SoS: August 2-8 2010

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade
Hot coffee: Home roasted Tanzania, black
Soap/cream: C&E Sandalwood super lather + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: C&E Pure Badger
Razor: Futur @ 2.75
Blade: Shark, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion + 2 drops M Bomb, B&BW Oak cologne
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

A super fantastic shave.

 

• Schick Type G
• Schick Blade (day 3)
• New Forest 2201
• TOBS Lavender Soap
• Alum Block
• Aqua Velva AS
• Davidoff Cool Water EDT

Yikes! Bad shave. A few weepers and the alum pointed out all of them. I don't know for sure what I did wrong here. The lather looked and felt fine to start but kept drying out and going thin. A bit more water and more whipping improved it but not before the shave was in the dumper. 2.5

 

Here's to hoping you have a better shave tomorrow.

 

Razor: Rolls Razor Imperial 2
Brush: New Forest Superior 2201
Soap: Col. Conk Bayrum
AS: AII Osage

 

Oyyyy, I am dumb dumb--I just read that last post from you now! :ashamed001 I used the Italiano one also this morning, and it was wonderful!

 

Monday, August 2nd 2010

• Arko Regular
• Simpson Duke 2
• 40's Super Speed
• Red Pack Personna
• Skin Bracer Cooling Blue

 

You should post him in the Haul

 

Gillete Aristocrat
Badger Travel brush
Godrej Menthol SC.
Hot Towels
Menthol AS
Icy towel..

it was a great cold shave!

 

Menthol Monday! WooooHooooo!

• Head &Shoulders Refreshing Mint shampoo (with a boost of menthol powder):anifrozen
• Sledgeslant:love055
• boosted :anifrozenBigelow:freezing SC:love055
• EJ 25mm silvertip
• Derby (3)
• Thayer's rose petal WH
• boosted :anifrozen:Addidas Dynamic Fever AS:freezing

I intentional didn't shave yesterday so I could use the slant with a bit of growth because I have heard that that is where it excels and I cannot disagree with the decision to wait. Absolutely phenomenal shaves out of this razor and blade combo.
Hands down 5 blade BBS shave. I don't know if it can get better.:love055

 

C-MON razor
Omega 10066 boar
Mama Bear Rosemary Mint soap
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

Shave Of The Day - August 2nd

:anifrozen Menthol Monday! :anifrozen​

• TSD Iced SubZero Preshave Balm - :freezing :freezing
• Hot Shower
• Equate Fresh Mint Shampoo
• E. J. Badger Brush
• Feats of Clay Scuttle
• TSD Wheat Cream - Iced SubZero - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• Clix 3 Piece Razor
• Derby Blade - Day 5
• Osage Rub - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• TSD Aftershave Splash - Iced SubZero - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• 

Long hot day in the yard trimming hedges, pulling weeds, and cleaning the siding meant I would hold off showering and shaving till the evening.

Gotta love it when you spread the lather on your face, and it makes your eyes start to water!

I do so love JoAnna's Wheat Cream. Lanolin, wheat germ, and loads of menthol goodness, all in one little tub! :love055

 

Tuesday, August 3rd

Looooooooooooong hot shower (hey, it's my home-office day )
TSD Bourbon Vanilla ss
Semogue 2015HD Silvertip
Mühle R106 w/ Astra Platinum
444 alum
Nivea for Men ASB
Joop Go! EdT

 

Tuesday...

Ever-Ready Badger re-knot
Arko Shave Stick
Injector - G8
Pella (1)
Alum
Clubman Bay Rum

The G8 is one of those razors that I have been meaning to shave with for a while. I broke it out this morning and it is a good performer. I got a near BBS shave with 3 passes and a little touch up. If day two with the razor goes as well, it is a strong contender for regular rotation.

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Preshave
Wade and Butcher Wedge
Semogue 2000
Speick Shavestick
Black Suede ASB
Black Suede Cologne

 

Slim (9)
Double Edge (Store Bought-Korean) (3)
Home Made PreShave Oil
TSD English Fern
Osage Rub
Dominican Bay Rum Lime

4.7 Blades. Not bad for a store blade. This 3rd shave has been the best. Am finding Osage Rub can compliment just about any other A/S.

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Ming Shi/Sharp day 2
Everest-SC :love008 :love008 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Barbon-AS :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Malizia Uomo-EDT

This shave was fast, but still very close and smooth. Here are pictures of the cream and the aftershave I used today--they are both terrific. This was a bi-national shave, because the Everest cream is from Russia, and the Barbon aftershave is from Hungary.

 

Tuesday

"Pathfinder" Germania Cutlery
6/8ths full hollow spike point
Omega Professional boar
J M Fraser's original s/c
Proraso a/s splash
Bigelow Barber black e de c

This razor is light for it's size, and so didn't inspire much confidence when I first picked it up. The price was right though, so I took it anyway and I'm glad I did - it gave me a very nice shave this morning.

goshawk

 

Happy Tuesday From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
TGN Horse Re-Knot
Speick SC
Fat Handle Feather Portable
Feather Blade (3)
Cold Water Rag
Witch Hazel / Alum Powder Blend
Speick Splash
Arko Sensitive ASB

3 Passes = 3 Blade Shave.

This would have been a better shave, more on the lines of a 4 or 5 blade shave but the horse brush became horribly matted and snarled during lather prep. I probably should have started over but I did not. My experience with this horse brush tells me that my previous horse brush may not have been horse at all. Either that, or this TGN horse knot is junk?

The good news is that I get to have another whack at it tomorrow! YAY!

 

Tuesday:

Ball End Tech razor
Gillette 7 O'Clock yellow blade
VDH Boar brush
Colgate Cup Soap
Osage Rub
Barbasol Pacific Rush Balm
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S

So darn hot down here in Louisana. Regardless, I got a great shave