SoS: September 21, 2015 - September 27, 2015

Saturday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Tabac
Jayaruh #1 Silver Tip
Schick M2 Adjustable
Personna SS Injector
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Florida Water

Man, I always look forward to shaving with Tabac. It has never disappointed. The Tabac Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #1 Silver Tip brush. Two passes with my Schick M2 Adjustable Injector razor and a Personna SS Injector 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 Florida Water as an after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Hey, I see that Clubman back there! Great stuff for the hair, but a little does go a long way(as I'm sure you know).

 

Recommended by barbers since 1920, eh? Works for me, Jeff That is, I don't have it personally, but..well, you saw earlier what I said....COLD AND OLD.

 

Wow. Score.

 

Where did you get the Booster Iced Lime?

 

My barber sells it for 10 bucks!

 

Would you send me some. I can paypal you the amount plus shipping.

 

That's what I do sometimes...purchase stuff from my barbarettes. (Ladies whose clients are men only; guess they think we're good-looking or something).

 

That Booster looks good to me for next summer.

 

The Crazy Ivan in SEptember!
September 25

Razor - Schick M2 Injector
Blade - Brush - Vie Long 12601 The Pony
Soap - Tabac
Post - Cold Water, Alum, Nivea

Day three of the M2 and it's wide open for effect. Let's see what this adjustable can do at its most vicious setting, shall we? Got the pony and Tabac to get a great slick lather so I'm not scared. WTG on the first pass and I can definitely tell a difference from the past two days, especially when compared to the first day at its most mild. This feels like a real razor now. Not so aggressive that it's uncomfortable but you can feel it working now. Much better feedback. Second pass XTG and the first ouch occurred. Minor nick on the neck but nothing serious. The face is done but the neck needed an additional XTG with some sliding action to finish BBS. Yep, it got the baby.

Overall a nice shave again and this is a nice razor. It still didn't win me over to keep it in any kind of rotation but neither injector impressed me that much this month. I still think the Gem 1912 is the superior SE razor of the month and that one will get used again. Nothing wrong with the injector shaves, just not my thing. Though it is hard to argue with Cary Grant.

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Another weekend off and I'm not sure what to do with myself. Oh, I know....catch up on here! And SLEEP! Have a great weekend everyone.

 

Very cool! Nothing like vintage Old Spice. Nice Lighthouse

 

Beautiful shot!

 

Today's shave.

Prep: hot shower, Nivea Face Wash.
Brush: Turkish #6 brush.
Razor: Gillette 40's Rocket.
Blade: Personna Med Prep.
Cream: Palmolive Classic.
Post: cold water rinse, Barbon AS, Myrsol Emulsion.

I'm growing my beard back out. Since I only shaved my neck, the whole set up seems like a huge waste of time and effort. If I was going to be clean shaved over my whole face, I'd go with the whole brush/cream/soap set up. I'll go back to shaving my neck with shaving oil by itself and a DE.

 

I used Musco Real Oak Moss Shave cream lathered up with my semogue boar. It lathered up amazingly but I'm not sure about the smell. I didn't hate it but I'm not sure if I like it either. I'll use it later on a few more times to be sure. After the amazing lather was whipped up I picked out a gen bullet tip and loaded a carbon steel gem blade in it for its 3rd and final Shave. After 2 passes I wasn't happy with the Shave so I grabbed my G type Schick and after loading a blade in it I did 2 more passes with touch up. I chased the baby some but ended up giving up. After I rinsed off and checked my face I found that I had nearly got it. Some slight rough spots the the corners of my jaw but everywhere else is BBS. Clubman to finish and despite the 5+ passes I made hardly a burn at all.

 

I agree it does! Bernds 2 band silvertip is something special!

 

I have been reminded of my Grandfather all day while wearing this vintage OS for the first time today.

 

Have a good weekend Gents!

 

Feather MR3 Neo
Semogue1520
Volabra SS
Kroger Arctic Blue AS

Clayton

 

SOTD - 25 September 2015

30 Days with a Schick G



Schick G
Schick Injector Blade (3)
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
La Toja Shave Stick
Alum
TSD ISZ AS Splash


Have a super Saturday!

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Saturday, SEptember 26, 2015
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B-3 Mongoose with Triad Ti Helix Hex
Feather Pro #3
Wolf Whiskers Red & Black TGN High Mountain White
Dusy Kabinett
Alum, Dickinson’s ++Menthol, Cucumber Melon Whipped Shea Butter
Fine – Platinum
Penhaligon’s Blenheim Bouquet EDT

A wonderful Saturday morning shave of two passes was the closest DFS I’ve had in a long time. The awesome Rose scent of the Dusy Kabinett was matched by its stellar performance. Thanks to the generosity of @michaelAD and the scuttlebutt on TSD for leading me to Dusy.
The High Mountain White is fast becoming my favorite TGN knot. Scanctuary's cucumber-Melon Whipped Shea Butter is a super moisturizer that leaves my face feeling cool and smooth. Finished off this one a generous spritz of Fine Platinum, to be followed by the Blenheim Bouquet EDT. Hope your shave is good and your Weekend too!

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