SoS: January 14, 2013 - January 20, 2013

Tuesday

Schick E injector
Schick blade (3)
Semogue 1438
De Vergulde Hand extra fris (face lathered, shave stick method)
Aqua Velva

10 minutes, 3 passes, 1 DFS

 

Tuesday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 2
Palmolive Cool SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Osage Rub AS
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT

Ahhhhhh, this shave was so frigid and enjoyable from start to finish - the Palmolive Cool cream which is marketed for the Balkan countries is just as strongly-mentholated as the Italian version with the same awesome lather and scent. The cooling sensation begins as soon as the brush makes contact with your skin. I cannot stop loving the Diana Sport/Rubby Dubby combination!

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) Tech Tuesday January 15, 2013​

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• Prep: Brush soaked in warm water, face washed with Neutrogena Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Anti-Blemish Cleanser, luke warm shower
• Razor: Gillette Tech mounted to Matador Toro Mastif Corto Handle
• Blade: Astra SP (3) switched to Personna Med Prep (1)
• Brush: GDCarrington Maple Apple Handle with Ace Shaving 22mm High Density Silvertip
• Cream: TOBS Jermyn Street Cream
• AS: Skin Bracer Spice
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash of Aftershave

First off I would like to thank my buddy Todd for sending me the TOBS samples and the Skin Bracer Spice. Anyone that knows me knows that I am FRUGAL with a capital F. I would much rather purchase a few tubs of product than buy one tub of expensive cream (or so I thought).

I now know why TOBS gets so much love, this stuff is amazing. The lather was splendid, the scent was very complex, more like a fine cologne and the protection is second to none. I will definitely be purchasing this scent, along with some others once my current levels of soaps and creams are low.

The Skin Bracer Spice was everything I remember and then some. To my nose this is one of the best spice scent around as it stands out as something unique, not a copy of Old Spice. It is too bad that the prices on the 'bay are outrageous for it. I will need to look around the thrift shops to see what I can find.

I now recall why I did not like Astra's. Today is the third use of this blade and into the first pass there was a lot of tugging and pulling. Life is too short and blades are too cheap to tolerate a bad shave, so I switched blades to a Personna Med Prep. I know that many guys love Astra SP's, but for me, I cannot get more than two decent shaves from them.

 

Tuesday morning, January 15, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (3)
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Tuesday:

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower
CD: Nothin' but the Blues, disc 1
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya, BLACK
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Brush: Omega 49, the red one
Razor: '55 Blue Tip
Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 2, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Thayers Rose Petal WH, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

No complaints here.

 

SOTD Tuesday 1-15-2013

Matador OC/Elite Neon Green Acrylic
Astra Superior Platinum Blade
Proaso PSC
Speick SC
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel/Jeris Musk
Nivea Replenishing ASB
English Leather Cologne

Just a very nice shave!

 

Tuesday 15-01-2013

Razor: Muhle R41
Blade: 7AM Platinum
Brush: Horse hiar #6
Cream: Barbon
AS: Barbon

Superb shave with 2 pass (WTG,ATG) this morning

 

Tuesday

Eucerin moisturizing cream
warm shower
Semogue 2000
MWF
Merkur 23c w/ Shark
Cetaphil gentle cleanser
cold water rinse
Master Bay Rum

Excellent two pass DFS! My Semogue and Omega are starting to define themselves. Different with each having strengths and weakness. True complements. One thing is for certain ... the Semogue loads MWF like a monster ... check the pic out!



pic: AFTER face lathering and first pass, BEFORE the second pass.

[edit: added pic]

 

Jan 15th, 2013

Prep: Shower, TBS Tea Tree Face Wash.
Brush: Vulfix Burlington.
Razor: '59 Ball End Tech- Made in Argentina.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Soap: Mike's Natural-Barbershop.
Post: Cold water rinse, Thayer's WH Rose, Floid Blue-first time use.

Well, this is the first time I've had a real shave in almost 4 weeks. I have kept the stubble and just trimmed it since I was on vacation. This shave was perfect for me. The Floid Blue is really something else. I usually don't use splashes because the alcohol usually does more damage than good. But today I said screw it and finally tried it. I splashed some on my hand, rubbed them together, and patted it on my face expecting a very uncomfortable sting. I exhaled in relief as I felt no sting. Just a nice cooling down effect.

 

15 January Tuesday, 2013

Hot shower
Proraso preshave soap
TFS Barbe Rosa
Semogue 1460
Gillette gold ball end Tech
Treet platinum.
An outstanding DFS from 3 passes.

 

Pre shave. Captain Morgan
Soap. Made for TSD. Wild Rose !!
Brush C&E Best
Strop. Tony Miller
Razor. Dovo Ironwood
After shave. Captain Morgan

 

Tuesday.
Shave on a run...
Merkur 23C/Gillette Super Thin
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Soapy SC
Cold water splash
Tet-a-tet ASB
That Soapy cream is my goto cream when I need some rush, because I can use it as preshave too. Just leave a layer of lather on my face for a minute, wash it out with warm water, re lather...

 

Derby blade
Gillette new

Well I got some derby shave soap and it came with 5 free derby blades I was reluctant to try these after readin there reviews also tried a new for the first time I can honestly say best shave I have ever gotten period mabey it's the blade mabey the razor I will have to do more testing but I am so surprised that this outperforms even these fancy new tto razors

 

Veli, the Barbon cream is wonderful, however it's unusual because it seems to leave the face almost completely frozen and numb after a shave. It's the only cream I have which prevents me from feeling the pain of a cut or a nick.

 

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Pre : shower withe Musgo real lime soap
Merkur Bakelite slant
Feather # 5
SWK XL scuttle
simpson commodore X3 in BB
Martin de candre soap in wooden bowl
Alum osma
rinse cold water after 2 mint with wash soap MDC (olive oil vetyver )
Copra oil from martin de candre
EDT lavender from MDC

 

Wednesday

Schick E2 injector
Schick blade (4)
Pashana mixed boar/badger
MWF (face lathered, shave stick method)
Harris Sandalwood AS

14 minutes, 3 passes + 1 touch up, 1 DFS+

 

5/8 Bema
MWF
28mm H.I.S. knot
Stephan Astringent

Good shave but I'm not really into it for some reason. Have a good one.

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Wednesday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Arko Ice Mint SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Max Refreshing AS
Polo Original EDT

Wow, what a freeze this Arko Ice Mint cream delivers with terrific lather and skincare, and the Svoboda balsam is pretty chilly and soothing also. The Max Refreshing aftershave is colder than Aqua Velva or Mennen Skin Bracer put together. Today's shave was a delight!