SoS: October 26, 2015 - November 1, 2015

Osage feels warm and insignificant compared to Arctique - trust me!

 

Schick I2 razor
Personna blade
Plisson/L'Occitane brush
Vintage Williams SS
Osage Rub/Jason's Aloe Gel
Pinaud Lime Sec cologne w/added menthol

Ah, the creamy goodness of vintage Williams SS...wonderful lather and great shave. Although I think the blade is done in the I2, don't remember how many shaves on the blade. Now go enjoy your day folks.

 

SOTD for Thursday, October 29th was the same as yesterday's with one more day on the blade..........

TOBS Lavender shave cream face lathered w/Country Uncle Silvertip
Gillette Aristocrat w/7 o'clock yellow
Witch Hazel rinse finishing w/Clubman A/S

Again, 2-quick passes for a DFS!

 

Gillette Fatboy
Iridium
M&F Chief
CRSW - Fall LE

http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Creed/Aventus-9828.html

 

10/29/2015 Open Comb October!!

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Gillette New LC, Hamburg Concave Quick Cutter straight razor
Blade: Astra SP (6)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: HTGAM - Gondolier
After: Home made ASB
Cologne: Prada - Amber Pour Homme Intense

The Vie Long Brush whipped the Gondolier soap into a nice lather this morning. The Gillette New LC paired with the Astra blade and the Quick Cutter did a good job cutting the whiskers. The Prada was a nice finish for this Darn Fine Shave.

Have a blessed day!

 

It is good to see you back. We missed you.

 

Test Depth Thursday
Another great shave from TD. My BBSB easily whipped up optimal lather over the coating of Cremo I used for a pre shave. Der Futur easily glided along as it reduced my stubble. I was in a hurry, so I pushed this blade to a fourth shave. No drama BBS and HTGAM Gondolier for the big finish. These scents are in the same family and compliment each other nicely.

Prep: Cremo
Soap: Reef Point Test Depth
Brush: Brothers Bristles Spartan Bronze
Razor: Der Futur
Blade: Voskhod (4)
AS: HTGAM Gondolier

 

Thursday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: 70’s Gillette “Spoiler” Super Stainless (5)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Tabac EdC

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

Tabac today. 20 seconds to load the ER Silvertip. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette “Spoiler” SS still in the NEW SC. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Tabac.

Bob

 

SOTD: Thursday, October 29
AOS Unscented (Tallow)
Semogue BC Mistura
'58 Gillette Fatboy (5)
Feather (2)
Vintage Pierre Cardin EdT

Have a great day!​

 

30 day focus - Day 29
Fat Boy set to 9
Dorco 301 Blade
MDC Face Lathered
3 passes

I decided to finish off this 30 day focus with a Dorco 301 blade. The more I use this, the more I like it.

 

THURSDAY
Vintage Sheffield steel put to good use for a smooth 3-pass shave this morning.
Have a great Thursday, all!

 

29 October 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft Tech + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Gillette Spoiler
* WSP Stubby 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Mongoose Triad / Kai

Paladin

Soapy Bathman Cedar and Sandalwood

Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood

 

Thursday
warm shower/cold water shave
Omega Proraso boar
Proraso PPC
Proraso SS (green tub)
PAA Dbl OC with UFO Godzilla handle/Feather (3)
Bloc Osma
Tend Skin
Can You Handlebar BDO
Proraso ASB (vintage green)
Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Malt

Great 2 pass face,no dome shave today,BBS!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

SOTD Oct 29, 2015
Rusty Blade Pre-Shave Oil Blend
Gillette Heavy Tech / Feather
Semogue / Copper Hat Unscented
WH / Coconut Oil
I just love this Copper Hat Unscented Soap...great lather, lots of lubrication.

 

OCtober - Trick or TREET
October 29

Razor - Gillette New LC
Blade - (1)
Brush - Vie Long 12601 The Pony
Soap - Tabac
Post - Cold Water, Alum, Nivea Original

Well here we are, the final three days of the month and the final Treet blade. It's the 7days Platinum and it is totally new to me. Didn't even know it existed until a month or so ago. The Treet Platinum in the orange and white wrapper...that one I know and it performed very well. Which begs the question, why add another Platinum to the line up? I suppose Treet could be trying to freshen up their look and line up, or the 7days may be a claim that this blade is good for 7 days. I don't know about that but we'll try 3.

The Pony and Tabac to day for the great lather. The scent helped me get moving a bit better. One of those lazy mornings. And, the Gillette New LC finished OCtober with an open comb. I made one change to the razor, swapping out the Contract Tech handle it came with for the fat handle from my post-war Tech. The difference in feel and balance was awesome. I may leave the fat handle on it.

First pass was really very impressive. Smooth, a bit more audible feedback than most stainless blades but I don't mind, and the result was great. Second pass was XTG and again smooth, nice, nothing to complain about at all. In fact, I ended the second pass DFS and very nearly quit there. As it turns out, that would have been wise. The third ATG pass followed by Gillette Slides on the neck was still smooth but I opened one weeper on my left neck. Plus, the redness of a nice irritated shave showed up. Alum confirmed the neck being very unhappy with me and my face wasn't very happy either. Still, I could call it a BBS except for the weeper so we'll stay DFS.

Platinum blades have sometimes been a problem for me, especially the Gillette's from St. Petersburg. Indian platinums usually treet me very well so we'll see how the Pakistani Treet works over three days. Again, the original Treet Platinum doesn't phase me at all.

Have a great day!

 

Hotel room setup.

SOTD
Arko
AoS badger brush
EJ DE 89
GSB (3)
Have fun!

 

Getting better with this thing. I'm trying to find the right balance of confidence and caution. So far so good.

Have a good one gents.

 

My Shave of the Day Consisted Of:

Ball End Tech / Astra SP / Shave Secret Pre-Shave / Vi-John Tea Tree Cream / Semogue 830 / Witch Hazel / Pinaud Vanilla

Yesterday I was a little too aggressive with my Slim on 7 so today was nice gentle shave.

 

Day 3 with the Personna Executive. A very subtle shaver. You really need to have just the right amount of pressure and there is little margin of error on the angle. The good news is it's really hard to cut yourself with this razor so the penalty for missing the angle is more time touching up the missed whiskers. I had limited touch up to do today as I used more pressure and paid greater attention to keeping the angle very close to flat. Even with pressure I only managed two tiny, tiny cuts.

T&H Ultimate Comfort PSO
Castle Forbes Lavender Cream
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Personna Executive
NOS Schick Plus Platinum (not pictured) (3)
T&H Classic After Shave Balm



Tomorrow will be something totally different...

Happy shaving - Karl