SOTD - Thursday, February 19, 2015

Hot shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: Simpsons Duke 3 best
Cream: Speick
Razor: Weber PH Wave
Blade: Lord Super Stainless (1)
Aftershave: Speick

Music: Yes - Starship Trooper (Suite)
"Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember..."
- Chris Squire

Friday SOTD Theme Photo Challenge "Country"

Friday's Planned


Nivea Men's Face Wash
Williams Mug Shaving Soap
Jayaruh WC2 Synthetic
Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant (regular hammer)
Personna Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Barbasol AS

The Williams Mug Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh WC2 Synthetic Brush. Two passes with my Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant and a Personna Stainless Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Barfbasol after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Hodge are you are fireman? - My son just signed on this week with one of our nearby counties - A grueling first week of training.

XIX February MMXV Shave

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Yes Herm, I wanted it all - vacation and snow. Now I just wish it wold warm up. This Georgia boy has had enough

I have another one that is from 1949. Some of them can get an edge on them. Between my Auto Strops and the Rolls Razor's they make up a large part of my collection. At least we get to shave with our collections.

SOTD: Friday, 2/20/15

RAZOR: 1907 Single Ring (silver)
BLADE: Astra SP
BRUSH: Strong Set (restored with a WD black badger knot)
SOAP: Maggard Limes & Bergamot
AS: Barbasol Pacific Rush

Tomorrow morning is one of my most anticipated shaves. The Single Ring is a razor I've wanted for quite a while. Why? I'm not sure, it was on my RAD list?

I found this beautiful 1907 (serial #895735) on Etsy for $20 (+shipping). It was pretty dark and tarnished as you can see. But, it was sound and, best of all, no crack. After subjecting it to the "aluminum foil-baking soda-boiling water" cleaning method, 99% of the tarnish just disappeared. A tiny bit of Maguiar's All-Metal polish (recommended by Cap'n Murphy) and she's back to near "showroom" condition (well, almost). The "after" pic does not truly show how shiny and silver this razor is. It gleams almost like chrome.



So, here's my SOTD picture. The background photo is the closest thing to 1907 I could come up with. The photo itself is a 1910 panoramic view of downtown Youngstown, Ohio (where I live, by the way). The actual picture is 5 feet long by 1 foot high. This view down the Market Street Bridge leads right down to the central square. Youngstown was almost the center of the steel-making universe back in those days and although you can't see them here there are rows of steel mills belching smoke, steam locomotives and many homes all clustered together on either side of the bridge. This was the best I could do with a nostalgic razor like this.

thanks

Thanks Kevin. Your description sounds like something I might like to add to my collection.

Thank you! It's a great brush and a face lathering dynamo.

Nice job on the Single Ring Herm! Those are excellent razors and will provide you with another 100 plus years of service.

Since 1997. Grueling but very rewarding.

Friday's Planned SOTD

Razor: Joris Black\white pin stripe
Blade: PoliSilver (NOS Vintage) (D12)
Brush: Spalted Maple w 24mm Super Silvertip
Bowl: Georgetown G12
Pre Shave Scrub: SPAtopia Dead Sea Scrub
Pre Shave Oil: Saponificio Varesino
Shave Soap: Martin De Candre Fougère
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Alpa 378
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Glad to be home and back in my own bed as I had a heck of time last night waking up six times before the alarm went off. Takes me days to adjust to a new bed and I really dislike overnight trips just for that reason alone. Plan a nice shave for the day but the PoliSilver is getting long on the tooth and I think tomorrow or Saturday will be time to retire the blade. Could be just the Gillette Old Type OC that I used this morning is not a good match for the Vintage PoliSilver but will wait and see.​

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IMHO I don't think Osage is too cold. Mixing it 50/50 with skin bracer really balances it out.

How do you like the Myrsol? Have you tried any of the other Myrsol's? Does it compare to Floid? Haven't tried any of them but they look great! Price scares me a little however.

Planned for Friday
64' slim
Rapira blade
B&B Essential Sue Moore brush
DR Harris Arlington shave soap
Myrsol Plastic Shave AS

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I am a menthol junkie sometimes...Osage, SB, AV and TSD Iced SubZero AS are my top 4. I mostly use Osage on my scalp.

02/19: The WD and MWF paired up nicely and produced tons of great lather. Very enjoyable and easy going WTG/XTG shave today.

• Growth: 1 day
• Prep: Shower; Corn Huskers Lotion
• Lather: MWF
• Brush: Whipped Dog High Mountain 24/52
• Razor: 1957 Blue Tip Super Speed
• Blade: German Wilkinson Sword (4)
• Post: Alum; Dreadnought Balm

Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015

Gillette ‘Fusion Proglide' (Olympic model)
with Omega 20102 boar brush,
lather-up with MWF – shave,
finish with water, Witch Hazel
and krampert's Bay Rum for a DFS!

A real good shave, super luxurious. Aces!

Friday Morning Shave
Razor: Gillette Red Tip
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (1)
Brush: Isana Men Pure Badger
Soap: Proraso
AS: Barbasol Pacific Rush

My shave was very, very close and smooth. However the Proraso Green soap's lather seemed a bit thinner than I'm accustomed to at first, so I had to work at it a little more. Otherwise, all went well.