Let's see those shaves for the week! As always, bonus points for pictures! I will get things started with my gear for tomorrow: Gem 1911 Custom Pella Penworks Finest Derby Lemon Booster June Clover The Shave Den Commando Cocktail Cologne
Merkur 15c Vintage Razor with Laser Blade (2) H.L.Thäter 49125/1 Silvertip Floris No. 89 SC Lustray Blue Spice Have a nice day!
Monday: EJ89 Rapira day 2 or 3 (I forgot) Nautik Cream Omega Lucretia Borgia alum, witch hazel, osage rub, TSD ISZ
Monday, August 22 Razor: Gillette Fatboy (3) Blade: Iridium Super Brush: Astor-Simpson Anniversary Soap/Cream: Bluebeard's Revenge EdT: Woods of Windsor (Old Formulation)
Monday, August 22. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Prep: Hot shower/Hot towel with Proraso Pre Shave Cream Razor: Merkur 1904 Classic OC (Fourth shave with this razor & very satisfied) Blade: Feather - Day 4, 3 passes Cream: Proraso Brush: D.R. Harris Silvertip Badger Post: Cold water rinse followed by some good old Speick After Shave Lotion Have a great day.
Monday, August 22, 2011 Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: 1956 Gillette Red Tip Superspeed* Blade: Super Iridium* Brush: Simfix Grosvenor LE Two-Band* Soap: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet (old tallow formula)* A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel (thankfully, still around), G.F. Trumper Marlborough Splash* A fine shave this morning, using some cherished products of the past (those with asterisks).
Menthol Monday: Omega Wooden Handle Super Speed/Personna day 4 Ginger's Garden Ice Mint SS Keri unscented moisturizer Svoboda AS Balsam Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT A magnificent shave with a beautifully-scented soap which has a super menthol punch. As I wrote in my review, Ginger's Garden Ice Mint is fantastic, and I cannot say enough good things about it. I also cannot stop loving the Svoboda aftershave balsam! :biggrin:
Finally got my replated new razor head in . Hot shower Hair conditioner preshave Godrej Rich Lather Vulfix 404 CoonCat Custom New (made with custom acrylic leftover) Voskhod (1) This blade and razor combo has always provided the smoothest shaves I have ever had. Don't feel any tugging... not even the hairs cutting you can hear it slightly however that is muffled but the mounds of lather and smoothness of this amazing blade . My whiskers are all ...
Haha ok. Well I will take a bad photo later . No set up or anything fancy probably just on my desk . It matches my brush and Merkur (which I cant get a good shave with for the life of me)
Monday Prep: Hot shower Coffee: Folger's, BLACK Soap: TSD Lemon & Cedarwood + 3 drops M Bomb Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington Razor: Merkur 34C Blade: Astra SP, day 3, 3+ passes Post: Cold water* rinse, Osage Rub, Brut cologne, hand strop blade 'Stache Wax: Steve's Own Shave Rating: 5 Blades *Nice getting cold well water out of the tap instead of the warm city water we get back home. Yup - vacations are great!
Monday: EJ89L Voskhod Thater Stout 2 Wilkinson Sword Stick Dickenson's Witch Hazel Nivea Sensitive Balm Pinaud Clubman
Monday "Mourning" Shave- Aug. 22: Dearly Deceased products marked with an * Razor: iKon BullDog (First Generation)* Blade: Schick Plus Platinum* Brush: Simpson Ehsan * Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime Soap: Trumper Limes (Old Tallow Version)* A/S: Trumper Wild Fern * An excellent shave using excellent products that are unfortunately no longer in production.
A fine Monday shave with a Swing, Rudy Vey handle with a Shavemac flattop & the rest are pretty obvious.
***Monday's Shower and Shave*** Hot Shower Musgo lime/ Johnson baby oil Parker badger/St.Charles Dagger Gillette Knack/Treet Clubman Pinaud Vanilla DFS
Monday: Razor: Injector type N Blade: Schick Cream: C&E Sweet Almond Oil Brush: Omega 48 Pro AS: Stephan's Island Lime After shave snack: Cappuccino Heath Bar Blizzard
Monday, Monday... Preparation: Hot Shower Razors: Pass 1 Trac II Custom Chrome Handle Pass 2 1906-08 Gillette Single Ring Blades: Pass 1 Schick Super II Pass 2 1960s Vintage Gillette Super Blue Lather: 50/50 Combination C.O. Bigelow and Barbasol Brushless Tube Brush: FS Synthetic A/S: Black Extreme EdT