SoS: February 16, 2015 - February 22, 2015

Sundays shave of the day.

Used a Personna blade i was lucky enough to get from Ram57 (Thank you.)
Wow what a great blade.
Can anyone tell me which type of Personna blade this is? I might have to buy some more I'm the future.
Great smooth shave. It was nice to use the light Stealth Slant after a few days with the heavy Pils.
Have a great Sunday.

Razor - Stealth Slant V.3
Blade - Personna ?
Lather - Soap Commander Courage
Brush - L'occitane Plisson Synthetic
Aftershave - Nivea moisturising balm for men.

 

That's the Peronna lab blue =)

 

Hi Friends,

today i made a "Sample" shave. Baume.be Shaving cream sample and the Baume.be Aftershave Balm. Both products highly recommended. So, here is my Sunday shave:

Pre: hot towel
Soap: Baume.be Shaving Cream (Sample)
Razor: Rotbart Mond Extra No. 15
Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome "Red Mexicans"
Brush: PAV Brushworks "Chief"
Aftershave: Baume.be Aftershave Balm (Sample)
Post: 100% unrefined Shea Butter



Great shave. Even my skin was very irritated from the stress at work the last days, the shaving cream and the Balm helped my skin to calm down and relax a bit. The scnet of the products is very nice. Thick creamy lather and an very moisturizing Balm at the end of the shave. Feels great.

Have a great time, take care and enjoy your shaves.

Greetings
Thorsten​

 

Sunday 22 February 2015



Mastro Livi Damasteel, 7/8 Full Hollow, Livi Point​

Super smooth shave! This is the very first straight razor I ordered to Mastro Livi and it certainly is one of the finest in my collection. It is now about two years since I bought this razor and it always served me impeccably. Never honed or even touched up with chromium oxide paste, it still shaves like the first day. To the pleasure of this lovely shave I added a new acquisition: a Voigt & Cop shave brush, a well made brush made in Italy by two artisans and of which I am very happy. Today's shave can be certainly called a genuine and very good shave made in Italy.​

• Pre-Shave: Roberts Distilled Rose Water
• Soap: Stirling Naked & Smooth
• Brush: Voigt & Cop - High Mountain White Badger - Maple Burl Handle - 24 mm knot
• Bowl: Gerby Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi Damasteel, 7/8 Full Hollow, Livi Point
• Post-Shave: Umbrian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum

 

Sunday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/SuperMax Blue day 7
SuperMax Menthol SC
Lubriderm Unscented Moisturizer
Max Refreshing AS

This was a really "Super" shave and so BBS as well as comfortable - not that frigid, but still quite cooling. The SuperMax Menthol cream is from Bulgaria and it has nothing at all to do with the SuperMax Blue blades which I've been using lately. The blades are from India, and I believe they're made by a completely different company. The cream has a nice scent - a little medicinal, but still very pleasant and it lathers explosively with a fairly strong cooling effect. The Max Refreshing aftershave is also from Bulgaria and it's very cooling with a scent which is very similar to Polo Original.

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
art of shaving pure badger
Yardley gold
geo corn lady tempest
Ever-Ready 1924
cvs persona(1)
ICED Skin Bracer
today's shave was nice. I'm surprised I don't see Yardley gold more in the sotd treads. Nice lather. first pass was with the straight. all good till my mustache area, graby-graby. I did the last passes with the Ever-Ready. very nice shave. finished with iced Bracer.
off to church now, y'all come see what the Lord says.

 

Sunday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Cleaning Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock One-X
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (1, 2, 3)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash
Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre d' Orange

I was smart enough to remember to change out my blade this AM, huzzah. I'm very glad my S/O gifted me with multiple jars of the One-X croap, as it's one of the very best performers I have, with a scent I really like; I'll be somewhat sad when it's finally gone. The lather was outstanding, and the Bic was super smooth and perfectly sharp, allowing me to do 3 passes with nary a nick, weeper or sign of irritation, followed up with the matching RazoRock scent with nearly BSS results.

 

SOTD
February 22, 2015

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: RRSS
Blade: Ladas
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: RR Fine American Blend
Post: Alum.Thayers Lavender WH.
Aftershave: Fine American Blend
I really enjoyed this shave. With the exception of one or two RR croaps the rest are fantastic!
Go out and get it!

 

Sunday 22nd February



Warm shower
Hot towel
CRSW Select Sandalwood scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW Norfolk Nickel
Personna Lab Blue (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Boots Freshwood aftershave

 

Sunday
hot shower
Semogue SOC,2 band
3P PPB
Tabac SS
Cobra Classic/Kai Captain Mild (10) I usually get at least 13 to 15 shaves out of this blade,but this blade was starting to tug so out it went.
ice cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
ice cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Tabac ASL
Leven Rose Beard Oil
Tabac edt

Despite the slight tugging of the Kai,I still managed a irritation free BBS shave.

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

SOTD
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Hot-Warm Shower, Facial Scrub, Bergamot & Lavender Soap
IKon 102 Slant with UFO Titan Fine XL
Gillette Silver Blue #4
Doug Korn BB Boar Orange & Black Swirl 25X50mm
MDC
Alum Stick, Dickinson's +Menthol, Gold Bond Green Lotion
Fine - Platinum

Have a great shave today gentlemen.

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I sent along Personna Labs. To me they shave exactly like the Med Preps and are cheaper. The Medical Preps have for hospital use only stamped on them.

 

Cool brush handle!

 

22 February 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft 102 + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Mystic Water Irish Traveller
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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02/22/15 February Focus on Blades
Prep – MR GLO
Razor - Mongoose Satin B2
Blade – Feather Super Pro (1)
Brush – Rubberset 400 with Omega Boar
Lather – Soap Commander Confidence
Post - Witch Hazel and Dove AS Balm



First time for me using the Feather Super Blade. This blade is thicker and longer than the other blades available for the Goose making the blade exposure and the gap larger. I could tell this is more aggressive set up as I shaved today. More efficient on the first pass and closer shave overall. A 2 pass shave with touch ups yielded a BBS shave. One weeper on my neck but overall not the blood bath I had feared.

 

SaTURDay evening shave before heading out for Indian cuisine.


I shaved with my Engelswerk 42 tonight. The full hollow grind and the pointed toe make you really pay attention. Not a beginner razor, that's for sure.


Pre-shave - hot shower
Razor - Engelswerk 42 pointed tip
Soap - Proraso red
Brush - Omega 80625
Alum - Razorock
Aftershave - Clubman
Balm - Nivea Energy
Cologne - Tesori D'Oriente "Legno di Guajaco"

 

22 Feb 2015
Pre - Corn Huskers
Soap - RR XXX
Brush - L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Razor - 66 Slim Adj (7,5,3)
Blade - Personna 74* (8)
AS - Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve

Another outstanding shave with the Personna 74*. That is all......

 

2/22/15

Prep: warm wash and Cornhusker's Lotion
Lather: Klar Kabinett
Brush: Vie-Long 13061M
Scuttle: Georgetown G12
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Feather (1)
Post: cool rinse and Jack Black cooling gel

3 passes and all is well. Have a great Sunday!

 

Sunday

Soap: Queen Charlotte unscented
Brush: Bethlehem olive wood, HIS knot
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Super Iridium
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

SOTD Sunday 2-22-2015

Sabi/Elite Neon w/Wilkinson Sword
Noxzema
Al's SC - Boheme
GP Scuttle
Omega Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
Stetson Cooling Moisture ASL