SoS: November 12th, 2012 - November 18th, 2012

GEM OCMM
Ted Pella Blade
Chubby 2
Provence Sante Green Tea Soap
Master's Lilac Vegetol Splash
Tet-a-Tet AS Balm
tunes-Mumford and Sons

 

Arley, I noticed when you used the Rhodium top cap with the gold tech base before and thought it looked really cool (I am a big fan of the Silver & Gold combo with watches, rings etc in my personal jewelry.) The Matador handle addition to your silver & gold tech is money!

 

Todays shave was a bit awkward for me as I used a brush I acquired from an antique mall yesterday...an Erskine T-500 (vintage ?) with butterscotch handle.....its apparently imported badger? This is by FAR the softest and floppiest brush I have ever used in my life.....whipped up lather like a beast though! It seriously felt like I was lathering my face with a ultra soft cotton ball.....no exfoliation at all which is a no go for some people on here.....and for me I personally favor boar more so than badger but this was pretty nice! And its not everyday that I pass by a vintage brush in an antique mall with the bristles not all bent sideways from being stored upside down in a mug or bowl (its a shame)....anyways I really liked the handle so I got this little puppy and I'm glad I did! Its a bit small but it is pack with some lather fluffing power! All in all a great shave with just a few weepers but nothing an ol alum block can't fix!

Razor- Gillette ball End Tech
Blade- Voskhod (shave number 3 I think?)
Brush- Vintage? Erskine T-500 with butterscotch handle
Cream- Arko Regular
Aftershave- Alum Block and some Brut Splash

 

SOTD Tuesday 11-13-2012

Cadet TP-26 CC w/Voskhod Teflon Blade
Proraso PSC
Erasmic SC
Omega 31064 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
British Sterling Cologne

The Cadet with Voskhod is a great performer; close and smooth. The Omega 31064 Boar is now broken in and has become my go-to brush. Topped off withthe British Sterling Cologne..life is good!

 

Tuesday morning, November 13, 2012

Schick E2 Injector razor w/ Schick blade (3)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Praying for quick healing for your daughter, Luke. May God bless her real good!

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower
CD: 100 Blues Masters, disc 1
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK
Soap: TSD Sea Buckthorn
Brush: Ever Ready 200T with original knot
Razor: Late 40s SS
Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 2, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Thayer's Rose Petal WH with Aloe Vera, Sean John Unforgivable, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

 

Tuesday's Shave
Hot Shower-I had planned to grab a quick shower but that hot water felt too good...turned into a long shower
Arko Stick-bowl lathered...I microwaved a stick and smashed it into an empty wide mouth cold-cream jar with top
Omega 10029 Baby-Pro boar
1955 Schick Injector-Hydro-magic
EMS/Personna D?

Can't imagine a more enjoyable 3 passes than this...and this BBS is World-Class...glad there are no laws against rubbing your face in public...

 

Thank you! I spoke to my wife and she seems to be better, but we'll have to see as the day goes on.

 

I find the Nivea cream performs very well - rich and good lather, smells nice, and leaves my skin comfortable. I am so used to menthol stuff, so I felt like I was missing something because the Nivea has no menthol.

 

Veli, there will be more of these three creams for you - this I promise!

 

Yesterday, we celebrated Deepavali, the Hindu New Year, here in Singapore (I like the fact that we actually celebrate the New Year 4 times every year here ) and I have been making most of it by making this a looooong lazy weekend with the family. Which also means I had not shaved since last Friday.

Time, therefore, to focus on stubble removal this morning by means of:

Calani 'Simply Soap' shave stick
Semogue #1305 shave brush
Cobra Classic SE razor
Feather Professional blade (1.)
Bloc Osma Alum
Speick Men after shave



I could have stopped after the first pass, which would have been clean and smooth enough to spend all day at work. But since there was still so much of the lather in the brush and, to the touch, the tiniest amount of stubble underneath one of the jawlines, I decided to throw in a second pass. Just nice!

 

Luke, I hope all will be well with your wife!

 

Luke, I hope your little one is feeling better soon again!

 

Thanks! Unfortunately the fever is starting to come back. We just keep trying to fill her up on good stuff and have her get lots of rest. Here's hoping tonight is better! (Fingers crossed)

 

• Prep PSC
• Tabac SC
• Turkish #6 Horse Hair Brush (Less than $3.00 new, check it out here.)
• 1930s Gillette New Short OC
• Lord Blade (2)
• Nivea ASB
• Figaro ASL

Myth - "You cannot get a decent shave from an old beat-up razor."

Well today I wanted to see if it was possible to get a decent shave from an old and very worn Vintage Gillette razor. The razor above was quite dirty, had spots of bluish oxidation between the teeth and on the handle, and all of the plating on the top of the head was gone. When I loaded up a blade and placed the razor in the sink I could almost hear it saying: "Are we are going to have a shave today, sir? Hot dang! Haven't done that for years"!!

Myth Status - TOTALLY BUSTED!

These old razors can indeed provide a most excellent shave. It just so happens that the OC head on this razor is a perfect match for my whiskers and skin type. This old fella didn't mess around and quickly got around to providing me a very close and comfortable shave. I will probably send this razor off to be replated with the original gold finish. If he was impressed with having a shave today he should be over the moon when he gets a set of new gold duds!

Cheers, everyone!

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Nov 13

Face Wash: Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash
Pre-Shave Lather: Nuka
Shave Lather: Derby Menthol SC
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: SuperMax Platinum (1)
Brush: Semogue 1305
Post: Witch Hazel/Vodka/Aloe/Glycerin mixture followed byNivea Extreme Comfort

The Derby worked much better tonight. Almost good enough to keep. I'll have to put this aside and try it again down the road.

 

La toja / Semogue 1250 / Floid Suave / Merkur 38B / Perma sharp #5 ​

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Thanks Jeff!

 

I have not been posting my shaves for almost a week. Been out of the loop. So here is Monday and Tuesday

11-12-12

Soap: Omega
Brush: The Body Shop
Blade: Astra
Razor: Parker 22R

11-13-12

Everything is the same except used Ingram's

Had a nice shave both days.