SoS Jan 21-28

Monday 21st

GFT Gold/Tortoise DE
Derby Extra
Muehle Super
Wilkinson Black Bowl Ss

Aco AS
Taylors Shave Shop Cologne

 

Monday:

Omega Silvertip
Parker 22R V1/new Super Platinum
Noxzema lather S/C
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Booster Mosswood A/S
Yves Saint-Laurent Pour Homme edt

I think the Super Platinums may not be for me--they're pretty mild and forgiving, but they don't shave quite as close as the Sharps, or 7 am's.

 

Hot shower and towel
Proraso Pre
AOS Best Badger
Taylor Avocado
Ern 5/8 Square Point
Hydrolast Sage Tonic
Cambridge ASB Lavender
Master's Lord&Master AS
Roma di Uomo Edt


On the road to Dallas, Texas.

Raf

 

MONDAY:

Old Standard
Red Personna blade
Kent BK4
Böllis Panama SS
Speick ASL
Pre de Provence ASB

have a nice week, everybuddy! ::

 

after shower at the sink:

'53 Gillette SS/Red IP (1)
SR 3226
Trumper LSF
CF EO Lime s/c
WWR
touch up with disposable Gillette
CWS
Thayers Lavender w/h
Spanish Floid (Vigoroso) a/s
M&L Florida Water edt

 

Monday 1/21/2008

Omega Boar Brush
Gillette Fatboy
Astra Premium day 6
The Shave Den Mayan Gold Shave Soap
Alum Bloc
Booster Oriental Spice AS

My first time trying the Shave Den Soap. Excellent lather. Wow. Enough for 4 passes. Astra still going strong. I may retire it tomorrow as I have so many new blades to try.

 

AOS Lemon Pre-shave Oil
Omega syntex
AOS Lemon SC
Fatboy w/ Dorco 300 [day 1]
Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel
AOS Lemon ASB
Acqua di Selva cologne.

Learned today that the Fatboy is a lot more aggressive than the Slim Adjustable given the same blade and setting.

 

Hot shower!
Weleda Refreshing Citrus Oil during shower as Pre-shave oil.

Mühle No. 181
C&E Sandalwood
Merkur Progress - IP (Day3)
CWR
Arko Sport ASC

 

Monday

Boots shave stick
Taylor of Old Bond Street pure badger mini brush
Frederick Reynolds "Old English Razor" 7/8 w/ barber notch
Thayer's WH
Geo. F. Trumper's Coral Skin Food

 

C&E Ebony Super brush
Tryphon English Lavender cream
Gillette Slim w/ Polsilver
Humphreys Witch Hazel
Davidoff Silver Shadow AS
Davidoff Silver Shadow EDC
Have a great night!

 

Shavemac 2007 Forum Brush
Speick Shave Soap
3" TM Honey Brown Strop
7/8 Mastro Livi ATS34 ( Thanks Isaac! )
Speick ASL
Speick EDT

Great Shave

 

All those great blades impress me. I don't feel drawn to shaving with a str8 the least, but I'm seductively attracted to the blades :love055

 

Sunday:
C&E BBB
Merkur Gold Slant Bar with Derby first day
Speick shave soap
Speick AS & EDC

Monday:
C&E BBB
Merkur Gold Slant Bar with Derby second day
C&E Sienna shave cream
British Sterling AS & EDC

My first time using a Slant and had, IMHO, the ultimate shaving experience. First shave had a couple of small weepers, second shave none. As everyone has said, this razor demands respect!:1respect Which is why I tried a Derby.

:happy108

 

Monday

MUSIC:
Blind Faith - Blind Faith (Vinyl)

B&B '06 Finest in Horn
Speick SC
Cattaraugus "156" 5/8 Round Point
Speick AS

 

Monday:
Gillette New Standard w/israeli
Plisson #10 Black
Proraso Red sc
DR Harris a/s milk
Taylor's Shaving Shop cologne

 

Tuesday 22nd

GFT Chrome/Black DE
Lord Blade
Merkur Futur Silvertip
Gillette Regular Sc

Skin Bracer
Brut EdC

 

Tuesday:

Omega Silvertip
Parker 22R V1/new Sharp
Italian Palmolive Menthol S/C :drool :drool :drool :drool
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Floid Classic A/S
Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme edt :drool :drool :drool :drool (discontinued )

now, that's what I call a shave. What a difference a blade can make.

 

Tuesday AM

Hot shower
TSD Avalanche cream (sample) at beginning of shower
TJ's custom beard-softening oil rubbed in as pre-shave during shower
SR 3124
'60 Fatboy w/ Derby blade
Shick E-3 Injector w/ Ted Pella blade
ToOBS Sandalwood cream + DeVGH cream
WWR
Thayer's Super-Medicated Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva Ice Blue A/S splash
CWR
AOS Sandalwood balm + Mama Bear's Peppermint/Menthol milk
AOS Sandalwood EdT

FANTASTIC shave! :1respect

 

after shower at the sink:

'53 Gillette SS/Red IP (2)
C&E BBB
C&E Sandalwood s/s
WWR
touch up with disposable Gillette
CWS
Thayers Lavender w/h
DR Harris Sandalwood a/s
C&E Sandalwood edt

 

Hot shower and towel
Shavemac 944 Best
Speick Shaving Stick
Dubl Duck Special #1 5/8 Square Point
Cambridge ASB Lavender
Master's Lord & Masters AS
Hydrolast Sage Tonic
Trumper's Wellington Edt

Another week in Dallas


Raf