SoS: February 20th, 2012 - February 26th, 2012

"Y'all" is short for "you all," so it's only plural. If it's singular we just say "you" like anyone else. I'm in a quandary here in Texas, because saying "y'all" kind of makes me sound more hillbilly than I usually like to, but there's no good alternative. "You all" sounds kind of pretentious (in my neck of the woods), and "you guys" sounds ... I don't know ... nerdy. So I guess between country and pretentious and nerdy, I choose country.

 

Monday 2/20/12 0603hrs


Prep: Warm shower with EveryManJack Cedarwood
Razor: Merkur 1904
Blade: Lord Super Stainless (2)
Soap: TSD Christmas Ale
Brush: Tweezerman
AS: Old Spice Classic

Went back to my Merkur this week, this was only the 2nd shave with this blade and it sucked. I do not like these blades.

 

Monday Night: (Sorry no MWF for me)

Gillette Aristocrat with new Spoiler blade
Spokar boar/horse
De Vergulde Hand extra fris: Second shave and I absolutely love this stuff
TSD barbershop ASM

great relaxing shave tonight...After today, I absolutely needed it

 

Mon Feb 20
Brush: Omega Pro
Soap/Creme: Poraso Green
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Astra SP
Pre: Hot shower+ Poraso pre/post
Post: Poraso AS Balm
Hair Groom: Vitalis
Result: A great Menthol Monday shave.

 

I've got to get in on the MWF week,Mondays shave was a DFS
Brush: Frank's Best
Soap: The Fat
Razor:Gillette Old
Blade: Voskhod
Pre: Hot shower
Post:Cold water rinse
AS: AquaVelva Blue

 

Looks like multiple shave with the fat is out. Woke up this afternoon with 5 zits on my face and neck . Back to proraso.

 

Hot Shower
Proraso Pre Shaving Cream
Merkur Progress # 2.5
Personna red
Schwarzweisskeramik XL
Simpsons Chubby 1 in Super Badger
Cella red tub
Proraso lotion

 

Simple Face Wash Gel
Razor Feather AS - D1
Feather Blade 1
Le Tuft Le Une Grande
Mitchells Woolfat
Alum + Witch Hazel
TOBS Sandalwood Balm
Botanics Moisturiser
Coty Raw Vanilla Eau De Cologne.

Jamie.

Great lather, great blade, simple.

 

One of my new favorite pics, Jamie!

 

Gillette Aristocrat #16
NOS Gillette Bleue Extra (2)
Semogue 2011 LE Finest badger 1
TFS Barbe Rosse
Speick AS and 444 balm

 

Thanks for the thumbs up Randy.

Regards Jamie.

 

Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Omega 10005
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue




The wife does not understand all this interest in shaving but she knows I enjoy it. But, she was none to happy when I used her blue pillow case to take some pictures.

 

OCMM/GEM PTFE SS
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Tet-a-tet SC
Cold water splash
Tet-a-tet ASB

OCMM delivers it's best. What a nice shave!

 

Okay. So maybe "all y'all" is an Arkansas thing. That's where my in-laws are from Heck, I don't know! I'm a Yankee boy!!

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower
CD: The Blues Biography ~ John Lee Hooker
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK
Soap: Vintage Colgate Barber's Soap + 2 drops Em's Woodstock EO
Brush: C&E Pure Badger
Razor: '55 Gillette Red Tip
Blade: Gillette Super Thin, day 2, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Thayer's Rose Petal WH w/ Aloe Vera, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

I've had better shaves. Not by much, but this was just a nice shave this morning.

 

Gem OCMM
Gem Stainless PTFE (3)
Semogue OC boar
CTAPT SC
Alum
Superior 70

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Wilkinson Sword
Egyptian Ingram SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Alt Innsbruck AS
Obsession For Men EDT

I could have probably gotten another good shave from the Wilkinson Sword blade that I threw away yesterday, but I didn't want to take any chances. The new blade gave me a fantastic BBS shave, and so easily. As I've said before, the Egyptian version of Ingram out-freezes the British version, and it has a perfect consistency - it doesn't get all watery. The Alt Innsbruck felt nice and frigid also! Sorry for not showing any pictures today!

 

Happy Tuesday From Florida!

Hot Shower
Vulfix 404 Ba/Bo
MWF
R-41
7 O'c Black (1)
Cold Water Rag
Svoboda ASC
T.B.S. Twilight Woods

3 Passes = 5 Blade, Off The Hook, Bang A Gong, Inter-Galactic BBS!

I broke rank with my usual two pass routine because the MWF was dialed in so well and I just did not want to quit. In the past, when I would try and bowl lather the MWF, my results were mostly junk; face lathering has reversed those poor results.

Have a great day Ya'll!

 

Tuesday, February 21
MWF Week

Gem Push Button
GEM (SS PTFE ) (d2)
MWF, Vulfix 2235 Super
Stephans Bay Rum
Result: BBS

 

Happy Fat Tuesday Everyone:

Hot Shower(soak brush,Savile Row 3824)
Proraso PrePost creme
TOB Avocado shave cream
ikon OSS/Iridium Super (1)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean brush,razor,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
The Veg mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

The last time I applied The Veg the local villagers threatened to have me burned at the stake.I hid the bottle from SWMBO and tried it again today.Well finally The Veg chose me,it was like trying a different splash,nice floral notes,no urine odor,even SWMBO didn't recognize The Veg and said "You smell nice today"