SoS: January 21, 2013 - January 27, 2013

Tuesday

soak brush/Semogue SOC,2 band/DB Brush Scuttle
hot shower
Proraso PrePost Cream (new formula)
GFT Coconut Oil Soap
Feather AS-D1/Feather (2)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cool water rinse
Thayer's Lemon WH
SCS Avocado Oil ASB

Nice comfy shave for BBS,face and dome

 

Brush: SOC
Razor: EJ DE889L
Blade: Feather
Soap: RazoRock Chianti Lavender
A/S: Clubman

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) Tech Tuesday January 22, 2013​

​

• Prep: Brush soaked in cold water, tepid shower, face washed with Neutrogena Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Anti-Blemish Cleanser
• Razor: Re-plated Gillette Canadian Tech Head mounted to mounted to Matador Toro Mastif Corto Handle
• Blade: Gillette Super Thin (3)
• Brush: Vintage German brush re-knotted with TGN 18mm Super Silvertip
• Cream: Erasmic Lather Shave Cream
• AS: British Sterling
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, double splash of aftershave

Three full passes along with some berserker buffing resulted in a BBS, a very nice shave today.

 

The bursh is great. I got the 20mm in Best Badger. I wanted a smaller size since my WD silvertip is a 24mm. Whips up a lather super fast and easy and it didn't have that wet dog smell but more of a factory smell if you know what I mean by that. Anyways the smell went away after a few test lathers but of course YMMV

 

Tuesday 22-01-2013

Razor: Slim '64 (4)
Blade: Polsivler SI (2)
Brush: Horse hair #6
Cream: Aspis Ice Rain

AS: Menthol by Biofresh

 

Frank Shaving Richmond Finest
Speick Stick Soap
Muhle R89 Grande
Personna Med Prep
Tabac ASL

DFS

 

Feather AS-D1 Open Comb
Voskhod
TOBS Jermyn Street
Simpsons Chubby CH1 Best
Old Spice Classic A/S

That was the first face lather with a Chubby that didn't end up having it be a gigantic hog. I think i discovered that only using the tips and treating it like a different brush is the key here...lookin good so far for abandoning the overpriced Plisson idea

 

Tuesday, face lather week!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Joe Jackson, Heaven and Hell
• Brush: Travel King boar
• Soap: Tabac stick
• Razor: GEM OCMM
• Blade: GEM stainless
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, hand strop blade + flip over and reload (so as to wear the edge evenly )

Great shave. Love my Gem!

 

SOTD Tuesday 1-22-2013

Cadet OC/T2 Bull Mastiff Flair Tip
Crystal Blade
Proraso PSC
Proraso SC
Semogue 820 Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Mennen Original Skin Bracer

 

Tuesday 22 January

Hot shower
Proraso preshave soap
P-160 {Croap}
Semogue 1460
Gillette Rocket
Lord Platinum
Three passes the results were a fantastic DFS.

 

Merkur Progress XL
Med Prep Blade
Vie Long
Mama Bear North Woods Soap
Proraso Splash
Proraso Balm
tunes-Neko Case
coffee-home roasted Sweet Maria's New Classic Espresso

 

The wife informed me as I was leaving work that in three hours we're having dinner with a very important figure in her company...a social function I cannot escape...so speed, efficiency and no nickage was of the essence when I got home.

Tabac soap
ProGlide

BBS, no nicks (the PG it never does)

And just a touch of Superior 70 a/s

 

Today, I tried a few new things:
Some german lilac soap that I got as a freebie from shoebox shaving (new)
Parker 90r
Golden Nib Best Badger brush
Derby Extra (new blade and the first time I've used one)
VDH Deluxe soap (new puck) with a dollop of CO Bigelow cream (new technique for me)
Added M-bomb to my Nivea ASB (new combo).

Rich and creamy lather, smooth shave and that menthol goodness. Can't get much better.

 

Tuesday - 22.01.2013

Merkur Futur Razor
Merkur Futur Brush
Supur Iridium Blade.
Mikes Natural Coconut Soap
Thayers Witch Hazel
Tabac Aftershave
Generic Pharmacy Moisturiser.

The tabac is apparantly not my cup of tea. The combination of this scent and what I now believe to be an expired/stale moisturiser make me reek like an old perfumed lady with blue hair. Not pleasant.
And the combination of blade and razor was not ideal. I cant quite put my finger on it, but something was not right here. It shaved just fine, but still...
I will switch the blade over to a different razor on my next shaving endeavour.

Tried face lathering today. I usually use a bowl for this, and still prefer it. But it was still interesting, and I will honour the this weeks theme as long as I am able.

Here's a pic:

 

Frode, I know in Norway you could get the Fitjar stuff. Which other creams and soaps are available there?

 

Tuesday:
8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Soapy SC
Cold water splash
Tet-a-tet ASB
What a comfortable shave! It is a pleasure to carve a little more time for a straight shave!

 

Shower
Pre : MSGO lime soap
Semogue OC Badger
SWK XL Scuttle
Edwin Jagger DE 89BA11
Polsilver Iridum super #3
Musgo Real classic cream
Musgo Real Lotion classic

 

Most stuff really. But mostly from various domestic webshops.
Locally, going into what I believe you would call a brick and mortar store, I can find soaps and creams from The Body Shop, L'Occitane, Proraso and Erasmic.

The webshops carry most stuff from TOOB, Trumper, Harris, Mama Bear and Proraso. To name just a few.

If you would like to brush up on your Norwegian, check out the vendor with the largest selection: http://www.barbershop.no/

When it comes to local artisan vendors, I only know of Fitjarsoaps.no

 

• Prep PSC
• Tabac SC
• Super Badger Travel Brush (from Lee's Razors)
• Edwin Jagger DE89L
• Perma Sharp Blade (2)
• Edwin Jagger ASB - Sandalwood
• GFT ASL - Spanish Leather

This was another night shave. In keeping with this week's theme, I face lathered the Tabac. The DE89L is one of my most favorite modern razors. I have heard that he head of the razor is made by Muhle, but for some reason this head feels just slightly milder than the Muhle heads. Not 100% sure though. I don't really care for the EJ after shave balm. I find the sandalwood scent to be very sweet. However, it is very moisturizing and it provides excellent skin care. The GFT aftershave is unique in that it has a very dry, almost powdery finish. Three passes for an easy BBS. (And yes, I actually did put on aftershave before going to bed, LOL!)

Cheers, Lyndon

 

• Prep PSC
• DR Harris Marlborough SS
• Frank 28mm Silvertip Brush
• Vintage Gillette New OC (replated in gold)
• PolSilver Iridium Blade (2)
• Nivea ASB (with added menthol)
• Barbon ASL

I finally received my gold replated Gillette New OC! And it looks... well... new! I just love this OC head. It was Arley who put me on to a nice rhodium plated thin bar handled version of this razor. (Thanks Arley!) I couldn't believe how close and comfortable this razor was. I was thinking of replating this guy in Rhodium but the original color of the razor was gold so I decided to keep things the same.

The other day while using the HUGE Frank silvertip, I was thinking it might be very good with a hard soap like DR Harris. I was right. I gave the brush a good loading of soap and proceeded to face lather. The big Frank brush quickly whipped up an excellent lather which was thick and abundant. I will most definitely be using this brush more often with my soaps. The new duded up and decked out Gillette New was a real pleasure to use and the homemade menthol Nivea ASB and Barbon ASL provided a very frosty finish.

Cheers, Lyndon