SoS: April 25-May 1 2011

Let's see those shaves for the week! As always, bonus points for pictures!

I will get things started with my gear for tomorrow:

Muhle R41
Personna 74*
Penworks Finest
The Shave Den Limited Soap
Lucido Skin Conditioner
Adidas Dare Cologne

 

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Razor: Jose Monserrat Pou 14 "Medallón Taurino, Estocada"
Strop: Ambrose Spanish Horse 25/50
Brush:shavemac silvertip
Lather:Kell's Amber SS + Palmolive SC
AS: Floïd Vigoroso
EdT: Parfums de Nicolai, Cedrat eau de Cologne
Summary: The Filarmonica brand is the most known and better spanish razor manufacturer. Before the use of this brand some razors were sold as Jose Monserrat Pou, the name of the Owner and founder of Filarmónica. This taurino is an amazing razor. Today my choice seems good, with this shavemac silvertip, but the soap is not the best for straight shaving (for shaving), I had to uberlather it with some cheap but effective Palmolive cream. Finally Floïd, never fails,...a good lotion with a classic scent.[/td]

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Picture:

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Monday:

Parker 98R with Voskhod #2
Palmolive stick
ER 200 with TGN knot
alum
witch hazel
TSD iced subzero

 

Gillette OT
with red Personna (3)
Mühle Best Badger
Old Spice Shaving Cream
Old Spice After Shave

Have a nice day!

 

TSD ISZ PSB
Kiss My Face Peaceful Patchouli SC
C&E BBB
EJ Razor with Ebony Handle
Shark Blade
TSD 2x Iced Peppermint Splash
TSD ISZ AS Milk

-that'll wake me up after a brutal call weekend and an
amazing Hawks victory in OT-sorry Canucks fans

 

The Seven Minute I'm In A Hurry Shave

Happy Monday From Florida!

Hot Shower
P.C. Red Re-Knot
Musgo Real SC
Schick Stick
EMS Blade (2)
Cold Water Rag
Svoboda ASC
Arko Oily Fat Cream
A&F Fierce EDT

3 Passes = DFS!

Have a great week Ya'll!

 

Monday's Shave

Hot Shower
Arko Shave Stick
1965 Gillette Slim Adjustable (6/3/2)/Rapira (Day2)
1955-58 Schick I2/CVS-Personna (Day2)
Arko Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS splash
Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT

3 passes, WTG,6/ATG,3/Clean-up Buffing and polishing,2...
Face felt and looked great...I'm sitting down by the front room windows posting todays shave, when the sun comes out from behind a cloud. I picked up a small Ottoman Engraved Silver backed magnifing mirror and...whats this ?... little tiny silver whisker nubs shining here and there under my chin and throat. BOOM!! Like a flash, I'm back in the bathroom, re-face-lather with the stick, a quick all-over pass with the Schick I2...
Back in the front room, magnifing mirror in hand, not a whisker nub to be found...BBS has been achieved...)

 

Monday, April 25, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur 23C
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Best
Cream: Ingram
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Proraso Splash

Smooth, cool, and comfortable--a great way to start off a busy Monday!

 

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Rapira
Black Knight SC (from Sri Lanka) :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Nesher Man AS :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Pinaud Bay Rum as cologne

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwww, is this Black Knight cream ever a face-freezer. It quite frankly can give TSD Iced Subzero some competition in the coldest cream contest. The Nesher Man aftershave is another Israeli face-freezer which I cannot be without--it's awesome. I unfortunately cannot show a picture of it.

 

Monday:

Razor - Tris (Italian)
Blade - Shark Super Chrome
Brush - Vie-Long Pelo Caballo
Cream - Lea
Toner - Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Balsam - Lea
Cologne - Heno de Pravia

--
John

Christos Anesti

 

Monday, April 25

Gem Push Button
GEM (Pella Stainless, Coated) (day 3)
Preshave Oil Blend
Ever Ready Boar
Col. Conk Amber SS
Lucky Tiger Aspen
Zegna Colonia EDT

 

Monday

EJ89L
SuperMax Super Platinum (2)
The Dridecker
VDH Glycerin ss
Nivea Sensitive balm
Osage Rub
Pinaud Clubman

 

Monday - April 25

• EJ 86
• Derby Extra (1)
• No-name Chinese badger
• C.O. Bigelow sc
• C.O. Bigelow 1786 balm
• C.O. Bigelow 1585 cologne

 

Boker Red injun 101/Uber Lather, Arko stick followed by Tet-a-tet SC/ Turkish horsehair #8 (a big lather requires a BIG Brush)/ Stetson to finish​

A nice simple shave to start the day and finish up a 4 day W/e. Great Shaves today gentlemen.

 

Monday, April 25th

Razor: Harris Chatsworth
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Brush: Simpson T4
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Tabula Rasa Dark Lavender
A/S: Speick Splash

An Excellent Shave

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Omega Boar 10049
Soap: Williams
A/S: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue
EdT: Rive Gauche


:happy088

 

Menthol Monday!

Soap: TSD Sub Zero
Brush: Omega Imitation Badger Lucretia Borgia handle
Razor: EJ DE89L
Blade: Iridium (2)
A/S: COLD water rinse, followed up with KMF unscented lotion

4 passes, very smooth and chilly.
:freezing

 

Valet Auto Strop, w/Feather Blade
Omega Pro 49
Tabac Stick
Nivea Cooling A/S Balm
Pinaud Clubman

BBS all tha way !!
For Real
Got this one in the mail this AM and
had to try her out, I have determined
that it's easier to get a BBS shave for
me with 2 to 3 passes with an SE Razor
than with my Straights. Now don't get
me wrong, I can achieve a DFS every
time my straights, just takes more effort
to get a BBS shave with a straight than
with an SE Razor. Now I don't look to achieve
a BBS Shave every time I shave, just a
close, comfortable non irritating shave in
the morning is what I'm lookin for. But
these SE Razors I've been using lately
give a BBS Shave with no effort, except
for bring careful, as with any razor, at all !!!
wish my Straights were this easy.

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Rwanda, BLACK
Cream: KMF Unscented + 3 drops M Bomb + 3 spritz SJ Unforgivable cologne
Brush: Ever Ready 250PB
Razor: Merkur 11C
Blade: Rainbow, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, ice water splash, SJ Unforgivable, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Darn fine shave.

The Rainbow blade was a single sample blade thrown in with an order some time back from who I cannot remember. Not bad. We'll see by the end of the week how well it does.

 

Rolls Imperial 2 (Thanks Greg)
T&H Style 3 Silvertip (Thanks Ken)
Ingram SC with Menthol
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

I was a little cautious using the Rolls for the first time. I got a great shave from the Rolls. I still have to figure out under the nose, but the Rolls is awesome. Thanks Greg. I appreciate the PIF. Aside from the Rolls, I also had an inaugural shave with the T&H Style 3 Silvertip. I haven't measured it, but I think it is the medium version. It is my first use of a Rooney brush and I have to say I am a fan. It was a gift from a good friend and was waiting for me when I got home from work today. Thanks Ken. The new razor and brush combined with the Ingram, Alum, and S70 to leave me with an outstanding 2 pass DFS.