SoS: March 2, 2015 - March 8, 2015

Another one of Steve's (Oscar11) creations

 

You get them here and insert them as a picture.

http://www.forumsextreme.com/SmiliesSmileys_Flags.html

 

Absolutely, Jon! I myself have quite a few favorites in other's dens.

 

Counting the 1865 W&B, how many framebacks/faux framebacks are in your collection?

 

Sunday's planned shave:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/SuperMax Blue day 7
Queen Charlotte Soaps Vostok SC
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Proraso Green AS

Here's another very nice cream with excellent lather and a HELL of a strong menthol effect which I haven't used in quite some time, so I'll be taking it for a spin tomorrow morning. I forget how much I paid for this stuff but I don't think it was too expensive. The Gold Bond moisturizer makes such a great aftershave balm because it's so cooling and soothing. The Proraso Green intensifies and keeps the chill going for a long time. My shave today was terrific, and I'm expecting another one like that in the morning.

 

Muhle Pure / TOBS Jeremy St / Fatboy / Iridum / AV Musk




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It is nice, I wish I could get in touch with him.

 

Thanks, in a week or so there just might be a shavemac silver tip 2 band fan in it.

 

Sunday's planned shave.
Fatboy
Nacet Platinum
Ever Ready K40 (I've had close to 40 years)
TOBS Mr. Taylor's cream
AoS pre and post shave.

 

Currently about 4. I've sold off 3 in the 6 months. Surprisingly there's not that many frame-back takers. I've had number of the faux frame backs.
Here's another Wostenholm FB, newer (& in better shape) than the Civil war model…

 

March Focus - Vintage and Carbon
March 7, 2015 - Week 1 Day 7
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - VDH Boar
Soap - Arko
Razor - Gillete New Long Comb
Blade - (2)
Post - RazoRock Alum and The Veg

Last day before starting week two of the vintage and carbon focus. Used the New LC with a Voskhod blade just to enjoy the shave. I had used the blade once before in a different razor. Great three pass shave and it was nice to have a Voskhod loaded up again after all of the blades I've tried the past month or so. Finished DFS with little to no irritation and wore the Veg to work. Must have worked because sales were good!

Tomorrow it's back to the carbon steel. Going to my '46 Aristocrat with the Treet Durasharp carbon blade. This blade is teflon coated so I'm hoping for all seven days out of it but we'll see.

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Sunday's Planned Shave
Razor: Cobra Classic
Blade: Feather Artist Club Pro (D14)
Brush: Rooney 1/3 Super Silvertip
Bowl: Symmetrical Pottery Shave Bowl
Pre Shave Scrub: SPAtopia Dead Sea Scrub
Pre Shave Oil: Pacific Shaving Iced
Shave Soap: Tiki Lavender\Rosemary Mint
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Fine Platinum



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Always happy to help out a fellow veg-head!

 

First, go to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Animated_GIF_flags and download some on your computer, then upload on an image uploading website like imgur, etc. And don't forget to resize the gifs to 35x23, that's all!

 

No shave for me today. Tomorrow i will get new stuff. I have to collect it from the German customs clearence.

So my shave will be tomorrow.

Greetings
Thorsten

 

Saturday 07 Mar 15
Was a No Shave Day !
And Sunday 08 Mar 15 might just be too !
Unless I get ambitious tomorrow morning. I might think about it other wise it might be Sunday Night for Monday !

 

Today I went with a Rapira Platinum Lux that came from my Weishi 9306. This is the first time I have switched a blade from one razor to another. It seemed like a good blade in the Weishi, and although I have several dozen of these blades I decided to use the same blade in my Merkur 34c HD .

I had such a great shave today. I'm not sure if it's from the Rapira Platinum Lux, but whatever it was, I sure enjoyed today's shave.

Hot Shower
Kings of Shaves Alpha Oil
Castle Forbes Lime Oil Shaving Cream
Semogue 1305 (face lather)
Merkur 34c HD
Rapira Platinum Lux (2)
Art of Shaving Lemon Oil After Shave

Yum, great shave. I'm looking forward to trying the Rapira Platinum Lux brand new in my favorite razor, the 34 HD. Awesome shave today!

 

This 1914 is very similar to mine, with the tiny blade stops and the fine svelte handle.....It's super feedback oriented and mine is more aggressive than my OCMM...But once I got a handle on it, I get my best shaves and quite often "one pass" BBS's....which means irritation free...one two finger pass and irritation free...Bless the Liitle Lather Catcher....

But! Yours is even older than mine....Mine is from the first generation but yours is one year before the first generation....Kaufman applied for the pat. On Feb 12, 1913....and didn't get it til of course March 1914....so yours was made during that period before he got the pat....Very Nice Indeed....Congrats....Yours also has a different spring that pushes the blade forward from the back of the top....They changed those as soon as they got the patent....You should post some pics of that spring on the SE and Injector Party Spread....I'm sure all 1914 fans will dig seeing the differences....That's a rare Bird....and a great shaver...most have never seen one...;^))

 

SOTD 08/03/2015
Early morning shave

Razor : Gillette Rubie
Brush : Omega Pro 20248
Cream : Mem Olive
Blade : Gillette Platinum
Post : Tarr Lotion astringent

Simple, fast and efficient. I did 2 passes, with the grain and against. Got an outstanding DFS.

 

Smooth Siefenglatt Sunday
Superb shave today. Siefenglatt is excellent soap, and I love the citrusy scent of Montpellier. Shea moisture makes some unheralded but great products. The aftershave is grapefruit and tea tree, and the balm is an excellent problem solver.
Prep: Proraso White
Soap: Siefenglatt Montpellier
Brush: HIS
Razor: der Vorschlaghammer
Blade: Voskhod
AS: Shea Moisture splash and balm