SoS: December 26th, 2011 ~ January 1st, 2012

Tuesday, December 27. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Simpsons Duke 2
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

Tuesday morning,

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna Blade (4)
Omega 20107 Boar Bristle Brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!



The Omega 20107 and MWF made a superb lather!

 

Tuesday, December 27th

Razor: iKon H20
Blade: Gillette Dark Blue
Brush: Thater Porter
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Cream: Kool Monsoon (compliments of Crackstar)
A/S: Alt Innsbruck

Yesterday's shave with the iKon H20 was so nice that I reached for it again. This time, I decided to try a cream that I recently received from Jeff called Kool Monsoon. It is a great performing cream and I enjoyed an excellent shave. The Alt Innsbruck provided just the kind of wake-me-up that I needed today.

 

Coffee - Folgers Original Roast w/ Irish Cream flavoured cream
Music - Dean Martin All the Hits
Prep - Shower hot enough to boil lobsters if I were holding them.
Razor - Merkur 38C Barber Pole (My others haven't arrived yet )
Blade - Merkur Platinum
Brush - Fendrihan Best Badger
Cream - Edwin Jagger Aloe
A/S - Old Spice Classic Splash

I'm finding this cream gives me a far better shave than Proraso soap ever did.

 

Philips Philite razor
Perma sharp super
Semogue 2011LE finest bristle 1
La toja shave stick
Thayers Witch hazel AS and 444 balm

 

Tuesday

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Scarlatti
AOS Lemon SC
Lord L6
Feather (2)
Cool Water Rinse
Victoria's Secret "Appletini" Body Lotion
Pe Re Ja Colgone

Started the morning with a hot cup of coffee on the lanai and enjoyed the 66 degree weather with the cats.

Excellent shave, I always prefer day two on a Feather, it seems to calm down a bit and not want to bite so much. Plus I finally finished off bottle # 1 of the Pe Re Ja and directly moved on to bottle #2!

Ahhh, curse this work laptop! I can't upload my picture!!

Maybe when I get home I'll do it.

Have a great day!



Success!! Picture is uploaded!

 

A shave reminiscent of the islands with a little help from a vintage Schick blade.

 

Tuesday

JM Schmid & Sons 6/8
Omega Boar brush
Tabac soap
Master Topaz A/S

Great shave!

 

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - Today's the day!

1. Prep: Hot shower; CB Super Sensitive facewash; Yardley bath bar; hand strop blade
2. Coffee: Locally roasted, fresh ground something from my BIL w/ cream
3. Lather: Dettol Cool cream - bowl lather
4. Brush: Vulfix 2234
5. Razor: Gem HFT
6. Blade: Pella SS PTFE coated (7); 3 passes
7. Post: Cold water rinse; Osage Rub; NuSkin Aftershave Balm

The Dettol Cool cream I found at an Indian market in Atlanta along with some Godrej. I saw someone else posting that they were really looking hard for this stuff so I thought I just had to give it a go this morning. It was very, very good. A light cooling sensation akin to Bigelow/Proraso and it was super easy to lather. It gave great glide and I think it'd be almost impossible to foul up the water/product ratio. If you can find it then definitely pick it up. I think I paid $3 for it. On another note this was shave #7 on this blade and it still feels like new.

Shave Rating - Splendid! God Bless!

 

Hey Now:

Another one you may enjoy is the Gillette 7 o'clock Yellow Sharper Edge. If u r not placing an order in the near future I will send u some.

 

Very cool pic!

 

I was actualy going to order another sampler pack and some more razorock later on this week. But thank you for the offer.

 

27.12.2011
Quick put pleasant shave.
Merkur 23C/Red Personna
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Valobra shaving stick (what a gem!)
Cold water splash
Alum
Cold water splash
Mayor Energy Platinum splash

Fisrt time I tried to put on some alum, rinse it and then put some alcohol based splash. NICE!
BBS!

 

45 yrs ago - My shave of the day kinda looked like this.
Old Spice, Semogue, Gillette

 

Tuesday

Razor: Muhle R106
Blade: Feather
Brush: The Colonel
Soap: MWF
AS: Prorasso ASB



I decided to see how well The Colonel could lather MWF. I can usually only get it to lather with a boar brush. At first I messed up with the water but after loading the brush a bit more it was perfect. I am really enjoying the brush! It is the softest badger brush I have but it isn't floppy at all. The shave was a definite DFS!

 

I'm definitely having quite the affair with my new Simpson's as well. One of these days I may just have to order a custom from them!

 

Resistance is futile!

 

Locutus? And here I thought your avatar was a microphone. Man did they work you over!

 

The-Thank you Stuart (Weishi Warrior) Shave

Ceramic Handle(matches my house!) Badger Brush (Thanks Stuart)
Maca Root SC (thanks Stuart)
Merkur Futur (thanks for loaning it to me Stuart)
Super Iridium Blade
Alcolado Glacial Splash
Proraso AS Balm
Music-Alison Krauss

-gotta get me a Futur, fantastic smooth, bbs shave. Love the brush and Maca root. Thanks again Stuart!

 

Can't beat the Ted Pella in an SE. Gem G-bar is a nice looking and great shaving razor. I don't use mine enough.