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

Hot shower
fatboy (set to 7)
feather blade (D-4)
Bond cream/ASB/Aftershave.
Becker scuttle (not pictured)

DFS but not my bets shave (a couple of weepers) Im putting that down to the Day 4 blade and the fact I'd just done 12hour night shift and was shattered. I even fell asleep while waiting for the GF to finnish in the bathroom.

 

First time using Proraso SC. At first I wasn't sure about the eucalyptus scent but by the end I came to the conclusion that this is great stuff.

 

SOTD Wednesday 4-18-2012

5/8 Tiger Wedge, Hollow Point
Proraso PSC
Old Spice Original SC
Col Conk Barbershop Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea ASB
Old Spice Classic Cologne

 

Ive never used the tube, But the tub is great stuff and the menthol feels great.

 

I'm getting redundant, I fear.

April 17th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Pre-shave: eShave Verbena Lime Preshave Oil
Razor: Merkur 38M
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Blade: Sputnik (5)
Soap/Cream: eShave Verbena Lime SC
Post: 5Savages After Shave
AS: eShave Verbena Lime ASB
BBS!

Fifth shave on the Sputnik and it was one too many. I did get a great shave, but there was more dragging and irritation than I like. The blade was tossed and tonight I'll try my first Rapira Swedish Supersteel, along with the last bit of eShave cream left in this sample tub. There's plenty of ASB left, however. I'll save that for use with my Mystic Water Lime. That should be an incredible moisturizing combo!

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar
Lather: De Vergulde Hand "Extra fris" - face lather
Brush: Simpson Commodore X2
Razor: Schick E2 Injector
Blade: Chinese Schick (3); 2 passes
Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

Enjoying a couple shaves with my best badger brushes lately as I'm expecting a couple more boar brushes to break in as b'day presents this weekend. The X2 and DVH paired excellently to give me a Gilded B'day Shave. Only 2 passes needed from the E2 to achieve a very nice DFS. Finished with the best aftershave around, Krampert's Finest.

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower
CD: Andrae Crouch & the Disciples ~ The Best of Andrae
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK
Soap: Vintage Old Spice
Brush: The Dridecker
Razor: Gillette Sheraton
Blade: Voskhod, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Old Spice cologne, hand strop blade

 

Wednesday 18th April

Hot shower and Facial scrub
3P Pre/post shave cream
Feather Artist Club RG
#6 Turkish Horsehair Brush
Tweex shave soap
Witchazel and Arko Classic Fat ASB mix
Lucky Tiger AS
Ogallala Bay Rum Cologne

Post night duty shave. Slow and relaxed....even though the Internet radio was blasting out Classic Rock! I have not used the #6 brush a lot ...but it is breaking in nicely. The Tweex performed like Arko, and I am falling in love with the Arko classic fat! BBS two pass with touch up....and I feel good

 

Resistance is futile!!!
A nice Feather AC SS ....the Parker....and then some!!!!

 

Is that a shave bowl?

 

Wednesday:
Brush: Omega 6217 black badger
Razor: Every-Ready front hinged, brass, SE
Blade: ASR Treet carbon steel, 1
Soap: Pre de Provence
Toner: Thayer's Rose Petal witch hazel
Finish: Gillette Cool Wave AS w/ dollop of Prep pre/post cream for extra moisture.

A most perfect BBS shave! Happy Shaving!

 

Wednesday's Zen shave

• Prep: hot water splash, hot washing cloth, olive oil marinade while bowl lathering
• Music: Goro Yamaguchi, Mukaji-reibo
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger / boar
• Cream: Palmolive classic
• Razor: Ugly Duckling
• Blade: Feather, 5th save
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up

Nice and complete BBS.


I'll keep it short as just now we find one of our eldest daughter's two gerbils (desert rats) has passed away.

See ya.

 

Back to beloved OCMM...
OCMM/Gem SS PTFE
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Valobra shave stick
Cold water splash
TSD English Fern AS Milk
Great shave! OCMM is far my best razor and tallow Valobra stick is a winner with my water. TSD Milk put a nice and soft finish.

 

Yes it is. It came with a puck of DVH "Extra fris" in the styro-foamy cup inside it. I got it from a March PIF from Macaronus (Mike). It's excellent & I could easily use a few more of them.

 

Wednesday
Brush: Vie-Long Horse & boar
Soap/Creme: Poraso green
Razor: Shumate Barber and Merkur Futur (final pass)
Pre: Hot Shower & Poraso pre/post
Post: Lilac Vegetal
Hair Groom: Vitalis
Result: DFS

 

Good morning.

My Thursday’s shave ritual:

Virgin Olive Oil pre-shave treatment
Calani Lavender shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
’56 Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Gillette Platinum blade (new)
D.R. Harris Marlborough after shave

 

Wednesday Shave:

Hot water rinse
Col. Conk Lime shaving soap
Col. Conk bristle brush (pic is after 3 pass shave)
73' Gillette Tech w/ Gillette Platinum blade 2nd day
Cold water rinse
Alum block
Clubman AS
Clubman talc

I forgot how much I like the Lime, Col. Conk soap! Might be time to put it back in to regular rotation. Had a wonderful 3 pass BBS

 

Great pic!

 

Wow here it is early thursday morning and i haven't posted a single shave all week. Lets see, I believe Monday was proraso green, Tuesday was MWF, Wednesday was proraso white and I. Found a small metal shaving on my upper lip with the razor...yep that hurt! Today will most likely be mmmm let me see...maybe some Williams mug. All week its been the Ss flare with shark super chrome. Honestly my favorite razor. My laptop has been on the fritz so all I have is my DROID razor and with my fat thumbs typing is slow going