SoS: February 1, 2016 - February 7, 2016

Razor: Merker Futur Polished Chrome 2015 (1.5)
Brush: Whipped Dog 30/45 Silvertip 2014
Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Soap: Route 66 Bourbon Jungle
Blade: Feather (1)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black balm, Old Spice Lime original Shulton AS Frosted Glass 1960s

Swirled up some Route 66 Bourbon Jungle onto my biggest and softest Silvertip from Whipped Dog into my OS Mug. The Silvertip whipped up some nice warm lather. My Futur is a great looking razor, and on 1.5 it works great for me. I'm really stuck on this razor, and happy with the way it gives an effortless shaves. It made quick work in 2 passes WTG XTG. A little touchup on my neck ATG and done. The WH felt good, nice and fresh. After cleanup some JB and when it dried, some Old Spice Lime original Shulton AS from the 1960s. Y'all have a good one!

 

SOTD
Truefitt and Hill #10
AoS Pure Badger brush
Mongoose
Feather Pro (2)
Alum
Pitrulon Classic AS
Happy Friday!

 

SHAVE OF THE DAY





PREP: OCCAMS CRUSHED LIME PRE SHAVE SOAP
RAZOR: 1953 GILLETTE TECH
BLADE: GILLETTE THIN (2ND SHAVE)
BRUSH: RAZOROCK PLISSOFT
SOAP: WHOLLY KAW FOUGERE BOUQUET
AFTERSHAVE: WK FOUGERE BOUQUET
BALM: MYRSOL EMULSION


2 Pass shave this morning. I have noticed that recently blades will shave differently once they have been broken in a bit, the first time I used this blade it was tugging and was not as good as other Gillette blades I had tried, but the shave today was much smoother and I have no complaints. This is why it is good to give a blade a few tries before giving up. The WK makes such a nice lather, it is hard to believe this is a vegan soap, if blindfolded I think people would think it is a tallow soap by the consistency and slickness. Very good stuff, plus the scent is unique for a fougere, a bit like a sweet sandalwood. I paired it with the matching A/S so I can enjoy the scent much longer. I will sometimes use this as a cologne since the scent seems to last a while on my skin. Will throw some Emulsion on in a few since it is cold outside, and could use all the moisturizing I can get. Hope everyone has a great shave and a wonderful Friday!

 

Day 36 - 90 Day Intro to SR

Planned SOTD - 5 February 2016



Whipped Dog "Sight Unseen" 5/8
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Route 66 - Lumberjack
Alum
TSD ISZ AS under Pinaud Clubman

Have a great afternoon!
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SOTD: Friday, February 5
MWF
CH2 Synthetic
Fat Boy (5)
Feather (2)
Floïd Blue

After loading the MWF today, the remaining puck broke up into multiple "pieces" of soap. They no longer adhere to the bottom of the bowl so I am anticipating needing to take one of these pieces and simply rubbing it into my beard tomorrow. I did bring with me my Proraso Sapone, which came in second place in your voting. Can you say "Titanic"?
Have a great day!​

 

Razor: Gillette Red Tip C2, 1957
Blade: Gillette Platinum (1)
Brush: Fendrihen Silver Tip
Soap: Route 66 Bourbon Jungle


I've been away on a vacation to Quebec City for a week. My wife and I enjoyed ourselves. Picture tomorrow.
I'm going to focus on the Gillette Red Tip this month. I'll also stay with this blade and brush. Had a great shave today.

 

For Friday's shave, I'll be doing something a little different today, I will be mixing 2 shaving creams together in a bowl.

TOBS Coconut/Almond shaving cream,
Fendrihan Faux Horn badger brush,
Edwin Jagger DE89 w/Feather blade,
Shavex Alum block,
Proraso aftershave balm.

 

Soap: Proraso Eucalyptus

 

Mystic Waters Sandalwood Rose
Pav tulip WSP Superfine
British Ever Ready 1912 aluminum handle ( Peerless?)
Gem PTFE
WSP Matterhorn

 

Welcome back Douglas.

 

Beautiful OC!

 

Nice photo.

 

Williams vintage shave stick
OldSpice Grand Turk mug
Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Gillette #195 1959 @4
Feather Hi-Stainless
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

OK, now I get why vintage Williams sells for $35 or more. One of the best soaps I've ever used. Glide like no other! If someone is into soap making this would be a lofty target. I scraped off the exposed end of my flea market find to see the NOS product, then dropped a few shavings into my mug. Using my only badger brush it whipped up a quick fine lather. A little more water made more lather. This stuff just keeps going!
Next time I use it I'll add a drop of Lime EO to encourage the scent that has faded. Otherwise this is defiantly in my soap rotation.
Don't let your fear of Cooties keep you from experiencing vintage Williams. Anyone else tried this stuff?

 

Thanks very much. Great to be back.

 

Vintage Williams belongs to my top-rated soaps; along with AOS Unscented Tallow.

 

Feb 5th
Shave Of The Day

SSSeygus Spain 2016
Maggard Synthetic 24mm
Ginger's Garden Suede Tallow
Ginger's Garden Suede AS

Wonderful smooth shave with the new SSSeygus razor. The Ginger's Garden tallow soap is an amazing performer and the Ginger's Garden aftershave is the best i have ever used ( and i've used alot of aftershaves ) ... Thanks to @soapbuddy ​

Hope you all had a great shave today!



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very cool razor

 

That's a great looking handle on your brush! My lust for a Rubbermaid 400 has me seeing aluminum handles everywhere. How's the shape & weight?