SoS: January 21, 2013 - January 27, 2013

Friday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 5
Gada Cool Mint SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Osage Rub AS
YSL Pour Homme EDT

Only a hopeless menthol addict like me can use a set-up like this when the weather outside is so bitterly cold - the Gada Cool Mint cream is frigid with awesome lather and skincare, the Diana Sport balsam can be too much for somebody who cannot tolerate intense menthol, and the Rubski Dubski can freeze your face off. I really enjoyed this shave a lot!

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) Friday January 25, 2013​

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• Prep: Brush soaked in cold water, tepid shower, face washed with Dial Soap
• Razor: Matador Capa Dorada Open Comb
• Blade: SuperMax Super Platinum (2)
• Brush: GDCarrington Maple Apple Brush set with Ace Shaving 22mm High Density Silvertip
• Soap: Taylor of Old Bond Street Avocado
• AS: Mennen Skin Bracer Original with added menthol
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, double splash of aftershave

Another sample of TOBS from my buddy Todd, wow this stuff is nice. The TOBS Avocado does not smell anything like avocado, more like fresh cut green grass with notes of lime and floral. Like the other TOBS I have tried this has no problems building a luxurious lather even with the moderately hard Lake Michigan water my village uses (127 mg/l for you hard water nerds).

First use of the SuperMax SP in the Matador Open Comb, which was never nice, much better than some of the other blades that I have used in it, This will become my go to blade for this razor. Two full passes along with a few touch-ups and some light buffing on my neck provided a BBS.

Very nice way to end the work week, as the shave was fairly quick and the results where excellent.

 

Friday

Schick M3 injector (the protector)
Schick blade (4)
Pashana mixed badger & boar
Prep Sapone da Barba
Harris Sandalwood AS
Proraso balm

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

 

And it shaves really good, I haven't used a DE for months. Not long ago someone posted that it almost feels like cheating to shave with an injector. And that's exactly how I feel about them. Effortless, smooth, close, great engineering. They are just great.
Did I mention I like 'm alot?

 

Friday

soak brush/Savile Row 3824/DB Brush Scuttle
hot shower
Mr Glo glyce lime oil soap(too cold outside for even Proraso PrePost)
Lavanda SC
Schick E3/Ted Pella Coated Injector (3)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
warm water rinse
Thayer's Lavender WH
Ach Brito Lavanda mixed with a pea sized amount of Aloe Life Skin Gel

Great 2 pass face,1 pass dome for BBS all around,enjoy the weekend everyone

 

SOTD Friday 1-25-2013

Edwin Jagger DE86811 w/Astra SP
Proraso PSC
Ingram SC
Parker Badger
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
British Sterling Cologne

 

Friday morning, January 25, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (5)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Double shot of espresso - Black
WSP Prince Silvertip Brush
Mama Bear's Rose Ice Metholated Shaving Soap
FACE LATHER!
Merkur Futur (No. 2 setting)
Personna Med Prep (1)
3 Passes: WTG, XTG NTE, XTG ETN
Hot/cold water splashes
Master Lilac Vegetol

Zen Shave this morning! The lilac vegetol worked very well with the rose scented soap. It was a reminder of summer!!!!

 

My scuttle arrived! Yay for face lather week.

 

FRIDAY - WOO!
Feather AS-D1 Open Comb
Feather (2)
T&H Trafalgar
Muhle STF 23mm
Dirty Bird Original Scuttle
Captains Choice Bay Rum A/S

 

Friday - 25.01.2012

Merkur 34c
Super Iridium Blade
Frank Shaving Chubby Badger
L'Occitane Cade Soap
Proraso Aftershave Lotion
L'Occitane Cade Aftershave Balm
Proraso Styptic Gel

Still trying out the SI blade, this time in the Merkur 34c razor. Apparently the blade heard my "complaint" from last posting and took its revenge. My chin was basically Mauled, but I will live to shave another day. (knock on wood)

The L'Occitane shave soap used to be a personal favourite of mine, but lately I have had some trouble creating a decent piece of lather from this soap. It is closer to a thick foam than lather. It is stil shaveable, but not as pleasant as it could be. Perhaps I should do a Monkeylord and practise making lather for the fun of it.

Proraso's aftershave is the only workable aftershave lotion for me. A nice clean lotion that soothes and calmes the skin, while also giving me a good wholesome sting.
The scent is pleasant, but not perfumed and it does not linger. I wouldn't mind a few other lotions like that.

That's all folks.

 

Beautiful set-up! (brush, mug and razor)
Love the looks! Congrats!

 

Friday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: John Barry, Dances With Wolves soundtrack
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger
• Cream: Godrej (face lathered)
• Razor: Star 1912
• Blade: Gem stainless
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

First time with Godrej. Got it yesterday (thanks mate!). Half a tube. WOW! Chilly! But very nice! Needless to say but I'll say it anyway: stellar shave!

Have a great weekend ya'll!

 

Speick?

 

I must to admit the Godrej Menthol cream is almost competition for Palmolive Menthol. To me they are around equal in the freezing. I have a tube of it which is also about half-empty so I use it only sometimes.

 

My only other mentol cream is Ingram. Almost as freezing as the Godrej Menthol.

 

Gillette fat handled Tech
'60s Gillette stainless blade (borrowed pic below)
Tabac soap

BBS. I hadn't used one of these blades in awhile - I'm use them very sparingly - but they are truly a classic. Quite sharp and super smooth - the smoothest shave I've had in a while, in fact.

 

Pre shave. Jack Daniels Old #7
Scuttle Georgetown G5
Cream TOBS Lavender
Brush AOS Badger
Strop T Miller Latigo
Razor Wacker Jungmeister 6/8
Aftershave Witch Hazel, AOS Sandlewood lotion, my beloved Old #7

 

Ah, Ingram from the UK, yes. I have the Egyptian version of Ingram which can out-freeze the UK one easily. Same nice scent, but even better lather and skincare, a better consistency, however it comes in a smaller tube. Here's what it looks like:

 

I shaved last night, but got bored during the day while doing school work so I decided to give my straight razor a go for the first time while my whiskers were short. I just tried shaving my checks and upper lip for a little while. Not cuts, no irritation . Successful first try, and since my face was feeling good and I had a bunch of lather left over, I took out my trusty safety razor and did 2 passes giving me a DFS. First time I've tried a second XTG pass in a couple weeks. Felt good!

Pre- Hot towel over lather x3
Shave- Schmachtenberg Bros Climax Razor, '85 Gillette SS, Astra SP (3), Green Proraso cream, Whipped dog silver tip, Georgetown scuttle.
Post- Witch Hazel, Aqua Velva