SoS: March 10, 2014 - March 16, 2014

Let's see if I can do this new thread without fainting from sweating and shivering!

Menthol Monday:

Gatsby Ice Cooling Gel Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/new Rapira
Williams Menthol SC
444 AS Balm
Floid Classic AS

Not the most bone-chillingly cold set-up but still colder than cold enough. The items I'll be using are awesome!

 

Arko stick up this week with my usual razor and blade.

 

Monday 10 March 2014

Razor: Merkur Futur @ 4
Blade: Polsilver SI (1)
Brush: FS Pur Tech 23mm
Cream: Aspis Ice Rain
AS: Alum Block+Home Made Lemon Juice/Aloe Vera/Witch Hazel

Have a great week all!

 

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EJ DE86
Feather (d2)
DR Harris Arlington-Face Lather
Vulfix 2235
Dickenson Witch Hazel
Stephans Bay Rum

 

Razor: Rimei
Blade: Rapira (1)
Brush: Isana Men Badger
Soap: Derby
AS: Brut Original

I started this shave with King of Shaves' shave gel but I couldn't finish the shave and rinsed my face immediately and then I continued with Derby shave soap. I had a good shave after all.

 

Gillette New Deluxe Tuckaway
Gillette 7OC Russian Green
Oscar11 Purple Boar
Klar Kabinett
Alum
Superior 70

A very nice and comfortable shave from the New Deluxe 7oc Russian combo.

 

SOTD - 3/9 for Monday 3/10


Face Wash - Triumph & Disaster
Soap - Pre' de Provence
Bowl - Sara Bonnyman Lather Bowl
Brush - Omega 599 (18mm Silvertip)
Razor - Wade & Butcher 5/8 Extra Hollow in Bone Linen Micarta
Astringent - RazoRock Alum Block
Aftershave - Village Barber Aftershave Balm



One of, if not perhaps the best shave I've ever had. Not sure exactly why but, I hope that I can replicate it again. I'm loving these Straights a little more every time I use one.

Have a Great Week Everyone!​

 

Monday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap
Soap: Tiki-Set Sail
Razor: 40’s Style Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Israeli Red Personna (2)
Brush: Omega 10066 Boar 24mmx54mm
Aftershave: Speick

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit)

Tried Tiki again today with my Omega Boar. Great shave. The Super Speed, along with the Israeli Red Personna, are excellent together. The 40’s Style Super Speed is one of those razors that just “feels” right in your hand, and always delivers a superb shave. I finished up with Speick.

Bob

 

3/10/14
Prep: Warm wash and homemade PSO
Lather: Omega Crema
Brush: Vie-Long 13061
Razor: Merkur 34HD
Blade: Derby
Post: Proraso Green AS
No photos because my bathroom is too dark due to the time change

 

Cobra Classic
Feather Pro
New Forest 2223
HTGAM - Frost _Byte w/ M-Bomb
HTGAM - Frost_Byte A/S Lotion

Tom Ford - Japon Noir

 

SOTD March 10 -- Blade safari day 36


Prep: hot shower
Razor: WW2 Gillette Khaki with ball end handle
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (day 3)
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Proraso white
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: Nivea Men cool kick

A nice shave on my face, but a little coarse on my neck for my liking...

 

Gary, how cooling is the Williams Menthol soap?

 

SOTD
Prep: Shower
Razor: Tradere SB
Blade: Sputnik (1)
Brush: Eveready Handle 22mm synthetic TNG
Lather: GreenShave Eucalyptus
Post: Ecoman ASB face and head
Cologne: 4711
Passes: WTG, ATG, XTG
Results: BBS

 

Monday, March 10, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: EJ DE89L
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (5)
Soap: Williams Shave Mug Soap
Brush: Semogue 830
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Brut

This razor blade is worn out, but not before delivering 5 fines shaves.

Have a great day!

 

Menthol Monday:

Prep: Hot compress, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grass Stain Menthol Snow
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (6, 7, 8)
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, Lucky Tiger Menthol Vanishing Cream
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

I skipped the bowl in favor of face-lathering today, and got a much more stable lather - if slightly less 'fluffy.' Three comfortable and chilly passes got me BBS results with a single weeper to the left of my Adam's Apple, thanks to a small muscular twitch. At least I'm getting used to weepers around that same spot. . . .

 

6/8 Hoffritz
Stirling Rose
homemade brush, TGN Super Finest
Nice shave this morning but I don't think I can use the rest of the Rose sample. The rose scent isn't for me. Have a good one.

 

Dove Men's Face Wash
Kiss My Face Cool Mint Moisture Shave
Semogue 1305 Boar Brush
Gillette Super Speed '76
Derby Extra Stainless (2)
CWR
Thayers Cucumber WH
Pinaud Clubman AS

It was a good shave today with the Kiss My Face Cool Mint Moisture Shave. The Semogue 1305 boar brush face lathered exceptionally. Two passes with the Gillette '76 Super Speed and the Derby Extra stainless blade left me near BBS. I finished with a cold water rinse followed by Thayers Cucumber WH and Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

MONDAY
Rainy Day Today—A California Rarity

A quick morning shave as I'm taking my big sis to the SF airport a bit later.
Two-pass, near-BBS shave with the Futur set at a fairly aggressive 4.5
Have a wonderful week, everyone!

 

Monday 3/10/2014

Fantastic Monday AM Shave!​