SoS: May 14th, 2012 - May 20th, 2012

Saturday!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Butterscotch Black Badger Re-Knot
Klar Kabinett SS
Lord L6
Polsilver (3)
Cool Water Rinse
TSD Lavender ASM

Fantastic shave today, it was nice visiting with the klar.

Have a great weekend!

 

Saturday!



Mühle R106
Personna Red
The Colonel
Proraso Green Soap
Proraso Splash

It was a wonderful shave this morning! Most welcome after 4 days of nothing. I went with the proraso as I started up my running again and I was overheating like mad. The menthol felt amazing!
DFS++

Have a great weekend!

 

19.05.2012​

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Razor: Merkur Progress (3.5)​

Blade: Iridium (4)​

Brush: Mühle Pure Badger 21mm​

Cream: RazoRock Mughetto di Bologna​

A/S I: Thayers Lemon​

A/S II: Speick​

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Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: SRP Thäter
Razor: Unbranded Sheffield Wedge 7/8
Honing Regimen: Chosera 1K - Shapton Pro 2-5-8K - Norwegian Slate
Strop: 40/60 Neil Miller Linen/Kanayama Cordovan
Soap: Sir Irisch Moos
After shave: Sir Irisch Moos
Results: Finished restoring this old 'gal wednesday and honed her yesterday, the first shave reminded me what a bugger wedges can be to hone, she shaved okay, but still quite a bit from what I would like, back to the hones she goes

 

Saturday - it's the weekend! Time for the SEs.

Prep: Hone and strop str8, hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB
CD: Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues ~ Stevie Ray Vaughan
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Paganga AA, BLACK
Hone: Duro Electric
Strop: VB 2" Black Latigo/linen
Soap: Muhle Sandalwood
Brush: The Dridecker
Str8: Boker S.S. St. Louis, 3 passes
SE: Schick E model, touch up
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, RazoRock rub down, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB, Pinaud Clubman

Shave Rating: 3 Blades

Darn near BBS, but a bit of razor burn to get there. I need to get this blade to Glen for a professional re-hone. Just not a very comfortable shave.

 

Saturday
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: Proraso Sandalwood
Razor: Gem Damaskeene
Blade: Gem
Pre: 3P
Post: Masters Lilac Vegetal
Hair Groom: Jeris
Result: DFS.

 

Saturday May 19
Brush: Omega Boar 13522
Soap/Creme: C&E Nomad puck with some Proraso mixed in
Razor: Gillette Red Tip SS
Blade: Astra SP
AS: Thayer's Lemon WH, Nivea Senstitive mixed with Pinaud Clubman

Nearly BBS but a few weepers along the way, the blade has quite a few shaves on it now. Still a terrific shave.

 

Saturday Morning Shaving Ritual, May 19, 2012

Razor: 69 Slimline Gillette Adjustable (set on 6)
Blade: Treet (new blade)
Brush: Semogue 830 (First use not too shabby)
Cream: Williams Shaving Soap
A/S: Alum Bar & Cold Water Rinse
A/S: Everyman Jack Shaving Balm

I appreciate all the help. I used a new blade in my razor but left it set at 6. I got a DFS shave today, one nick and no weepers. Still experiencing a little razor burn from the shave yesterday but much less today. I think Derby blade is just not as sharp as some of the others in my sampler pack.
all!

 

Menthol Saturday! Why not, anyway?!
8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Painted ceramic bowl
Gada Cool Mint SC
Men's Choice Brisk AS splash
Cold water shave. Wrong. COLD water shave. With Gada cream. Interesting thing that you shave the face you cannot feel. DFS!

 

Saturday May 19, 2012

Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Gillette Flare tip SS
Blade: Big Ben SS
Soap/Cream: Mama Bear's Spellbound Woods
Brush: Vie-Long 13052m Natural Horse Hair
AS: Mama Bear's Winter Aftershave Balm

Results; DFS

 

May 18th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Prep Lather: Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn SS
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: Rapira Super Stainless (3)
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Soap/Cream: GFT Limes SC
Post: 5Savages AS (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne)
AS: T&H Limes ASB
DFS+


May 19th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Prep Lather: Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn SS
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: Personna Super "Lab" (1)
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Soap/Cream: T&H Limes SC
Post: 5Savages AS (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne)
AS: T&H Limes ASB
BBS!

I hope these cream samples are not representative of the tubs of cream. The GFT is so pasty I had to smear it on my face, rather than put it on my brush prior to face lathering or it would never have been fully incorporated into the lather. On the other extreme, the T&H was like a thicker ASB. The T&H Limes has a stonger, more tangy scent than GFT. I'm not a huge fan of either scent, but they're tolerable.

I'm coming to the realization that I don't particularly care for T&H ASB. I'm tempted to quit using it, rather than use it up.

 

Prep Penhaligon's Blenheim bouquet soap
Razor Vintage Japanese Fon Golden Star 7/8
Brush Simpson Chubby 1 in Super
Vito's Coconut & Almond
Alum & Witch Hazel
Alpha H Moisturiser
L'Occitane Baux Balm
L'Occitane Baux EDT.​

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Jamie.​

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An extremely smooth shave from this razor, a 0ne pass shave with minor clean up.​

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Sunday! Another Rolls Day!

• Prep: hot washing cloth, rice bran oil marinade while lathering up
• Music: Peter Gabriel, Secret World Live (disc 2)
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: vintage Williams
• Razor: Rolls Razor
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

DFS, but a bit rough shave. I guess it could use some honing & stropping.

Have a nice day!

 

Sunday 20th May

Hot Shower and Facial Scrub
3P Pre/Post Cream
Fatip Piccolo/Treet Classic Carbon (2)
HJM Black Fibre Synthetic Brush
Ogallala Bay Rum and Lemongrass Soap
Simple Facial Toner
Rosehip Oil
Pashana Original AS
Brylcreem Original

No shave yesterday and Carbon Blades rust fairly quickly, so I had another session with the Fatip. I have a number of synthetic brushes from men-U, Frank Shaving and HJM/Muhle. To date I have not used the Silvertip Fibre travel brush which I got last week. If it is better than the Black Fibre....it will be very impressive, The Black Fibre has just enough backbone, is soft on the face, and I swear.....it would get lather out of a stone!
A top notch shave with 2 passes and a touchup

 

Sunday

Prep: Hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Brush: C&E Pure Badger
SE: Gem Jr. Lather Catcher
Blade: Gem, day 3, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, B&BW Noir, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Not bad. Not bad, at all.

 

Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 4
Lea Menthol SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Chabrawichi 555 Cologne

Now that the warm weather is here it is time to break out the heavy menthol artillery more often. The Lea Menthol cream with its gorgeous scent (which I cannot describe!) and rich lather felt so icy and heavenly. The Diana Sport balsam from Austria can literally freeze a guy's face off!

 

Parker disposable blade razor
Bolzano superinox
RS shaving cream
Nice razor, great shave, near BBS. These make great travel razors, low maintenance and get the job done very well.

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Sunday, May 20, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Semogue 1305
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

Gem Junior Bar
Treet blade
Tweezerman badger
Cella

I'm on my last pack of Treet / CVS blades. Wanted to use up these carbon steel blades, after which I'll stick with the stainless ones.

Every time I use this razor I'm amazed that something from 1907 is this close to ideal.

Hadn't used the Tweezerman in a while, I guess; it was my first brush and still gets the job done. My Cella has changed color, acquiring a slight brownish tinge, but still appears to be fine.

 

Sunday

Soak Brush/Semogue SOC Boar Bristle/warm up Schwarzweisskeramik XL Scuttle
Hot Shower
Proraso Green Tea & Oat PrePost cream new formula
RazoRock King Louis Lavender ss
OCMM/Gem Stainless PTFE (5)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean hardware and software,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Lavanda mixed with a small amount of RazoRock King Louis Lavender aftershave wax

Great 3 pass face one pass head shave with the OCMM,BBS all around.I decided to mix the Lavanda and the RazoRock like I would 444,the results were great,but I may have used too much RazoRock and got a lil white coating my face.But I just rubbed it in more and all was well.My skin feels great I just have to remember to use less wax than I would with 444.It seems a lil RazoRock aftershave wax goes a very long way.