SoS: August 26, 2013 - September 1, 2013

Muhle R89
Astra SP
IB LE Semogue
Vitos PS
P160 w/ 2 pumps of Kiss My Face
Floid Black

 

WHOOPS forgot to put mine up this morning.

Gillette Aristocrat #22
Shark SuperChrome
Semogue Owners Club Boar
Proraso Green Tea & Oat
Brut A/S

Recently forgot how bloody flawlessly broken in my Semogue was - I'm thinking about a 610 right now to get as a face lathering/travel brush. Heck if it breaks in well I may get rid of my beloved Badgers! Guess I should get an inventory done soon and get rid of some stuff so my wife doesn't chase me around the house with my bayonet.

 

Brush-The Body Shop Synth.
Soap-Proraso
Razor-Dorco
After-Pinaud Bay Rum

 

Razor: Revamped Rhodium Plated Fat Boy
Blade: Israeli Red Personna
Brush: Vie-long White 24mm Hore hair
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: Queen Charlotte Soaps Key Lime
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Osage Rub

 

SotN
Cheap and Efficient

AXE Shield Wash
Arko in a Cup
TGN 22mm 2 Band Finest Fan XH
40's Aristocrat w/Sputnik (3)
Aqua Velva Musk
Afta!

In keeping with the cheap and efficient themes lately I chose to smoosh the remainder of my Arko stick into this mug I found at the Goodwill today. These little Pfaltzgraff mugs are perfect for loading hard soaps. They have a little recess in the bottom that holds the puck, and they are wide mouthed so you don't bang the brush too much. There was a whole set there but I just bought two.

The Arko just freakin exploded with lather on this knot, it was crazy. With my hard water to see lather just grow like that was..unusual. I always before had loaded the soap from the stick to my face. I got good results, but nothing like this. I love Arko, I love the scent and the efficacy.

 

Friday morning shave

Got this in the mail yesterday

So I had to use some of these products today

Proraso Blue face lathered with TGN 22 Super Silvertip
EJ89dl with Wilkinson Sword (2)
3 passes, polishing and finish with the Proraso aftershave

Excellent shave. The Proraso Blue is a great cream, but I love all the Proraso creams and face lathering with them is a pure pleasure.

 

TGIF Shave

59’ E1 Fatboy in rhodium (setting-9)
Voskhod (d2)
Vulfix 2235
DR Harris Arlington-Face Lather
Witch Hazel splash
Osage Rub/Stephans Island Lime

 

Friday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Shark day 5
Ginger's Garden Ice Mint SS
Gillette Intense Cooling AS Balsam
Floid Classic AS
Santos de Cartier EDT

I don't know how much smoother this shave could have gotten because I'm so BBS. This Ice Mint soap which Irena created is to die for if you're a menthol lover like I am. I really love the Gillette balsam and the Floid Classic aftershave also. My face feels like it was born again, and I'm already anxious to have another great shave tomorrow.

Have a great weekend, folks!

 

Friday

Prep: BC PSO (TX Cedar-Tea Tree-Lavender)-Hot Shower
Soap: Stirling Margaritas in the Arctic
Razor: ‘54 Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue SP
Brush: Omega 10066 Boar
Aftershave: Krampert’s Bay Rum

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

The Super Speed with the 7 O’Clock Blues is on day five. I am back with the Stirling MITA-great soap! The Blues and MITA are doing as good as the first day. I finished with Krampert’s Bay Rum. TGIF & Holiday Weekend!

Bob

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, Dirigo Blue Cedarwood PSO
Coffee: Maxwell House Breakfast Blend, BLACK
CD: Andre Crouch and the Disciples ~ The Best of Andre
Soap: TSD Buckthorn
Brush: Omega 11574
DE: '73 Black Handle SS
Blade: Wilkinson Sword, day 5, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne
'Stache Wax: Dirigo Blue

Just another great shave... again

 

Friday late morning:

Fatip
Gillette SB
Omega boar
Tabac
Aqua Velva blue

will be waiting for me when I wake up. I expect a great shave.

 

Friday
hot shower
M&F "Chief"
Proraso PSC
RazoRock XXX
Weber DLC Classic Handle/Polsilver (1)
cold water rinse
Shavex Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's Cucumber WH
Pinaud Eau De Quinnine mixed with a very small amount of Skin Gel

Gave my dome a rest after yesterday's weeperfest however my mug got a wonderful shave from the Weber/Polsilver combo.Enjoy the weekend all

 

Shave of the Day, Friday August 30, 2013
• Prep: Brush soaked in ice water, tepid shower
• Razor: iKon Slant
• Blade: Persona Medical Prep
• Brush: Vintage Stanley re-knotted with TGN High Density Finest Two-Band Badger Fan
• Soap: Palmolive Classic Stick turned into a croap
• AS: Pinaud Clubman
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, bath of aftershave

Decided to try another blade today although I am sure the Feather had a few shaves left. For my face the Personna just felt better. Of course being a medical prep blade it is extremely sharp, but for me I just find they much smoother than Feathers.

I cannot express how much I love the performance of the iKon Slant. Although the top cap post being too small to hold the blade into place just plain out bothers me, I will put up with fiddling for a minute to get the blade aligned for a shave this good.

There are many high end DE's on the market, but I have yet to find one that shaves this well. Based on this razor and the reviews of others I trust the most, in particular Todd, I will be adding the iKon Standard Bar and Open Comb much sooner than later. For me it is a done deal to add the new Shave Craft Razor once it becomes available.

Enjoy your Friday everyone. For those in the US that have a three day weekend, enjoy your time off with the ones you love.

 

Friday:

Prep: Hot shower, AoS Unscented PSO
Brush: Beeline Boar
Soap: VDH Unscented
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (6)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG
Post: Cold water splash, Alum, cold water rinse, Dickinson's WH, Aveeno Active Naturals ASB
Cologne: The Third Man by Caron

Six days in, and the Bic finally showed enough wear and tear for me to decide to swap blades for tomorrow, though it took blade buffing on the 3rd pass for the weepers to come. Other than the weepers, the shave was irritation free and baby smooth. On to the Trig tomorrow.

 

Gillette NEW LC
Gillette Silver Blue
Semogue 1800
Walter's Rose
Alum
Cold Water Rinse

Another nice shave. Sold off most of my kit yesterday raising funds for a house. I have a Weber Bulldog handle, 3 razor heads, and a couple of brushes left.

This is the last of my shave of the day posts. Take care all.

 

Friday

Unscented glycerin soap
Razorock Boston Tea Party
Mühle hjm black fiber synthetic brush
Vintage Bakelite slant
Feather blade, hand stropped
CeraVe lotion

Three passes, very smooth, comfortable, and close shave this morning. After rain and thunderstorms yesterday, it is a pleasant cool and sunny morning.



A snapshot from the bus this morning coming into Seattle. A beautiful day!

 

Friday morning, August 30, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (4)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Are you leaving us, Dale?

 

My shave of the day posts have been fairly homogeneous using the same software for the last few months. Now that the razors have been sold, they will all be the same. Not leaving, but when using the same kit every day, I don't see the sense in posting a shave of the day when it is always the same.

 

Tour De Mike's​

Barber Shop​

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Conclusion Day 2:

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Really more of the same here today. It is really hard to pick out any individual scents in this pleasurable mixture. The individual scents themselves blend so well into a harmonious whole that the shaver is left more with the impressions of their sum total rather than individual top or base notes. As stated before it is a classic no matter what era you are from. It is a very pleasant, complex, masculine scent. I believe that this scent would be enjoyed by those who visited the classic barber shops 50-80 years ago or a young (relatively) guy of 35 like me, or even the college students I serve in ministry. At first I was baffled by the potency mike spoke of in his description, because to me, this doesn't have that in your face punch. I certainly wouldn't describe the strength as overpowering or distracting. I believe the potency comes in its ability to l-i-n-g-e-r on the face long after the morning shave is over. As a side-note, I can now procure the same lather from the sample in the OS mug as from the tin, just takes a little longer loading time. Another soap I will be sad to see come to an end, but I obtained a new stick of this from our own Ryan Bales that will allow me to continue the adventures with this great soap! Have a blessed day all!