SoS: December 5th ~ December 11th, 2011

Wednesday 7 December

Hot shower
Proraso white soap
Omega Boar 10015, face lather
Gillette Milord (gold) w/ Gillette 7O'Clock Super Platinum Black Day 7 or so
Polar ice AS, Proraso ASB

A three pass DFS++ shave. A little tugging and one small weeper, probably should have replaced the blade yesterday. Still a great shave. I am really loving this set up, the proraso white is so good to my face.

 

Wednesday, December 7. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Semogue 2011 LE Finest Bristle 1 #49
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue



Have a GREAT day.

 

Sorry for poor pic quality poor lighting in bathroom

Hot shower + proraso pre
Bond fresh shave cream
Kent BK12
EJ89L
Astra Blade day 3
Dirty English ASB

DFS the BK12 maybe a lather hog but it lathers so quickly and its so soft but still with some back bone (so tempted to use my secret santa stuff today dont know how I stayed so strong)

 

Wednesday:

Had to lather up twice. First batch of lather with Salaspina Triple Delight had my skin burning in the first pass. I guess that is another soap that I just can't use. I honestly didn't think it was likely to go well, but I had to try.

Ingrams SC
Padauk wood/black badger knot
New Improved
7 O'Clock Sharp (day 4)
alum
TSD ISZ witch hazel
SCS refined AS

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 3
Tet-a-tet SC
Tet-a-tet AS Balsam
JHL Cologne

The Tet-a-tet cream is quite cooling although not as much as the matching aftershave balsam. Both of these items are so good for sensitive skin, and the cream lathers up so easily. I could not have gotten a better shave even at a barbershop.

 

Gillette Diplomat
7 O'clock Sharp Edge
Simpson Duke I
Old Spice Lime cream
Geo. F. Trumper Lime Skin Food

 

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: EJ Chatsworth
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Soap or Cream: George F. Trumper GFT Cream (sample)
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Mr. Taylor Splash

A truly fine shave this morning. The GFT cream lathered profusely and I enjoyed the scent. When my present stash of creams starts to develop some gaps, I will be very tempted to order a Trumper cream or two. The Mr. Taylor splash (sorry, George) provided a very pleasant finish.

 

Wednesday

Muhle R106
Red Personna
Penworks Finest
Monsavon
Proraso White ASB

The first shave in 3 days! The Monsavon was a bit watery, but that was my fault. However it wasn't terrible lather. Today I caught a strong citrus scent from the soap, I don't know if that is how it smells to the others who have it, but I like it. I was planning on only doing a quick 2-pass this morning, but everything was going so quick and smooth, so I decided to throw in a third. The result was a most welcome DFS!!

 

Muhle R41 ('11)
7 O'clock Black
M&F 1/2
GTP - G5
QCS Esquire SS
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S


Montale - Oud Cuir D'Arabie

 

Wednesday

Merkur Futur; Kraut & Dohnal 9/16
Gillette SP (4)
Men-U Boar
Col. Conk Lime
Booster Iced Limes & Royall Lyme

Fairly good after two passes with the Futur, but there was still some stubble left for the straight to clean up. The ultimate result was a near BBS shave in 3 passes! I used Booster Iced Limes in place of witch hazel (which I use daily, but never put in my SOTD) this morning because it doesn't last very long, but I love the scent and the effect it has on my skin. I topped that off with Royall Lyme for further conditioning and a more lasting scent.

 

Gem OCMM w/ Gem PTFE blade
Semogue OC Boar
Arko
Alum
Superior 70 (Boosted)

I am looking forward to this weekend when I can take my time and enjoy my shave.

 

Wednesday morning,

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna Blade (3)
Omega 10066 Boar Bristle Brush,
Arko shave soap w/ hot water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!



A nice lather with the Omega 10066 and Arko.

 

Wednesday:

Shumate 5/8
The Dridecker
Arko Stick
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Fresh Balm
Jovan Musk After Shave/Cologne

 

Gillette NEW Low Price
Wilkinson Sword (2)
Simpson Case
AOS Preshave Oil
Proraso Sensitive
Nivea ASB
Old Spice

Open combs are kind of a one shot deal with me for some reason. I don't use them very often, but then when I do I get great shaves from them. Following one of these great shaves I'll ask myself why I don't use these razors more often. So the next day I'll grab it again, but whatever magic it held for me yesterday is gone, and I'll usually suffer an at least sub-par shave. Todau was great. Unfortunately my only other gold razor is a NEW Red and Black set which I intent to use tomorrow. We shall see.

In other news I decided to face lather with the Case/Proraso, and the brush held enough reeeallly nice cushy lather for 4 full passes without any kind of reloading whatsoever, I was definitely a little surprised and very impressed. All in all fantastic shave.

 

Wednesday, December 7


55’ Gillette Red Tip
Lord Platinum (d1)
Preshave Oil Blend
Col. Conk Amber S/S
Tweezerman Badger
Old Spice Musk

Been using my latest preshave oil blend: 5 parts ea castor and grapeseed oil, 1 part ea TSD M-Bomb and glycerin. I think this is my best mix yet.

 

La Toja Stick (cause Spain had all of that New World GOLD in the 16th century)
The Dridecker Brush (cause Bill has a heart of GOLD)
GOLD Gillette New
Voshkod
Osage Rub
Phyto Expert AS Balm
Music-Kanye West (GOLD Digger)-yes I'll delve into Rap once in a while-my kids worked me hard to tolerate and even appreciate this music. It's great
for spinning to.

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower
CD: Blues GOLD, cd 1 ~ various early artists
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor
Soap: TSD Cedarwood - it wouldn't be a golden week without tapping into the gold mine that is my TSD soap collection
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
Razor: Gillette Sheraton
Blade: Astra SP, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

The Sheraton is just a tad mild. Left a touch of stubble along the jaw line.

 

Golden Age Shower and Shave
A long hot shower.
LuJin Badger
Bond Shave Cream
Schick Injector
Warm rinse,polar splash,Thayer's Witch Hazel,Ogalla Bay Rum.
A golden DFS.

 

HAD THE BEST SHAVE OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!! WEDNESDAY DECEMBR 7,2011
Mark this day on the calander!
Well fella's I now know the true zen like feeling that most of you experience! My goodness from Bullgoose came in the mail today and when I got up this afternoon I headed straight to the bathroom.
I ordered Proraso white and RazoRock classic and a sample pack of blades. So I tried the Proraso 1st since my wife liked the smell of it better
OMG!!! The lather was the easist and thickest and best I've ever experienced. It was trully amazing. As soon as I began to lather it on my face I just felt this intense cooling sensation that just blew my mind.
The sample pack of razors came with feather blades so of coarse I had to try those 1st to see if they're reputation was correct. WOW! the sharpest blade I've ever put to my face. Effortless. Not 1 tug,nick,bump,burn nothing! 2 passes and I was cleaner than any other blade I've ever used. The coolest thing is any time I've ever shaved theres alway been a small amount of blood loss. I was shocked that there wasnt even a single spot after shaving with, what is rumored to be 1 of the sharpest blades.