SoS: January 21, 2013 - January 27, 2013

SOTD 1.21.13 Menthol Monday

Pre-shave - Hot shower, Nivea face wash with menthol
Cream - C.O. Bigelow
Brush - Ace Shaving 20mm Best Badger
Blade - Feather (3)
Razor - 1921 Old Type
A/S - Arko Cool Balm, Aqua Velva Ice Blue



A Nice cool shave today for the six inches of snow we got last night. It was almost 50 degrees here on Saturday then last night dropped all the way down to the mid teens with wind chills right around 0. Woke up and was excited for the day off (MLK Jr day) and decided to have a chilly Menthol Monday shave.

 

MENTHOL MONDAY - FACE LATHERING WEEK

Wet Shaving Products Prince Silvertip
Proraso Sapone
Face Lather
Muhle R89 Grande
Personna Med Prep
3 passes
Hot/cold h2o
Osage Rub
Pinaud Line Sec.

Near perfect shave = NPFS! Went outside after the menthol shave and it was +5 wtihout factoring the windchill! The new Prince brush is a great face lathering brush, especially at the price!

 

MMeenthoool Mmmooonday!!!
TSD preshave balm+M-bomb
4/8 Rebell from herzi
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Ceramic bowl
TSD ISZ soap+M-bomb
COLD water splash
Mayor Energy Platinum AS splash +M-bomb
Smooth and frosty! Oh, Ye!!!!!

 

Beautiful!

 

Es war eine tolle Rasur, oder? (which means, it was a great shave, right?) If you want to learn German, I'll gladly teach you!

 

Weber ARC
Shark Blade
Vie Long Brush
AOS Sandalwood Soap
TSD English Fern Splash
Dr Harris Arlington Balm
tunes-Delta Rae
coffee-home roasted Bolivian Fair Trade Organc

 

Proraso white PS
Merkur 34c
Personna med prep (2)
Semogue 1438
Arko (shave stick grated in bowl - face lathered)
Osage Rub
Proraso white ASB

Man those med preps are sharp blades. No blood today. Great shave all around. I even enjoyed the smell of the Arko since it mellowed out. My first try of "the rub." I think "the penguin" is colder but the rub didn't burn like hell fire. It didn't make my numb like the penguin does either.

 

Interesting to see you using the Lord Racer R314. I found that to be a very aggressive little guy. A bit like a poor man's version of the R41. It's a bit too rough for me so I will be PIFing the two that I have.

Cheers, Lyndon

 

• Floids PSG
• Tabac SC
• Vulfix Super Badger Travel Brush
• Cadet OC Razor
• Crystal Blade (3)
• Edwin Jagger ASB
• GFT ASL - Spanish Leather

My shaving schedule will be a bit messed up for a few days. I have a series of night and early morning flights and don't get back home until Wednesday. This was my setup for Sunday night. I struggled a bit with the Cadet because the Crystal blade was already a bit dull. I swapped it out mid-shave for a new Perma Sharp which was much better. I face lathered the Tabac and had no trouble getting a good lather. All in all, a good result and I headed off to bed to try to get some sleep before my night flight.

Cheers, Lyndon

 

After my night flight to Bangkok, I had a few hours of sleep and woke up around 1:30 PM. I debated on shaving but since I had to go out on a date with a lady I would be meeting for the first time, I decided I should really clean up the little bit of stubble that was on my face. I thought I might just try the hotel's disposable cartridge razor and do one quick pass. I face lathered a bit of LEA Menthol and gave the little plastic razor a try. Words can hardly describe how bad this thing was. It was beyond dull. In fact, the used DE blades that I throw away would still be much sharper than this plastic disposable. I then grabbed my EJ DE89L and loaded a Perma Sharp blade for a quick second pass. I chuckled a bit as I gently drew the DE89L across my face. It was so effortless... so efficient!

I have to get up very early tomorrow so I will most likely do a proper shave tonight. That's one of the nice things about traditional shaving. You get such a close shave, you can shave at night and all through the next day, you'll look at least as good as your multi-blade cartridge compatriots... if not better.

Cheers, Lyndon

 

I love that brush, I have been eyeballing almost the same one from Ace Shaving. How does it perform?

 

Tuesday

Schick M3 'protector' injector
Schick blade (1)
Pashana mixed badger & boar
MWF (face lathered, shave stick method)
Proraso balm

14 minutes, 3 passes, 1 DFS

 

Pre Shave: Hot Shower / Proraso PSC
Shave Bowl: WCS large bowl
Shave Cream: Proraso Red
Shave Brush: Semogue 830 Boar
Razor: Merkur 12C
Blade: Personna Blue
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse / Thayers Witch Hazel

3 x Passes (WTG / XTG / ATG) for a DFS with no touch ups.

The 12C equipped with Personna equals 'effortless'. Am breaking the Semogue in, but so far so good.

First post for 2013. I hope everyone is safe & well.

Cheers,

 

5/8 Hackett
Mystic Water SS
28mm H.I.S. knot

Very nice shave this morning. I've been getting some excellent shaves with the Hackett Diamond the last few days. Have a good one.

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Another fine brisk day to wait for public transportation and a half mile walk from where I get off the rest of the way to work. It is 14 F (for all you European speakers that is -10 C). So the shave was
warm water face was
Proraso pre-shave cream
TOBS Rose shave cream
EJ DE89 with Shark chrome blade
one pass WTG, and two XTG one each way
warm and cold water rinse
WH spash
then Nivea shave balm
and British Sterling AS

I like the TOBS nice scent, nice lather but the Shark blades I am not so sure about. I guess it is not a bad blade just not a favorite of mine, all part of the learning experience (so many blades so few shaves). Ended up with a so-so shave

 

Tuesday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 2
The great Tet-a-tet SC
The great Tet-a-tet AS Balsam
Booster Mosswood AS
YSL Pour Homme EDT

I certainly cannot complain after such an awesome shave like this one - the Super Speed/7 AM team delivered for me as it always does. I don't call that cream and aftershave balsam great for nothing - they really are. I love all the Booster aftershaves, but I think the Mosswood is my favorite.

 

Prep Dr Organics Manuka Honey Soap
Razor Vintage Orion Kikuboshi 13/16
Strop Kanayama Cordovan #8000
Brush Semogue OC Special 2012
Cream Simpsons
Alum & Witch Hazel
Una Brennan Neroli Moisturiser
Penhalgon's Castile Edt


Great shave two pass very smooth, snowing heavily, taking the dog for a stroll around the local park.

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Wow! This brush is nice!