SoS: November 3, 2014 - November 9, 2014

An amber-based custom title, perhaps?

 

Welcome to TSD!

 

How do you like the SC102?

 

SOTD 4 November, 2014

No change November.....

 

Quite the shaver. 3 shaves down very smooth. I like it better than the iSlant and the SC 101. I feel that it is more efficient than the iSlant and not too mild like the SC 101. Medium aggressive is what I would call it but it's still early just 3 shaves so far may use it for the rest of the week and reconsider then but for the price it can't be beat.

What about you? What are your thoughts?

 

Scott, great-looking brush!

 

That is a very good idea!

 

Pretty much as you. For the price I think it's a winner, mild yet efficient. I really like your handle, and thats what makes this head so attractive. Your not stuck with a fixed handle.

 

Back to my Super Speed tomorrow morning with a Dorco blade on its 2nd day. My choice of soap will be decided later.

 

today's shave
hot shower prep with Yardley lavender soap
Parker pure badger
Coates lavender cream
Gillette slim(I1)(7)
persona lab(2)
Tiamo after shave balm
Tiamo cologne
late shave today. Sorry,I fell of the Nov. theme. been a long weekend, with extended family(all safely home), and live-in grandsons birthday celebration. shaved late in the day, four passes, extra smooth. lavender cream,tiamo a/s and cologne. dishes were done, olive garden take out on the stove.(he who has eyes).
Hope y'all do as well. if you do your lucky men.

 

Sorry your having a rough time if it, will certainly add you to my prayers. been missing your posts as of late, was fixing to ask, where you been. Hope you get well quickly.

 

Bore, yeah right ...

 

Day November Five ...

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SOTD - Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Hot shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: Plisson/L'Occitane synthetic
Soap: D.R. Harris Arlington
Razor: '63 Slim (5)
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3)
Aftershave: Floid Mentolado Vigoroso

- Don

 

NOVember 5's

Nivea for Men Sensitive Face Wash
C.O. Bigelow Shaving Cream
Omega Pro 98 boar brush
Gillette Super Speed '47 (first pass)
Schick Krona (second pass)
Astra SP
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Pinaud Clubman

The C.O. Bigelow Shaving Cream face-lathered very easily with my Omega Pro 98 Boar Brush.First pass with my '47 Gillette Super Speed and Astra SP blade and second pass with my new Schick Krona (same blade) gave me a close, comfortable shave. I am thinking about making the Krona my December shaver. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

No Variation NoVember, Day 4
Tuesday, November 4


No pic today, in a hurry

Music:Drink the Sea, by The Glitch Mob
Prep:Somerset's Pre-shave Oil
Razor: 1959 Gillette Fatboy {E2}
Blade: Super-Max Super Platinum Tiger (1st shave)
Brush: Rubberset 400-4 Silvertip
Soap: Whoos Victory
Shave (setting): WTG (5), XTG (5), ATG + Cleanup (3)
Post: cold water splash, Family Dollar Shulton Spice

So I had to do a new blade tonight, not because the other was unusable after 3 shaves, and I haven't put it in the rubbish yet, but because I needed a perfect shave. Wearing a dress shirt and wanted to weepers on my collar.

Prep was minimal, splash of hot water and some PSO.

Started with setting of 5 and slowly ratcheted back to 3. Really paid attention to technique and used more of the Gillette slide which really helps quell irritation on my neck.

Halfway thru I switched to cold water shaving which was very pleasant with the warm spiciness of the soap. Cold steel felt good. Gave more feedback for some reason.

Added a teaspoon of glycerin to my Family Dollar Shulton Spice to get more moisturizing and splashed it on, to find I had a BBS shave. Lucky!

Cheers

 

Proraso White Tuesday:

Pre: Proraso White Pre
Razor: Merkur OC
Blade: Shark (Shave #7!!)
Brush: Omega 10049
Soap: Proraso White
Post: Proraso White Balm

Very nice shave.

 

WEDNESDAY
Even Shave for Tomorrow
My first shave with the GRS Craftsman tonight as I just finished honing it earlier (Chosera 1k>Norton 4k>8k>Apache Strata; ChromOx on strop> linen/Leather); Razor took a super keen edge. The slightly rounded 'square tip' meant I was less likely to repeat the cheek-gouging of the past few sq. tip shaves. A very comfortable razor that felt good in the hand (the jimped tang helped!). A pleasant evening shave for a first time with this razor!

Have a great Wednesday, everyone!

 

Wednesday Morning Shave
Razor: Gillette Black Beauty (S5)
Blade: Rapira (4)
Brush: Isana Men Pure Badger
Cream: Nivea
AS Gel: Nivea Cool Kick Arctic Freeze

BBS on the cheeks, DFS on the neck. Comfy shave but it could be smoother.