SoS: January 21, 2013 - January 27, 2013

Sunday:

#6 Horsehair
Dovo Bismarck 5/8
Ginger's Garden Ice Mint SS
Anherb AS Conditioner
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
Brut Cologne

I'm sitting here with a coffee and enjoying the smoothness, or rather I should say the mega-BBSness of this beautiful shave with my wonderful Dovo Bismarck. I think it took me more than hour to complete it between my shower and my pre-shave prep. To this day I cannot believe how nice Irena's Ice Mint soap smells, and how great it lathers, and its menthol effect is STRONG. The Anherb conditioner is plenty chilly also, and it does wonderful things for sensitive skin. This might sound strange, but I find the Penguin to be slightly colder than the Rubby Dubby.

 

6/8 Hoffritz
Acca Kappa
H.I.S. 28mm knot

This is my latest impulse buy. I put in a lowball bid and won it. Hoffritz never made razors they just jobbed them out. My guess is this is probably a Dovo from the 70's. It's pretty much like new, the scales are a little warped but I can straighten things out when I get around to it. The mailman brought it yesterday so I honed it up and finished it on a couple of naturals. Very comfortable shave this morning. I realize this could be the ugliest shave brush in the world but I made it up with whatever I had had laying around at the time. It's a great performer, though. Have a good one.

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That brush is sharp looking! A+

 

Ah, there will be some more of this cream for you soon, my Veli. Also the Gada creams - I'm happy you enjoy them!

 

Sunday morning, January 27, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (7)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Jeff

 

I must to just find the time to send them because I'm so busy with work and the family, but I'll get everything out to you soon!

 

Don't worry my friend,I have enough for now of the previous "delivery"

 

Ladies and Gentleman,

i´m proud to announce that this shave has been the 1st shave with my new 1960 Gillette Fatboy.

After a hot towel i was ready for a very good shave.

Soap: Calani Oriental Plum
Brush: Bock Silvertip
Razor: 1960 Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3rd shave)-->3 passes (with,across,against)
Aftershave: Mennen Grand Large

Here´s the picture of my FANTASTIC shave.An awesome razor.BBS in 3 passes.With the grain with a setting on 5,the other 2 passes with a setting on 3.



To all of my Friends here,have a nice day!!!

 

• Prep PSC
• Nivea SC
• Frank Finest Brush
• Edwin Jagger DE89L
• Perma Sharp (3)
• GFT Skin Food ASG - Sandalwood
• Aqua Velva Musk ASL

Turns out the Nivea cream is okay. The last time I tried Nivea, I thought it was terrible. The little sample jar looked like it had enough for two small-lather shaves or one big-lather shave. I took the second option and used all the cream to make a massive amount of lather. I noticed the Nivea stayed longer in the "proto lather" stage where it was kind of wet with a lot of large bubbles. I kept working it and eventually it turned into a pretty good lather. It just goes to show you that sometimes you have to revisit certain products before you pass the final verdict. Todays shave was very nice. The DE89L is a really great razor. I like it so much I actually bought a second one! The GFT Skin Food is very nice but whenever I use it the first thing that comes to my mind is peaches. To me it has a kind of peach scent. Definitely the polar opposite of a more earthy Sandalwood such as Proraso Red.

This next photo was taken out of my hotel window. It is the city of Ubon Ratchathani. You can see a good example of traditional Thai architecture on the right.



See you all tomorrow morning for Menthol Monday!

Sawatdee krap! Lyndon

 

SOTD Sunday 1-27-2013

GEM 1912 Lined Handle
GEM Stainless Blade
Proraso PSC
Classic Shaving Lilac SS
Semogue 1460 Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
No. 4711 EDC

Home again! Land of good coffee and my home shave gear. The shaves I get on the road aren't much to brag about. Trying to see (without my glasses on) in a hotel mirror that's three feet away is almost comical. If I finish the shave with most of my facial features still in place I feel fortunate. lol
I haven't used the SE's for awhile so the GEM interested me this morning. The Lilac SS and the No. 4711 granny juice was most pleasant!

 

Sunday
T&H UC Preshave Oil
Feather AS-D1 Open Comb
Red Israeli Personna (1)
T&H 1805 SC
Simpsons Chubby CH1 Best
No. 4711 A/S

 

SOTD 1.27.13

Preshave - Hot Shower, Nivea face wash
Cream - TOBS Lemon Lime
Brush - WD 24mm Silvertip
Razor - 1952 Gillette SS
Blade - Personna Red (3)
A/S - Pinaud Clubman

 

Beautiful GEM set!

 

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Shave of the Day (SOTD) Sunday January 27, 2013• Prep: Brush soaked in cold water, tepid shower, face washed with Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash​

• Razor: Merkur Standard Bar Head mounted to Alabastron Tortoise Handle
• Blade: Voskhod Teflon Coated (1)
• Brush: Vie Long re-knotted with TGN 22mm Super Silvertip, "the Mushroom"
• Cream: Proraso Aloe and Vitamin E
• AS: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue with added Menthol
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, double splash of aftershave

Just a nice shave. Nothing new, so not much to ramble on about.

 

Thanks Mike!

 

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Moving on to more product testing so this will be the last of the photos from me for a while!​

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Tabac Sunday is here!
8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Tabac shaving stick (Jeff, you know... it was you!)
Cold water splash
Smooth and happy. It's a Sunday!

 

Today's BBS shave brought to me by:

1952 Gillette Super Speed
'60s Gillette stainless blade
Tabac soap
Kroger Arctic Blue a/s

I can remember myself as a newb, dissing the smoothly competent ("boring," I called it) shave of the lowly Super Speed. What a FOOL I was. The more I use these pre-flare tip razors - doesn't matter which exact version - the more I agree with those who insist it was Gillette's high point for TTOs.