SoS: April 29, 2013 - May 5, 2013

Saturday, Rolls time!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Ed Sheeran, +
• Brush: Dickinson & Gilroys travel boar
• Soap: Erasmic stick
• Razor: Rolls Razor Imperial no. 2
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

Been some weeks since I used a Rolls. Happy to have a go at one again. Not that I didn't like the other shaves (I do!), but a Rolls is something special to me. Dunno why. It just is! Yummy.

Have a great one!

 

4.5.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Merkur 37c
• Blade: Treet Dura Sharp (1)
• Brush: WSP Monarch HMW
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Soap: Speick shave stick
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Floid Blue

 

I like it very much. It's a 22mm, very soft (not floppy) and lathers and holds lather exceptionally well. I exclusively bowl lather with it. It is my "comfort" brush.

 

TOBS Almond SC sample
TGN 22mm Black Badger
Face Lather
EJ89dl
Vokshod (2)
3 passes
Pinaud Clubman AS

Very nice shave. The Vokshod was smoother than on the first use, it still seemed a little harsher than the Astra SP but that could be because my face was a bit sun/wind burned from yesterday. The TOBS Almond made a great lather and had a nice scent. Great start to the day.

 

Saturday:

NXT Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 6
Kool Frosty
Anherb AS Conditioner
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS
Chabrawichi 555 Cologne

I would rate this shave as a good DFS+ verging on a BBS. It could have been smoother, but I was sort of rushed. The Kool Frosty cream from Bangladesh gets only one sign from me because it lathers and cools very well, but it lacks in a very important feature - the scent. It's a marine type of scent, which is not really up my alley. The Anherb conditioner and the AV gave me so much extra menthol cooling, and the Chabrawichi cologne is from Egypt, and it has a very nice lemony/lavender scent.

 

5/8 Bismarck Razor Works
Musgo Real Lavender
23mm Shavemac knot

A beautifully simple, bone handled German made razor that's a great little shaver. I'm a little unsure about the Musgo, it seems to irritate me a little. Have a good one.

 

Weber Bulldog R41
Shark SC
Semogue 1800 (Thanks Steve)
Institut Karite Soap
Alum
Superior 70

 

Saturday 04-05-2013

Razor: Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Blade: SuperMax SP (6)
Brush: Omega boar
Cream: Addicto Gold
AS: Only Cold Water this time

 

Saturday - it's the weekend! Time for the SEs!!

Prep: Hone and strop str8, hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB
Coffee: ???, BLACK
Hone: Duro Electric
Strop: VB 2" black latigo/linen
Soap: TSD SOTQ D2, Cherry Lemonade
Brush: Omega 11574
Str8: Red Imp with bloodwood scales by Glen, 3 passes
SE: Gem Jr. Lather Catcher, touch up
Post: Cold water rinse, RazoRock rub down, cold water splash, Avon Wild Country
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

No blood. A good thing!

 

Saturday morning, May 4, 2013

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

 

great shave today, have a nice weekend!

 

SOTD Saturday 5-4-2013

Merkur 38C w/Crystal
Proraso PSC
Erasmic SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Adidas Dynamic Pulse ASL

Beautiful Saturday morning shave! Time to clean up the bike and ride!

 

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Back to the EJ 89 today.​

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Col. Ichabod Conk Bay Rum Soap​

Parker pure badger brush​

EJ 89 with Wilkinson Sword blade​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch Hazel​

Pinaud Clubman AS​

 

Straight Saturday, but it was a bit hectic here this morning and I couldn't spare the concentration, so it is slant Saturday instead.

Beard Lube sample (I'll give it one more try, but I don't think I like it)
Speick
Merkur Slant
Derby blade
Grosvenor brush
Pinaud Clubman

 

Schick I2 Injector 'Hydro-Magic' with Schick blade (1)
Omega 20102 Pro Boar (thanks Gairdner)
Ingram (thanks Gairdner)
Witchhazel
Gillette Cool Wave

Cold water three pass+ for a DFS+!

First use of the Hydro-Magic, Omega brush and Ingram (thank you Gairdner for the latter two!) and had a most comfortable shave! Wow, the Hydro is a smooooooth operator! Much milder than the E2 type I'm used to, it will take getting used to but I sure love the experience after my first shave with it!

The Omega 20102, wow, simply wow. It's like painting with cloud-tipped hair. It's so soft (already broken in) and mixed the
lather so effortlessly. I still have technique to practice but the lather I got worked fine, no irritation afterward.

The Ingram smells amazing, and it's such a lubricating lather, the menthol feels soothing combined with my ice cold water!

I feel so good.

Aces!

 

Star Wars Day shave



Gillette #77
Vintage PermaSharp blade (made in england)
Manchurian Colonel
Ingram shave cream
DR Harris - Marlborough splash

Today I used all of my goodies that I received yesterday in a trade. I know the Proraso is in the picture, but... the shave was fantastic! The #77 is a very interesting razor; its my first 2 piece. I love the Gillette logo at the top of the handle. Even though the razors is small, it has a lot of weight to it.

I did 2 passes this morning. Everything went better than planned. The ingram is surprisingly cold; my face was chilled during the first pass. Usually I can't feel the chill until the second pass, so I was very happy. The razor and blade combo worked very well. The blade wasn't as smooth as I had hoped, but it is very sharp! I was so satisfied with my near BBS, that I forgot all about putting on aftershave until I was dressing for the day. Then I grabbed the first bottle I could find whichever was the DR Harris, making it a purely British shave!

May the fourth be with you all!

 

short and sweet today.

hot shower
EJ DE89811 w/ wilkie blade(2)
TSD burmese woods sample. (I like it)
CWR
superior 70 bay rum AS w/added menthol crystals

2 pass BBS shave on face and dome.
Now, time to relax after a full day of yard work.

 

short and sweet today.

hot shower
EJ DE89811 w/ wilkie blade(2)
TSD burmese woods sample. (I like it)
CWR
superior 70 bay rum AS w/added menthol crystals

2 pass BBS shave on face and dome.
Now, time to relax after a full day of yard work.

 

Much better than the useless VDH brush yes?

 

Today's shave was the same as yesterday's.

Prep: hot shower, Axe Cooling Face Wash.
Brush: TGN Grade A.
Razor: Aluminum Ball End Tech.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Cream: Gibbs Sensitive.
Post: cold water rinse, Barbon AS, Axe Cooling ASG.

The shaves weren't bad, they got me through drill and made me stay within regs. Can't wait til this dog and pony show is over.