SoS: April 12-18 2010

Glad you like it, meu amigo!

 

Have a great trip!

 

Menthol Monday

• TSD ISZ
• EJ 25mm silvertip
• Merkur Progress (2)
• yelloe Feather (2)
• Shop-rite Skin Bracer

Great shave just a little tender afterwords because of the Feather, but a beautiful BBS shave.

 

Razor: Yaichi
Brush: Omega 50068
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
AS: Pinaud Virgin Island Bayrum, AII Osage

 

-24mm Silvertip Badger brush with snake wood
-TOBS Avocado SC
-Merkur 37C Slant
-Astra (3)
-Aluminum Block
-TSD Iced Mojito Splash
-TSD Iced Mojito AS Milk



-I think I'm a two day/blade shaver-is it my sensitivity to any dulling or
is my thick iron wire hair dulling blades prematurely? Amazed at how soft my skin gets with the TOBS Avocado-don't love the smell of it, but the texture and everything else makes it worth it.

 

Have a great trip Nick! How could you not enjoy Cozumel!!!!

 

Tuesday, 13th April

Hot shower
Kent's luxurious shaving soap
Kent BK2 grey badger
Gem Junior
Treet SE blade
Nivea AS Balm

 

SWK Scuttle
Hans Baier silvertip
Wacker Jubiläumsmesser Mod. 1
ToOBS Lemon & Lime SC
ToOBS No. 74 Victorian Lime ASL
ToOBS No. 74 Victorian Lime EdC

 

Tuesday, April 13th

Hot shower
VDH Deluxe mugsoap
VDH Deluxe boar
Mühle R89 w/ Red Personna
444 alum
444 ASB w/ La Toja splash
Davidoff Adventure EdT

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Triton
Solo Menthol-SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Tabac-AS
Tabac-Cologne

I had a nice shave again, but I have mixed feelings about the Triton blades. I find them quite comfortable, but it seems like more effort is required to achieve an ideal result. Still, I got good and smooth.

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
Wade & Butcher 5/8" Wedge
Omega Boar
Arko Shavestick
Corn Huskers Lotion
British Sterling (What else?)

First shave with this razor. Quite the PITA getting this thing sharp but I think I at least made it shaveable. The shave was nice and close and comfortable but I suspect a little touch up hone wouldn't hurt. For me at least these thicker blades (with so little feedback) make it very difficult to judge. George Jones and Merle Haggard on tunes.

 

Tuesday:

Gillette New razor
Gillette Mejorada blade
Palmolive Classica SC
Vulfix 375S brush
Osage Rub
Barbasol Brisk A/S

Always a nice shave with the New, should use it more often

 

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Razor: Merkur Progress XL
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Colonel X2L Best
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum, Limes & Peppercorns
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Ogallala Bay Rum, Limes & Peppercorns Toner

Excellent, refreshing shave this morning. I find the scent of Ogallala BR, L&P to be intoxicating. I will spend the next hour or so sobering up.

 

The secret with wedges is patience and tape - a couple of layers of masking tape over the spine will stop you having to plane down the whole razor while you hone the edge and patience will stop you tossing it back in the drawer (or against a wall!). I'm developing a relationship with my wedge razors but is a slow and sometimes painful process.

Good Luck

goshawk

 

C-MON razor
Rooney 1/1 Pure
Ogallala Bay Rum soap
Musgo Real after shave

 

Tuesday

SH 5/8ths full hollow spike
Omega boar brush
Proraso Green s/c
Old Spice a/s
Old Spice e de c

I picked up a little Thuringian finishing hone this weekend and gave this razor a few laps on it last night.
The improvement over the pasted strop is palpable, so I guess I'll be going back and polishing up all my razors.
Darn, yet another shave related project!

 

-24mm Silver tip badger brush snake wood handle
-Speick shave stick
-Schick Injecter with bakolite handle
-CVS Inj blade
-Aluminum block
-TSD Iced Subzero AS Milk



quick one-passer as I shaved yesterday late afternoon. Meh

 

Tuesday:

38C / Astra Superior
Rooney 1/1 Super
Tabac SS
Alt Innsbruck Splash

 

Monday, April 12, 2010

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Arko Stick
A/S: Trumper's Marlborough


Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Razor: Gillette New
Blade: Gillette Permasharp (Green)
Brush: Vie-Long 16510 White Badger
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Cream: Ingram's Lather Shave
A/S: Alt Innsbruck

Two Excellent Shaves!

 

Hey Nick! Have a great time!

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, B L A C K
Soap/Cream: Woods of Windsor/KMF Unscented superlather with a couple drops of Em's Woodstock Oil
Brush: Semogue 2000
Razor: Gem Junior Lather Catcher
Blade: Gem, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Tap water rinse, ice water splash, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion, Curve
'Stache Wax: Wacky Tacky

Shave rating: 5 Blades

Probably the most perfect lather I've ever whipped up. The water/soap/cream ratio couldn't have been better. hmmm.... if I had a small set of scales...

just kidding!

I added the "+" to my 3 passes because I always lather up my neck and J-hook that area.