SoS: February 16, 2015 - February 22, 2015

SOTD for Saturday, 2/21/15

Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: 1907 Single Ring
Blade: Astra SP (as frustrating a blade as I know. Sharp, nice, always blood)
Brush: Strong Set w/ WD black badger knot (my first and only restore! )
Soap: Maggard Limes & Bergamot
AS: Barbasol Pacific Rush


Day number two with the Single Ring. Hope things are as smooth as day 1!

 

Beautiful, beautiful razor.

 

Since I normally don't shave on the weekends today was my last day of my first "1 razor 1 week" project where I intend to use all my razors for one week each this year - to, hopefully finally get down to 20 or so that will be sold off.

Razor: Wilkinson Sword "Sticky"
Blade: Polsiver SI
Brush: SOC Boar
Soap: Cella
A/S: The Veg

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Next up to bat... "The mystery roller guard razor from Argentina"

 

Thank you so much! This one, after only one shave, has already become one of my favorites.

 

And I love THAT razor (or its big brother) It's on MY RAD list!

 

A spreadsheet? Damn are you organized!

 

"24.3% of my life is spent in MS office products"

 

Same here. That is how I keep track of all my hardware and software. I use to record the quality of razor/blade combination but tired of that and just keep it simple now by keeping track the number of uses for each item that I own so I rotate them accordingly plus I keep the total number of razor blades I have which I admit is overkill.

 

How's the DR Harris in a stick?

First time using the DR Harris shave soap and Mrysol Plastic Shave and both were fantastic together. I now want to try some of their other products.

 

SOTD.

Gillette SuperSpeed '74
Semogue 1520
Super-Max Platinum
Nivea Original Cream
Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm
Tommy Bahama 'very cool'

First shave without the Arko cream and soap in a looong time. The Nivea stuff was alright - cream lathered and worked alright, the balm was actually pretty awful now that I have the Arko cream to compare it to (it didn't protect and moisturize at all..). I'm also not a huge fan of the Nivea scent either... As long as I have the Arko stuff, I probably won't be using either of these again.

 

I've been getting some great one pass shaves with my Ever Ready 1914/GEM Stainless blade combo....
I'm talking one pass, as close to BBS as possible....For me a flat BBS....ONE PASS with a little buffing touch-up...

I do one heavy splash with Original Clubman and follow with a slight splash of Clubman Vanilla....The two layer beautifully to leave me feeling, and smelling great all day....Sometimes I use The Veg in place of the Original Clubman followed with a splash of Clubman Vanilla....Either way is a winner...

The Veg has a strong Lilac scent and the Original Clubman has that strong Powder scent which is so Classic Barbershoppe.....and the Vanilla adds a sweet classic Barbershoppe touch to the mix that the Mrs. Just loves....and it sweetens and freshens away any of the 'cat-box' properties of the Veg which I believe are debatable as to whether they exist or not...

The Clubman Vanilla is THE compliment getter and has gotten to be the one I use every day. It's great by itself but I prefer to layer as I have discribed above...This gives it more depth and makes for a more complex and enjoyable scent for me....I'll layer it with whatever else I use...Even Clubman Special Reserve which is the best Leather Cologne I've ever tried.

Imagine that...A $6 bottle of Clubman Special Reserve to me, is a better Leather Cologne than Creeds English Leather....And not a little better, but not even close...But the SR is one diminsional Leather...It just smells like you just put on a Vintage WWII leather flight jacket....So a dash of Clubman Vanilla turns it into a more Complex Complete Cologne....

 

Great gear here - love the milkglass mug as well!

 

Friday, Feb.20, 2015

PAL Injecto-matic w/ Schick blade (1),
Omega 20102 Pro boar brush,
lather-up with Arko – shave,
finish with cold water, Witch Hazel
and Krampert's Bay Rum for a DFS!

 

Is your cream... levitating?

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It's just THAT good! I'm actually laughing hysterically right now. Thanks for that.

 

You need a hobby. Oh wait, you have one. LOL

 

View attachment 62789 Soap Works hemp oil pre-shave soap
Gillette 1960 F-3 Fatboy, set on 5
Astra superior platinum
RazoRock shaving soap
Erskine TGN 26mm best badger brush
1 pass WTG & 1 pass XTG
Cold water towel rinse
Barbasol Pacific Rush AS

 

Chilly smooth
My first impression of Krampert's Frostbite soap is very favorable. The scent reminds me of a clean snow in a pine forest. Refreshing and calming in a way. It's not as cold as FrostByte, but it lathers just as well if not better. It matches perfectly with the Frostbite aftershave. My shave was smooth and easy. The cool sensation lasted almost an hour. I could see using Proraso Green pre with this combination and not being over chilled.
Prep: Kiehl's face wash
Soap: Krampert's Finest Frostbite
Brush: HIS
Razor: Der Vorschlaghammer
Blade: Astra SP (2)
AS: Krampert's Finest Frostbite

 

Gillette New Deluxe Weber Wave
Personna Lab Blue
Semogue BC Texugo
Arko SS
Alum

 

I found that an SE will almost always be louder than any DE.