SoS: February 16, 2015 - February 22, 2015

Planned for Sunday SOTD
59' Fatboy
GSB blade
New Forrest badger brush
Ogallala Bay Rum, Sage and Cedar shave stick
Thayers Lavender WH
Ogallala Bay Rum, Limes and Peppercorns AS

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Last nights Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Bulldog Original face wash, Sandalwood bar soap

Soap/cream- Colonel Conk Bay rum shaving soap

Brush- Semogue 1470 boar

Razor- Merkur 37c

Blade- Astra SP

Post- Cold water rinse, Lucky tiger Bay Rum aftershave lotion and mentholated Nivea sensitive aftershave balm

Im not sure what I feel about this Semogue brush. It needs a bit more breaking in, but if it continues to be like it is now, I will buy another boar in July =P

Colonel has a really nice bay rum scent. But the 2 times I have used the soap i have found myself reloading for my third pass. I will try loading more next time.

 

How was the Proraso post? Did you wash it off or leave it on?

 

One of the reasons you need to reload is that your boar isn't completely broken in yet

 

First time i used it was with my badger silvertip but that time I know I loaded to little.

When I used the boar on the other hand I loaded much more. Is that true? That it's because it is not broken in yet? It sounds reasonable.

I had a broken in omega, promised it to my little brother when I got this semogue from Kerry. I know it needs to break in much more so I'm not judging it yet. But it feels as lot different than the omega I had =P im hoping it will be different good and not different bad =)

 

Washed it off. Felt nice and cold.

 

Sundays shave of the day.

Used a Personna blade i was lucky enough to get from Ram57 (Thank you.)
Wow what a great blade.
Can anyone tell me which type of Personna blade this is? I might have to buy some more I'm the future.
Great smooth shave. It was nice to use the light Stealth Slant after a few days with the heavy Pils.
Have a great Sunday.

Razor - Stealth Slant V.3
Blade - Personna ?
Lather - Soap Commander Courage
Brush - L'occitane Plisson Synthetic
Aftershave - Nivea moisturising balm for men.

 

That's the Peronna lab blue =)

 

Hi Friends,

today i made a "Sample" shave. Baume.be Shaving cream sample and the Baume.be Aftershave Balm. Both products highly recommended. So, here is my Sunday shave:

Pre: hot towel
Soap: Baume.be Shaving Cream (Sample)
Razor: Rotbart Mond Extra No. 15
Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome "Red Mexicans"
Brush: PAV Brushworks "Chief"
Aftershave: Baume.be Aftershave Balm (Sample)
Post: 100% unrefined Shea Butter



Great shave. Even my skin was very irritated from the stress at work the last days, the shaving cream and the Balm helped my skin to calm down and relax a bit. The scnet of the products is very nice. Thick creamy lather and an very moisturizing Balm at the end of the shave. Feels great.

Have a great time, take care and enjoy your shaves.

Greetings
Thorsten​

 

Sunday 22 February 2015



Mastro Livi Damasteel, 7/8 Full Hollow, Livi Point​

Super smooth shave! This is the very first straight razor I ordered to Mastro Livi and it certainly is one of the finest in my collection. It is now about two years since I bought this razor and it always served me impeccably. Never honed or even touched up with chromium oxide paste, it still shaves like the first day. To the pleasure of this lovely shave I added a new acquisition: a Voigt & Cop shave brush, a well made brush made in Italy by two artisans and of which I am very happy. Today's shave can be certainly called a genuine and very good shave made in Italy.​

• Pre-Shave: Roberts Distilled Rose Water
• Soap: Stirling Naked & Smooth
• Brush: Voigt & Cop - High Mountain White Badger - Maple Burl Handle - 24 mm knot
• Bowl: Gerby Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi Damasteel, 7/8 Full Hollow, Livi Point
• Post-Shave: Umbrian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum

 

Sunday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/SuperMax Blue day 7
SuperMax Menthol SC
Lubriderm Unscented Moisturizer
Max Refreshing AS

This was a really "Super" shave and so BBS as well as comfortable - not that frigid, but still quite cooling. The SuperMax Menthol cream is from Bulgaria and it has nothing at all to do with the SuperMax Blue blades which I've been using lately. The blades are from India, and I believe they're made by a completely different company. The cream has a nice scent - a little medicinal, but still very pleasant and it lathers explosively with a fairly strong cooling effect. The Max Refreshing aftershave is also from Bulgaria and it's very cooling with a scent which is very similar to Polo Original.

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
art of shaving pure badger
Yardley gold
geo corn lady tempest
Ever-Ready 1924
cvs persona(1)
ICED Skin Bracer
today's shave was nice. I'm surprised I don't see Yardley gold more in the sotd treads. Nice lather. first pass was with the straight. all good till my mustache area, graby-graby. I did the last passes with the Ever-Ready. very nice shave. finished with iced Bracer.
off to church now, y'all come see what the Lord says.

 

Sunday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Cleaning Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock One-X
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (1, 2, 3)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash
Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre d' Orange

I was smart enough to remember to change out my blade this AM, huzzah. I'm very glad my S/O gifted me with multiple jars of the One-X croap, as it's one of the very best performers I have, with a scent I really like; I'll be somewhat sad when it's finally gone. The lather was outstanding, and the Bic was super smooth and perfectly sharp, allowing me to do 3 passes with nary a nick, weeper or sign of irritation, followed up with the matching RazoRock scent with nearly BSS results.

 

SOTD
February 22, 2015

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: RRSS
Blade: Ladas
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: RR Fine American Blend
Post: Alum.Thayers Lavender WH.
Aftershave: Fine American Blend
I really enjoyed this shave. With the exception of one or two RR croaps the rest are fantastic!
Go out and get it!

 

Sunday 22nd February



Warm shower
Hot towel
CRSW Select Sandalwood scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW Norfolk Nickel
Personna Lab Blue (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Boots Freshwood aftershave

 

Sunday
hot shower
Semogue SOC,2 band
3P PPB
Tabac SS
Cobra Classic/Kai Captain Mild (10) I usually get at least 13 to 15 shaves out of this blade,but this blade was starting to tug so out it went.
ice cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
ice cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Tabac ASL
Leven Rose Beard Oil
Tabac edt

Despite the slight tugging of the Kai,I still managed a irritation free BBS shave.

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

SOTD
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Hot-Warm Shower, Facial Scrub, Bergamot & Lavender Soap
IKon 102 Slant with UFO Titan Fine XL
Gillette Silver Blue #4
Doug Korn BB Boar Orange & Black Swirl 25X50mm
MDC
Alum Stick, Dickinson's +Menthol, Gold Bond Green Lotion
Fine - Platinum

Have a great shave today gentlemen.

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I sent along Personna Labs. To me they shave exactly like the Med Preps and are cheaper. The Medical Preps have for hospital use only stamped on them.

 

Cool brush handle!

 

22 February 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft 102 + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Mystic Water Irish Traveller
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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