Tuesday Prep: Hot shower, Dirigo Blue Cedarwood PSO Coffee: Maxwell House Breakfast Blend, BLACK CD: Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues ~ Stevie Ray Vaughan Soap: TSD SOTQ C4 Vanilla Oak Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington DE: '55 Blue Tip SS Blade: Astra SP, day 2, 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade 'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky A very mild razor, almost too mild. Left the jaw line a bit rough, but I'll let it go. I learned a long time ago - DON'T CHASE THE BABY.
Tuesday August 6th Portugal, Spain, Great Britain, and America today! Shave Soap: La Toja Stick Razor: Gillette Super Speed Flare Tip Blade: Personna Med Prep Brush: Omega 10066 Boar Aftershave: Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes AS Balm
Tuesday: Prep: Hot shower, AoS Unscented PSO Brush: VDH Boar Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC Blade: Merkur (1) Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH Cologne: Burberry Brit First day with the infamous Merkur blade. I'd put it on par with the Shark from earlier in my sample pack, with comparable smoothness and sharpness; were I a bigger fan of the Shark, I'd be more tempted by the Merkur's performance, but even then the price would make it hard to choose Merkur intentionally. DFS, generally, with one nick along the throat. No ASB today, to keep my face from getting too oily - and yes, I know the ASBs I use are "oil-free."
TUESDAY RAZOR: DE89 BLADE: Derby BRUSH: Omega 599 SOAP: Arko POST: Dickenson's Witch Hazel and Aqua Velva Arko and Aqua Velva is a superb combo. Try it! Have a great day.
The Gillette Blue Tip 'Lady's Razor' was supposedly the 'mildest' SS Gillette made. Considering how mild the standard SS shaves, it is no surprise that using the blue tip successfully to remove all the whiskers requires repeated efforts. I chased the baby once with my 'new' Red Tip and for my efforts received a close shave, plus irritation AND tenderness...
Tuesday hot shower Omega boar Proraso PSC Cella 40's style SS/Gillette Yellow (1) cold water rinse Shavex Alum cold water rinse Thayer's Original WH TSD Almond ASL Gillette o'clock Yella and SS turned out to be a great combo,I bought a few packs of the yellows and so far so good.I may have to get a hundred so I have them in stock
Tuesday Perhaps the best shave I've ever had today! Pretty close to BBS with only a single weeper. Little to no irritation anywhere else. Second time using a scuttle as well. I was very very surprised at how well the Williams took to the scuttle. I did have to work a little harder whipping it (probably twice as much as another soap), but oh man it was the best lather I've had yet! Prep: Hot shower and washed my face off with Dove's glycerin soap (grape seed/oil scent) Brush: Simply Beautiful Basic Badger Brush Razor: Merkur 180 Long handle Blade: New Astra Blade Soap: Williams + a shot of glycerin Scuttle: Robert Beckman with piping hot water microwaved. Passes: WTG, WTG, ATG + Touchups Post: Cold water splash, Alum, another rinse, Clubman Pinaud Special Reserve
Tuesday Wash: TSD unscented soap Lather: TSD unscented wheat cream Brush: TGN 20mm synthetic in Burma Shave handle Razor: Gillette fat handled Tech Blade: Astra SP After: TSD unscented aftershave milk Nice, close comfortable shave. The TSD cream was excellent, as always. Second day with the TGN synthetic. Knot is soft, but a little scrubbier than the Mühle black fiber synthetic that I have been favoring lately. Of course, that brush has to be one of the softest experiences around. Another warm day in Seattle!
Razor: Merkur futur Blade: Super Iridium Brush: 30mm Super Silvertip Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap Soap: Cella Post: Monster Alum Block Aftershave: Tabac
TSD Iced Energy Shaving Soap Simpson Duke 3 in Best Facelather Merkur Progress Personna Med Prep 4 passes BBS TSD Energy After Shave Splash TSD Enery Cologne Fantastic shave and great fragrance. Energy is an outstanding summer fragrance. If you have not tried TSD soap and aftershave products scented with Energy, you really owe it to yourself to give it a try!
SOTD Tuesday 8-6-2013 Gillette Super Speed NDC w/Feather Pre de Provence SC GT G4 Scuttle Caswell Massey Badger Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB Adidas Dynamic Pulse ASL Noticed that this is Super Speed Week so I'll get into the flow this morning. (Gives me an opportunity to use and enjoy the great shaves of my SS's.) No worries there!
Tuesday morning, August 6, 2013 Schick E2 Injector & Schick blade (1) Omega 20102 boar & Mitchell's Wool Fat, warm water & bowl lather for a damn fine shave— Witch Hazel & Captain's Choice Bay Rum for the finish! For the Schick E2 Injector, the Chinese Schick blades work the best for my face and provide a most pleasurable shave! For the Schick E2 Injector, the Chinese Schick blades work the best for my face and provide a most pleasurable shave! Aces!
Tuesday morning travel shave... First post in quite some time. It isn't that I haven't been shaving, it is just that it has been a very busy summer! Cheers!
Tuesday morning, August 6, 2013 Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (7) Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, Arko shaving soap with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Tuesday - SS Week VDH Deluxe face lathered with Simpsons Special Best Badger 40's SuperSpeed with Feather blade (2) 3 passes and finish with Pinaud Vanilla aftershave The Feather seems to give me a bit of neck irritation. I also have to say the VDH Deluxe isn't a favorite, it's been a long time since I've used it.
Tuesday Menthol Tuesday a. Pre: Hot shower, Hot towel, Proraso Menthol PreShave cream b. Razor: Merkur 38c Barber Pole c. Blade: Astra SP d. Brush: Semogue 830 e. Soap: Proraso Menthol cream, scuttle-warmed f. Shave: 3 passes (WTG,XTG,ATG) + touch-up g. Post: Cold water rinse & dry; Osage Rub & Nivea balm I love the warm, yet cooling feel of the scuttle-heated menthol lather! Great way to start the day! I'm quickly becoming a fan of this Proraso stuff! Darn near BBS!
08/06 Tuesday Hot Shower Fliods pre-shave oil Provence Semogue 1460 Gillette Tech (fat handle) Wilkinson Aqua Vela Musk/Proraso Three passes for great DFS.
6.8.2013 Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap Razor: Vintage Bakelite Slant Blade: Polsilver SI (5) Brush: The BiG Shave LE #90/100 by Semogue Cream: LEA mentholated Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel Aftershave: Proraso lozione dopobarba
Bobcat, I'm looking at your Flair Tip Super Speed and noticed the end caps (or where the end caps of a super speed should be) on you razor are split. Also, the head heigth appears to be tall as opposed to the flatter heads of the Flair tip SS's (lower head heigth after 1962 I think.) It looks like this is an anomaly. It looks like a Flair tip SS handle on an early (1941) Ranger Tech Head. The solid end caps were added to the Ranger Tech in 1946 and beyond when the '40's style SS's replaced the Ranger Tech. (The head geometry stayed the same but the handle was changed to the '40's SS handle style in 1947. Is there a date code on the bottom plate of your razor? (I'm thinking there isn't any.) At any rate, it really looks like a Ranger Tech Head with a Flair Tip handle. Interesting! Did you get this razor off e-bay? I'm thinking you may have gotten a Frankenrazor there. ?????
