SoS: Feb 28 - March 6 2011

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Voskhod day 5
Noxzema Lather SC (man, I love this stuff so much!)
Burt's Bees Bay Rum AS Balsam :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Aramis EDT

A great nostalgic shave this morning with my absolute favorite cream. I always feel so good when I use this set-up, because it reminds me of my younger days!

 

Cella
Merkur 43C
Feather (2)
Penworks 24 Silvertip
EJ Sea Buckthorn balm

Only 2 passes but good enough to work outside this afternoon.

 

Wednesday:

Razor: Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Omega Boar 10005
Soap: Prairie Creations
ASB: Barclay Crocker Sandalwood
EdT: Azzaro Pour Homme

 

Karl Engels DE
Personna 74*
Knotty Badger Silvertip
The Shave Den Lime Ice Cream soap
The Shave Den Iced Lime splash
4711 Ice eau de cologne (vintage?)

 

Wednesday

EJ89L
Voskhod (4)
EJ Best Badger
Truefit and Hill Trafalgar sc
Nivea Sensitive as balm
Clubman as lotion

 

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Pre-shave Soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur 23C
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: Ingram (I should be using this more often)
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Proraso Splash

I decided that I needed a small blast of menthol this morning as an antidote to the winter blahs. It was an excellent, refreshing shave and now I'm eager for another snowfall so that I can enjoy shoveling it. Just kidding about the snow shoveling, but it was a great shave!

 

Wednesday - Mar. 2

• '52 black-tip SS
• Feather (3)
• C&E best
• Monsavon
• Old Spice fresh lime

 

Grafco Vintage Open Comb Razor
Gillette 7:00 Yellow blade
C&E BBB
TOBS St. James Stick
RazoRock
Osage Rub
Lab Series AS Balm

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower
Coffee: Eight O'Clock French Roast, BLACK
Cream: KMF Mint + 4 drops M Bomb
Brush: C&E Pure Badger
Razor: '73 Black Handle SS
Blade: Shark Super Chrome, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Osage Rub, SJ Unforgivable, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Doing just creams this week. So far, so good. I think I still prefer the ritual involved with using a puck of soap.

 

Calani "Iberische Sonne"
hjm boar
HERDER 11/16 vollhohl
EJ DE 89L
LORD super stainless
Weleda Rasierwasser

 

My friends, I have a great news... I just lost my virginity :happy108 I shaved with a Feather :happy108

My God, that is sharp. I thought the Voskhods were sharp but the Feathers are in a different class of their own. This was the closest and the most comfortable shave I ever had... I'm in love :love029 Even my difficult spots were almost gone from the ATG pass.

Let's see now how many shaves a blade lasts... if the average is 3-4 shaves it will be good for 2 shaves for me... but I may be wrong, time will tell.

Anyway, I'm not giving up on trying other blades nor the Voskhods (for me, my 100 blades stash seemed a lot, but when I saw Jeff's 1600 Voskhods...:1respect)

The "equipment":

Amway Tolsom face cleansing foam
D'amaris royal
Slim@5 with Feather
Amway Tolsom tonic
Amway Hymm ASB

Absolute and total BBS (if there isn't a 6 blades shave I'll have to create it) :happy108

What would be the next sharp blade after the Feathers?

 

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Pretty much my frist rig

Brush: Some Boar
Soap: vintage Old Spice
Razor: SS
AS: Old Spice

 

Cella
Omega 31064
Merkur HD
Super Iridium (4)
Pinaud Clubman
Nivea Sensitive ASB

 

Since I forgot to post my "Fat Tuesday" shave yesterday, this is a two-for-one post:

Common:
Face: Super Speed w/ Red Pack Persona
Head: Tech w/ Dorco 301
Knotty Erlenmeyer
Alum

Tues. Night:
MWF
TSD ADG Type AS

Wed. Night "Harris Hump Day" shave:
DR Harris Marlborough SS
TSD Bergamot AS

Yep, I'm going silly for the Wednesday theme. But a seriously good shave!

 

Bravo, my friend! :1respect:1respect:1respect If I would try to shave again with a Feather, my face would be in pieces, or it would be a big mess in spite of my hard beard. The Voskhods are sharper than sharp enough for me, and they work great!

 

Shower
Proraso pre-shave
Tweezerman brush
Ogalla Lime and Peppercorns Soap
Gillette Red Tip with Gillette 7am Razor
Clubman Special Reserve Aftershave
New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale

 

Feb, 03

Merkur 23C/Blue Personna#4
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Wilkinson Sword soap
Ceramic bowl
Cold water splash

Nice good shave. Slick, as always with Wilkinson Sword soap, smooth. Almost boring...
Thinking to begin learning sticks again...

 

Thursday's Shave

Hot Shower
Arko Shave Stick
Omega 10029 Baby-Pro Boar
1955-58 Eversharp-Schick I2
CVS/Personna (Day1)
Arko Nem mango-mandalina moisturizer
Arko Aqua AS

Yesterday I revisited the Ming-Shi TTO/Perma-Sharp Super combo...After 3 passes of totally irritation free shaving, the impulse to look and see if there is a blade in the razor type shave...I received a very nice DFS. I think one-more pass would have brought it up to BBS, but it was a judgement call and I demured, as the DFS was more than acceptable.

Todays Schick Injector/CVS-Personna shave, was in 2 passes with a little Skin-Streching and razor buffing probably better than any Barber-Shop shave I've ever gotten (although, I miss the fire in the ears....And was a ton of fun...Now I just have to try and keep my hands off my face in public today...

 

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Nacet
Top Ten Menthol SC :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Max Refreshing AS :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Versace L'homme EDT

Today, I took an imaginary trip to Bulgaria with my shave--it's been a long time since I've used this Top Ten Menthol cream. The scent is very nice, the lather is extremely rich and easy to create, and the skincare is good. The cooling effect is very light, but the Max Refreshing aftershave magnifies it very well.

 

Gillette Old Type
Gillette 7OC Super Plat
Ever-Ready 200 Super Silvertip
Wool Fat
Superior 70 Bay Rum