SoS: August 29, 2016 - September 4, 2016

Wednesday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Jayaruh #90
Edwin Jagger DE 89
Wilkinson Sword Super Sword-Edge
CWR, Asma Alum Block
T.N. Dickinson's WH
Pinaud Vegetal

The Mitchell's Wool Fat Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #90 Tuxedo synthetic brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Edwin Jagger DE 89 razor with a Wilkinson Sword Super Sword-Edge Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with T.N. Dickinson's WH and then Pinaud Vegetal After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

TUESDAY AUGUST 30 SOTD

RAZOR-Schick E3 injector
Blade-Chick
Brush-Strongset w/ Whipped Dog Black Basher knot
Bowl-Captain's Choice 'Magma'

A great shave with the E3 injector. It's hours later and my face is still cleanly shaven. The Captain's Choice bowl worked great with the interior ridges creating a wonderful, thick lather.

Herm

 

Two Pass Shaving Routine...

Hot Water prep & massage with Argan Oil
GAEL Solingen Extra Hollow 6/8th
Kent BK2 Pure Badger
Valobra Tallow Soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel

I Had a Lovely Cool Summer Evening Shave with My GAEL Solingen 6/8th..This is a High End Version of the much Acclaimed GOTTA Superfine 6/8th that was Made for the Spanish Market..I Have a GOTTA 6/8th & its a Darn Fine Shaver..The GAEL has a Far Thinner Grind..This SR must be the Lightest SR that I have..The Grind is Like Paper.,Looks More Like a Sorta Aircraft Alloy than Carbon Steel..These Must be Very Rare as I have Never Seen another One..Oh..Man..What a Sweet Sweet Shaver..

I am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed..

Billy..

 

This is an excellent color composition. Really, really nice!

 

Great picture Doug. I hope the shave tomorrow goes better.

 

Thank you sir - you are too kind

Doug Korn certainly turns some beautiful handles and deserves all the praise! One of the things I really enjoy with him is, that he sets you every knot you like. So if you really prefer boars and synthetics, why not get him to set you one of those in one of his beautiful handles?

 

Very cool Clubman. Heretofore unheard of by me.

 

Thanks Clint. Have a good day tomorrow.

 

Thank you. I'd like to take credit, but it was luck.

Herm

 

Shave 12. Good shave again. Trying small things out and focusing on technique.

AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Weltmeister 265
Osma Alum Block
AOS Lavender Shave Balm

 

It's very medicinal on the nose, but dries down to the generic Barber talc scent, much like Skin Bracer.

 

RazoRock - The Dead Sea | Kent V8 | RazoRock Black Mamba | Gillette 7 O'clock Black (1) | Folsom & Company - Black Powder


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This was my first time using RazoRock's The Dead Sea. It's packaged similarly to their popular Santa Maria Del Fiore with a thick, heavy glass jar and aluminum lid. The notable exception is that the label is water resistant instead of the ridiculously delicate craft paper found on SMdF. The consistency of TDS is also exactly like that of SMdF. This is where the similarities cease. Out of the jar, I had an initial impression of sharp lemon peel with a very familiar musky fragrance countering the sharpness of the lemon. Seriously, I worked on trying to identify this for a couple days. I don't know why I didn't just go the website and look up the scent notes. At either rate, I brought the jar to my wife and asked her to help me figure out the familiar scent. She noted the lemon as well, but like me was stymied as to the other familiar and dominant fragrance. So, I proceeded to lather up and shave with it, hoping it would come to me.

Like, SMdF, some will find the consistency of TDS awkward. If you've used SMdF, treat TDS the same, and you'll be golden. Since it's essentially a cream, but I still want to load from the jar, I use a barely damp knot. If I was using a boar or other knot with lots of backbone, I'd probably transfer a small dollop into a bowl before loading. If you're digging clumps of cream into your brush, you need to either back off the pressure, or just bowl load. Loading from the jar with a soft, damp knot yields very little protolather, but fills the knot rather quickly. You can see the knot swell and feel the weight increase.

Scalp lathering from this point is intuitive. Dribbling just a small amount of water into the knot, I got a creamy, paintable lather in short order. The lemon and mystery scent was very pleasant but mild. The scent sustained throughout the 3-pass shave without much transformation. The overall shave was outstanding. Interesting word that I overuse---outstanding. This would suggest that this soap stands out among the other soaps I use, and it's just not the case. The fact is, I have been fortunate enough to have been spared from bad soaps for years, given the information from this community. The Dead Sea performs on par with the majority of my soaps, and that's a very good thing. What does stand out, however, is the scent. I just gave up and went to Italian Barber's site (and yes, looking back, I now see it's denoted on the label). There it was, the elusive familiar fragrance, cannabis. When I read it to my wife, she agreed. The lemon compliments it such that it evaded us both. It is a very mildly scented soap, mind you. I could not detect it at all after stepping out of the bathroom.

I will note that the post-shave of TDS is remarkable. Frankly, I don't know how much role the salts play, but it does seem to be a step higher than what lanolin and aloe alone generally do for me. There's no question that a post product could be skipped with this soap. But it's Texas, and it's hot, and I wanted a little menthol, so the late Folsom & Company came through.

 

Wednesday, August 31, 2016


Timeless OC with Stork RWD Titanium
Personna 74 #3
The Varlet
Wickham 1912 Club Cola
Fine Fresh Vetiver



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Wednesday's Finest with:

TOBS Coconut shaving cream,
Omega boar brush,
Edwin Jagger DE89 w/Astra SP blade,
Captain's Choice aftershave.

 

SOTD - 30 August 2016



Have a great Wednesday!
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How do you like the tobs coconut? I love tobs, but i have always been hesitant of this one.

 

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!! SOTD 8/31/16

'59 Gillette 195 AKA "The Fatboy"(set on 7)
Lord Classic (2)
Erskine 3103 Boar
Williams
Three Passes,Cold Water Rinse
Witch Hazel,Pinaud Clubman A/S

For My Birthday Shave I Used Some Of My Favorite Things, Another Great BBS Finish!!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!!

 

Excellent shave. The Bronze Shadow whipped up Lavanille into yogurty goodness in no time. I bloomed the puck and loaded with a dry brush. I continued my pattern of three face and two neck passes with the Futur on six. Lavanille aftershave wrapped it up right.



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