SoS: August 19, 2013 - August 25, 2013

Shave of the Day, Thursday August 22, 2013
• Prep: Brush soaked in ice water, tepid shower
• Razor: FaTip Grande
• Blade: Gillette Super Thin
• Brush: Semogue 1438 Boar
• Soap: Palmolive Classic Shave Stick made into a croap
• AS: Aqua Velva Musk
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, double splash of aftershave

Still no update on the iKon Slant from the vendor I purchased it from so I decided to use the FaTip today. I have not used an open comb in a while and this one was staring at me from a bottom drawer.

I forget how well this razor shaves. I had put it away as I have been waiting for the Gold Toro Mastiff to be released so I can pair that handle to this head, but I have to admit this felt very good in my hand as it is.

Two full passes with light buffing provided an outstanding shave.

Enjoy your Thursday everyone.

 

Ryan I have been using the French Gillette creams for a bit now and I traded some of that for this Argentinian Sensitive. It smells different than the french, lathers as well, tons of cushion and the Argentinian cream is a bit slicker. That being said Ilike the French stuff better because it smells a bit better, a little bit a of a stronger scent. They are no longer being made in France so I have to stock up while I can.

 

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Noxzema Classic Clean​

TOBS Lavender Shave Cream​

Frank Shaving Finest Badger​

Gillette Super Speed Y1 (1953)​

ASCO Super Stainless (2)​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch hazel​

Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS​

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This TOBS Lavender SC is the best. It makes tons of lather, and it is so rich and creamy. Clean, smooth shave today. The ASCO Super Stainless blade is doing a fine job. I will see how many shaves I can get out of it. I am hand stropping at the end of each shave now.​

 

Razor:Revamped Rhodium Plated Fat Boy
Blade:Israeli Red Personna
Brush:Amber 28mm TGN finest 2 band
Pre:Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap:Queen Charlotte Soaps Vosok
Post:Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: TSD Sub Zero AS Balm

 

Second post on this forum first time SoS poster FYI.



Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Personna Medical Prep (Just got these today and WOW)
Brush: Vulfix Super Badger (model escapes me)
Pre: Hot shower followed with 2 min hot towel
Cream: TOBS Sandalwood
Post: Witch Hazel rub
Aftershave: Clubman Bay Rum

Just got into wet shaving very recently. But hot damn do I like it.

 

Razor: Schick Type L
Blade: NOS Schick
Brush: BF Greenie
Stick: Speick
Post: Alum
AS: Krampert's Bay Rum

 

Thursday:

Prep: Hot shower, AoS PSO
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Ginger's Garden Coffee Jasmine Glycerine
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Treet Platinum (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickinson's WH, Aveeno Active Naturals ASB

Skipped the ATG and the alum today to give the little nicks on my neck a bit of a break. DFS for two passes, though.

 

Why would Scotty say his own name?

 

I love this setup. It may become my daily routine once I use up all my soaps, and one cream.

Clayton

 

Good catch! Should have realized it because of the accent!!!

Thursday AM Shave:

7 o'clock black (7!!)
Vintage merkur slant
Proraso green
Frank shaving silver tip
Proraso A/S
Pre De Provence

Day 7 with stainy 7 O'clock black. Believe it or not, got a good shave, except had to go over a few areas a little more than usual. No pain though. One more day and its time for a Rapira, because im looking forward to using one.

 

I agree with you on the French-made Gillette creams. I've used the Gillette Menthol and Lemon-Lime creams from France and the Lebanese version of both these creams which was also discontinued. The French version of the Menthol cream may have slightly less menthol than the Lebanese version but let me tell you - the lather, scent, and skincare are so much better. The Lebanese cream was freezing-cold but I hated the scent and it left me with dry and irritated skin. The Lemon-Lime cream from France also smells great and has wonderful lather and skincare, whereas the Lebanese version smelled very artificial and had NO skincare. It also was a bit harder to get rich lather with it.

 

Brush- The body shop synthetic
Soap-The body shop macca root
Razor-Dovo best quality
After-The body shop macca root razor relief

 

SotN
Да

Arko
1958 TV Special SS w/Восход (1)
TGN Finest XH Fan 22mm in Beechwood
Lucky Tiger
Barbon!!

Да мне нравится Восход.

Yes I like the Voshkod! It was extremely smooth and sharp allowing me a wonderful shave from a razor that I HUFA. I just couldn't seem to get good shaves from milder razors, and it turns out it was just the blades as far as this SS was concerned. Just had a shave that was as comfortable as any I've had with a DE in a while! !!

I also love Arko! Just a plain old Ivory soap smellin' shave. Tons of cushion and slickness. And I really dig the clean scent. Reminds me of taking a bath as a pup at Grandmas! Always good weekend when you spend it at Grandmas right?

The LT/Barbon combo worked just fine. I find citrus notes in the Barbon that go well with the flower and citrus in the LT.

Overall I give this a VDFS status!!

 

Yesterday's shave

22.8.2013

• Prep: shower, L'Oréal Men Expert face wash
• Razor: Weber DLC
• Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)
• Brush: The BiG Shave LE #90/100 by Semogue
• Soap: Arko
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Taylor of Old Bond Street Jermyn Street

 

SOTD 08-22-13 No pic. Sorry.

* Shower
• Soap: Old Spice Swagger Bar Soap
• Shampoo: Head & Shoulders Shampoo with Old Spice scent

* Shave
• Prep: Hot shower, Nivea Face Wash, Every Man Jack Signature Mint Face Scrub, Hot towel
• Brush: Omega Syntex
• Razor: Merkur 23C
• Blade: Feather (1)
• Lather: The Body Shop Maca Root shave cream sample
• Passes: WTG/XTG/ATG/RXTG
• Post: Warm water rinse, Cold water rinse, T.N. Dickinson's Witch Hazel pads, Gillette Intense Cooling Lotion, Pinaud Clubman Aftershave Lotion

Second and final round for the Maca Root sample. Awesome stuff, it is indeed. Lathers like a friggin' champ. Smell I'm still ehhhh on, but I'm sure that subside if I used it frequently. Not an offensive smell, just a rooty scent, I suppose? Loaded up my 23C with a Feather, this is my second time using a Feather blade. Definitely a "where have you been all my life" scenario. The Feather in the 23C felt smooth as warm butter, no problems taking down my the patches of my beard that grow like barbed wire. Used the Omega Syntex, as well. Not a bad little brush, but that's the problem, it's little. I'm used to holding my ever so slightly bigger VDH brush that it felt weird holding a smaller one. It's a soft brush but not quite to being floppy. Works well with creams but I'm not sure if it has "digging power" to really take on a hard puck of soap. All in all, very close comfortable shave
Shave rating: 4.25/5

 

Friday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 5
Bozzano Sensitive SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Osage Rub AS
Givenchy Gentleman EDT

A sensational shave with no effort thanks to my Super Speed/Rapira combo. By the way, this Bozzano Sensitive cream from Brazil is awesome. It has a very nice scent (eucalyptus-menthol) and tons of rich lather, and a LOT of menthol cooling. Needless to say, the Svoboda balsam and the Rubby Dubby Doo made the end of this shave feel perfect.

Have a great weekend, folks!

 

TGIF Shave

Gillette New LC Ball End-Nickel
7-O’Clock Blue Ninja (d2)
TSD Iced Florida Water SS- Face Lather
Vulfix 404
Osage Rub/ Stephans Island Lime

 

Friday

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Stirling Margaritas in the Arctic
Razor: 1950 Birth Year Gillette Tech
Blade: Personna Med Prep
Brush: Omega 10066 Boar
Aftershave: Krampert’s Frostbite

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit)

This was my very first shave with my Birth Year Tech. As expected, it was very user friendly. I used the Stirling MITA. Each time I use it, I like it better. It produces a nice thick, smooth lather. Close, nick, and burn free shave. I finished with Krampert’s Frostbite

Bob

 

Friday - Menthol Week

Proraso green soap face lathered with Merchant Rhoades Best Badger
EJ89dl with Feather blade (4)
3 passes and finish with Proraso aftershave

The Feather did a fine job on shave #4

 

Friday

Hot shower
Chubbz I
Noxzema SC
39C
Perma Sharp (3)
Cold water rag
M&L Florida Water

3-passes = 5 blade, bang a gong, slap me silly, intergalactic BBS!

I have not chased the BBS for quite some time. Mostly because my main shaver is the 2011 Muhle R-41, which, delivers the DFS in two passes. The Merkur 39C Sledgehammer Slant is such a mild, tame pussycat of a razor compared to the R-41 that I knew I could get away with a third pass. So, I went ahead and grabbed an extra pass with the 39C today so as not to waste the precious Noxzema left in the brush and was rewarded handsomely.

Enjoy the weekend folks!