SoS: April 16th, 2012 - April 22nd, 2012

Sunday, April 22, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: TABAC
Brush: Semogue 1460
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Pitralon Classic

 

Sunday shave

Warm water lather
MWF
Gillette FB
Shark blade (day 2)
cold water rinse/old spice classic
A really DFS

 

View attachment 27036 Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Rapira
Kolynos Regular SC
Hega AS
Brut Cologne

I was thinking of my 2nd "home away from home" which is Thessaloniki, Greece this morning and I wanted to take a nice "nostalgic shave" and this Kolynos Regular cream delivered fantastic lather with really good skincare. The scent is very flowery - in fact it's identical to C&E Almond, so it's very pleasant. The Hega aftershave is very neutrally-scented, so it won't disrupt the scent of any cologne or eau de toilette. Even though it has no menthol, it has a cooling effect.

 

Sunday

Prep: 30 minute marinade with TSD ISZ PSB, hot shower, soak brush
CD: Integrity Music ~ God with Us
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK
Soap: TSD Blue Juniper
Brush: Mohawk 3-338 with original knot
SE: Gem Clog-Pruf
Blade: Gem, day 4, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, Curve, hand strop blade

A great shave this morning. Loved it.

 

Sunday:

Soak Brush/Shavemac 167 custom D01 2 band
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
RR Cacao shave soap
Joris 1912T/ Red IP (1)
DB Original Scuttle
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean up hardware and software,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Veleiro splash

My first shave with the Joris and it was a winner.It's aggressive but not r41 aggressive,I did a 3 pass,2 WTG,1 ATG shave that surprised me with it's smoothness.No weepers or any razor burn, I can't detect any whiskers at all on my face and neck.The audible feedback was very good too,that's a plus for me when I do a headshave.Now I'm sorry I didn't do a headshave ,but I've been skipping them on Sundays,plus I don't like to headshave with a unknown razor.

 

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar
Lather: MWF - face lather
Brush: Semogue 820
Razor: Merkur 39C Sledgehammer Slant
Blade: Voskhod (4); 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Bay Rum
Fragrance: 37 degrees Bleu

 

Cold water shave as usual with Dr. Selby's shaving soap. I used 2 razors this morning, a Schick Hydro Magic and a Slim adjustable set at 4. A half a face each and I'd say the winner was the Schick Hydro. If I can stay away from my straights for one more day I'll bump up the Slim a couple of notches and do half my face with that and the other half with an old fat handled brass Tech and compare shaves again. I did end up with a fine shave.

 

Sunday morning, April 22, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna blade (2)
Semogue SOC boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Sunday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
The Dridecker
Bigelow
Alum Block
Aqua Velva
Afta Original
Clubman Special Reserve

 

There are several flavors of Rapira blades. The one I'm referring to I called Rapira Swedish Supersteel (still made in Russia ). There is also the Stainless, Super Stainless and the Platinum Lux. That's why I asked which one you were using. I take it's not the Swede.

 

April 21th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Pre: 5Savage PreShave Oil
Razor: Merkur 38M
Brush: Semogue 1305
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (1)
Soap/Cream: Mystic Water - Lily of the Valley SS
Post: Alum, 5Savages After Shave (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne)
AS: Superior 70 Bay Rum ASB
BBS-

My first time with the Semogue 1305, which I just got that day. So far I like it. Very little smell (and what I do smell could just be me, lol!...jk), lots of backbone, and some of the bristles have already split. I didn't get the quantity of lather that I wanted and I'm pretty sure it's because I didn't have enough water. The lather I had was rather dry. Next time I'll bowl lather to get better control of it, then go back to face lathering.

My experience with the Rapira Sweded continues to improve. This last shave was awesome, though I did get a few weepers from overaggressiveness.

 

Thanks for educating me - my Rapiras are in the top right hand box.

 

Soak the 1305 in warm to hot water (just up to the dark part of the bristle) for about 20 minutes, let it just drip until it stops, then load the brush, then face lather. Works great. You are goint to love that brush once it gets broken in.

 

This looks like a great shave. How do you like the injector?

 

o4/22/2012 Sunday's Shower and Shave

Hot shower, bar soap.
Facial prep Proraso glycerin.

Omega 48 and RazoRock Fresco
Rocket and Spoiler

RazoRock alum and TSD Angel Milk

:wave: a great DFS after three passes.

 

Thanks, Johnny, I'll try that. Do I need to soak it for 20 minutes every time I use it, or just when I'm breaking it in?

 

Sunday, 4/22:
Morning Coffee: Peets Anniversary Blend 2012
Music: My Spotify Blues Playlist
Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simpsons Duke 3
Soap: Santa Maria Novella
Post: Cold water rise, alum, SMN Emulsion, SMN Russian AS
Scent: SMN Russian EdT

 

Sunday



Fatboy
Viking Sword
The Manchurian
MdC
DR Harris Marlborough

Trying out the fatboy again today. I shaved with it on 5 this morning. The MdC was amazing...I love this soap! The blade was a bit rough to begin with, but once I got the right angle the shave was as smooth as can be! It was a great shave this morning! DFS+

 

Sunday's shave.

• Prep: sesame oil
• Brush: wilkinson Sword badger / boar
• Soap: vintage Williams
• Razor: Rolls Razor!
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water splash, cold water splash

A bit of an off day. Forgot the hot washing cloth, forgot music, almost forgot to lather, lather wasn't that good today either... Still I got a DFS out of it. Anyway, tomorrow's another day, isn't it?

 

I soak all of my Semogue brushes this way everytime I shave. They usuall soak while I have a couple a cups of coffee in the morning. I say 20 minutes but anywhere between 15-30 will be fine.