SoS: June 17, 2013 - June 23, 2013

Once again, let me keep this short and sweet:

Menthol Monday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/new 7 AM

Arko Ice Mint SC
444 AS Balsam
Barbon AS
YSL Pour Homme EDT

I'm in love with the Arko Ice Mint cream - it's the only Arko cream with a decent cooling sensation, not to mention its beautiful scent and lather. I'll soon need to get some more 444 balsam because the tube's almost empty, and I love it. The Barbon aftershave gives great cooling as well - even better than Aqua Velva Ice Blue.

 

This was last nights shave.

Hot shower
nancy boy shave cream
Ay402 (Russian razor)
polsilver SI (D-2)
Fine Scottish soaps ASB
De Vergulde Hand Alum block.

A DFS great shave, the blade performed well I got similar shave as to when I use my Astra blades, The AY402 is such a light weight razor but it does a good job.

 

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Shower with Mike's Lemongrass & Eucalyptus Bath Soap
Proraso pre
Omega 35 Boar
Mike's Barbershop Soap
Muhle R41 (2013) Rose Gold
Gillette Yellow (2)
Thayer's Superhazel
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

 

R41 Weber Bulldog
Gillette Super Thin
Rubberset Re-knot
PC Walters Lemon
Superior 70

 

Ern
Klar Klassic
22mm TGN synthetic knot
Krampert's Bay Rum

Good shave this morning, smooth and close. I think I prefer the Muhle synthetic to the TGN knot. The TGN is oversized and has a slightly different feel to it, not bad just different. Have a good one.

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, Steve's Own PSO, hand strop blade
Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK
CD: Taj Mahal ~ Blues with a Feeling
Cream: Brut Classic
Brush: The Dridecker
DE: Futur @ just a tad under 3
Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 1, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, Brut pit stick, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Yeah, I like Brut. My wife says it makes me smell like me.
Great shave this morning. Darn near BBS.

 

Monday

Hot shower
Vulfix 404
Derby soap
R-41
Personna Med Prep (1)
Cold water rag
4711 splash

DFS in 2

Enjoy the week

 

Monday

CeraVe face wash
Mike's natural soap, unscented
HIS synthetic brush
EJ DE87
Gillette yellow blade
Cold rinse
CeraVe lotion

 

SOTD Monday 6-17-2013

Gillette Old Type Ball End w/Astra SP
Classic Shaving Lavender SS
GT G4 Scuttle
Col Conk Barbershop Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
No. 4711 EDC

Always a favorite, the Old Type Ball End Gillette's are Classic! Great shave to start another busy week.

 

Monday morning, June 17, 2013

Schick E2 Injector w/ Schick blade (10)
Omega 20102 Pro boar w/ CO Bigelow cream,
Hot water and bowl lather for a DFS—
Finish w/ Captain's Choice Lime, aces!

10 DFS's on the China Schick blade!

 

Hot shower with Old Spice's Wolfthorn body wash (eh, it was on sale)
Fusion Power (day 2 on cartridge)
VDH Deluxe Soap
VDH Deluxe Boar Brush soaked for 5 minutes
WTG, ATG, XTG
Cold water splash
Dickenson's Witch Hazel with cotton swab (found the weeper on my neck )
Aveeno Active Naturals Unscented Aftershave Lotion
M. Micallef Gaiac cologne

Caught the baby.

 

17.6.2013

• Prep: cold water rinse, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Merkur 37c
• Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel
• Brush: Frank SHaving Faux Agate
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green w/ cold water, ice cubes
• Cream: Palmolive Cool
• Post: ice cube, alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Osage Rub

 

Monday, Monday, monday...the 17th!
Beat this morn, I need a refreshing shave to get the day started!
a. hot shower; Lucky Tiger Lemon wash; hot towel soak
b. Pre: Pre-shave oil
c. Soap: ÜberLather again: Provence Sante Green Tea soap; TOBS cream, dab of liquid glycerin
d. Brush: Semogue 830 boar
e. Razor: 1960 Gillette Fatboy (set to 7) with Astra SP blade
f. Shave: 3 good passes & touch-up
g. Post: Cold-water splash ; Pinaud Clubman AF & Nivea Balm

CLOSE shave; about as near a BBS as I've come recently.
First time I've done all passes with the FB set at 7; two minor weepers in my tough spots (throat), but overall: very smoooooooooth!

 

Monday, June 17, 2013

Camamu Bay Rhum shaving soap (Father's Day gift!), Simpson Chubby 2, Fatboy (4), SuperMax Sunrise (1), Pinaud's Bay Rum



Somehow I managed to slice open my earlobe during my second pass. I didn't feel it and only noticed when I looked up after rinsing my razor and saw blood streaming down the side of my neck. I'm not sure what's going on here, but every time I've used my new Fatboy I've cut or nicked myself. Maybe I'm getting overconfident. The Camamu soap is a little harder to lather than the creams I'm now used to, but since it came from my ladies as a gift I'm not complaining and will figure out a way to make it work.

Have a great week everyone!

 

Only with the Fat Boy? How does it compare to your other razors? Heavier?
Only nicks I've gotten from the FB was when I started at 8 or 9...just to see how it compared to 1 or 2.

 

Yep, only the Fatboy. I also use a Merkur 1904 and a Superadjustable (Black Beauty), and have very rarely had any cuts or nicks. The Fatboy is definitely my heaviest razor, and I like the way it feels in-hand more than my others, but it seems to come with a price. I'll concentrate on being more careful next time.

 

Semogue 630
Proraso Sapone
Weber ARC
Personna Med Prep
3 passes
Osage Rub
The Men's Soap Shop Lemongrass and Ylang Ylang ASL

I really enjoyed the menthol today.

 

I decided to go nice and basic this week. Van Der Hagen Glycerin, melted into a repurposed old deodorant container, worked amazingly well as a shave stick. A nice three pass wtg/atg/xtg shave with mild irritation on my neck and jaw line (which was mostly taken care of with some witch hazel) and a small nick on my upper lip (which happened during an unfortunately timed hiccup). A DFS and a new set up for the week.

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: Union Cutlery 5/8
Brush: AoS Fine Badger
Soap: VDH Glycerin in shave stick form
Post: Cold water rinse followed by T.N. Dickinson's Witch Hazel


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PRE: (4) Mile Run + TSD ISZ PSB + Shower + Am. Crew PSO
BRUSH: Vintage Fuller Restore
CREAM: Omega
RAZOR: Merkur 38C
BLADE: Gillette Silver Blue
POST: Alum + Osage Rub + Nivea ASB



Nice face freezing shave after a run in the hottest part of a very warm day! Not the biggest fan of the Omega Cream. Comparing it to Proraso/Bigelow, I found it less moisturizing, less slick, thinner lather, and less enjoyable scent (kinda like vicks vaporub). I have a funny story about the Osage Rub though. One of the young men I took with me to WCS, got a few samples while he was there and he tried the Osage Rub on Sunday morning. When I saw him at church he said that when he put it on he was screaming and scrambling to wash it off! Kinda reminds me of that "home alone" scene...Anyway, have a great Monday afternoon all!