SoS: August 10, 2015 - August 16, 2015

Great looking Old Spice again.

 

I'm working my way up and hope to get to #9 by the end of the week. It is a great razor.

 

Thank you!

 

yea thank you. it has a cool handle and the knot works out great

 

I'm with you, on the FB, always a great shave

 

Wednesday's shaving plans are as follows:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Personna day 3
Stirling Frozen Tundra SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Osage Rub AS
Brut Cologne

Oh yeah, I'm a Stirling soap lover and proud to be one. The Frozen Tundra has become one of my top favourites - the scent is so unique and beautiful, the lather is a pleasure to work with, and it has a menthol wallop which is just a notch under the Glacials in freezing power. Whenever I finish a shave with this soap, not only does my skin feel frozen, it also feels like it's born again. The Rubby Dubby Doo's iciness cannot be denied either - it's so potent and very long-lasting. These Personna blades are awesome and I want some more of them.

 

Thank you! I'm just a Old Spice junkie, always looking for more!

 

SOTD - Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Cool shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: Rooney 1/2
Cream: TOBS Eton College
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Aftershave: Mennen Skin Bracer

 

orange menthol sounds so nice haha.

What kind of vendor do you have? =)

 

This morning's shave 8-11-15:
Hot Shower prep with Neutrogena for Men Invigorating Face Wash and for Art of Shaving Sandalwood for the other areas
Razor - Gillette Ball End Tech circa 1946 - 49'
Blade - Voskhod (5)
Brush - Parker Best Badger
Soap - Stirling Soap Company - Ozark Mountain
Bowl - Fine Lather
Warm rinse, alum block then cool rinse
Finished up with Witch Hazel and RazoRock Problem Solver Lime AS Splash

I am well pleased with my first shave with the Stirling Ozark Mountain. Great combination of cedar and pine scents. Reminds me of camping in the fall. It may take a few shaves to get the right amount of water. Seemed a little thin but it still provided the needed slickness and protection for two pass shave for a great work day shave.

 

Wednesday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Col. Conk Lime Shave Soap
Jayaruh #1 Silver Tip
Gem Featherweight
Treet Super SE
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Pinaud Clubman

The Col. Conk Lime Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #1 Silver Tip brush. Two passes with my Gem Jr Parade razor and a Treet Super SE blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

I love TOBS Eton College! Reminds me of my newbie stage when I was still figuring out DE shaving.

 

My shave today after a hot shower.

Pre-Shave: Proraso Green Cream
Shaving Cream: Green Proraso
Razor:1953 Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Gillette Sliver Blue
Brush: Van Der Hagen Badger (New brush coming in the mail)
After Shave: Green Proraso
Nicks: Green Proraso

I have been using this razor/blade combo for three days so far and it's been the most comfortable and closes shave I have had in my life. Im a big fan of the Proraso product line and will continue to use there products. I like the Silver Blue over the Astra Platinum blades I have been using (they are good blades)but it makes since to me use a Gillette blade in a Gillette razor.

 

I love collecting "old" old spice products.

 

August Focus

1958 Executive razor

I've worked my way through the settings on my Exec. Tried 9 this morning and, while the shave was very close, it was not an enjoyable process because I felt the need to use extreme caution. So Wednesday, I'm going back to 6 and working on technique. Going to use Stirling's Sharp Dressed Man and a WD silvertip. Happy shaving!

 

August Focus - Slim and Feather AC
August 11
Razor - 1964 Gillette Slim (J1)
Blade - (3)
Brush - Omega 12601
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Cold Rinse, Alum, The Veg

After a day off for injury it's time to get back at it. The cut and nick look much better so let's load up the Feather in the Slim at 3. Last time with the Slim at 1 it was a less than great shave. Just not enough gap to work with even for the Japanese killer. So it's up to 3 and of we go. I chose the pony again and got a magnificent lather from the MWF. I'm really starting to like the horse brushes. I've always preferred boar, but the horses are catching up fast. The extra scritch from the 65% tail hair is awesome. There is a brush with a 25/75 mix that I have on my radar. I'm sure it will be in the stable soon.

Went after the first pass and immediately noticed a difference between the settings. This setup really got a great first pass. Very smooth, great feedback, though the two day growth helped. No cuts, issues at all. Second XTG did open a slight weeper on the cut but that sealed up right away. Went XTG on the neck as well and rinsed and reset for the third pass. Decided to go full third pass with some ATG. My face went BBS. Neck finished a a near BBS after just a bit of G-sliding to work a couple of areas down as normal. Great shave. Maybe the best I've had with a Feather. But...irritation? The alum says NO! No irritation beyond a slight sting on my neck. Very slight. Beautiful finish, applied the Veg and off to the Doctor's to make sure my heart is still beating. Home again to get ready to grill....it was Porterhouses and grilled corn tonight followed by watermelon. Life is good.

 

Wednesday Planned SOTD
Razor: Cobra Classic
Blade: Feather AC Professional (D9)
Brush: Rubberset 49-4 W 28mm HMB
Bowl: ShaveWorks 4.25"
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Oil: AOS unscented
Shave Soap: Reef Point Fougère Santal
Post: Myrsol Emulsion
Aftershave: Alpa Fougère



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SOTD - 11 August 2015

30 Day Rule - Phoenix OC



Phoenix Double OC
Rapira Swedish Supersteel
La Toja Shave Stick
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Alum
TSD Iced Subzero AS Splash

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

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I went back and forth on those two blades and finally ended up buying 100 Personna blues because of a great deal. They work equally good for me, except both are poor performers in my FB for some reason.

 

Planned Wednesday SOTD
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48' Gillette Aristocrat razor
Rapira SS blade
Pacific all natural PSO
HTGAM Bay Rum shaving soap
CC Bay Rum aftershave

Made an easy decision to go with a Bay Rum theme and then spent half an hour trying to decide on a shaving soap/ aftershave combo.