SoS: June 11th, 2012 - June 17th, 2012

Prep Simple Soap
Razor Maxotte High Grade
Brush Simpson Chubby 1 in super
Shaving Cream Vulfix Persian Musk
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Baux Balm
Penhaligon's Castile EDT​

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Jamie.​

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WTG XTG with minor clean up, thee most tricky razor i own, be particulary careful with that extremly sharp toe, or she will get you, just on the cheek nothing much but a nick none the less.​

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Tuesday, June 12


Gem Push Button
GEM (T. Pella SS PTFE ) (d3)
Renaissance Man Black Amber S/S
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Osage Rub
Lime Sec
Result: 3 Pass BBS. Outstanding shave and finish this morning.

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Nacet day 3
Gillette Menthol SC
444 AS Balsam/Osage Rub AS Splash
Polo Original EDT

The Gillette Menthol cream from Europe has awesome lather and a very nice scent - a lot better than the Lebanese version, and does it ever have a strong cooling sensation. As always, the 444 balsam and the Osage Rub work their menthol magic, and the end of a shave is delightful. I'm a little disappointed, however in the Nacet blades. Compared to my Rapiras and other brands, they lack longevity. Otherwise, this shave was great.

 

MdC
Wilkinson Sticky
Personna Red
Joris Gold
T&H Grafton Cologne

 

Tuesday ... after a hot shower -

TBS Pre-shave oil
VDH Glycerin
Vulfix 404
Schick L1 w/ NOS Krona (3)
Col. Conk Amber

Quick 2 pass'r this morning; XTG/ATG, DFS. I'm still amazed at how much closer my shaves are with the L1 than any of my DE's. I notice it after my first pass especially; when I rinse it's noticeably closer than any first pass with a DE. I think it may be because I can bear down with a little pressure with the L1. Definitely going to be my go to razor for time crunch shaves. I also face lathered with the 404 for the first time in a long time; great overall shave, even if it was only 5 minutes.

 

5/8 Bismarck Razor Works
Haslinger Honig
homemade brush
normal cold water shave

Very nice shave this morning. Close and comfortable.

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SOTD Tuesday June 12, 2012

Prep: Tepid Water Shower, Brush soaking in cold water.
Razor: Merkur 1904 Open Comb
Blade: SuperMax Super Platinum
Brush: Pre-War German Badger Hair Brush
Soap: VDH
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
AS: Gillette Cool wave
Post: Cold Water Rinse, Naturally Fresh Alum, Second Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash of Cool Wave.

 

June 11th

Wash: Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash
Pre-shave lather: Nuka SC - Menthol
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: Iridium Super (11)
Brush: Vulfix 660S
Soap/Cream: Art of Shaving SC - Unscented
Post: 5Savages AS (witch hazel, rum & scent), Nivea - Revitalizing ASB
Near BBS

I finally reached the end of the Iridium Super blade. 11 shaves and all of them gave me a BBS to near BBS. Even this last one was great, but the tugging and post shave irritation were enough to retire it. Thanks goes out to Phil (awake2shave) for the PIF to allow me to try this blade!

 

Tuesday:

Razor - iKon Gen 1 OC
Blade - Red pack Personna (4)
Brush - Omega 20147 boar/badger "Mighty Midget"
Lather - Castle Forbes Lime shaving cream
A/S - Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

Omega 10005
Super speed w/ Voskhod (day 2)
Palmolive shave sticks
Thayers witch hazel w/ aloe, folowed by Nivea ASB sensitive

Tried out my new Palmolive shave sticks I got in. I got a pretty good shave and found it to be a pretty nice shave soap but was not blown away either.

 

Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick E3
Blade: Schick
Soap: Simpsons
Brush: Semogue 1460
Scuttle/Mug: Simpsons
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

SOTD Tuesday 6-11-2012

Gillette Single Ring w/Crystal
Old Spice Original SC
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea ASB
Old Spice Classic Cologne

Nice "old timey" Old Spice Shave to start off the morning. Got sheep to shear, immunize and clip hooves today along with working on those stairs...busy day ahead! Those really, really hot summer days are fast approaching!

 

Weber ARC Bulldog Handle
Polsilver Blade
MWF
Semogue 830
TSD ISZ Splash
Lab Series AS Balm
-Tunes Cream
-ice hockey night, I've notced the scented creams/soaps/after shave scents are bothersome to me when I get sweaty and out of breath.

 

Tuesday morning, June 12, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (9)
Semogue SOC boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Tuesday:
Soak Brush/Semogue SOC Boar
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
Mama Bear's Iceburg Ice
Joris 1912T/Gillette 7 O'Clock Black (1)
Cold Water Rinse
Ice Cube Rub
Monster Block Alum (clean hardware & software,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Thayer's Medicated Superhazel
Veleiro Splash mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

My first shave with the Joris/Gillette Black was a winner.A very smooth and close 2 pass face,1 pass head shave.The Mama Bear's Iceburg Ice was a surprise,it lathers up nice and slick and has a nice (to my nose) marine scent.It's not as face freezing as Awakenings but it's pretty darn close.I was going to use The Rub with some 444 today but I could help thinking how close a scent Iceburg Ice was to Veleiro splash.So today it was Veleiro and 444,not as face numbing as The Rub but very soothing just the same.

 

Tuesday, June 12th


Pre-shave: Hot shower, hair conditioner
Soap: TSD Yin Yang
Brush: Firehouse Pottery with a 22mm Silvertip
Razor: OCMM
Blade: Ted Pella PTFE (1) Thank you very much, Arley!
Post-shave: warm water rinse, cold water rinse, witch hazel
A/S: Pinaud Classic Vanilla
Moisturizer: L'Oreal Men's Expert Vita Lift w/ SFP 15

WOO baby! What a shave! This was my first time using the Ted Pellas (thanks again, Arley for your generous PIF) and that coupled with the technique I recently saw from Mr. Guy on youtube about using the OCMM resulted in a fantastic 3-pass shave that ended up just shy of BBS. Have a great day everyone!

 

Too bad, man! I was looking for a 'sympathise' button next to the 'like' button. Didn't find it...

 

I'm a little late on this, I have been a busy boy.

Monday June 11th

Prep: Hot shower
Razor: EJ89l
Blade: Derby
Brush: Omega 48
Shave Cream: C.O. Bigelow
After Shave: Nivea

The EJ89l is treating me pretty good. I really love the Omega brush. Some don't like the 48 because of how big it is. I actually enjoy it and I think it's breaking in nicely. It's definitely a big step up from the cheap VDH boar brush. Monday's shave was a nice one, I took my time and got a nice shave. I'm going to try the Astra blade next and see how that works.

 

Tuesday!
Same setup as yesterday, but this time CWS.

• Prep: cold water rinse
• Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, Evita
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: Arko Stick
• Razor: Valet Autostrop
• Blade: Feather (#3, hand stropped)
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: cold water rinse

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DFS ++. I wasn't very charmed with this cold water shave, though. A bit rougher than warm water. Plus warm lather gives a so much more luxury feeling (to me, that is ). Guess I'll try some more of this. Twice the same setup, alternating warm & cold shave. See where we end up...