SoS: March 30, 2015 - April 5, 2015

Beautiful razor! If I was going to try a straight it would need to be a round point. Very nice, and love the scales.

 

Yup. I plan on going to setting 3 next shave. I already have and love the Nivea sensitive post shave balm. Excellent stuff. When ever I have a less than desirable shave, its what I use.

I was going to skip today's shave to let my face heal one more day, but I couldn't resist. Today's shave was....

VDH luxury soap
Black handle SS
Gillette SB(2)
Nivea post shave

Still got a little raw on the neck but end result was a lot better than yesterday. Maybe tomorrow I'll go back to the Slim.

 

Good Idea, as the saying goes"you fall of the horse, you get back on it and ride"

 

I had used Every Man Jack shave cream. I had got it just before I started DE shaving when I decided to start making a change from can goo. I finally finished off a tube of Neutrogena cream, this one is next to go and never again. I have found Bigelow to be good, of course, along with C&E. And I'm now hooked on the VDH soap. So those will be my go to soaps and creams for now.

 

Planned Saturday afternoon SOTD
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48' Aristocrat
Semogue SOC boar brush
TOBS Grapefruit shave cream
Body Shop Arber Aftershave Balm
Lucky Tiger aftershave & face tonic

I had skin irritation after using TOBS Grapefruit the one and only time Ive used it, so this will be a test to see if that was actually it.

 

I had some Neutrogena Shaving Cream,(I think I still have some) I didn't like it, and it does not lather good at all. I really should throw it in the trash. But then again the Neutrogena Men Invigorating Face Wash, that I basically use every morning is great. Go figure?

 

The Neutrogena sensitive skin shave cream lathered pretty good, I had no problems with it. The regular stuff, not at all.

 

Merkur 34c, Permasharp Super
Hand-carved Beech 2-band Finest
Lime Pre/Post Shave Oil
Real Shaving Co. Shave2 Cream
Blue Stratos AS
Lime Pre/Post Shave Oil

Another good 'un!

 

Its great! This morning was perfect for the mild menthol it has and the scent lasts just long enough!

 

SOTD Saturday



Set up for the next few days:

Frankenpuck soap
Vie Long Horse Hair brush
Gillette Slim set on 5
Astra SP blade
Vintage Veg

Used several of the Waltham carbon steel blades, most had lost their edge, but found a couple that were very sharp. but still could only get two shaves out of each of them. Really like this version of the frankenpuck soap, the shave cream brings a lot to the party.

 

Aggressive April - Saturday's Shave



Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar
Soap: TSD Barber Shoppe shave stick
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: Cadet OC
Blade: Voskhod
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm
Scent: Tommy Bahama Very Cool

Started a 30 day focus to select a blade for the Cadet open comb that @Bama Samurai PIFed me. Much more aggressive than my Tech. Decent 2 pass shave today, not sure about the Voskhod with this one but will try it a few more days. The TSD soap performs quite well. Face lathers very easily and nice and thick.

 

Saturday 4 April 2015

No photo today (spring yard work and other work taking a lot of time).

The New Improved Schick Injector Razor - Type F Magazine Repeating Razor Co. 1940-1941 w/Schick Injector II Blade
Ever Ready C40 w/TGN 3 Band Synthetic 24/53 mm Brush
Stirling Sharp Dressed Man Soap

 

6/8 Friodur
Harris Windsor
homemade boar
Nice shave today. Have a good one.

 

Today was a quick 2 pass shave that yielded above average results


French Soap Mix
Rapira Stainless blade
Slim Adjustable

 

April 4 SOTD

Home made PS oil
Vie-long Horsehair brush
Musco Real Classic shave cream
G12 scuttle
Ralf Aust 5/8 straight
FB w/Rapira PL
Musco Real Classic AS

Had a great shave today. It was the first time I have used Musco Real. I have to say I was impressed. Did the first pass with the straight then went ATG with my FB. Good, clean shave and was very enjoyable. So far, you can count me as a fan of Musco Real!

 

SoTD for Saturday April 4, Swee-do!

Pre- BBC
Soap- La Pere Lucien
Brush- Lider
Razor- Swee-Do
Blade- astra sp
Rinse- Osage
Aftershave- Woodbury
Balm- Kiehl's
Cologne- Ho Hang Club



The Swee-Do razor is interesting. It takes a proprietary blade. Basically a standard DE blade, but with a rectangular opening in the center. This makes it seemingly useless. But, happily, it is quite easy to modify a blade to fit. I use a spring stock punch, and pop two side by side holes in the blade. Works great. Why go through the trouble? Mostly because I can, but more importantly, this razor shaves like a dream. I ran out of time yesterday after the gym, so I couldn't shave. The Swee-Do took the two days growth off easy. No irritation, no injuries, and a supernaturally close BBS. Seriously. I cannot recall the last time I had such a fantastic shave. I will be genuinely shocked if it all is grown back in tomorrow. These are the days that make all the experiments and misfires worth it.
And speaking of experiments, the brush of the day is an immense boar from Turkey. I bought it mostly for comedy value, because it is truly ugly. But shockingly, it is quite good. And unlike my Simpson, which I was surprised at how small it was, the Lider surprised me because it is so big. All for a price hovering in the $10 ballpark. Pretty cool.

 

Nice. Now I have an acronym for what many clients have told me! CPA PRAD - Certified Public Accountant Please Remember All Deductions

 

Steve;
That's a great picture. That home made Brush is another work of art, that you work your magic on.

 

Had a great shave, no irration at all from the Grapefruit shave cream which is a relief because I really like the scent and the performance from TOBS is top notch. The Lucky Tiger AS is a real nice change from the alcohol based AS I usually use. All in all a great citrus shave day.

 

The TOBS Grapefruit is on my list to try.