SoS: November 16, 2015 - November 22, 2015

Sunday, November 22, 2015
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B-3 Mongoose w UFO Titan Fine XL
Feather Pro Super#6
@clint64 Rubberset 400 Druida Manchurian
Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber
Alum, Witch Hazel +Menthol, Whipped Shea Butter
Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber Aftershave

Two passes plus clean up resulted in a near baby butt smooth shave everywhere that counts. Restored Rubberset 400 with Druida's knot had no trouble whipping up another CF primo soap. Finished off with a splash of Ghost Town Barber aftershave. Have a blessed Sunday everyone.


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Sunday SOTD for Nov 22nd..........

Hoffritz Slant w/Derby blade (2nd shave with this fantastic razor! Most aggressive razor I have even w/Derby blade)
TOBS Sandalwood face lathered w/Country Uncle Silvertip
Alum then Witch Hazel Rinse, Nivea Sensitive Cooling Balm
Finishing w/Irisch Moos Aftershave

2-passes with touch-up for a near BBS shave!

 

Sunday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: La Toja Cream
Razor: Gillette Fat Boy
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Yellow Sharp Edge (1)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Pitralon Classic

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

La Toja Cream today. 5 seconds to load the ER Silvertip. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Loaded my last 7 O’ Clock Yellow in the Fat Tip. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Pitralon Classic.

Bob

 

Hoken 66 H.Y.S. 2.7
Oscar11 H.I.S. brush
la Cigale Savon Barbe Aloe Vera soap
Lucido AS

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today's shave
hot water wash with nuetrogena men's invigorating face wash and a washcloth
granddad's Rubberset/ custom two band 21/52 restored by @GDCarrington
Route 66 A Perfect Gent
FaTip Grande
Ladas(1)
today's shave was nice. Pop Dicks brush performed great. the gent was the start of the show. it made thick luxurious lather that smelled great and left my face soft and soothed. I used the FaTip today, three passes for an incredibly smooth face, although I did knick my ear placing the razor to my sideburn.(little sucker loves to see some blood). nice shave.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

22 November 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Iridium Super
* Super 3-Band + Oscar11 Black C7
* Mystic Water Marrakesh
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Having cleaned up my Type D one more time I wanted to shave with it again. The NOS Schick Plus Plat was giving up the ghost after only four shaves and I wasn't very pleased with it. Tomorrow will be a NOS Schick Super Chromium for comparison.

T&H Ultimate Comfort PSO
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Castle Forbes Lavender Cream
Schick Type D
Schick NOS Plus Platinum (4)
Osma Alum Block
T&H Classic After Shave Balm



Happy shaving everyone - Karl

 

Thank you, sir!

 

Wow, quite an impressive razor and background - especially being able to see it made - awesome.

Karl

 

Thank you! It was very exciting to watch the making of this razor as well as it is exciting to watch Mastro Livi at work. I watched the making of almost all of my Mastro Livi razors and it is always a wonderful experience!

 

Sunday SOTD

Carrying on with the NoV kit(MdC, type F, essential boar)

I showered with L'Occitane Cade shower gel and followed up with Captains Choice North aftershave and L'Occitane Cade edt. Sundays are my favorite shave day....

 

BBS1 Triad / Voskhod

Mega

LPL Lavende Vetiver

DR Harris Windsor

 

SOTD: Sunday, November 22
Colonel Conk Bay Rum
No-Name Floppy Badger Brush
'58 D3 Fat Boy (7, 5, 3)
Polsilver SI (1)
Imported Bay Rum AS

Have a great day!​

 

Single Edge Sunday
GEM Jr. Parade Handle / Ted Pella SS Coated (4)
GFT Eucris
Rubberset Vintage w/ Silvertip Reknot
Retinol Men ASB
L'Occitane Cade Eau De Toilette

 

Welcome to SOTD!

 

Sunday:
hot shower
Somersets Tough Stubble PSO
Maggard MR4 2+ passes
Gillette Minora (1)
Gold Dachs Classic soap in a mug
Century boar
Thayers unscented w/aloe
TSD Signature A/S

Smooth. Amazingly smooth. Gloriously smooth.
So smooth I could have laid myself open without ever feeling the blade. That's how smooth my first pass was this morning.
Obviously good prep always plays a part; a hot shower, clean skin, a quality pre-shave oil liberally massaged in. And the equipment; a good boar knot, a weighty long-handled well-formed razor, and a brand new platinum blade.
But I have to say, as I do every time I use Gold Dachs soap, that this soap makes some of the best lather of all of my soap and cream products combined and it does it in hard water. If you haven't tried it, I'd encourage you to get a puck.

 

SOTD
TOBS Grapefruit
Rubberset 400
Feather AC SS
Feather Professional (3)
Witch Hazel
Chrome Azzarro Legend cologne

 

NOVember - NO Variation

November 22

Razor - Feather SS AC Pain Stick
Blade - (3)
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Cold Water, Alum, Nivea

Is it Sunday already? Sheesh! It's almost like thanksgiving is almost here or something. Oh, wait! Is that turkey I hear? Anyway, since it's Sunday it means it's two shave day. As usual it's the head up first on the list. VDH Deluxe soap and badger brush and the ever-reliable and efficiently effective Merkur 23c with Astra SP. A brand new Astra SP. The past two weeks I've wandered off into semi-sane land and worked on the sides of my head and a bit toward the back with the Feather SS. Last week I bled a bit for my efforts and while the results are good with it on those areas there really isn't any reason to keep trying that. The Merkur 23c works fine. So, lathered up the right side over and around the ear and picked up.........the Feather SS. I'm telling you, there's really no logic or reason involved here. Right side over the ear to start. I didn't make a mistake on the set down, made several good smooth strokes and had it working well. Bent the top of my ear down with the left hand and set down to clean up a bit closer to the ear and felt the bite. Just the slightest dig as I was a bit too steep. Finished it up and went behind the ear working downward strokes. Made it about halfway from my ear to the center of my neck and called it good. Went to the left side and repeated everything except the bite over the ear. No blood or issues there. Ok, well, let's grab the 23c and finish the rest of the head shave. Done and done. The cut over my right ear was very minor, just a couple spots of blood that stopped and disappeared with just a bit of pressure and cold water.

On to the face. Working on a two day growth and the Feather likes the heavier beard. Or at least it seems to. Once the angle is right it just goes right through. Finished the first pass CCS, second pass DFS. No blood or errors involved. Nice! Alum was a bit hot on my neck where I had done some extra clean up work during the second pass but otherwise a great shave from the razor.

I have noticed since the shave that the areas of my head where I used the Pain Stick are a little sensitive. Nothing major but clearly a bit of irritation. Not surprising. But no, I'm not going to use alum on my head to check it. That's really just too crazy, right Ivan?

After a full three weeks on the Feather SS I am with @wristwatchb in saying that I am finding it to be a really nice razor and one that is fun and effective to work with. The intimidation factor of the razor seems to be gone, as long as it's just a regular shave....the head shave is still a bit nerve wracking, and the results are solid and getting better all the time. Not bad for being made in a country that tends to puzzle us in so many other ways.

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SOTD :
Feeling a bit like bananas and rainbows this Sunday. This should have been an 80's new wave band album cover.

 

Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Personna SS (1)
Brush: WDC-2 (Grandfather's) High Mountain Badger Wood Handle (Whipped Dog) 22/65
Soap: TSD Iced Irish Spring Type
A/S: TSD Iced Irish Spring Type
TSD M Bomb
Very nice and cool DFS this afternoon.