SoS: May 25, 2015 - May 31, 2015

Brush Focus: Day 27/30
Brush: WDC-3, Olivewood handle, Silvertip Badger (Whipped Dog), Deep set (22mm), 24/67
Gillette - K-4 (1965) Slim Adjustable. (5).
Gillette Platinum Blade (6)
Soap: Razo-Rock, Don Donato.
A/S: Osage Rub
Old Spice Coffee Mug.(soak brush)
Outstanding shave brush. It will be hard to place on the 30th day, but right now I would say third. Gathers tons of lather. I have 3 passes today and I could of had 7 there is that much lather in this brush. Razor-Rock is an excellent shave soap, and the Osage Rub is a great finish. This focus has been excellent for me as I have been concentrating on the brush and have been unconsciously taking less pressure of the razor and it has been gliding better and giving me some of the best shaves I have ever had.

 

Thursday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Col. Conk Bay Rum Shave Soap
Jayaruh WC1 Silvertip Badger
Schick L-1
Personna Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Barbasol Brisk AS

The Col. Conk Bay Rum Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh WC1 Silvertip Badger brush. Two passes with my Schick L-1 razor 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 Rose Petal WH and then Barbasol Brisk after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

I got out my Tiki Bar Soap (Kon Tiki) this morning with the intention of using it tomorrow. If memory serves me, I only used it once and then it got buried in a pile of "must use again soon" soaps. After your review, Im eager to give it another go.

 

Planned shave for Thursday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Derby day 4
Stirling Frozen Tundra SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
YSL Pour Homme EdT

Not quite a SUPER-BRRRRRRRRRRR shave which a Glacial soap would give, but still very much a great BRRRRRRRR one. The Frozen Tundra is probably Rod's second coldest soap and it smells so nice, with plenty of rich, stable, slick lather and terrific blade glide as well as lots of skincare. I'm freaked out to this day with how good the Gold Bond lotion is at cooling and soothing my skin, and the Penguin freezes like crazy to really make me feel great. I love these Derby blades.

 

May 27

MdC facial soap
Weber PH
Feather blade (day 3)
Kent BK4 silvertip
Kiss My Face shave cream
Two passes plus touch-ups
Unrefined shea butter, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, and Nivea Sensitive post-shave balm

Another simple but very good shave. KMF is a winner! I now get three days out of a Feather blade with almost never getting weepers or nicks. My technique seems to have improved over time. I've also learned that my skin favors two-pass shaves. I start seeing bumps and irritation after a couple of days of three-pass shaves. I sometimes sneak in a three-passer, but most days I'm good with two. I love my Kent brushes, but they sure are floppy compared to my boar and my two-band silvertip.

Happy Wednesday!

 

Kon Tiki is one that I have not tried. If memory serves me right I think she called it a smoky type sent but not a tobacco scent and though I like tobacco soaps such as Cavendish and Huntlee sweet tobacco is so so, I not really into smoke, dirt type scent scents. You will have to let me know what Kon Tiki is really like and I might just have interpreted what she describe as the scent.

 

SOTD - Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: Refurb Rubberset 49-4
Soap: WSP Rustic Pumpkin Spice
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Black (4)
Aftershave: Dominica Bay Rum

 

Thursday Planned SOTD

Razor: ikon 2013 Deluxe Solid Bar
Blade: Spudnik (D3)
Brush: Oscar11 Amber 28mm TGN finest
Bowl: Symmetrical Pottery
Pre Shave Scrub: RazoRock GLO
Pre Shave Oil: Jasmine Dreamsicle
Shave Soap: Prairie Creations DdC Barbershop
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: RazoRock Baby Blue



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Recovery and play with soap week!
May 27, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Omega Pro 48
Soap - Saint Charles Shave Sandalwood
Razor - EJ DE89L
Blade - (3)
Post - Alum, Clubman

Day three on the 7 o'clock blue and I've gotta say, if this blade was in production I would have ordered in bulk. Great performance by the blade. I'm moving on tomorrow but only because I want to test a blade before the 1st. Yes, I have a plan. As far as the rest of the shave I went to the St. Charles soap and it is still giving me some problems. I have found it much more difficult to lather than MWF and I'm thinking it's just a matter of finding the right soap/water ratio. I'm not sure the high loft Pro 48 is right for it either. Tomorrow I'm going to switch to the VDH Boar and see if I can have a bit better luck. If not then I'm really afraid I'll have to put St. Charles Shave in the second tier. I want very badly for it to perform. Locally made and I really would love to support them. But....it's all performance in the end. I did feel like today's shave was a bit less comfortable than the last two but I'm going to blame the three day old blade very slightly. I think, though, that the lather issue was the major issue. Great scent though. Another reason to keep at it for a bit.

 

SOTD 5-27-15

PRESHAVE: Face wash with soap and warm/hot water
STRAIGHT: Gold Dollar stainless
RAZOR: 1961 Super Speed Flair Tip (G2)
BLADE: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
SOAP: Arko stick
BOWL: VDH
BRUSH: VDH Boar
POST: Rinse with warm/hot water to get soap off and then some cold water rinses/splashes and pat try.

Comments: I was going to use the straight razor and at least do the cheeks and see how it goes and if all went well, maybe use it on some other areas but all it did was tug so I didnt get very far with it at all. It was suppose to be "shave ready" but couldn't be so I used the Gillette for the shave. The Gillette gave me a real good shave. I would call it CCS bordering on DFS but the razor just seems to mild for my liking. Soap was very good and never fails to create a great slick lather that provides me with excellent protection during each pass! Slight irritation and one small weeper! The Gillette Silver Blue blade felt good and sharp in this razor. It was good shave today. The only issues were the so called "shave ready" Gold Dollar and that the old Gillette is too mild for my liking!

Please feel free to leave comments on any items us
ed as I enjoy reading them to see what others say about the gear I am using/trying out! Of course, YMMV!

Thx.

 

Nice shave. I enjoy reading your SOTD. The Gillette Superspeed is indeed a bit on the mild side. My '59 is still one of my favorite razors. I like to pull it out and use it when I'm in the mood for a nice lazy and comfy shave. I know it's mild so I just slow down and take my time to work the shave. I find pairing it with a sharper blade enhances its performance as well. The GSB isn't a bad choice but I would prefer a Kai, Voskhod or Sharp Star with it.

 

Thanks for the nice comments! I enjoy writing them in hopes that some will get something out of it, whether it is just a laugh or something useful like matching a blade with a razor, or using a soap with a razor or just my thoughts on either the razor or the soaps!

I think I have a tuck of Kai's here somewhere but if not the GSB's, Platinum Lux's or Astra SP's are my only choices! Well, I think I have a 7 o'clock yellow here too!

 

Have you tried Voskhod? I can't remember if you have posted that or not.

 

I have but wasnt really impressed with them. Maybe I should try them again!

 

Well they aren't everybody's favorite. LOL Just mine at the moment. I revisit blades from time to time to see if I get different results. Sometimes in different razors too to compare.

 

Interesting shave this morning. I suppose I didn't really need a shave but of course I did have one.
I started using my MMOC with a GEM blade on its 8th shave. It wasn't bad - GEM blades don't get tuggy like DE blades when they run out of puff but their performance does fall off gradually. I like a smooth sharp blade so changed to my MM Bullet point razor which I got from a fellow Australian forum member just recently at our regular coffee shop met up The MMBT is a very mild razor compared to the MMOC. The new blade and the MMBT was great - but - mild as this razor is I managed to nick myself about 3 times. Mild doesn't mean you cannot get nicked.

I face lathered with #1 Turkish. That really is a great brush
Homebrew soap.
2 passes
and cold face wash between passes
Splash of Witch hazel.

The MMOC is aggressive but you wind up the caution factor a bit and enjoy the results. The MMBT is mild and I need to appreciate [which I do] that mild is not indicative of a lack of efficient close shaving, and that it can bite.

The shave was definitely BBS but because I nicked myself I call DFS.

Steve

 

I did that too for some time, I had like eight different blades here and tried them in various razors but then I decided to get "downsize" so now I have about 4 type here but I was hoping to get down to just two but that didnt work out so well!

 

Lord blades are really great blades. My absolute favorites. They give really great, close, comfortable shaves with very little effort. Sadly their customer service is very lacking. =/

 

Thursday SOTD
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Razor - Schick Type J
Brush - Omega mixed midget
Pre shave - Myrsol Emulsion
Shave soap - Tiki Bar Soap Kon Tiki
Aftershave - Myrsol Antesol, Royall Vetiver

 

Schick Injector Razor (Type J1,1958-64)
with vintage Schick blade (4),
Edwin Jagger STF XL brush,
Lather-up with TOBS Sandlewood,
Finish with water, Witch Hazel
and Skin Bracer Cool Spice