SoS: June 10, 2013 - June 16, 2013

This is another one of my favorite shaves because I get to use freezing-cold stuff for:

Menthol Monday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/new 7 AM
Iced Subzero SS
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Osage Rub AS
Givenchy Gentleman EDT

It gives me so much pleasure to use a set-up like this because I'm such a menthol freak, and proud of it. The L'Oreal face wash is not the coldest thing, but it's colder than the Axe Chilled, and the ISZ soap is the "mother of all face-freezing soaps." The combination of the Diana Sport balsam and the Rubby Dubby Doo is so powerfully-frigid that a lot of guys I know cannot handle it.

 

R41 Weber Bulldog
Gillette Silver Blue
Semogue OC Boar
Williams Mug Soap
Alum
Superior 70

A single pass was all that was needed to get me out the door.

 

Menthol Monday
hot shower
Semogue 620
Proraso PSC
TSD 2x Iced Vanilla
Merkur 39c "Da Hamma"/Perma-Sharp Super (5)
warm water rinse
Shavex Alum
cool water rinse
Thayer's Rose WH mixed with 3 drops M-Bomb
TSD 2x Iced Vanilla

Stay frosty

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, AoS PSO, hand strop blade
Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK
CD: Victory in Heaven Blues Band ~ VIH II
Cream: C. O. Bigelow
Brush: Frank's Synthetic
DE: Stahly
Blade: Astra SP, day 1, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Curve, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

As it is Novelty Week, I loaded up the Stahly (a novelty razor, in my opinion) with a fresh blade, wound 'er up, and commenced to shaving.
Can't say that the vibrating really adds anything to the shave; this razor gives a fantastic shave even when I swap out the handle (too big and bulky for me) with a Fat Handle Tech. I do like the head of this razor. The ends extend out and cover the ends of the blade, thus preventing any blood loss via a clipped ear lobe.

 

6/8 Ern
Xpec SC
22mm TGN Finest Fan
Krampert's Bay Rum

Nice shave this morning. The edge on the Ern is dialed in nicely, smooth and close shave. Have a good one.

 

Monday 10-06-2013

Razor: Muhle R41 '11
Blade: Bic Platinum (1)
Brush: Omega 10275
Cream: Arko Ice Mint
AS: Barbon

 

10.6.2013

• Prep: RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Mühle / Sabi T2
• Blade: Gillette Rubie Platinum Plus
• Brush: WSP Monarch HMW
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Cream: RazoRock S. Maria
• Post: T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Proraso lozione dopobarba

 

2 shaves using my newly acquired razor and brush set from Sport Shaving. A beautiful pair. I absolutely love the Gillette Old and the restored brush is very nice also.

The restored "Strong Set" is my first proper synthetic brush. It certainly feels very different. Soft yet stiff. Doesn't hold the lather and water like my badgers and boars do. Dries super fast.

Sunday
Proraso pre
TOBS Sandalwood SC
Strong Set Restored Brush (Synthetic Grey Tip Imitation Badger - 1st use)
1908-1921 Gillette Old (1st use)
Gillette Silver Blue (2)
Thayer's Superhazel
Penhaligon's Endymion ASB
Creed Aventus

Monday
Proraso pre
WM Neumann's Bay Rum Soap
Strong Set Brush (Restored - Synthetic)
1908-1921 Gillette Old
Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Thayer's Superhazel
DR Harris Bay Rum AS
Ogalla Bay Rum Cologne

 

Monday morning, June 10, 2013

Schick I2 Hydro-magic with Schick blade (9)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

What we need today... is a rainout. Great shave though!

 

Monday morning, June 10, 2013

Schick I2 Hydro-magic,
Warm C O Bigelow lather glides Personna blade (6)
and Omega 20102 boar bristle—
Finish with Captain's Choice Bay Rum splash for a DFS!

Aces!

 

SOTD Monday 6-10-2013

Cadet OC TP-02B
Polsilver SI Blade
Ingram SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue ASL

Nice and Frosty! The Ingram and AV is a good start for a hot day.

 

Very close game till the Cards bats came alive in the 10th. The rubber game should be a good one!

 

Incredible BBS shave this morning. 2passes with touch up on the face and dome. I forgot how great the PolSilver blades are. First time using one in my Merkur 37C slant. Pure awesomeness. Facesturbating all morning.

 

Monday

Razor: Tac Boy
Blade: Treet Black Beauty
Soap: MB Oatmeal Stout
Brush: Lath-R-Ade
Post: Cold Water, Alum, Thayer's
AS: Rockin' The Clubman



First shave with the Treet blade, I really love carbons to bad there aren't many choices left in them.

Great Monday shave 3 pass BBS, It really was a Treet to my face.

 

Menthol Monday:

Wet Shaving Products Prince Silvertip Brush
Everest Shaving Cream
Face lather
Merkur Futur
Personna Med Prep
3 passes
Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue (Vintage in glass bottle)

I truly enjoy a mentholated shave. What a great way to start the day!

 

Razor: Mergress XL
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Maple Spalding 24mm Super Silvertip
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap
Soap: Prairie Creations Ddc Barbershop
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Subzero AS

 

Hot shower
De Vergulde Hand soap
Gillette No58 Brit Aristocrat
Dickinson & Gilroys boar travel brush
de Vergulde hand Alum
Astra Blade D-4.

DFS shave but only just, maybe should of got a new blade for this shave, It maybe just the razor I always seem to struggle with the British Aristocrats.

 

PRE: TSD ISZ PSB + MR GLO Soap
BRUSH: Omega 636
CREAM: Ingram
RAZOR: Merkur 38C
BLADE: Astra SP
POST: Alum + Osage Rub



Well...Got home late last night and had class at 7:00AM so decided to shave after I got home from class. Little (4) mile run, then a nice face freezing shave! For novelty week I have decided to just try out face lathering. I know its not some sort of novelty or strange implement used for shaving purposes, but being that I today was my first ever face lather, it is a novelty to me.

Have a great week all!

 

And that's what Novelty Week is all about!