SoS: June 15, 2015 - June 21, 2015

SOTD:

'53 Super Speed
Gillette Black (1)
Shavemac Americana prototype (No. 8/10)
Mike's Barbershop scent
Floid Blue

I'm really loving my '53 SS right now. I found it in my dad's garage unused in its case so I made sure to take that before he threw it away or sold it in a garage sale. It's not often we find an unused '53 anything, especially for free.

It's going to a busy, hot, and humid day so I went with the more "summery" barbershop scents.

 

SOTD: Saturday, June 20
Dusy Kabinett
Semogue Owners Club Boar (7)
Feather AS-D2
Feather (1)
Pitralon Swiss

Have a great day!​

 

Tabacstag
Nice easy smooth shave today with Tabac, as usual. I made überlather with Tabac soap and cream, which the HIS made into yogurt in no time. Der vorschlaghammer dealt harshly with my stubble, but cleanly and softly with my face. Sherlock makes an excellent pair with Tabac and gives me a nice cool.
Prep: Mickey Lee Lime
Überlather: Tabac mit Tabac
Brush: HIS XL
Razor: der vorschlaghammer
Blade: Astra SP (1)
AS: Chiseled Face Sherlock

 

SATURDAY
Early cool-of-the-morning shave. Fourth consecutive day using the DD and another excellent result. Shaving should always be this enjoyable!
Have a great Saturday, all!

 

6/20/15
So I got Lilac Vegetal in the mail yesterday. Powdery with floral notes. Usually wouldn't be my first pick. I got it because I'm always looking for a good match up with MWF.
A whiff from the bottle, I figured I wouldn't like. I threw it on after my shave and a couple hours later it's grown on me. I like it!

When I first threw it on I thought of my Grandmother, who lived a good long life and passed away at 104. So that was a good thought. But then wondered if it's more a woman's scent. But after a while I picked manly. I like it. So it's definantly manly!!!


Proraso White Soap
WSP Monarch Silvertip
1918 Gillette Old Type
Pol-Silver Blade (2)
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

 

You bet it's manly,John Wayne rocked The Veg!!! In honor of you being one of the chosen,I will also rock The Veg Today!

 

Saturday 20th June







Warm shower

Hot towel

Strop Shoppe Vivace bowl lathered

Finest Badger brush made by myself

Gillette Single Ring (Made in Canada)

Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (2)

Cold rinse

Thayers Lemon witch hazel

Aqua Velva Ice Blue Aftershave

 

Saturday
warm shower/cold water shave
M&F Chief
Corn Huskers Lotion (prep)
Mama Bear's Lilac Ice SS lathered with 4 drops of M-Bomb
Gillette Red Tip/Gillette Wilkie (3)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Levan Rose Beard Oil
The Veg mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 .........Pinaud products usually don't play nice with frags,there are certain exceptions.I may try Salvador Dali Pour Homme later on in the day as it has a Veg like feel to it.


Stay frosty,my friends and enjoy the weekend!

 

Hahaha. I'm feeling special!

 

I moved back to the Slim Adjustable after a few days with the Fat Boy. The Fat Boy is nice, but I do prefer the slim. 3 passes today and very smooth.

L'Occitane Cade
Voskhod Blade
Slim Adjustable

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's and a wash cloth
@clint64 customized rubberset 400/ whipped dog high mountain white
BOMBED soap commander renewal
@Drygulch custom strop 20 before/10 fabric/20 after
Dovo pearlex straight
5/8 full hollow round end
Gillette fatboy( d4)(7)
Ladas(5)
soap commander renewal balm
today's shave was very nice. I've been incorporating a wash cloth into my prep. while a small thing I think it adds to the shave enough to mention it. I prepped my razor with my drygulch custom strop. then n/s and s/n with the Dovo. against with yesterday's fatboy. three passes for a nice dfs shave. finished with renewal balm.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Sounds like a nice damn shave. Lime soap and AS. That's alcohol free, it possible to buy hehe

 

That's some nice gear =)

 

SOTD 6-20-15







RAZOR: MAGGARD 18C
BLADE: PERMASHARP (1ST USE)
BRUSH: OMEGA S SYNTHETIC
SOAP: STERLING GLACIAL LEMON CHILL
BOWL: VDH
POST: STEPHANS ISLAND LIME (ICED)


Great shave today. 3 pass BBS. the Sterling Glacial lemon soap was about as cold as the soaps I added menthol crystals to which is awesome! I have been cold water shaving this month and It seems like I have had less irritation. the Island Lime is one of my favorite aftershaves and the menthol was a nice touch. hope everyone has a great shave. stay frosty my friends!

 

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Anna and Claras sandalwood bath soap

Soap/cream- Cyril R. Salter Wild rose and Nivea original shaving cream

Brush- Semogue 1470

Razor- Merkur 37c

Blade- Wilkinson sword(3)

Post- Cold water rinse, Pinaud clubman Original aftershave lotion and Nivea sensitive cooling aftershave balm

Bowl lathered my cream. I have realised it works very good to bowl lather with my semogue. Face lathering havent worked very good.

The lather with the Cyril was to foamy, as soon as it touched my skin it dissipated. It's my fault, I loaded to little cream. I added the Nivea to make a better lather and it was very good.

Third shave with the wilkinson sword, I usually don't go for a third shave but I felt I could with this blade. And sure enough I got a great shave! I like these blades. I will use up the 5 pack to see how well they perform. @Slow Joe I think these could be one of my Go2 =D



I like this bath soap, I think it's Danish, I'm not surez I bought it in a store in Sweden.

 

Thank you, my friend! I don't have nearly as much as I'd like!

 

Saturday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Beeline Boar
Soap: Speick cream
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG (5, 6)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Speick AS splash
Cologne: Forest Aoud by Montale

As promised, a rare-for-me Saturday shave was a break from the Stirling, and back to the Speick. Love the lather I get from this cream; it felt like a vacation. 2 passes produced DFS results.

 

20 June 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft 102 + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro
* Mystic Water Poggio dei Pini
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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I really like your Helix. It dresses up any razor.

 

Beautiful balance my friend.