SoS: May 21st, 2012 - May 27th, 2012

Menthol madness is growing! 4th Menthol day in a row...
Merkur 23C/Astra
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Painted ceramic bowl
Gada Cool Mint SC
Cold water splash
Mayor Energy Platinum AS splash

Nice and frosty DFS!

 

Edwin Jagger DE87 + Voskhod
Semogue 1520
P.160
Cold Water Rinse + Old Spice Classic

 

Thanks, Steve. I do enjoy them, that's for sure. And mostly I do it my way.



My Thursday shave today:

Calani Purissima shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
Musgo Real pre-shave oil
Feather AS-D1 razor
Feather blade (3.)
Speick Men after shave

I have spent a very enjoyable half hour with this set-up, good way to start the day.

 

Wednesday May 23rd

My first post! I'm new to this and haven't spent much money on my setup.



Derby razor w/ Wilkinson blade
C.O. Bigelow
Van Der Hagen Boar Brush

I did 2 passes tonight. Not bad and I am not getting the irritation that I would get with other shaving methods.

 

Welcome To TSD Rascal! Great first post! Nice looking razor as well. Don't worry about any fancy setup or gear, you will aquire tons of stuff as you progress in the wet shaving world. We all started just like you are now. Hope to see your posts in the threads.

 

Prep Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Soap
Razor Thiers Issard Dreadnought 7/8
Brush Le Tuft 59 in Buckeyed Burl
Vito's Coconut & Almond
Alum & Witch Hazel
Alpha H Moisturiser
Penhaligon's Castile EDT​

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Jamie,​

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Very very smooth shave, i'm thinking my two favourite razors are both 7/8, and it's size i really find comfortable in hand.​

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Pal Injecto-Matic
Schick injector blade
Valobra Stick (in a mug)
Omega Boar

When you're looking at TSD with your morning coffee at 6:00 AM, and decide to put your shave stuff in front of the computer for a picture, well, I'm not sure what it means. At least I got a DFS. Not one of my usual injectors, but it works very well.

 

My Birthday Shave, a wonderful day for me!

 

How is it the fatip quality if you compare with Merkur and is this razor give you a smooth shaving like Mekur Slant

 

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 2
Füme Lavender SS
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Arko Commando AS Gel
Obsession for Men EDT

This Füme Lavender soap is so wonderful - it smells so nice, it has such rich and creamy lather, and it gives such a good soothing effect. The Arko Commando gel is very cooling and protective for sensitive skin. For those who don't know, the Füme soap is also from Turkey like the Arko stuff, but it's produced by a different company.

 

Well in that case: Happy Birthday from my part of town (City Hall / Marina Bay) to yours, Bengkia Hope you'll have a great celebration tonight!

 

Fatip
Personna Med. Prep.
M&F Emillion
RazoRock Don Marco SS
RazoRock Don Marco ASB w/ M Bomb

Humiecko & Graef - Skarb

 

Thursday:
Soak Brush/Savile Row 3824/Heat Up DB Original Scuttle
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
Palmolive Menthol shave cream (Italy) 3 drops of M-Bomb
Face:Muhle R41 Grande/Astra SP (3)
Head: Schick Hydro-Magic/Chinese Schick blade (2)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum(clean hardware and software,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Thayer's Medicated Superhazel
Captain's Choice mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

I did a nice 2 pass face shave with the r41 with great results,nice BBS shave no razor burn.I did a 1 pass ATG with the Schick and got a very nice headshave,BBS with no touchups needed.The r41 is the only razor in my arsenal that I dont headshave with,for some reason my dome just dont like the r41.But it likes,Joris,Fatip,Tradere,OCMM,Merkur 39c slanthammer and others.I'm retired so taking the extra time to use a second razor for my head is no problem.I'm just wondering why thunderdome doesn't like the r41 but likes the Joris and loves the 39c slanthammer and OCMM and Cobra Classic.

 

Tuesday - Saturday

Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: EJ DE89L
Blade: Lort Platinum
Scuttle: Dirty Bird Travel used as a warmer
Soap/Cream: Mama Bear's Spellbound Woods Stick
Brush: Vie-Long 13120m Travel Natural Horse Hair
AS: Nivea Replinishing Balm

Results: DFS+
This was the first time using the Vie-Long 13120m Travel Natural Horse Hair. The handle is size wise on the order of a Wee Scott. The brush has more scritch than the other horse hair brushes I've used. I'll have to give it a dozen uses to see if it softens up.

 

Thursday



Auto Strop
Feather
The Manchurian
MWF
Proraso splash followed by the balm

Used my grandpa's valet this morning. That is a mean, cutting machine! I don't know why, but my face was really sensitive this morning. I did 3 passes anyway, and glad I did because I AK enjoying the BBS shave!

 

toThe Den! Nice setup!

 

Thursday, May 24, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: Palmolive Menthol
Brush: D.R. Harris H2
Scuttle: SWK
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

5/8 August Weigelt
Molinard Rasoline
"old" Old Spice A/S

Fantastic shave this morning. Using the Molinard Rasoline is still in the weird category but I certainly can't complain about the quality of the last couple of shaves.

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Thursday Morning Shaving Ritual, May 24, 2012

Razor: 69 Slimline Gillette Adjustable (set on 7)
Blade: Personna Super Blue (3rd use)
Brush: Semogue 830
Cream: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
A/S: Alum Bar & Cold Water Rinse
A/S: Pinaud Clubman

I notched the razor up to 7 and got a 3-pass DFS, almost BBS, shave today. There was more razor burn than yesterday so I will load a new blade tomorrow.

Everyone have a great day.

 

May 23th

Music: 97.8 UAQ FM - Dubai
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Prep Lather: Dalen D'Men - Sensitive
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: Iridium Super (2)
Brush: Vulfix 660S
Soap/Cream: T&H Ultimate Comfort SC
Post: 5Savages AS (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne)
AS: T&H Limes ASB
BBS-

A near repeat of the night before, except I accidently grabbed the limes ASB, rather than the Nivea.