schick E2 injector
Schick blade
De Vergulde Hand boar
De Vergulde Hand Extra Fris
Floid Blue

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On Thursday I'm going to visit De Vergulde Hand and I hope I will come back with a nice article about them. Till then I will use my DVH soap and brush

 

Prep Botanics face scrub
Razor Iron Duke in Welsh Yew
Brush Le Tuft Le Une Grande
Vito's Coconut & Almond Soft Soap
Alum & Witch Hazel
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
Coty Raw Vanilla Eau de cologne

Jamie.

The Duke led his men in to battle with a pincer movement totally destroying the bristle forces at will, just in case there were any other enemy bristles forces left he moved over the battle field once more, just to finish off those left hanging on after the first attack. He seem very pleased with his troops including the back up team, but he knows there will be more battles in the near future so he must keep himself and his men sharp and ready for action.

 

Tuesday, April 24th:

SB FS best badger
SS Valobra Menthol
SR Gillette slim adj. (@6-4)
RB Gillette Super Stainless (2)
ASL Floid Blue
444

Another one excellent shave

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 3
Italian Palmolive Menthol SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Obsession for Men EDT

Even though yesterday's combination was very cooling and nice, this one is absolutely over the top - it's hard to beat the rich, frigid lather of Palmolive Menthol and the ultra-potent feeling of this Diana Sport balsam. This shave gave me not only a BBS face, it also gave me a lot of enjoyment!

 

Awesome razor Jamie!