SoS: May 27, 2013 - June 2, 2013

Monday on the Deluxe Desert Island:

• Prep: hot washing cloth (Deluxe Desert Islands have hot water taps)
• Music: Racoon, Live At Chassé cd1
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: Tabac
• Razor: Gillette flare tip Rocket
• Blade: Max Herder
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, strop blade in Allegro Mod. L, reload

Nice shave although the lather was a bit thin. Guess I need to accomodate to the environment...

Have a great week, ya'll!

 

May 28 - Day 2 of Desert Island Week


Set the super adjustable on 4 today. Had a little irritation, but the lather was thin today, I guess I didn't work at loading the brush enough. Overall though, a good start to the day.

 

Tuesday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 2
Egyptian Ingram SC
444 AS Balsam
Alt Innsbruck AS
Santos de Cartier EDT

I froze my face off again this morning and I enjoyed it so much. The Egyptian version of Ingram cream is so nice - the scent is the same as the British stuff, but the lather is richer and the cooling sensation really blasts you. For an additional chill, 444 and Alt Innsbruck will do the trick beautifully for you!

 

5/8 C&S
MdC
22mm Omega knot

O.K., time for true confessions, the soap today is MdC. I have a strong dislike for the original scent MdC so this is the unscented version with a little AoS sandalwood soap added to spice things up a bit. Great performance, good light sandalwood scent, very nice shave. Have a good one.

 

Happy Tuesday From Florida!

Hot shower
Green Marvy Mug
Arko
Vulfix 404
R-41
Gillette Super Thin (1)
Cold water rag
Aqua Velva Sport

2-pass DFS+++!

Back to the grind... Have a great week Ya'll!

 

Gillette Old Type UFO Goliath
Voskhod
Semogue 1305
Williams Mug Soap
Alum
Superior 70

A close comfortable shave today. Lather was a little dry and I should have pitched the blade yesterday, but not too bad.

 

Tuesday
hot shower
Semogue SOC,2 band
Proraso PSC
Lea shave stick (white tube)
Gillette Gold plated Tech/Gillette 7 O'clock Green (India)(1)
warm water rinse
Shavex Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's Cucumber WH
Pitralon (Czech) mixed with a tiny amount of 444

This version of Pitralon is closer to the Swiss version.It starts off with a smokey scent then as it dries the scent is very similar to Swiss Pitralon.

 

PRE: Hot Towel + MR GLO Soap + Am Crew PSO
BRUSH: Omega 636
LATHER: TSD Sandalwood + TOBS Sandalwood
RAZOR: 78 Black Handle Super Adjustable (Birth Year/Quarter) on 2 (First Try)
BLADE: Astra SP
POST: Alum + Gillette Cool Wave (Crystallized) + Seacret ASB



Well...Figured the only thing I could handle keeping the same for a week (newbie disease) was the razor (and even that adjusts)! Tried this on 2 for the first shave with it and found it much too mild. It seemed that I was just trimming stubble rather than cutting it off, might jump to 4 instead of 3 tomorrow (any thoughts).

Have a great day all!

 

Tuesday

Prep: AoS PSO
Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK
CD: The Great Blues Men
Soap: TOBS Sandalwood
Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor badger/boar mix
DE: Parker 80R
Blade: Astra SP, day 2, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

BBS

 

SOTD Tuesday 5-28-2013

Edwin Jagger DE87811 w/Crystal
Al's SC - Boheme
GT G4 Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Aqua Velva Musk ASL/Cologne

I am not doing the desert island thing but, if I was, this shave kit would do just fine. All of the players in this cast have been tried,proven and are considered to be staples in my shave den. Have a great week on the Island Gentlemen!

 

Tuesday morning, May 28, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (7)
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

 

Tuesday morning, May 28, 2013

Schick J1 Injector with Schick blade (7)
Omega 20102 Pro Boar brush,
C O Bigelow Premium Shave Cream,
Finish with cold water, Witch Hazel
and Captain's Choice Bay Rum,

A one pass plus for a soothing CCS with the Schick J1 Injector!

Aces!

 

Merkur 38c
Rapira
Vintage Brush (no name) with fan tip Finest Badger knot
Everest SC
Pine/Frankincense w/Menthol splash
Tet-a-Tet Balm
music-James Cotton
coffee-home roasted Brazilian

 

Tuesday 05/28

Hot shower, Axe Chilling facial scrub
Soap;Verglude
Brush;Semogue 1460
Razor;Gillette SS black handle
Blade;Crystal
Results from a two pass shave today was a great DFS
Fitness balm for the final touch

 

Gillette slim adjustable
Wilkinson sword
Wd silvertip
tobs shaving shop
Dr Harris Marlborough

The tobs is great as always. I really like the scent as well. BBS and no sweepers.

 

Welp, still stuck on this blasted island with the same junk I used yesterday. If I would have known I'd be marooned at sea, I would have brought sunscreen too

 

Tuesday! 2nd day on the Deluxe Desert Island

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: whiskers being mowed away
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: Tabac
• Razor: Gillette flare tip Rocket
• Blade: Max Herder
• Shave: 3 or 4 -pass (didn't pay attention...)
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, restop blade in Allegro mod. L

I clean forgot to count the passes, so I really don't know. 3 or 4? Anyway, good enough for an almost BBS shave! Just missed a few hairs under the nose. And with a blade with at least 8 shaves under the belt. I guess the Allegro does a good job.

 

28.5.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: RIMEI
• Blade: Personna Platinum (1)
• Brush: Omega #40033
• Soap: Wilkinson Sword shave stick
• Post: alum
• Aftershave: Musgo Real Classic sample, TSD Iced Lime AS milk sample

I applied way too much soap on my face so I had some problems on the first pass. No other issues, though. Lather from the Wilkinson stick was spectacular as always and the razor felt very solid. The handle is particularly nice and it feels very secure in the hand.

 

Fast shave. I decided that good DE shave would be better then straight shave on a run.
Merkur 23C/??
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Cleven for men SC
Cold water splash
Fitjar Miklagard ASC
Nice'n'smooth! Looking forward for some straights though...

 

Second day on the island...

Razor: '68 Slim Adjustable
Blade: Red IP (3)
Brush: Ever-Ready restoration with 22mm TGN Super Badger knot
Cream: Godrej Deluxe Lime
Cold water rinse
Alum block
Cold water rinse
Nivea Sensitive PSB