SoS: April 29, 2013 - May 5, 2013

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, Steve's Own pre-shave oil
Coffee: ???, BLACK
Soap: TSD SOTQ D2, Cherry Lemonade
Brush: Vulfix 406, the Burlington
DE: Merkur 34C
Blade: Astra SP, day 4, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Haven't decided yet

<yawn> Just another great shave.

 

6/8 Case XX
Stirling Lime SS
26mm TGN Finest

I've had this razor laying around for a while. Cleaned it up last weekend and honed it up last night. IMO, it's all that's right about American straights, it's a stiff shaver, takes a fantastic edge and will shave with any razor I own. I really like the feel of this razor. I have a couple Red Imp's made by Case but this one has an entirely different feel to it. Well, I won't bore you anymore but I had a superb shave with a fantastic shaving razor. Have a good one.

 

Happy Wednesday From Florida!

Hot shower
Vulfix 404
Klar Kabinett
Muhle R-41
Astra SP (3)
Cold water rag
Aqua Velva

Easy 2-pass DFS!

Have a great day Ya'll!

 

Wednesday



This morning I used my new Schick 500. It is by far the best Schick injector I have used. I like it more than the I2 that I had. It is the combination of solid workmanship and a piece of art! I am very happy with it.

 

Wednesday:

Cetaphil Face Bar
Shave Secret Oil
Barbasol Regular
Osage Rub
Afta Fresh
Old Spice
Gillette New Long Comb
Red Personna
CCS, but not the DFS+ that I'm used to getting now, anyway I'll still give this shave a

 

Wednesday
Duke 3 in Best
hot shower
Proraso PrePost Cream (green)
TSD SOTQ Lanolin Cherry Lemonade
Feather AS-D1/Feather (3)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cool water rinse
Thayer's Lemon WH
Pe-Re-Ja

Another smooth BBS shave,face and noggin

 

Wednesday morning, May 1, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (9)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

SOTD Wednesday 5-1-2013 (May-Day, May-Day!)

BRW/Progress @4 w/Crystal
Proraso PSC
Al's Bomb SC - Boheme
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Jovan Musk ASL/Cologne

No distress call needed this morning.....This shave was great! I love the Boheme SC and the Jovan is money!

 

Wednesday morning.

Axe Chilled facial wash
Barbasol Original
Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (6)
Witch Hazel
Captain's Choice Bay Rum


Cold water three pass+ for a cool smooth comfortable DFS!

 

Gem OCMM
Ted Pella
PC Wordworks&Pens 24mm ST
Proraso Soap
Proraso Splash
Proraso AS Balm
music-Neil Young
coffee-home roasted Sumatra

 

Gillette Slim Adjustable w/ Wilky
Omega 599 Silvertip
PdP Soap and ASB

Nice shave in my interim home. It felt good to take off the whiskers after not shaving for 3 or 4 days. Very smooth and my face is soft again. Plus I finally get to put my dopp kit to good use after my girlfriend got it for me at xmas.

 

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Brush: Muhle HJM 41-P-3H tortoise shell boar
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE86
Blade: Croma Diamant
Soap: De Vergulde Hand Extra Fris
Post: Cold water rinse

I received a nice little PIF of Croma Diamant blades from a member of another forum who saw that I was interested in trying them out. Inspired by these German made blades, I decided to set up a Germanic themed shave. Starting with a Croma Diamant blade (made by the same folks who make Bolzanos) in an Edwin Jagger DE86 (Ok, the EJ is English, but EJ and Muhle products were developed together and are all pretty much interchangeable...plus the English are a fairly Germanic group of folks, even if that part of their ancestry is a bit far in the past). I pulled out my workhorse Muhle boar brush and soaked it while I took my shower. My puck of DVH Extra Firs (a Dutch soap) also sat soaking.

First things first, De Vergulde Hand Extra Fris has an awful scent and I do not like it, but the scent calms down when lathered and leaves a very pleasant after scent on my skin. It may start off overly harsh and sharp smelling, but it ends light and clean. I have used this soap about a half dozen times and have nothing but good things to say about it (other than the initial scent, that is). The soap loaded into my brush amazingly fast and lathered up so thick and creamy that it could have been mistaken for whipped cream. The soap applied smoothly and provided an excellent surface for my razor to work on. The Edwin Jagger glided smoothly and the Croma blade provided a glassy smooth shave with zero irritation or nicks. I performed a three pass shave and ended with my usual cold water rinse. The results were a BBS shave along with one of the most pleasant shaving experiences that I have ever had. I went into this shave expecting a difficult to use and harsh blade, but I am happy to say that I was 100% wrong. Unlike the Bolzano blades, which I DID find to be overly harsh, the Cromas were surprisingly smooth and forgiving. If these blades continue to perform as well as they have in their initial outing, then I will be happy to place them in my top 5 blades list.

 

Tuesday's shave:

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Philip Glass, Kundun
• Brush: Travel King boar
• Soap: Institut Karite
• Razor: Ugly Duckling
• Blade: Personna Lab blue
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

Majestic BBS
(Not that I'm that much of a royalist, but he seems a nice enough guy).


Wednesday:

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Nits, Urk
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger
• Cream: Ingram
• Razor: Valet Autostrop
• Blade: Valet Autostrop
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, hand strop blade & reload

Fine shave!

 

Good morning gents

Travel kit shave
Flew to Sydney for work with only hand luggage. On an overnight stay. I thought I'd give the following a go. It's been a long time since I used the Mach 3.

Proraso pre
TOBS Mr Taylor's SC
L'Occitane Travel Brush
Mach 3
Thayer's
L"Occitane Cade ASB

The brush - meh. Not a fan but it sure dried quickly. Reasonable for a once off shave. Will probably use my Duke 2 badger more often for travel, especially when it's for several days.

The Mach 3 did a good job. Not as much fun though. Probably will continue with this when I need to take hand luggage.

 

Wednesday

TOBS Avacado SC sample
Omega Mighty Midget (mixed)
EJ89dl
Astra SP (4)
3 pass shave
Cold Water splash
Pinaud Clubman

I really like the Astra blade in the EJ89dl now. Six months ago I didn't.
The TOBS Avacado is a good cream, but I like most of the TOBS creams I've tried.

 

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Pre: hot shower, Lush Ocean Salt scrub
Brush: EJ pure
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Razor: '71 'Beauty (3+ passes on 1)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (new)
Post: Pinaud's bay rum, Crabtree & E.'s West Indian Lime balm



Wasn't impressed with the Gillette Silver Blue. It didn't cut as well for me out of the paper, and I had to do more passes than with the Astra. The bay rum stung more than yesterday, which makes sense given that I did more passes and some touch up work. With the Astra two passes got me where 3+ did today. The Lime balm is nice, no sting or irritation so far, but it definitely leaves more residue than the Maca Root. I'm liking the Lush scrub -- I've gotten several uses out of the sample and there's still probably half left. Tastes like ocean water when it gets in your mouth, but has a nice exfoliating effect and leaves my face feeling squeaky clean without any irritation. I may buy a tub of it when the sample runs out. . .

**Just discovered a note from USPS, I'm pretty sure my new Simpsons brush has arrived and is waiting for me at the Post Office.

 

Wednesday night...

Razor: Gillette flare tip SS
Blade: Astra SP
Cream: Godrej Deluxe Lime (keep finding myself coming back to this cream over and over!)
Brush Ever-Ready resto w/TGN 20mm Best Badger
Alum block
Cold water rinse

DFS!

 

8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Ceramic bowl
Gada Original SC
L'Oreal AS splash
That W&B got very "soft feeling" edge after last honing session. Seems I did something proper way. Really like how it goes.

 

Tried the Gillette Old Type that I received in the mail today. First shave with an open comb. Felt like a rake. Acceptable shave, not quite DFS. Practice makes perfect.

Old Type, Feather blade
Proraso Pre shave cream
Proraso green
Omega 48
Cold, face lather
Alum, witch hazel
Nivea ASB
Master Bay Rum
Hot coffee
Whew!