SoS: January 23rd ~ January 29th, 2012

Gillette bar handle short comb NEW
Rapira super stainless
Semogue 2011 LE finest badger 1
Pre de Provence
Speick AS and 444 balm

 

Gillette Old Type
Feather (1)
Semogue 2000
Ingram SC
Alum
TSD ISZ Witch hazel

A nice comfortable shave to start day.

 

Saturday January 28, 2012

tunes - Chuck Ragan; feast or Famine
pre - hot shower, soak brush/razor
prep - TBS shave oil
cream - C&E Nomad
brush - TBS synthetic
razor - Merkur HD 34C
blade - Derby Extra
post - cold rinse, C&E Nomad AS

3 pass, W/X/ATG. oil & lather after each. probably my best DE shave to date (started about a month ago). the only reason I went for the ATG pass was the first two went sooo smooth and nice, I thought I'd go for it. I got a little blood and burn on my neck only on the immediate sides of my throat. this is probably because I spent some time touching these areas up. no cuts either. I definitely need an alum block or something. definitely not BBS, but a DFS for this newbie. man I love shaving

first, the brush; since my Kent boar hair broke and they havent replace it yet I need a shave and the only place I could find to get my hands ona brush was TBS. I dont particularly like the brush, but it lathers well. I mainly dont like how stiff it is and doesn;t work the lather into my face; it just kinda paints it around. I've heard they break in some if you;re rough with them, so we'll see what happens.

second, the TBS oil; i picked this up because they gave it me for half price price when I bought the brush, and I tihnk I really like the stuff! the jury is still out on whether it's the addition of the oil, my lathering technique getter better or the blade; maybe all three, but man this shave was better than any to date for me.

the blade; second shave with it and it's probably my favorite so far; compared to the Merkur super and a Personna Platinum.

did I mention I'm really loving this DE wetshaving thing? hee hee

 

Sat: Jan 28
Brush: Vie-Long Boar
Soap/Creme: Poraso Green
Razor: Yuma
Blade: Yellow Gillette
Pre: Shower and Poraso Sensitive Pre/Post
Post: Poraso AS balm
Hair Groom: Gables Creme Oil
Result: DFS

 

Saturday, Jan. 28

EJ DE86
Rapira Lux (d3)
Renaissance Man Black Amber S/S
TSD Tabac Type A/S

A high level DFS today, even though I went for BBS with extra passes. Got BBSs out of this blade on the 1st 2 shaves. I like a blade that is great on day one and doesn't need a break-in shave (like Feathers). I will call this a 3 shave blade for me.

 

Mühle R107 :: VieLong 16413 :: JBM Violetas :: Thayer's WH :: Jimmy Boyd Agua de Bosque EdT

 

Alright everyone....todays shave was literally the BEST shave I have had YET in my 1 & 1/2 year venture into wetshaving....today I had TSD Sub Zero....and Voskhod blades as firsts....the SZ is amazing and the Voskhods gave me a lick away from BBS...

Post Shave-Hot water face wash
Razor-Merkur 34c
Blade- Voskhod
Brush-Col. Conk 904
Mug-Gentlemens Regiment Mug
Post Shave-Aqua Velva Ice Blue/Nivea ASB

Smoothest my face has ever been!! And the soap smells terrific!! For the first time ever my wife looked at me after smelling my shave and gave me "the eyes" lmao (she usually does not care for most my shave scents) but today was a different story...

This my friends is an aphrodisiac in the form of a shave....lol

 

Saturday

JM Schmid & Son 6/8
Altesse Badger
Pacific Natural shave cream
Master Bay Rum
Drakkar Noir

Decent shave save for one small nick where I got careless around my jawline. The shave was a little rough so I took it to the barber hone for some touch up work. Next shave with this razor should be much smoother.

 

Lazy Saturday morning, slept in as I have to close the restaurant tonight/tomorrow morning.

Started off this beautiful day with a pot of coffee; same as the rest of the week: World Market Coasta Rician.
On to the shave...

Razor: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Voskhod
Brush: VDH Badger
Soap: MWF
Post: DVH AS
Accessories: thought I would join in the "theme of the week" by adding a duck. This particular duck I borrowed from my son who is due to arrive in about 6 weeks or so.

 

Ask and you shall receive....
Saturday....Arm-Pit Shave
Hot Shower
Arko SC applied to a wet Omega 10029 Baby-Pro
1938 Gillette Senator/Derby Extra (Day3)
Cold Water Rinse

Hadn't shaved the 'pits' all winter...had a Sasquach thing happening...During the summers I like beaches and swimming daily, therefore I'm not new to Arm-pit shaving. But this combo left my 'pits' BBS with one quick WTG pass, I couldn't believe it!...TWO big things come to mind....ONE: Don't let anyone tell you that Derby's aren't sharp....TWO: The Open Comb does excel on longer hair, as some have said....But then this razor excels at everything, including daily whisker length hair aswell... I've never had the 'pit-hair' just roll off so easy, to leave such smooth, polished skin under-neath....The wife is going to dig this...

Saturday....Face Shave
Prep: Hot water rinse/Arko SC face lathered/let sit for 2 minutes/Hot water rinse
Lather:Arko Shave Stick/Arko SC
Razor: 1938 Gillette Senator One-Piece Razor
Blade: New Perma-Sharp Super
Post: Cold water rinse/Arko-Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS splash

After the 'Pit Shave' I thought about continueing with that Derby, but couldn't handle the thought...
So I tossed the Blade (responsibly)...and took my razor cleaning tooth brush, loaded with whitening tooth-paste, and gave this lovely Senator a great cleaning....Rinsed her off...(shining so hard, I almost needed sun-glasses, and popped in a new Perma-Sharp Super.

I then rinse my face with Hot water, and put Shave Cream in wet brush and face lathered up a storm...I got a thick great lather going, and the brush is really massaging my face...Felt wonderful. Then it hits me...
I let it set for a couple minutes and then rinsed it off with very hot water...Then I applied the Arko Shave Stick to my whiskers for face lathering and the brush is already 'loaded' with SC from the previous lather. So I hit the face with that...add a touch more water and whip up a perfect Uber-lather...

Next...Just Unbelievable...One WTG pass, with a little 'skin-stretching' and I've got what 'Stingraysrock' would call a 'Board-Room' acceptable DFS....I am so happy with how smooth and effortless the whole process was...and how great my face looks and feels (looks great as in great shave...not as in Cary Grant, ha,ha,ha)...and once again I feel as though a blade has not touched my face....

Have great shaves, and a great Saturday everybody!!

 

Saturday:


Razor: Gillette New
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Best Badger
Soap: Williams
A/S: Barbasol Brisk

 

Saturday
Hot Shower + Proraso Pre/Post Cream
Merkur 37C + Bolzano
Proraso Green
Omega 10005 Boar Brush
Cold Water Rinse + Alum Stick + Old Spice Classic A/S

Fantastic Shave. I retired my Astra this morning after a week of graceful shaves from it, found a Bolzano sitting around in my tupperware container so I said "Why not", the last time was horrible but thought I'd revisit it - glad I did. 3 passes, BBS without any irritation, no bleeders, nicks, weepers or effort. Too bad they're far more expensive than my go to blades, they are nice but I don't feel like paying those prices LOL.

 

Shower and shave after work.
Hot shower and scrub the face well.
Schick "G8" razor with Schick (Chinese) blade. This is the combo that sliced my upper lip bad about a week and a half ago.
35 year old Aramis badger brush that has just about fought its last battle
VDH Premium soap
Ended with a 2 pass (WTG/ATG) DFS with 1 small weeper on my neck.
Very happy

 

Saturday

Muhle R106
Bolzanno
Proraso Green Soap
Proraso Splash
The Colonel

A beauty of a shave! The blade was tugging a bit, it had a hard time mnowing through 2 days of growth. But the second pass was amazing! I love Proraso!

 

Weekends are for Stra8's

Warm face soak
Nivea Shave Cream face lathered with Fendrihan Best Badger
3 Pass with 5/8 Shumate 0155 Stra8 razor
Warm rinse - Cold rinse
Finished with Florida Water

 

No, no, they're 7 AMs. Different blades altogether.

 

Vintage Simpson's Rudy Vey Restore Silvertip
Taconic Eucalyptus SC
Gillette Tuckaway
Shark Blade
Master's Lilac Vegetol AS
Proraso AS Cream
Music-Supertramp

 

Great picture, job well done.

 

Congrats on a great shave.

 

Saturday's Shower and Shave.
Long Shower
Omega Midget lathered lavender mystery soap.
Gillette SS with a mystery blade
Facial rinse, Thayer's Witch Hazel, Colonmia.
The judges :wave: rated this shave a non mysterious DFS 9

Hope everyone's weekend is going great.