SoS: December 2021

Gillette Mach3
Personna Easy Fit Cartridge
MDC Original Soap
Maggard 2 Band
Aloe Vera
First Line Shave Aftershave

 

Cool looking razor Danny. Congrats.

 

December 15, 2021
CG Level 2
Feather
Semogue Mistura Taj
RR The Dead Sea
Shave Soap & Aftershave

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December 15th
Razor: H&S Co NO75
Blade: Voskhod (3)
Brush: Rick Montalvo
Pre-shave: PAA Cube
Soap: T&S Merry
Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel
B&M Unscented Balm
AS: T&S Merry

Good morning!



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That's a very unusual shave soap, Tim.

 

Williams Wednesday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Jayaruh #424 Synthetic
47 Gillette Aristocrat
Gillette Silver Blue
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Lustray Spice After Shave

The Williams Mug Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #424 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the 47 Gillette Aristocrat Razor with a Gillette Silver Blue Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Lustray Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Wednesday morning:

L’Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/King C. Gillette day 8
Derbylux SC
Nivea Sensitive ASB
Alt Innsbruck AS Splash

I wanted to use the Derbylux cream because it’s been sitting around in my house for a long time and I ignored it for too long. It’s from Hungary and it’s got a lovely sporty/minty scent with great lather - hell, just a small dab on both cheeks is sufficient, it has a nice menthol sensation, and the postshave feeling is very comfortable. The Nivea Sensitive balm delivered great soothing and moisturizing, while the Alt Innsbruck aftershave went on icy cold with its gorgeous old school European scent that I love so much and my wife curses every time she smells it on me! It felt good to use my Plissoft 26mm Monster synthetic - that bugger really drives the lather into my face. Another super smooth shave that I enjoyed so much!

Have a good day - be well and safe!



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Thanks Clint

 

Focus R51-5 Tritok Flat Top Razor.
Feather Blade (2)
Delrin handle synthetic brush.
Soap Commander Unity shave soap.
Irish Chestnut by Andy Hilfiger cologne.

2nd run with the flat top and it was a little better than yesterday. The angle is getting easier to find. Once you get the right angle locked in and apply a little pressure it is a sweet and smooth shaver.

Three nice passes with just a hint of alum.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

 

Purdy razor, Clint! Me likie a lot.

 

RR Hawk V3A
Schick Proline (5)
Semogue 22mm BC Texugo
Stirling Orange Chill
Tet-A-Tet ASB

A very nice two pass shave today. Switched things up and used a badger and the Stirling Orange Chill.

Enjoy your day.

 

Soap: TSD unscented Lanolin
Brush: Oscar11 with H.I.S. knot
Razor: Rockwell 6C R2 plate
Blade: Super Iridium
After: Stirling unscented balm

 

Wednesday, December 15

Santa Maria Novella~~Simpson "The Duke"~~RazoRock GC .84 OC/Sharp Star~~Initio Oud For Greatness
Have a great day!​

 

Thank you Danny. I am really going to like this one.


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SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 2021

After yesterday’s fabulous shave with the new-to-me Bartmann, there was no way I could settle for less than an exemplary shave. Time to pull out the tried and true big guns! Victor Creazzi builds great razors. I own two of his fancies. My first purchase was this razor, “Bone Mosaic”. At 7/8, like most of Victor’s razors, it’s right smack dab in my sweet spot.

Despite today’s trend towards meat cleaver/shave hatchet style razors, they’re not for me. My son owns several of the latter, from well-known and respected makers. I’ve shaved with a 10/8 and a 12/8 and don’t like their mass or heft and feel in hand. Keeping my neck smooth is one of the priorities for my mug shaves. And while I can do it with these behemoths, I don’t enjoy it!

Bone Mosaic checks all the boxes and then some for me. It’s nimble in hand, thanks to its heft and balance in hand, qualities that are inherent to every razor Vic builds. But even more importantly to me, Bone Mosaic is one purty lady with a buttery smooth edge! And boy does she ever clean the decks. Two and a half passes put the baby to bed, leaving my mug porcelain smooth.

Matt Pisarcik is truly a standup guy, as many are now learning in light of a certain plating fiasco where he stepped in and cleaned up a more disorganized and less experienced vendor’s mess. I met Matt and his lovely wife at a Shave Collectibles Meeting back in October of 2019 outside Cincinnati. Matt is a very knowledgeable and serious Gillette collector.

So much so in fact Proctor and Gamble, Gillette’s current owners, had engaged him as a consultant to help them straighten out their collection. He spoke about the experience at the meeting and gave a great talk and presentation on Gillette history. Shortly thereafter I purchased his first new safety razor design, the Rex Adjustable (RA). After it arrived, there were issues, and Matt, being Matt made good on his guarantee and fixed everything on his dime.

The Rex Adjustable owes its design to both the Gibbs and Gillette adjustables he had been repairing for years. There are now two other models in the Rex stable, and while I’ve not shaved with them, do know they reflect a level of safety razor design expertise gained from over a decade of hands-on safety razor repair expertise. My noggin shave with my RA this morning was the usual superb two ATG passes that completed the morning’s shave regimen and left me velveteen smooth from shoulders to noggin.

RAZOR: Victor Creazzi’s “Bone Mosaic” 7/8 (Mug), Rex Adjustable (Dome)
BLADE: Feather DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE LE #007 Knurled Aluminum Handle Hybrid Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Fine Accoutrements’s Platinum AS Splash.

 

SOTD, Dec 15th 2021

Razor: Razorock 2nd Generation Lupo.72- Mfg 2021> excellent mid range, great clamping design, great for under the nose, carefree shaving mostly.
Blade: Gillette 7 oClock SP black(3) Sharp & Smoooth with reasonable longevity.
Soap: Speick, nice mild spicy scent + excellent lather qualities. (misted)
Brush: Yaqi Viper 24mm boar, excellent lather generator, soft spit end tips, nice scrub, great lather painter.
Pre shave: Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of clear Aloe Vera gel on the cleaned beard area.
Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups.
Post shave: Fine fresh Vetiver with witch hazel + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizer lotion (balm) + scentless.
Results: CCS,DFS,BBS + no irritation + no weepers = excellent shave with my RR Lupo.72 + a Gillette 7 oClock SP.

Have some great shaves!

 

Tate Gallery?

 

A nearly encore performance from the Never Fail to test out a refresh. Mission accomplished - wonderful shave

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Shavemac 2 Band Silvertip Badger
Sterling Soap Black Cherry sample
Never Fail 5/8
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Gillette New LC / Polsilver Super Iridium
Cravingshaving Synthetic
Route 66 / Barber Shop Hop

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SOD Wednesday December 15, 2021

Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Fendrihan
Pre shave: None
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts Druantia
Razor: Henson AL13 Mild
Face WTG-XTG-ATG
Head WTG:XTG-ATG
Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium (6)
Razor: Gillette Styler
Post: Omega Alum Block
Post: Thayers Witch Hazel
Lotion: none
Balm: Southern Witchcrafts Druantia
Have a great day!