SoS: April 22, 2013 - April 28, 2013

SOTD Saturday night:



Prep: TSD ISZ
Razor: 1946 Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Super-max Titanium
Soap: TSD Lanolin Iced Barbershop
Brush: AOS Pure Badger
Shave: Face lather, 3 passes
Post: Warm water rinse, cold water rinse, cold washcloth, Clubman AS, Clubman talc
Pomade: Royal Crown
Cologne: Burberry London

Fine shave to end my day right.

Evening ladies and gents.

 

Sunday Morning Shave!


Razor: Grand Shave King
Brush: Dubl Duck M-4
Soap: Palmolive
After: Cold Water, Alum, Witch Hazel, Nivea ASB, Palmolive Talc
Cologne: A*Men Pure Havane

Shaving with the Shave King is truly amazing! I did a 4 pass with a Feather blade and NO irritation. I don't think it is possible to have a rough shave with this razor.

 

Sunday

Prep: Hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB
Coffee: What ever my folks have, BLACK
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Omega 11574
SE: Gem Jr. Lather Catcher
Blade: Gem, day 4, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH, Avon Wild Country cologne
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Awesome, just awesome.

 

6/8 T.I.
Tabula Rasa
28mm WSP knot
Nice shave this morning. I really like the scent of the Tabula Rasa and had no issues lathering it. Just a normal face lather provided a nice thick, rich lather with very good protection and skin care.

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Sunday:

NXT Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Dovo Bismarck 5/8
Mystic SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Booster Polar Ice AS

My favorite shave day (besides Menthol Monday) because it's the only day where I get to really enjoy a shave the way I want to. I used a very good prep - first a good hot shower followed by another rinse with hot water, then a good facial massage, a couple of hot towels, then the lathering up. The Mystic cream from Bulgaria has a wonderful traditional and classy scent and soothes sensitive skin very well. It lists menthol as an ingredient , but I can't feel any cooling effect from it, but it's ok. The Booster Polar Ice aftershave is a delightful old-school Canadian aftershave which I cannot be without. (Corinne, my wife wishes it would be discontinued!)

 

Final day-Thank You Week
Arko SS/Omega 10029
1955 Schick Hydro-magic (Thanks Stingraysrock)
Long's Drugs/Pesonna d2
OCMM/Gem SS d2 (Thanks Hoosier Trooper)
Old Spice AS

A perfect DFS with 2 passes, very nice indeed...But I couldn't help but hear a baby off in the distance...1 ATG & touch-up pass with the OCMM...Baby Found...
Have a Great Sunday Everybody!!

 

SOTD Sunday 4-28-2013

Merkur Progress/BRW @4
Crystal Blade
Proraso PSWC
Musgo Real SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
British Sterling Cologne

As Lloyd just said; this is the final day of thank you week and I owe a big thank you to Stingraysrock for the BRW knob on the Progress I used this morning.
The added length and weight that this knob provides makes the little Progress a formitable tool in the whisker whacking business!
I'm very happy with the performance of all the players in this morning's shave saga.

 

Friday & saturday (Shake Sharp farewell shaves)
Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger
Soap: The Strop Shoppe Rosemary Mint
3-pass shaves, great shaves, both of them!


Sunday:

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Tangerine Dream, Poland
• Brush: Omega travel boar
• Cream: vintage Proraso Red
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat Jr.
• Blade: Personna Red
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

Got the razor, blade and cream from Luke. Gave me an astounding BBS!

Hope you're all having a blast! I know I am!

 

Sunday morning shave

Hot Shower
TOBS Sensitive skin cream (sample)
TGN 22mm Nylon brush
Face lather
EJ89dl
Astra Superior Platinum blade (1)
3 pass shave
Masters Bay Rum

Beautiful shave. I'd planned to use my new #6 horsehair, but after soaking it had a little stink so I grabbed a synthetic brush instead. The TOBS Sensitive Skin is a great cream, made a beautiful lather with a good feel, but of course it was unscented and I prefer scented creams to add the ambiance. It's the first time I've used the Astra blade in since my first blade sampler pack, and I must say it did a fine job. My first experience with it wasn't good, but it was one of the first blades I tried. I guess my techniques a bit better now.

 

Muhle R41-13 - Weber Bulldog handle
Gillette Silver Blue
24mm TGN Finest Fan - Black & Gold Oscar11 handle (Thanks Steve)
Institut Karite
Alum
Superior 70

Same shave as yesterday, but sub IK for the Klar. Feeling good.

 

I really like the green tobacco soap with the special reserve after shave. They're a fantastic complement.

 

Shavemac brush (my dads...he doesn't use it)
Feather injector
Martin de Candre
Lucido splash

I pushed for a 3 pass this morning....let's just say the blade could do 2.5.
Nothing a bit of Proraso balm can't handle though....and it was a smooth shave!

 

Saturday night head and face shave....

Schick E2 Injector
Schick blade (4 and 5)
Semogue 1305
Godrej Deluxe Lime shave cream (face)
Cremo shave cream (head)
alum
cold water rinse

 

Sunday:

Cetaphil Face Bar
Shave Secret Oil
Cella
Osage Rub
Afta Fresh
Brut Dominant
EJ Best Medium
Dovo Natural

 

Sunday morning, April 28, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (6)
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Sunday morning.

Axe Chilled facial wash/V05 Conditioner
Shave Secret
Barbasol Original
Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (3)
Witch Hazel
Pinaud's Clubman AF

For a heavenly DFS!

I often forget how aggressive this Injector can be! Great shave, feels great, and I've been working on the art of the two pass.

Aces!

 

28.4.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Merkur 37c
• Blade: Gillette Platinum (1)
• Brush: Frank Shaving Faux Agate
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street Coconut
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Dominica Bay Rum sample

 

Brush: Semoque 1305
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Personna Red Platinum Israeli
Soap: Proraso "Blue"
Post: Osma Alum
AS Balm: Proraso "Blue"

 

Sunday night...
Gillette "Old" OC
Super Iridium blade
Palmolive shave stick
Semogue boar
Alum block
Cold rinse

 

First 9 hours home. So for most of April it was about a 50/50 mix of:
Lectric Shave
Braun 590CC
Nivea Sensitive ASB

DE89 Head + iKon Bulldog Handle
Feather Blades
TOBS Eton College
Simpsons Wee Scot
Nivea Sensitive ASB

The electric is surprisingly still working well, and was excellent for those moments I had to shave on the go in the back of a LAVIII that was tearing across a field. Home for 2 weeks then I'm back on exercise again for another month. I wonder what tomorrow will bring for shaving...