SoS: December 19th ~ December 25th, 2011

2 thumbs up on that brush!

 

Jamie, praying that you're feeling better soon.

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
CD: Kutless ~ Strong Tower
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya Safari Ridge, BLACK
Soap: Williams (ShopRite, $1.39) + 3 drops M Bomb + a squirt of KMF Unscented
Brush: Omega 10098 - gift
Razor: '58 Gillette TV - flea market, $2
Blade: Gillette Super Thin - gift
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, Pinaud Clubman
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Darn near 5 blades.

 

Friday

JM Schmid & Son 6/8
Men-U Boar brush
TSD Irish Spring Style soap
Adidas Ice Dive A/S

Great shave this morning. Had a great visit with my parents, and we're now ready for Christmas!

 

Fri, Dec 23
Brush: Omega Boar
Soap/Creme: Cella, red tub
Razor: Racer
Blade: Astra SP
Pre: Shower and glycerin soap
Post: Witch Hazel
Hair Groom: Gables creme-oil
Result: Good, better than I expected. I'd had somewhat poor results the first time I used a racer, but it has a dark green handle, so paired with my Cella soap it made for a good holiday razor. With the Astra Sp blade it gave a quick, easy, ccs to dfs.

 

The Slant Arrives:

It was the stroke of 4:21 when the Bell rang. I opened the Box to find Cella Shave Soap, a Milk Fat Bath Bar, and...A Merkur Slant 37c

A big thank you to Gary at Shoe Box shave, who went out of his way to assist me in my selection.

It's a nice shaver, and only aggressive if you apply too much pressure. Also, never pass over an area that needs more lather without putting a dab more on. Tiny bleeder, but MY FAULT.

I will need a few shaves to get it down, but had a very nice DFS+ with a brand new razor, and went easy for the most part.

I am looking forward to getting acquainted with Slanty, as Randy said

Here are the two brothers resting under my shave list. Thanx for all who helped.

Proraso Preshave
Vulfix 404 Mixed
Merkur 37C Slant (1)
Gillette 7 o'clock Dark Blue (1)
TSD Bourbon Vanilla Balm
Old Spice Original

 

Which Chickie's and Pete's? The one by the stadium?

 

A late post for Friday morning shave.

Sorry I haven't been around much but my daughter has been sick. Her temperature hit 105F last night and we ready to take her to the hospital when the fever went down to 100F. Two trips to the doctor in three days, but they think they have it figured out and she seems better. Finally got her to bed, and I have some time to read and post.

This was my first shave in bit and I wanted to try a new soap so here it is;

Proraso pre shave balm
TSD 2X Iced Tea Tree Soap
Omega Boar, 10015, face lather
GEM Micromatic, GEM SS blade (D3)
Alcolado-Glacial and Proraso ASB

The TSD 2X Iced Tea Tree was very nice, a bit different from Mama Bears Awakening, but a very nice soap. Great lather, great scent, left my face feeling good through a long day. I liked it alot. I did much better with the GEM Micromatic than on previous days, I would say an easy DFS in three passes. I was pretty pleased with this shave.

Merry Christmas

 

Sorry to hear about your daughter but I'm very glad that she's improving. Get some rest and I hope she does too! God bless!

 

Amen to that.

 

Christmas Eve SOTD​

 

SB Semogue 2020
SC Compass Wild Power (Bulgarian S.Cream)
SR Lux (Russian stainless steel DE safety razor)
RB Nacet (#1)
ASL Floid Blue
Arko fat cream

 

Gillette fatboy with shark super chrome balde( day 2 )
Proraso white shave soap
VDH boar brush
1 pass ATG with slow smooth short strokes = DFS.
1 thing I love about the proraso is the nice cooling cold water rinse at the end of the shave = no aftershave

 

Saturday, December 24. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: WeiShi
Blade: Gillette Blue
Soap: MWF
Brush: D.R. Harris H2 (Rooney 1/2)
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Pitralon Classic After Shave

 

By the Stadium, just off the Walt Whitman. I take it you've been? That was my first time.

I'm praying for your daughter. Glad the fever went down. Hope it stays down.

 

That's an awesome handle!

 

Saturday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 2
Palmindaya SC
Keri unscented moisturizer
Booster Polar Ice AS

This morning I had a very nice "Brazilian Barbershop-style" shave - the Palmindaya cream is used in barbershops over there, and it's an excellent product. The scent is lovely in a very traditional and old-school way, it has a great cooling sensation, the lather is so rich and easy to create. The Polar Ice aftershave is one of my top favorites. (Too bad Madame doesn't like it!)

 

As Gary has said twice already that brush looks fantastic, as did the others you had restored

 

BBS with a day 5 blade afew months ago I bought 100 astra's I like em a lot, I just think I have found the Chuck Norris of the pack or im just getting better, same set up as last 5 shaves, as many a great football manager has said "Dont change a winning team"

Hot shower
Omega 10275 boar
Palmolive shave stick
EJ89L
Bond ASB
Bond aftershave.

 

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Long Handled Progress
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Vulfix 2006 Pure Badger
Soap or Cream: Portman Square Collier Row
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Speick Balm

 

Dean, that shot is pro and not just because there's an Omega in it....