SOS: August 2018

Wow. Love the bag.

 

What is your treatment?

 

Only the 'Tobacco" leather from SBL is open grain, so my treatments only work on them, the before and after can be quite dramatic. I play with various oils/conditioners, sometimes water rinse them (followed by thorough drying before any further work), then shine them up with wax and brush. This particular bag was treated with Neutral color Saphir Cordovan Cream Shoe Polish, buffed to shine, sealed up in a plastic bag and treated to two days in hot car, then top coated with Holloway House Quick Shine® Hardwood Floor Luster and buffed/hand rubbed. The 'before' below:

 

Absolutely top notch shave with the Fritz Bracht today. A solid three days of whiskers gone with no drama. Just face rubbing goodness remains.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
Savile Row 3824
Fritz Bracht 6/8 25 DOVO
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Good setup and picture Karl.

 

I hope to make use of some saddle leather scent shaving supplies next year(that is, soaps&aftershaves). I still have some of the Russian Leather aftershave I purchased from the TSD Store(last year).

 

I have a few leather briefcases-all of which used to be my Dad's. One has his initials on it .

 

Sabre w/L2 & GEM ptfe SS #1
RR F-400 XL 34mm
GD V26 pre-shave (sample)
WCS Chypre Jojoba shave cream
Thayers W/H Peach Astringent
Nivea Sensitive Cooling A/S lotion
Obsessed edt by CK

Sabre hasn’t seen any action in some time. Installed a fresh GEM SS and went to work. A satisfying 2 pass shave plus a chin buff that left me practically BBS. The Grooming Dept pre shave sample that Mohammad sent me is just unmatched. Takes a good soap and makes it a great face protecting & nourishing lather bomb. Magnificent! I can’t wait until these are ready for retail. It’s natural face goodness on steroids for your soap. Have a great evening and great shaves Gents...
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08/31/18 Shave of the Day
Face Wash with Disney Resorts H2O+ Sea Salt Facial Soap
Crown King Alt-Eleven Shampoo & Conditioner Bar- w/ Prickly Pear, Neem Honey & Yucca Root
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements CUBE Mentholated Preshave Soap
Declaration Grooming ICARUS Sweet Lemon Shaving Soap
RazoRock 400 Solid Aluminum 24 x 57mm Plissoft Synthetic Shaving Brush
Creative Flame Pottery Stoneware Shaving Scuttle
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Grackle DOC Razor
Feather New Hi-Stainless Blade - 5th Shave
RazoRock Alum Block
Thayers Lemon Witch Hazel Astringent with Aloe Vera Formula
Declaration Grooming Sweet Lemon After Shave Splash
NIVEA Men Maximum Hydration Moisturizing Post Shave Balm
The Sudsy Soapery 100% Natural Rain Deodorant​

 

Like that Sabre handle.

 

August 30th
Razor: Rex Ambassador (4)
Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (4)
Brush: SOC Taj Mistura
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: Hendrix Classics & Co. sample
Thayers Rose witch hazel
AS: Fine American Blend


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Razor: Wade & Butcher
Brush: 24mm Boar
Soap: Catie’s Bubbles Parma Inspiration
A/S: Razorock XXX

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

 

Adjustable (Arko) Anything Goes and whatever else we decide AUGUST!!!!

August 30
Razor - 1969 (O4) Gillette Short Handle Black Beauty (9)
Blade - (2)
Soap - Arko
Brush - 30DC LE
Post - Alum

As per my last post I received a loaner of the only Gillette Adjustable I don't own at this point. The short handle Black Beauty. This one is a 1969 model and it's in perfect shape. Thanks to @jtspartan for offering to let me use it, especially since he knows how few adjustables I have laying around.

With two shaves left in the month this one arrived just in time. I switched the Ladas over from the Toggle, grabbed the Arko and, in a nod to the new handle from Jason that also arrived, grabbed the 30DC brush that he created as well. Lather was classic Arko and twice as easy with the Tuxedo knot in the LE brush. The short handled Gillette is, obviously, the same basic animal as the long handled version, but the short handle does give it a different balance and feel. It's quite nice, very well balanced, and provided an easy and quick shave set at 9.

All in all a very enjoyable shave as the month winds down. Glad this one showed up in time to make it into the line up!

In other news - my day off was a success. Doctor complimented my weight loss efforts and the new A1C1 number is out. Three months ago I was at an eye - popping and potentially heart-stopping 10.8. Today I'm at a much more respectable, though still slightly too high 7.3, which isn't bad for three months effort. The fight continues. Picked up a new 90 supply of meds from the pharmacy and got my flu shot while I was there, then we went out and celebrated with some chicken and sides out by the lake. Finished the day with the shave and that was the topping on a nearly perfect day! Hope yours was great as well.

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Excellent photo Jason. A great looking shave.
Steve

 

Thank you, Steve.

 

very cool brush..

 

Good Morning Everyone SOTD 08/31/18

Schick Adjustable (set on 6)
Schick Twin (5) ( Thanks To @AGHisBBS )
VDH B0ar
Col. Conk Bay Rum
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Suavecito Bay Rum A/S

Have A Great Day!

 

Pre: Warm water face wash
Brush: Anbbas Boar
Soap: Noble Otter Barrbarr
Razor: Valet AutoStrop VC-1
Blade: Gem Stainless PTFE
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Myrsol Blue ASL

Very nice indeed!
Happy Shaving one and all.

 

SOTD August 31, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: vintage Personna Ultra Chrome
Razor: Schick M1 injector
Brush: Omega 10049 boar
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave

Have a great day!