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

Monday, April 18, 2012 - Midnight Shave

Prep :: Warm water wetdown
Razor :: BRW Slantasaurus
Blade :: Personna Med. Prep (4)
Soap :: Tabac Soap + Tabac Cream - Face Loaded
Brush :: Rudy Vey Silvertip
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH & Rosewater
AS :: 4711 + TSD Tobacco Leaf Milk

I'm going to see how far I can take this Personna Med. Prep. They're legendary for longevity. The Slant and Tabac make great playmates. Did I ever tell you I love Tabac Soap? Well, I do.

Have a great hump day, Den Friends.

 

Tuesday evening shave was a family event my two boys and my wife watched my first full face go with my shavette , only one days growth on most of the face but 2 weeks or so of gotee growth .

warms water splash
parker sr1 and 66 slim adjustable
polsilvers in borth razors
old porasso green pre
old porraso green soap
50-50 mix of old porasso green and white AS mix

The total shave was a dsf+ the part I find amasing was the chin was a BBS after first pass. The parker sr1 and polsilver combo left no remains of the multi weeks growth on my chin right away, also had little to no trouble on my first go with the shavette on my neck. Didn`t turn as BBS on the shorter growth hence the last 2 passes with the adjustable. For now I`m thinking the sr1 will be my long growth go to but I will continue my first passes with it for a few weeks to work on my technique as I have now had 2 shaves in a row with no nicks or weapers.
MUST NOT AQUIRE SRAD! but the urge is growing!

 

Wednesday shave at the Gym, where I’ve installed myself a new secondary Den (which reminds me, need to take pictures of that one of these days)

Calani Cadre Noir shave soap stick
Mühle travel shave brush in nickel with Silver Tip Fibre
‘60s British Gillette Flare Tip Rocket
Feather (3.)
D.R. Harris Bay Rum after shave

This new Den will be my centre of shave operations for at least 2 days a week now, so the locker is keeping 4 different shave soap sticks, a variety of blades and my 3 favourite after shaves ;-)

 

SB Dovo
SS Tcheong Fung Sing Ciotole Barbe Rosse
SR Gillette flare tip
RB Shark SS (day 4)
ASL Mennen
ASB Davines

 

Wednesday

Schick G1 Injector
Schick blade
Semogue 1438
DVH Extra Fris
Floid Blue

 

LOL, I find it the easiest to shave with on my head. I get a DFS on the old noggin with it too!

 

Wednesday, April 18

65’ Gillette Slim (setting 7)
Ladas (d1)
Tabac SS
Vulfix 2235 Super
Lucky Tiger Aspen
Result: BBS on 4+ passes. Blade tugged more than usual, so it will be replaced. It did give me a great shave though. Just had to work through it.

 

Weds 18 April

Proraso preshave cream (marinade) and Starbucks Italian Roast Coffee, Black
Palmolive SC (Italian-menthol)
Omega Boar travel brush, face lather
EJ89, with Gillette 7O'Clock Super Platinum (black)
Alcolado Glacial splash, and Anherb conditioner balm (very chilly)

I actually got to sleep through the whole night, that alone was pretty nice. Having good coffee in the hotel room made it even better. A very nice three pass shave, DFS+. Very relaxing as well, really enjoyed this one.

I haven't posted a photo in awhile (no ducks), so here goes the contining photo from a hotel bathroom series. Better picture than usual, thanks going out to Jodie for actually explaining how do get my camera to take a close up. Thanks to Scott Wein for the EJ, its been getting alot of use and I really like it.

 

Barbasol DE
Perma-Sharp Super
Rooney 3/2 Super
Frankensoap
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 3
M'iln'iy SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Obsession For Men EDT

In Russian, M'iln'iy means soapy, and that's a very good and accurate way to describe the scent of this cream. It's very pleasantly-scented, and it gives great lather. The Svoboda balsam is the matching aftershave, which I love so much. What a great shave this was!

 

Wednesday
Dovo 5/8
Simpsons Chubby 1
Tabac
Cold Water Rinse
No A/S since I'm heading off to PT, I'll figure something out to throw on after I come back and shower. Loving how this edge is minimal maintenance. Quick stropping here and there and it's still wonderfully sharp.

 

Wednesday, April 18:

Razor - Schick E3 injector
Blade - Chinese Schick (2)
Brush - New Simpsons GYLE (#43) (see below - shed about a dozen hairs; hopefully just loose stuff that did not get brushed out, but a bit unusual for Simpsons)
Lather - Vulfix Lavender shaving cream
A/S - Mandom Lucido
Frag - CK Eternity for Men

 

Wednesday

Tuckway hybrid
Gillette Yellow
The Manchurian
Proraso Green
Proraso AS

A decent one pass shave this morning. I love how this razor head does about 2 passes in one! The blade was a bit on the duller side because I used it to mow down about a weeks worth of growth last time I used it. I thought it would have had more of an edge...but it didn't. The proraso was nice as I only got a few hours of sleep last night.

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Semogue 1438
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5 Face Lather
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

Drop your scuttle??

 

Soak Brush/Semogue SOC Boar Bristle
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
Tabac shave soap (Dirty Bird Original Scuttle)
ikon OSS/ Iridium Super (1)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean brush,scuttle,razor,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Vitos After Shaving splash

Great face and head shave this morning,love that Tabac.The Semogue is breaking in very nicely,so far I haven't seen any shedding not one bristle,plus it did a very good scuttle lather.The Vitos After Shaving was a great compliment to the Tabac,very soothing for a splash with no menthol,and the scent is classic 50's barbershop.I love my Floids but this Vitos has a better scent.Yesterday I tried the Vitos Colonia Tabacco,the scent is very close to the After Shaving but not as soothing,both are very good.

 

iKon OC Bulldog
Polsilver
Rooney 3/3
Mike's Natural Shave soap Rose & Cedar
Barbasol Pacific Rush w/ 444 A/S Balm


IDOLE EAU DE PARFUM

 

No sir. That is the scuttle in the background. Just decided to face lather for a few days with "the fat".

 

Wednesday morning, April 18, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (5)
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Prep L'Occitane Lavender Soap
Razor Feather AC - SS
Blade Feather Pro 1
Brush Simpson Chubby 1 in Super
Vito's Soft Soap Coconut & Almond
Alum + Propolis
L'Occitane Baux Balm
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau De Parfum.

Jamie

One pass shave with minor clean up, to busy to set up photo, just can't motivate myself when the light is so poor, so it's a case of same shave but with a recycled photo.