SoS: August 26, 2013 - September 1, 2013

Saturday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Shark day 6
Cerrus SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Mennen Skin Bracer AS

I think it's been 2 years since I last used this Cerrus cream which was also discontinued. It's a very cheap German-produced drugstore brand with a hell of a nice scent and good lather and a mild cooling sensation. The Svoboda balsam and the Skin Bracer really beefed up the menthol feeling for me to make the end of this shave wonderful. Sorry, no time to show pictures because I have to leave the house in a bit of a hurry.

 

Saturday morning

A nice, relaxed shave

Proraso Blue face lathered with Simpsons Special Best Badger
EJ89dl with Wilkinson Sword (3)
3 passes and finsish with Proraso aftershave (old formula)

 

Saturday:

Prep: Hot water compress, AoS Unscented PSO
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Ginger's Garden Coffee Jasmine Glycerin
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Trig Silver (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG
Post: Cold water splash, Alum, cold water rinse, Dickinson's WH, Nivea for Men Energy ASB

I lost the angle on my ATG pass this morning, for a bit of a bloodbath. Before that, the Trig was performing as I expected, with a close, comfortable shave and BBS results.

 

Saturday

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum Stick
Razor: ‘54 Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Israeli Personna SP
Brush: Omega 10066 Boar
Aftershave: Krampert’s Bay Rum
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit)

It was back to the “Sticks” today with the Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood stick. It lathers up OK, but is not in the same class as the Speick, Palmolive, La Toja, or yes…Arko sticks. I also tried my first Israeli Personna SP (Crystal) blade. The shave was great. The Israeli Personna did a nice, smooth job. I did notice a difference between my 5th shave with the 7 O’Clock Blue shave and my 1st with a new blade. I finished with Krampert’s Bay Rum. Come on weekend……..

Bob

 

Sat AM Shave

7 O'clock Black (1)
Muhle R41 - S/S handle
CELLA!!
Frank Shaving Silvertip - Fan
Florida Water A/S
Pre de Provence balm

First shave with the R41, and - at least for me - wasn't the scary beast I was thinking it was going to be. Now granted, it IS the supposed "tamed down" 2013 model, but it was a really nice shave! I definitely needed only two passes for an incredibly close shave (with the usual spot cleanup). Its def a keeper and will fit into the rotation VERY nicely! Plus it looks real cool!

 

Saturday

Gem Pushbutton Gold Lid
GEM (SS, PTFE )(D1)
Ever Ready Boar 100T
Old Spice SC/TSD Iced Florida Water SS-Uber
Osage Rub/Stephans Island Lime

 

Saturday - it's the weekend! Time for the SEs.

Prep: Hone and strop str8, hot shower, Dirigo Blue Cedarwood PSO
Coffee: Dirigo Blue blend of Ethiopian and Columbian, BLACK
CD: Nothin' but the Blues, disc 1
Hone: Duro Electric
Strop: Vintage Blades
Soap: AoS Sandalwood
Brush: The Dridecker
Str8: Premier Lifetime Professional, 3 passes
SE: Schick Injector E model, touch up
Post: Cold water rinse, RazoRock rub down, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, B&BW Oak
'Stache Wax: Dirigo Blue

Feelin' good, smellin' great, lookin' ... well, it only matters what my wife thinks

 

Fantastic shave today. I'm waiting on some more feathers and silver blue razor blades, I cannot wait. Happy college football, go bucks.

 

SOTD Saturday 8-31=2013

FaTip/Weber Wave w/Astra SP
Salter's Wild rose SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Rose of Bulgaria ASL

A very nice shave! Have a great Holiday weekend Gentlemen!

 

Saturday
hot shower
Duke 3 in best
Proraso PSC
La Toja (stick)
EverSharp Hydro-Magic /Pella EMS coated (10)
cold water rinse
Shavex Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's Original WH
Vitos Aftershaving

Felt great shaving the dome after this weeks headweeperfest,I must remember to have my espresso before I shave Enjoy the weekend and the holiday everyone

 

6/8 Hart
MdC
25mm Semogue knot
Osage Rub

Nice shave this morning. Had a few technique issues for a couple of shaves this week where I got a little to heavy handed with this big, heavy razor, light touch is needed (as with all straights). Have a good one.

 

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: Tabac
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Tabac

 

Tour De Mike's​

Barber Shop​

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Conclusion Day 3:

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Another excellent shave with Mike's Barber Shop. Mike's Natural Barber Shop is just a great clean, classic masculine scent. It is the kind of scent you would want to go before you when entering the boardroom or any other room for that matter. It exudes a confident humility that lets others know you are there without being extravagant or obtrusive. It is a complex scent with great balance and unity that leaves one with the impression of the combined result rather than any singular dominant note. An excellent, slick, dense and easy to lather winner. Just try it...You will be glad you did! Up next...Mike's Natural Peppermint & Rosemary! Scoring and Summary can be found HERE. Have a blessed holiday weekend all!

 

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Saturday morning:

Fatip
Gillette Silver Blue
Omega boar
Vergulde Hand
Nivea not sensitive

I may be the last one to realize this, but Nivea makes a balm with alchohol! Based on today's experience, it's good stuff.

 

Saturday morning, August 31, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (5)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Saturday morning, August 31, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with EMS blade (2)
Omega 20102 boar bristle brush,
Arko soap, hot water lather & shave—
Cold water rinse, just right!


A wonderful shave this morning! I LOVE Arko!

 

Shave of the Day, Saturday August 31, 2013
• Prep: Brush soaked in ice water, tepid shower, 3P Prep Cream
• Razor: iKon Slant
• Blade: Persona Medical Prep
• Brush: Vintage Stanley re-knotted with TGN High Density Finest Two-Band Badger Fan
• Soap: Proraso Menthol and Eucalyptus with extra menthol added
• AS: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue with extra menthol added
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, bath of aftershave

Late shave today. Slept in a good while then was waiting around to hear President Obama's speech which was about 45 minutes delayed.

I must give a shout out to Geo Fatboy, after watching his iKon Slant video I now know how to perfectly align the blade within seconds. For this particular razor it is much better to hold the head in your hand and twist the handle on while it is linear.

Any complaints I may have about this razor are far outweighed by it's performance. Hands down it is my favorite razor in my den, pushing down the Merkur 37C Slant and the Merkur Progress to the number two and three positions.

I wanted a nice and cool shave today and had no problem freezing my face off with the products that I used.

I hope that all of you are enjoying your Saturday.

 

Today is a nice easy Saturday, so I'm using some equally easy gear. The brush is a newly reknotted plastic handled brush from an unknown manufacturer. I put a 20mm mixed loft boar/badger knot into it yesterday morning and am using it for the first time today. It looks nice and I have high hopes for it. The razor is a Sanguine SLiCKE disposable blade straight razor with a Super Iridium Extra Stainless blade on its third shave. This razor has quite a lot of heft to it, but it is also nicely designed with a fairly stream lined blade arm and a secure blade lock. I enjoyed the Bath House Spanish Fig & Nutmeg soap yesterday, so I'm using it again today, but as part of a superlather with some Trufitt & Hill Ultimate Comfort cream.

I did a three pass wtg/atg/xtg shave followed by a cold water rinse and some T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel. The results were an effortless BBS shave with zero nicks and zero irritation. The superlather whipped up really well and provided for an ultra slick surface that also left my skin silky smooth and soft without any feeling of greasiness, these two products really work well together and I will be sad when my sample of T&H Ultimate Comfort is gone. The razor flew across my face and was a joy to use. It's a low cost model easily found on eBay and is quite well made, I really like it. The mixed loft brush will take some breaking in, but did quite well for its first outing, this is my first mixed loft knot and if it is typical of these sorts of brushes then I will need to look into getting some more. This was the perfect Saturday shave: close, smooth, and easy.

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: Sanguine SLiCKE
Blade: Super Iridium Extra Stainless
Brush: Mixed Loft Boar/Badger
Soap: Superlather of Bath House Spanish Fig & Nutmeg and Truefitt & Hill Ultimate Comfort
Post: Cold water rinse and T.N. Dickinson Witch hazel