SoS: February 23, 2015 - March 1, 2015

Beautiful set up, I can't decide what I like the best.

 

I love this theme and setup. Aces!

 

for your kind words

 

26/2
Prep: Cold water rinse
Brush: SOC Boar
Soap: ARKO (Soap of the gods)
Razor: EJ DE89
Blade: GSB (1)
Post: Alum + Nivea sensitive balm

Remarks; I don't really care for the SOC. It has to much splay and don't release the lather. The lather is good doe. First shave with the GSB since I switched to CWS, and what a wonderful blade! It was a good blade when i tried it hot water shaving but now, wow. This blade is so much smoother than the Yellow and equal in sharpness. My favorite blade so far. No sting from the Alum and a super smooth post shave feeling. And as always "don't race it is your face".

 

2-26-15

Prep: Simple face wash with warm water and soap.
Razor: iKon 102 Slant w/bamboo handle. (first time using)
Soap: Arko stick (of coarse)
Brush: VDH boar
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Post: Warm water rinse off for soap and cold water splashes after.
After Shave: Tried out the AOS Lavender ASB for the first time.

Did a three pass shave and still felt like there was more stubble left than there should be so quite a bit of touchup. Razor might be too mild for my liking and it took more time but no nicks or irritation and to me I only ended up with a CCS, not DFS like I normally get and like!

Thx.

 

That New Deluxe looks great. Is that a Tuckaway handle you modified?

 

merkur classic
astra sp
omega 49
williams
aqua velva

i slipped up today and got a nick

 

Friday's


Nivea Men's Face Wash
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Jayaruh WC3 Pure Badger
Schick Krona
Personna Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla

This Mitchell's Wool Fat is a replacement puck I got in a recent trade. I had traded my original MWF for this Schick Krona. Now the shave: the MWF Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh WC3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my Schick Krona 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 Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

•Gillette Lady
•Astra Superior Platinum
•VDH

Really good shave. Astras, like a lot of modern stainless, always hit me as a tad rough on the first shave but usually smooth out to butter on the 2nd. Had a few almost-weepers so I followed up with Lucky Tiger, then later with a mix of 80% Avon Island Lime and 20% Superior 70.

 

Thanks! I actually purchased it that way. It is a heavier handle and I thought the same as you. This could be a razor that was fixed because it had a cracked handle or it could be one of Gillette's many razors in which they used up left over parts from previous runs. I don't know for sure but I do like it and was excited about securing a 15 mm base plate deluxe to go with my 17 mm.

 

Nice shot! Accidental upside down post or trying to throw us off?

 

SOTD 2-26-2015

Hot Shower and Prep -Nivea Men Sensitive Skin Face Wash
Gillette Ball End Tech circa 46'-49'
Blade - Astra SP (4)
Brush - Parker Best Badger
Lather - Geo. F. Trumper's - Vilolet
Post - Warm water rinse, Maggard Razor Alum, wait 30 seconds then cool water rinse, Neutorgeana Razor Defense Post Shave Lotion
A great two pass shave a few touch ups = a great workday shave

 

The picture looks right side up on my iPad, which is where I added it, and upside down on my iPhone. I going to delete it and try a newly edited pic.

 

Francisque Delolme, Thiers
H.I.S. XL brush
Barrister & Mann Fougere Aromatique soap
Lucido AS

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SOTD - Thursday, February 26, 2015

Hot shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: Vulfux 375 Super
Cream: TOBS Eton College
Razor: '56 Ball End Tech
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (1)
Post: Nivea Men Sensitive PSB
Aftershave: Floid Mentolado Vigoroso

 

Thursday 2/26

Hot Shower
Proraso pre-shave
Omega 10098
EJ DE89
TSDS Russian Leather
TSDS Russian Leather Aftershave
Shot of Vodka

.... I figured with the weather we're having- why not embrace my inner Ruski...

 

Prep : Cold Water
Razor : Gillette Fat Boy
Blade : Kroger SS DE - Israel
Brush : VDH
Soap : VDH
Post : Old Spice

 

February 27 Plans

Stirling Sheep facial soap
Feather Artist Club razor
Feather Professional blade (day 3)
RV Shaving handle with a 24/46 mm Shavemac Two-band Silvertip knot
Stirling Naked and Smooth shave soap
One pass plus touch-ups
Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, & unrefined shea butter

Two more shaves until March Madness with my Merkur 37C!

 

Very strange. The pic I loaded looked fine from my iPad where I loaded it but looked upside down on my iPhone. I deleted it and added a freshly edited version. All is well. Could be the FCC starting to regulate the web. You know how well the government manages things.