SoS: December 5th ~ December 11th, 2011

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade
CD: Blues GOLD ~ disc 2, various contemporary artists
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK
Cream: KMF Cool Mint + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
Razor: Merkur 34G
Blade: Astra SP, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Osage Rub, Pinaud Clubman, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Fantastic shave.

 

Look at the SHINE!

Very nice Greg!

 

Coffee: Yaucono Espresso brewed up in my Moka pot
Music: Best of Stevie Wonder
Prep: Hot shower
Pre-shave oil: Art of Shaving Sandalwood
Soap: Art of Shaving Sandalwood Cream
Brush: Art of Shaving Fine Badger
Razor: Parker 91R
Blade: Merkur
Aftershave: Art of Shaving Sandalwood Lotion
Result: 3-pass DFS finishing ATG with just a couple of nicks on the neck. Not bad for my first ever DE shave!

 

Monday of "Grab the Gold Week"

Beard Prep: Hot Shower, shampooed whiskers with shampoo from a bottle with a Gold colored top.
Soap: Arko Shave Stick--Straight wet stick to wet face. Rubbing in a swirling fashing ATG
Brush: Omega 10029 Baby-Pro boar
Razor: 1955-58 Gold Plated Head, Schick-Eversharp Hydro-Magic
Post: Cold Water rinse, Arko-Nem orange-mango moisturizer, Rebul Lavenda Colonia, Caron Pour Un Homme EdT

Two passes of Gold Standard Perfection...I've been bowl mixing lately and digging it...But theres nothing like Shave Stick directly on face to really get each whisker to pull little bits of soap, great soap distribution....And the HOT water filled brush holds the heat better going directly to face to make the lather.

 

No holding back for you then, huh?! Great set-up for your first DE shave. They will only continue to improve. Glad to have you here at 'da Den!

 

I'd say....nicely done! And it's true...it will only get better....I used to get a couple of weepers when I shaved til I started listening to Miles Davis...Now weepers are a thing of the past...lol!! Just kidding....Miles got the same excellent results as Stevie...

 

I would be willing to bet you smell like Sandalwood.

 

:biggrin: Thanks!

I'd like to point out that the stropping handle on the Model B is silver, not gold. And that while the shaving handle IS gold plated, the blade, made from the finest Sheffield steel, is not. Shhhh, if we're really quiet, we can actually hear the blade rusting! :biggrin: (I got alot of those little silica bags)

 

Monday's Shave:
Hot Shower
Parker Badger
Goatie Girls Peppermint
Gillette GOLD Tech
Astra
Warm water rinse, polar splash, Thayer's Witch Hazel, Kanaga Water.
4 Sleigh DFS

 

Great set-up and congrats on your first shave.

 

Monday

Morrisons Facial Pre wash
Feather Artist Club SS Razor
Semogue SOC Boar. (With a little imagination the handle looks a little golden!)
Wilkinson Sword shave stick
Witch Hazel
Boots Rosewater and Glycerine
Bay Rum. (Perhaps gold rum was used in its manufacture!!!!!)

Not my best shave....but not my worst either. I had one weeper on a cheekbone. I think I pushed the Feather pro blade a shave too far. This was #8. I think I will have a cut off at six shaves just to be sure.

 

Taylor Eye Witness "The Gem", Joris Thuya Pur Gris Européen, Mama Bear's, Thayer's WH, Fragonard Cologne Grand Luxe EdT

 

R41 w/ Feather (4)
Semogue OC Boar
Nord Ost SC
Alum
Nord Ost ASB

This kit would have been 'golden' had I not tried to stretch my Feather blade to day 4. It just wasn't the smartest thing to do, but in my defense, I was still sleeping while shaving this morning. The Semogue OC Boar brush is becoming a top performer, but has not surpassed the 2000 yet. It still needs some time to fully develop. I really enjoyed the Nord Ost this morning. The lather was rich and creamy and the ASB was pleasant. I'll break out a gold razor tomorrow.

 

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Thanks further kind words guys! I have been wet shaving with the AOS kit for about 10 days now using a Schick Hydro 5 cart razor. My goal is to learn to shave with a straight whenever I can (note my new strop hanging) and DE shave when I have less time to spend. And you're right I do smell like sandalwood and it smells amazing! They are pretty good products. Never had a better shave but I am also spending a lot more time on proper face prep and it definitely pays off over the can of goo I was using.

 

Grab the Gold
Face frozen from Dentist but had to shave...
Copperhat Yellowheart Badger - Founders Reserve Cedarwood and Clarysage Shave Cream
Gold Gillette Aristocrat - Fresh Wilki blade - 2 pass
Warm rinse - Cold rinse
Mennen Skin Bracer Cool Spice (this stuff is like gold)
DFS

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Best Badger
Soap: TOBS Sandalwood
ASB: Vaseline Men's



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Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Valobra
Brush: Omega 31064
Razor: Merkur 37C (Slant)
Blade: Feather(2)
A/S: Pinaud Clubman
Balm:Nivea Sensitive ASB

 

You are a braver man than me.

 

Johnny, every so often the Denu cream is available at this guy's store that I buy at, but the prices he charges are high. The Diana Sport balsam is from Austria. A friend of mine sent it to me.