SoS: April 27, 2015 - May 3, 2015

SOTD
Face & head edition
May 3, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: iKon Shavecraft 101
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Red & Black acrylic Silvertip 22/50mm
Lather: WSO Zaro
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Fine American Blend
Nice shave. WSO Zaro is a super soap! My custom Silvertip is a great brush. The SC101 with bamboozle handle works so well for me. Astra SP's are one of those blades that works in all of my DE razors.
Go out and get it

 

SOTD
Sunday, May 3, 2015



Schick Injector I-2 Hydro-Magic
Personna 74 Injector Blade - #1
Whipped Dog Boar - 30X55mm
Mike's Natural Soaps - Rose & Cedarwood
Fine - Fresh Vetiver
Tom Ford - Grey Vetiver

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MAYhem & Mercy
May 3, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Soap - Williams (Seriously...what is this stuff) Mug Shaving Soap
Razor - Vintage Soviet - the "Soyuz 1"
Blade - (2)Post - Alum, Nivea Replenishing Post Shave Balm

Day two on the Zaza. I know that some blades improve on their second shave so I was wondering if this one would. Nope. Nada. Nothing. Oh, sorry....NYET! There we go. I can't say the blade doesn't work because you can eventually grind down the stubble. I will say that I believe I have a DFS today......barely. It took three full passes and some Gillette Sliding on my neck (which isn't the same with the Soviet and Zaza) but I got there. Once again the Williams just perplexed me. I added more water today, really whipped those suds up (can't really call it lather) and went to town face lathering after doing all I could in the Old Spice mug. Once again the first pass wasn't too terrible but each pass after just dissipated away. If you can't shave fast you won't have anything left before you finish!

Alum was a bit noisy due to the extra effort I put in but the Nivea cooled it back down. Glad I bought that for this month!

I think tomorrow I'll switch to the Rapira just to give it a shot with this blade. No blood or other problems with the Soyuz 1 so I'll see if I can stay that way with the Rapira. As for the Williams........I'm going to do some research on it and see what I may be missing. I know the Tweezerman isn't really helping my cause but I'll stick with it and see what I can do.

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Sunday
Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Executive Man Bath Soap
Soap: Maggard Limes & Bergamot
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue SP (1)
Brush: Whipped Dog High Mountain/Bethlehem Olivewood-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Pitralon Classic

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Maggard Limes & Bergamot today. 20 seconds to load the WD High Mountain. Great, easy, thick, lather. I loaded a new 7 O’Clock Blue in the Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Pitralon Classic.

Bob

 

Sunday

Soap: Straight Razor Designs unscented
Brush: Mühle black fiber synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Gillette SharpEdge
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

Ideal Adjustable
Personna Blue (1)
Duke 3 Best
Homemade Aleksey Soap
Mentholated Clubman

 

Sunday 3rd May



Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Fougere Imperiale bowl lathered
HMW Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW (Made in England)
Gillette Platinum (Vintage 1976) (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
T&H Grafton aftershave

 

3 May 2015

* WR1-SB + WRH3c Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Stubby 2-Band + Oscar11 AquaMarine C7
* Mystic Water Barbershop
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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Hi Friends,

hope all of you are fine and you´re doing well. Here is my Sunday shave:


Bethlehem Olivewood w. Mühle Black Fibre knot / iKon S3S head with Jürgen Hempel handle / Feather / Calani Earl Grey shaving soap / Majestät Aftershave

Nice and relaxed. The soap is a heavenly summer scent, even it is raining like hell and the sky is grey (nearly black) here... Loaded with my Feather the shave was smooth and gentle. The combination of head and handle is fantastic. A real Heavyweight!!! The soap is complimenting very well with the Aftershave. Top notch!!!

Have a great time, stay healthy and enjoy your shaves.

Greetings
Thorsten​

 

SUNDAY
Early Morning Shave
Near identical to the great shave I had yesterday with the ol' reliable Böker!
Have a great & blessed Sunday, all!

 

That is a lovely brush my friend.

 

05/03/2015

Prep: Hot shower, PSO
Razor: '56 Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Personna Red (1)
Brush: Omega 80080 Boar Brush
Soap: The Copper Hat Shaved Ice
Post: Cold rinse, Alum, Witch Hazel, Proraso Green AS

Took a few days off from shaving since my face was getting irritation from the Feather blades. During the time off, I gave the super speed a nice clean and polish.
Great 2 pass DFS today! Love these Personna Red blades.

 

Thanks, Mark and Steve turns beautiful handles! I am very honoured to have so many of his!

 

SOTD: Sunday, May 3

Have a great day!​

 

Here's what I see..

 

Sure. Yesterday's SOTD picture was upside down also.

 

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Bulldog Original face wash, sandalwood bar soap

[B)Soap/cream- Fitjar såpekokeri Isrose shaving soap[/B]

Brush- Plisson synthetic

Razor- Weber polished head all stainless steel

Blade- Astra SP

Post- Cold water rinse, Mentholated Pinaud clubman original aftershave lotion and Nivea sensitive aftershave balm

First time using this soap…. wow! Easy to load, smells great and lathers like a champ! WOW, i regret not getting more of this soap. I detected a HINT of cooling effekt, but Im not sure. But wow it was a really great performer, slick and protective.

If you can… get it.

Finished off with mentholated Pinaud which is VERY nice, I have nailed the menthol amount in this =D

VERY VERY nice shave today… And I was thinking, hmm maybe I’m to tired. LOL

 

SOTD for today May 3rd was a new setup...............

Razor Black Handle Super Speed w/Voskhod blade (1)
Country Uncle Silvertip w/TOBS Sandalwood
Witch Hazel & Nivea Sensitive Balm
Canoe Aftershave (went for a classic barbershop shave........)

3-passes WTG, XTG & a little ATG for a BBS shave!!

 

SOTD 3 May 2015

30 Day Rule with a Schick!



Plan for later on tonight! Looking forward to another great shave with this kit. Might even drop the blade angle and chase the baby...

Have a great Sunday evening!
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05/03/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade –Feather Super Pro (7)
Brush –Rubberset 400-3 with WSP HMW
Lather – B&M Seville
Post - Witch Hazel and Myrsol F Extra



Fantastic near BBS shave this afternoon. I really like this scent and performance of this soap. Finished off with a Myrsol F Extra and I was ready for my late afternoon meeting.