SoS: October 6, 2014 - October 12, 2014

SOTD - Friday, October 10, 2014

Shower
Prep: Lime PSO
Brush: WD 24/48 silvertip
Soap: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Razor: Weber PH bulldog
Blade: Astra SP (5)
Post: Thayer's Cucumber WH
Aftershave: Clubman

- Don

 

Friday, October 10, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Proraso Pre Shave
Razor: Schick Adjustable M2
Blade: Schick (11)
Lather: WSP Lavender Rustic Shaving Soap
Brush: Oscar11 w/ Omega 20248 Knot
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Vintage Shulton Old Spice

I'm a little late posting my SOTD today, but I had a fantastic shave. I can't believe I got my 11th shave out of the same blade today. I'm sure I could get #12 if I wanted, but I'm going to retire this blade. It's just as smooth as it was on the first day, but I can tell it's getting dull. There's not any pulling or anything, but it takes more passes now to shave than it did when the blade was new.

Have a great day!

 

Tools for Tomorrow ~ Saturday, October 11, 2014

Mergress Long Handle Razor w BIC Chrome Platinum
Omega 10098 Pro Boar
The Shave Den Shop - Pumpkin Harvest Lanolin Soap

 

Razor: Personna Floating Head Injector
Blade: Personna PTFE
Brush: GDCarrington custom ACE silvertip badger
Lather: MWF

Repeat of yesterday's shave.

 

SATURDAY
Evening Shave for Saturday
Newly-honed Joseph Rodgers taken for a spin. I had two new honing stones to try out on it: the Chosera bevel-setter & the Apache Strata finisher (pictured below).
This razor gave me fits the first time I honed it (it still had the heel hook, plus its thick spine & shoulder, and a big smiley blade). Fortunately, this time was a bit easier (heel reduced).
Overall, a very smooth shave—probably the smoothest I've had using this challenging razor. A wickedly-sharp edge, but smooth on the face. I survived to shave another day!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

Saturday Morning Shave
Razor: Gillette Old Type
Blade: Super-Max Blue Diamond (1)
Brush: Vie-Long White Horse Hair
Cream: Nivea
AS: Pino Silvestre Hydro

BBS on the cheeks, CCS on the neck.

 

Oct 11, 2014

Biotique Palmyra & Jergens Face cream
La Toja & Proraso Red & Blue Mixed cream
Semogue 2013 SE
Ever Ready 1914 SE & GEM PTFE(6)
Alum & Skin Bracer

 

Saturday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Sharp day 6
Synergy Frost_byte SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Osage Rub AS
Pino Silvestre EdT

Man, I really love this Frost_byte soap - it's definitely my second coldest after my Glacials. It's so easy to lather up, in fact just a few swirls in the bowl and my face was buried in rich, thick freezing-cold lather. The scent has also grown on me and the skincare is also darned good as well. The Gold Bond moisturizer is so cooling and soothing so it's great for sensitive skin. I don't think the Rubby Dubby Doo needs too much of an explanation because it's one of the finest aftershaves on the market. Hey, my Sharp blade is still working great. Let's see how it does tomorrow. Today's shave was awesome!

 

Saturn's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Cleaning Gentle Scrub Cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Brush: Beeline Boar
Cream: Speick
Razor: FaTip Piccolo OC
Blade: Bolzano Superinox (5)
Passes: WTG, XTG (10, 11)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Speick AS splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

The VDH Deluxe I mean, Beeline Boar seems like it should be broken in by now, but it's still pretty skritchy, and is now starting to shed. The Speick was thick, slick, and refreshing, though not quite as voluminous as it has been in weeks past. I could feel the Bolzano's age, as it started to tug noticeably by the XTG pass, which contributed to my stopping at only 2 passes. DFS+ results, though with some burn from the blade, which is now retired.

 

Saturday 10/11/14

Prep: glycerin soap
Brush: 20mm Whipped dog set deep
Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery
Razors: Gillette old open comb
Blade: Ladas
soap: MDC
Witch Hazel: Generic unscented

Another fine shave with the MDC. This stuff is hard to beat in terms of slickness and moisturizing. My 3 pass shave was very smooth and no irritation.

 

Saturday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Tiki Bar-“The Captain”-Vegan
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Vintage Gillette Super Stainless “Spoiler” (6)
Brush: oscar11 TGN 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Azzaro

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

1st shave with the vegan Tiki Captain today. I like the “pipe smoke” type scent! 20 seconds to load for a great lather. 6th go with the Vintage Gillette Spoiler SS in my NEW SC. Another excellent smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Azzaro.

Bob

 

SOTD

October 11, 2014
Prep: Hot shower. Noxzema
Razor: iKon SC101
Blade: Ladas
Lather: Cella
Brush: hjm Badger
Post: Alum. Dickerson WH
Aftershave: 4711. Axe Shield Sensitive

A little dryer Cella made for a super soap. IMO. This hjm has so much back bone you could mix cement with it SC101 & Ladas =

Go out and get it!

 

11th day of OCtober ...

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today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
art of shaving pure badger
Proraso blue
open comb hitchhiker/ paired with prewar fht handle
persona lab(1)
Barbasol pacific rush
today's shave went well. I used a frankenrazor, composed of a stoweaway base and cap pair with the handle of my Gillette fat handle tech. the hitchhiker have me a really nice, the pass shave. finished with pacific rush, just because I thought the stripes on the package matched.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

S.O.T.D. ~ Saturday, October 11, 2014

Prep: Warm/Cold Shower - Neutrogena Face Wash
Razor: Mergress LH
Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
Brush: Omega 10098
Lather: Shave Den - Pumpkin Harvest Lanolin
Post: Alum Block, Menthol Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Jack Black Cooling Gel

First shave with the Shave Den' Pumpkin Harvest. Excellent lather and an outstanding SPICY pumpkin scent. Cooled it all down with the menthol witch hazel and Jack Black Cooling Gel. Overall a BBS with no cuts, no nicks, & no weepers.

 

Shave of the day, OCtober

Pre- Hot shower, Bulldog original face wash

Soap/cream- Mitchells wool fat and Florena shave cream

Brush- Omega boar 10810

Razor- Gem micromatic open comb

Blade- Gem stainless steel(4)

Post- Cold water rinse, Speick aftershave and Nivea aftershave balm

Ok shave today. I'm getting a bit annoyed because I keep needing to rescue the shave with another soap or cream when I try to shave with MWF.

I know this soap is a great performer and has good skin care, so this might become a daily driver someday. But I keep getting dissipating or dry lather, when I feel it could be good... It's not.

I added Florena to the lather, didn't clean the brush to keep the properties that's good for the skin from the MWF and got an OK shave, maybe I need to put the Open comb down for a week =P



Look at that lather! =) that's when I mixed in the Florena of course

 

Razor: Gillette Slim (S5)
Blade: Tomac SSS (Gillette Spoiler) (D5)
Brush: Black Pearl 24mm TGN Finest
Bowl: Woodhead Medium Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Cedar-Lavender
Shave Cream: Al’s Goodfellas
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: WSO GIT Aftershave Balm​

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5/8 Le Minet
De Vergulde Hand
TGC synthetic knot rehandled
Nice shave this morning. I'm starting to like this knot. I haven't decided to try and get a couple more mm out of it but it's a good face lathering brush. The only problem is that I've been obsessed with boars for quite a while. Have a good one.

 

10/11/14
Prep: Warm wash with Stirling bath soap
Lather: IanS Soaps (etsy) lavender
Brush: Vie-Long 13061M horsehair
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Wilkinson Sword (5)
Post: cool rinse and Old Spice Pure Sport

3 passes with the Weber this morning and I am off to an antique tractor pull.

 

Tanifuji Cape Kennedy 77
H.I.S. brush
Barrister & Mann Vetyver Santal soap
Myrsol Plastic Shave
Musgo Real balm