SoS: August 10, 2015 - August 16, 2015

Tuesday's Planned


Dove Men Face Wash
Col. Conk Bay Rum Shave Soap
Jayaruh #2 Synthetic
Gem Jr Parade
Treet Super SE
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Pinaud Clubman

The Col. Conk Bay Rum Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #2 Synthetic brush. Two passes with my Gem Jr Parade razor and a Treet Super SE 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 Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable (1965)(5)
Blade: Gillette Platinum (1)
Brush: WDC-4, Silvertip Badger, Butterscotch. (VIG) 24/67
Cream: Bluebeards Revenge Shaving Cream
Bowl: "Once a Marine Always a Marine".
A/S: Captain's Choice Sandalwood

Good shave tonight with the Slim. Need some time with this razor as I haven't used it that often. Bluebeards Revenge Shaving cream makes a ton of lather, however, I'm not sure it prepares the face well.

 

Looking good. My Old Spice to follow tomorrow.
Another good tune.

 

Monday Shave

Pre: Shower
Razor: Merkur 23c
Blade: Voskhod
Brush: Omega boar
Croap: Proraso White
Post: Lilac Vegetal

A nice shave

 

Tuesday's planned shave:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Personna day 2
Italian Palmolive Menthol SC
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Mennen Skin Bracer AS

Another warm day means another nice, mentholated shave - the Palmolive Menthol cream from Italy is a cherished favourite of mine. The scent is a delight because it's so minty, fresh, and clean and the lather whips up in seconds with such a whopper of a cooling sensation which feels so wonderful. The skincare of this cream is like everything Palmolive from Europe - it's brilliant. For added soothing, moisturizing and cooling the Gold Bond is your ticket and I never want to be without the Skin Bracer. I LOVE the scent and the icy-cold sensation it gives me!

 

Cool! Thanks!

 

Hi All, sorry I have been MIA for quite a while. - Life has pulled in other directions. However I have been faithful to the wet shave.
This morning's shave:
Hot Shower prep with Neutrogena for Men Invigorating Face Wash and for Art of Shaving Sandalwood for the other areas
Razor - Gillette Ball End Tech circa 1946 - 49'
Blade - Voskhod
Brush - Parker Best Badger
Soap - Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood
Bowl - Fine Lather
Warm rinse, alum block then cool rinse
Finished up with Lucky Tiger AS & Face Tonic
Two passes + a few touch ups = a fine work day shave

 

Jon welcome back!

 

Life has a way of doing that at times. Welcome back.

 

Good to see you back Jon. Life will do that. Hope you stick around.

 

Funny how that works! You make plans, and then Life happens! Life is a great adventure, welcome back

 

Tuesday Planned SOTD
Razor: Razor: Cobra Classic
Blade: Feather AC Professional (D8)
Brush: VP Leonhardy 680040 2 Band
Bowl: Turkish Porcelain Bowl 4 ¾”
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Oil: Pacific Shaving Iced
Shave Soap: SdM "Asses Milk" 30%
Post: Alum Block
Aftershave: Extro Bay Rum

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Thanks! I found that mug in a antique store for something like $5. Yes, I'm definitely an OS junkie! One of these days I need to get all my OS stuff out for a pic.

 

Planned Fat Tabac Tuesday SOTD

59' Fatboy razor
Personna blue blade
New Forest Badger brush
Tabac shaving soap
Myrsol Masaje Antesol aftershave
Tabac EdC

 

August Focus - Slim and Feather AC
August 10
Razor - None
Blade - None
Brush - None
Soap - None
Post - None

Woke up this morning to find that the cut and nick from yesterday were both in need of a little attention. Apparently sleeping on that cheek during the night opened them up just a bit. So.....shaving was suspended for the day due to an injury timeout. We will resume tomorrow.

 

Tomorrow's planned shave.

Razor: Schick type B
Blade: Vintage Schick
Brush: Oscar11 Marigold
Soap: Tabac
Post: Cold Water & Thayer's
AS: Obsession for Men

 

Gear this morning:

Razor: Blackland's Blackbird
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock
Brush: Rubberset 400-3 w/ Silvertip badger knot
Soap: Provence Sante in its ceramic bowl (first time I used this today and this turned out to be a fantastic soap btw)
P/S: Myrsol Emulson
A/S: Myrsol Plastic Shave

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I am undecided on my next shave tomorrow. I want to try the again just to prove that I can get a decent shave out of it to myself. I enjoy my fatboy but I feel like I haven't used my superspeed lately. I also have this brand new (to me) old type that came in the mail while I was at work.

What I do know is that I will be using the Proraso red soap with my Col Conk Badger brush with a finishing splash of nivia sensitive post shave balm. I'll use some gillette warming face scrub preshave with a hot towel soak for 3 to 5 min just because I enjoy it. I am open to suggestions on Razor choice. I will not be swapping out blades however. I have a personna med blue in my SS, an Astra SP in my fatboy, a voskhod in my tech and a tiger 3 hole in the old type since its the only razor I have that it fits in.

 

Nice Schick!

 

Had a nice shave yesterday. It was the forth with the Iridium Super blade, and it felt like it was brand new. I had to check my post history for previous postings about this blade, and was amused to learn that I at one time did not consider this blade to be good enough for a spot in my rotation. Then I started using it with a different razor and got a perfect match.

I also used the MdC soap again following the advice to air it out to prevent irritation on my skin. Too early to tell yet, but so far so good. No irritation what so ever.

Razor: EJ89
Blade: Iridium Super.
Brush: The Sithspawn
Soap: Martin de Candre
Aftershave: Thayers Witch Hazel