SoS: February 4, 2013 - February 10, 2013

Tuesday
soak brush/Rudy Vey Psychedelic Beast/SWK XL Scuttle (used as a brush warmer)
hot shower
Proraso PrePost Cream (new-green)
Arko (stick)
Gillette Fat Handled New SC/Perma-Sharp Super (3)
cool water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cool water rinse
Thayer's Original WH
The Veg

Great 2 pass face,1 pass noggin,for BBS all around

 

5/8 Ern
Veleiro SC
23mm Muhle knot

Nice shave this morning. The Veleiro SC is seldom talked about but a very good cream, IMO. I'm a little indifferent to the scent but that's normal for me. There are very few shaving products that I'm wild about regarding scent. Have a good one.

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Tuesday 05-02-2013

Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (2)
Brush: Omega 10077
Cream: Gada Cool Mint
ASL: Barbon


For some time I did not use this wonderful cream that I have, thanks to my dear friend Jeff, today he brought me a great shave! :hooray:

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) Tuesday February 5, 2013​

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• Prep: Brush soaked in hot water, hot shower.​

• Razor: Matador Toro Mastif Corto Open Comb
• Blade: Chroma Diamant (3)
• Brush: Vintage Stanley Home Products restored with TGN 22mm Fan High Density Finest Two-Band Badger Knot
• Soap: Proraso Green Tea and Oatmeal/Sensitive Skin
• AS: Nivea for Men Sensitive Post Shave Balm (old formula)
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, double application of aftershave balm

This was my first brush, and after my restore it will be my last, unless I can find another handle just like it to restore or a NOS version of this brush. This is everything I wish for in a brush.

The more I use the Proraso Green Tea and Oatmeal, the more I like it. It is a real toss up between the this and the Proraso blue as my favorite. I love the Red but it I need to be careful using it as I am sensitive to Sandalwood.

Third shave on this blade and it still feels good. I am going to try to push it to see how many shaves I can get from it, at $32/100 they are not a cheap blade, but I would rate them very high on my list. It is too bad I have about thousand blades as I would buy a few hundred of these.

I decided to try a more aggressive razor today to see how many hours I can maintain a DFS. The shave feel awesome today.

 

Hot shower
TOOBS Herbal Preshave
TOOBS Eaton College
Parker silvertip
Merkur 34c hd
Feather Blade
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Old Spice Classic

Great shave this morning!

 

Tuesday morning, February 5, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (4)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

SOTD Tuesday 2-5-2013

Gillette Old Type w/Crystal
Proraso PSC
Classic shaving Lavender SS
Col Conk Barbershop Badger
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
No. 4711 EDC

I love the shaves I get with the OT Gillettes. With a quality blade they are outstanding in producing close, clean and comfortable shaves. This mornings shave had a retro feel to it with the mug SS and barbershop style brush. I love my Semogues and Omegas but these classic handled brushes are a pleasure to use and have an air of hostalgia with them. This mornings shave was first rate in every sense!

 

1932ish Canadian Tech with Bakelite handle
Derby Extra (1)
Arko Citrus SC
Razorock alum
Nivea For Men Energizing ASB
Farina EDC

Just got this Tech in the mail last night. I gotta say that I'm really digging all of the Tech's I've used, but this one shaves the best so far. I really liked the feel of this razor. I think the lightweight handle makes the head feel really heavy compared to my other razors. Anyway, I got a DFS in my normal 3-pass with no touchup.

 

Whoops: didn't realize a new SOS day was up...

Tuesday:

Prep: Shower, TBS Tea Tree face wash, unknown face scrub given to me by my sister.
Brush: Whipped Dog Silver Tip.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Razor: Gillette Ball End Tech.
Soap: Proraso White Soap.
Post: Cold water rinse, patted dry with a towel, Nivea AS balm (first time use.)

 

Tuesday 5 February

Hot shower
Semogue 1460
Van Der Glude
Gillette SS
Super Max Platinum

A superior DFS

 

8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Ceramic bowl
Williams mug soap/Palmolive shave stick mix
Cold water splash
Tet-a-tet ASB
A nice shave, despite it last about 15 minutes only. W&B rocks, I really love how that old meat-cleaver feels! They really knew something about how to make good razors that time!

 

Merkur 34c w/ Astra SP
TOBS Sandalwood Soap
WD 22mm Silvertip
Nivea Energizing ASB

I never really thought about it but the TOBS hard soaps don't get talked about much on here. I've always had a lot of luck with mine and it's so hard that I've had mine forever and it looks like a brand new puck. Super smooth shave after taking a few days off. I switched back to my 34c and threw in a new Astra, I had to look to make sure I had a blade in it at first.

 

I am continuing the New Shaving Bowl experiment, today, I am using Col. Conk's Lime Shaving Soap. I loaded the brush for about 30 seconds and then made my lather in the bowl. In about a minute I had this terrific lather. I love this light lime scent. I did two passes and some touch up for a great shave.

For this experiment, I am continuing to use my Gem Jr. 1912 with Gem/Personna SS PTFE blade
Parker black badger brush
I finished off with a cold water rinse
Dickinson's WH
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

Tuesday
Feather AS-D1 Open Comb
Voskhod
Simpsons Duke 2 Best
TOBS Jermyn Street SC
Aqua Velva Musk

 

Mod Note: Sorry everyone I've been busy with work and hadn't noticed that this week had not been stickied. That has been remedied and everyone should be able to find this easier now

 

Wednesday

Schick M1 injector
Schick blade
Semogue SE 2012 boar badger
Proraso Shaving Cream (green)
Floid blue

0 pictures, 5 minutes, 2 very quick passes, 1 meh
I overslept and was in a terrible hurry. Not so great shave.

 

Merkur 34c
Feather blade
TOBs Sandlewood.
Tweezerman brush

 

Parker Shavette
Proraso Sandalwood
28mm H.I.S. knot

The shaves you get off these shavettes can be addicting. Very close and smooth with 1/2 of an Astra blade. The scent of the Proraso is excellent in my opinion, now if I just don't burn out on it. I feel the need to make another comment on the Veleiro SC I used yesterday. I really enjoyed the scent post shave, so I guess I'm not as indifferent to the scent as I thought. Have a good one.

picture sharing

 

Wednesday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Goal day 3
Gillette Menthol SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS
YSL Pour Homme EDT

A very small weeper near my chin, otherwise a perfect shave - this European Gillette Menthol cream is so much better than its Lebanese counterpart. Great lather, a very nice scent, and plenty of iciness. The Svoboda balsam healed the weeper in no time, and the AV gave me that final frigid blast which I love so much.

 

Wednesday 06-02-2013

Razor: Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Brush: Omega 10077
Cream: SuperMax Classic
AS: Brut