SoS: August, 12 2013 - August 18, 2013

Hello again Friends,

on a rainy day i just ended my Sunday shave.

I took my time,enjoyed what i was doing,listend to good music in the background and had a nice fresh roasted (black) coffee to my shave. Very enjoyable!!!

After a hot shower (and a face wash with my green Seba-Med soap-->with Aloe Vera and Olive-Oil) i started shaving with the following:

-Kays exclusive shaving soap with the scent "Midnight rose"
-26mm custom Olive-wood 2-band brush (by Nightdiver)
-Gillette Platinum blade in 3-passes
-Merkur 34c
-Floid "The Genuine" Aftershave



Like i said,i enjoyed my shave.I used one of my 2 new custom made brushes today and it was wonderful.It´s such a big thing to hold...WOW!!! Very soft tips and enough backbone to have a good skin feel.Just as i like it.The soap was made by Nightdiver too.A member in our german forum who has done the 2 brushes for me.I am the first one to try his homemade shaving soap. It´s a very nice rose scent with something "dark" and "earthy" in the background.I like it.The skin feel is very good,it softens the whiskers wonderful.For me the scent could be a little more powerful...but that´s me.Everyone is different.

So,do i have to say and write something additional...let me think...no!!! I´m done.

So Ladies and Gentleman,enjoy your time,take care of you and have a very good start into the new week.

Greetings
Thorsten

 

I know how you feel about the Palmolive cream Dodi. I agonized over my decision to leave my Palmolive Menthol in Florida. But at least I have a great cream to shave with when I visit my parents' condo.

 

Sunday morning, August 18, 2013

Schick E2 Injector & Exchange Select blade (1)
Omega 20102 boar bristle brush,
MWF soap, bowl lather & shave—
Captain's Choice Lime rinse, just right!


A smooth luxury supreme shave this morning, with the Personna 'Exchange Select' blade that I got from FeeltheBurn thanks man!

The MWF is so rich and slick, the scent says 'Sunday morning no work today', what a shave!

Aces!

 

Shave of the Day, Sunday August 18, 2013
• Prep: Brush soaked in cold water, tepid shower
• Razor: Gillette Tech paired to Matador Toro Mastiff Corto Handle
• Blade: Feather New Hi-Stainless
• Brush: Semogue 1438 Boar
• Soap: Palmolive Classic Shave Stick turned into a croap with added menthol
• AS: Brut with added menthol
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash of Aftershave

Yesterday was the first time in ages that I did not shave. Usually if I skip a day I will use the Mergress dialed way up, but today I wanted to take my time and try a different approach. I put a fresh Feather in the Tech and decided to go for a slow shave.

The results are good, although it did take a lot of work. Three full passes, j-hooks and what seemed like a very long time spent on buffing gave me close to a perfect shave.

Enjoy your Sunday everyone.

 

18.8.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Merkur 37c
• Blade: Polsilver SI (5)
• Brush: WSP Monarch HMW
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Cream: La Toja Hidrotermal
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Old Spice Champion

Have a great Sunday, gents.

 

Razor: Mergress XL
Blade: Voskhod
Brush: Amber 28mm TGN finest 2 band
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: Barrister & Mann Bay Rum
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: TSD Sub Zero AS Balm

 

Wednesday-Sunday

Razor: Merkur 37c Slant
Blade: Polsilver SI (1-5)
Brush: Omega 10275
Cream: Nivea Mild/Barbon/Rose of Bulgaria/Arko Adventure/Mama Bear Lemon Ice
AS: Brut/Barbon

 

Sunday

Unscented glycerin soap
TSD unscented wheat cream
Oscar11 HIS brush
Vintage Bakelite slant
Feather blade (2)
TSD unscented aftershave milk

Two day stubble, but the slant with a Feather blade mowed it down in three easy passes. Nice BBS result.

Sunny Sunday in Seattle!

 

SunDay
Dawn Shave mit der deutschen 'ÜberLather"!

a. Pre: Hot shower,Hot 2-minute towel, Homemade PSO
b. Razor: Merkur 38c HD Barber Pole
c. Blade: Feather Stainless (Day 2), hand-strop pre & post shave
d. Brush: Semogue 830
e. Soap: TABAC soap & Speick Cream & liquid Glycerin— scuttle-warmed
f. Shave: 3 passes and touch-up
g. Post: Cold water rinse & dry; 7411 splash & Niveabalm

Day 2 Shave with Feather just as smooth as yesterday (same blade, different razor). Scuttle-warmed ÜberLather =decadence!
2nd consecutive day with a great BBS shave! Das macht mich sehr glücklich!

 

Das war eine tolle Rasur, oder?

 

Ja! Und die 'Merkur' ist wunderbar! Viel besser als mein Gebrauch der deutschen Sprache!

 

Barbasol was for my noggin with the Aristocrat. It's official, 3 shaves in, I have zero desire to touch my other razors. Gillette came up with a real winner here in every respect, now I just have to find another as backup. argh!

 

Tour De Mike's​

Hungarian Lavender​

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Conclusion Day 2:

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Wow...This scent is amazing! This is a flowery and herbaceous blend with a hint of camphor, which balances quite nice with the other notes. The scent packs plenty of punch, powerful while lathering and shaving, but again doesn't interfere with after shaves or colognes. I am a lover of Lavender scents and this will be a serious contender in the next competition (Lavender Fields). As you can see in the picture, I deviated from my rules slightly since I actually purchased this in a tin. The sample will be used for a PIF or something else. It seems to me that the soap performed even even better when lathering with the tin verses a sample in the OS mug. The lather was very rich and creamy with plenty of dense cushioning and super slickness. A great soap to be sure. The next (2) days of this review will have to wait for a while as I need to fly to Vancouver to see my father who is sick in the hospital. Have a great week all!

 

Doch, doch - Dein Deutsch ist prima!

 

Chris, I agree with you on the scent of the Mike's Hungarian Lavendar. It does pack a punch! If one enjoys lavendar, it's all there in spades!
My wife loves the scent, but I—unfortunately—am not as ardent a fan. So she inherited the sample from my collection. Potent stuff, though, and very good lather!

 

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Noxzema Classic Clean​

Williams Mug Shave Soap​

Semogue 1305 Boar Brush​

Gillette Super Speed Y1 (1953)​

Wilkinson Sword Super Chrome​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch hazel​

Pinaud Clubman AS​

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Tons of lather with the Williams today. It provided a luxurious, slick, worry-free shave, and this Gillette SS with the Wilkie is a winning combination. ​

 

Sunday evening shave:

Prep-shave secret
Brush-Rooney badger
Soap-Maca root shave cream
Razor-Emde Charlior
Post-Florida water

The maca root lathers great and cushions well.