SoS: February 13th, 2012 ~ February 19th, 2012

L'Occitane Lavender soap
Razor Max Otte 6/8
Brush New Forest tubby 1
Mitchells Woolfat
Alum + Witch hazel
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau De Parfum.
Jamie.

The Max Otte is such a refined razor, so smooooth and so sharp, She delivered a first class shave on this bright but cold sunday morning.

 

Sunday, February 19, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: DE87
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Blue
Soap: Palmolive Menthol Cream (Italian)
Brush: D.R. Harris H2
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Pitralon Classic (German)

 

Sunday

Hot Shower(soak brush,Semogue 620)
Proraso PrePost creme
Speick shave stick
Feather AS-D1/Polsilver (2)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum(clean brush,razor,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Clubman splash mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

Real smooth shave today BBS face and head with no touch ups needed.It's nice when a plan comes together.

 

Sunday:

Ever-Ready Streamline
Gem Stainless SE blade
Van de Hagen Deluxe Soap
Omega Boar brush

My first shave with the Streamline. I approached it with caution, which is always sensible with a new razor. In this case, I'd read from some other people that this model is very aggressive, and can bite. Well, it did take the whiskers right off, so maybe it is aggressive, but not in a dangerous way. No nicks, no irritation, and very easy to use.

 

Sunday

Prep: 30 minute marinade with TSD ISZ PSB, hot shower, soak brush
CD: Hosanna! Music ~ High Energy Praise
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK
Soap: Irisch Moos
Brush: Ever Ready 200T with original knot
SE: Gem Push Button
Blade: Gem, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Cool Mist + 2 drops M Bomb, Pinaud Clubman, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

This would have been a 5 Blade rating if I enjoyed using sticks. Think I'm gonna have to grate this down into a bowl. I've been trying to like the stick. Just ain't hap'nin'.

 

Sunday morning, February 19, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna blade (7)
Omega 20107 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Barbasol Razor
Sharp brand DE (1)
Semogue OC Boar
Apple Blossom Shave Cream (I think)
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

Tried a new cream from Dimitry. I can't read Russian, but if IIRC it is called Apple Blossom. It was a nice cream, but I still think I like the CTAPT better. A single shave doesn't make a test. It was also the first time I used a Sharp Brand DE blade. I received it as an extra from an order last year and it has just been sitting there in the blade box looking at me. Not a bad blade in the Barbasol. I don't really know much of anything about them.

 

Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Wilkinson Sword day 5
Nord-ost SC
Nord-ost AS Balsam
Obsession For Men EDT

Wow, that Nord-ost cream has so much lather and it feels so soothing and protective. It also has a nice, although mild cooling sensation. The matching aftershave balsam is very cooling, and the scent goes very well with Obsession. The shaving cream is in the black and yellow tube, and the balsam is in the other tube. This shave was a real pleasure - I enjoyed every minute of it.

 

Sunday 2-19-2012

tunes - Dream Theatre, Octavarium
epsom salt bath/hot towel prep
TBS Pre-shave oil
TBS Synthetic
C&E Nomad cream
Merkur HD 34C w/ Tiger (2)
cold water rinse
C&E Nomad AS balm
4 pass (W/W/X/X) + touch ups

Man did I ever need good shave this morning, and I got it! DFS with only two little weepers. I shaved without my glasses on, I wonder if that made a difference. I have a pretty strong prescription, and I wonder if that made me be extra extra careful today. I have to earmark this shave, because it was the best shave in a while - no burn, no red dots, no irritation, just a few little rough spots, but I can live with that over hamburger neck ANYDAY!

 

May be it was the Dream Theatre!

 

The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy is a great read. May have to pull it off of the shelf for a refresher.

 

Sundays shave

Took a hot shower while my mug and brush soaked
Omega brush
Burma shave mug
Feather AS-D1
Feather blade
MWF
cold rinse

I do believe this was the 1st time I mug lathered the MWF. I gonna have to do that more often
Usually I face lather but something just struck me and I grabbed the Burma shave mug. I dont know why....fate maybe?
WAY to much lather for only 1 pass tho
With all that lather loaded on the brush my mug was still half full and this pic was taken AFTER the shave was complete!

 

Sunday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
The Dridecker
MWF
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Fresh Balm
British Sterling Cologne

Getting my week of the FAT started and since its been several months since I've used it I felt like I just discovered it for the first time. Splendid shave!

 

Sunday

Back to using the Rooney 2/1 this week. SHMBO needed a chauffeur to take her out shopping yesterday. Picked up a small tube of C.O. Bigelow's Shaving Cream.



Prep: Everyman Jack Face Scrub
Gentlemen's Refinery Pre Shave Oil
Razor:Gillette Ranger Tech
Blade:Astra Superior Platinum
Soap/Cream: C.O. Bigelow Cream
Brush:Rooney 2/1
AS: Pacific Shaving Daily Moisturizor
Results: Almost BBS

 

Happy Sunday From Florida!

Hot Shower
Ever-Ready Green / Turkish Horse Re-knot
MWF - Thanks Johnny!
R-41
Feather (3)
Cold Water Rag
Eveline Aloe ASG
Fonex Breezy Cologne

2 Passes = DFS!

No problems at all this go around with creating an awesome lather from the MWF. Either it is a fluke, of my lathering skills have improved since the last foray into the MWF-ishness. Thanks again to Johnny and his generosity!

Now, off with Shawna to see what kind of mess we can get ourselves into. She is talking crazy... diamond earrings, Macy's, Tiffany, ...

Have a great week Ya'll!

 

Sunday!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
MWF
Lady Eversharp - Pink
Schick (1)
Cool Water Rinse
Victoria's Secret "Appletini" Body Lotion
Pe Re Ja Cologne




First time using MWF (Thanks so much Johnny). It was super easy to lather, the pic is post-shave so a little looser than I like but tons of water gets added to my soaps/creams when shaving. I have to say, the cushion and glide were superb. I used the Eversharp to test this out since I make approximately 13" strokes from ankle to knee and then maybe a 12" stroke from knee to the top of my thigh. If a soap doesn't have enough glide, with that long of a stroke the razor will jump or stutter.

Excellent shave! I'm ready for MWF week!

Let the games begin!

 

A family that MWF'S together, shaves together.

 

Yeah! Read it, saw the movie and had the BBC radio broadcasts on cassette. The radio broadcasts (in fact the original THHGTTG) were hilarious as well. In the eighties I had a Mac Classic with a set of sounds from THHGTTG. Imagine Marvins voice when you do something wrong: "It won't work" and of course my quote (A big hello etc) when you started the Mac. Ah, those were the days...

 

2.5 days of Stubble and a Slanty

EBC pre shave
Vulfix 404 mixed
MWF
Merkur 37 C Slanty
Gillette Yellow
Witch Hazel, Iced Bourbon Vanilla Milk, Vitos
Alcolado Glacial
Caswell Massey Jockey Club Talc

I decided to let my face mellow out for a couple of days, and slotted Sunday morning for my return. I again used all of my favorite things and put a fourth day yellow to the test.

With each stroke, the sink percolated with hair. Slanty did the job smoothly and comfortably and all of the products worked in unison.

The end result was a BBS and a smile.

 

Randy, I was thinking the same thing. I think this is the second time you and I have inquired about a soap that we have coming. I think we must have placed the same order.