SoS: January 26, 2015 - February 1, 2015

SoTD for Sunday, Feb 1, or Krona x Probak: what were they doing to name this stuff? Drawing letters out of hats?

Pre- Clove balsam PSO
Soap- pc Namaste
Brush- Certifyd w/ black badger knot
Razor- Probak
Blades- schick vintage Krona Chrome
Rinse-Osage
Aftershave- Seaforth scotch leather
Lotion- Kiehl's
Cologne- Aveda Men pure-formance


Yet another impossibly smooth vintage blade. I swear that I have not used a modern blade as nice as this out the Spoiler from yesterday.

 

PSO: Palmer's oil
brush: Banat
soap: Cella
razor: Shake Sharp
blade: Ladas (5 ... or ... 2b)
finish: tuxxdk 's DIY AS splash >here<

Man, today's was a superb 2-pass BBS! Both passes were really smooth and few touchups required.Here I am 10 hours later and my face is still DFS+ smooth — just a tiny bit of scratch stubble starting in the usual trouble spots. I can only feel it by rubbing in the "just so" direction.

I've been a fan of Shave Secret for some time, but have been using the Palmer's oil as a PSO lately. I don't know how much was the Palmer's and how much was the Cella, but my skin felt really nice before the AS splash. Topping off with tuxxdk's formula made my face feel almost creamy-silky... and with hardly a tingle!

Tomorrow will be my 6th shave on the Ladas blade. I think I'll throw a Ladas in the FaTip on Tuesday to see how it holds up. I am wondering if the Shake Sharp adds to blade life because I rarely get 6 shaves from a blade!

The Shakey continues to re-impress me. I wasn't going for one, but I still doubt the Shake Sharp would deliver a one-and-done BBS. However, after today's second pass, the trouble spots hardly needed tocuhups at all. In fact, a couple didn't! Either this is a killer set up, or the shaving gods bestowed their favor. I'm already looking forward to tomorrow morning!

 

Neck only "Shave of the day"

- 1920's Gillette "Old Type" open comb safety razor w/custom maple handle

- Boar hair shaving brush w/mulberry tree handle

- Mikes Natural Soaps "Orange Cedarwood & Black Pepper" shave soap

- Sterling Soap Co. "Coniferous" aftershave

The razor worked great! I thought the handle since it's pretty smooth would slip in my hand a bit but had no problems with it... The brush worked superbly as well. It lost a couple hairs at first but being boar that's kind of expected. Only 3-4 came out then didn't have a problem after. The seal on the handle seemed to hold up fine but I'm going to continue to use it and see how it holds up over a few weeks.

 

Very creative! Has a rustic look, kinda like something a cave man might have used!
(Sorry, I couldn't resist!) Seriously, it looks great and, if the handle wears out, you just fabricate a new one! Great!

 

Like the handle on the Old. Is that something you bought or did yourself?

 

Have a great day tomorrow!

 

Thanks! The ultimate neanderthal shave is exactly what I was going for. Haha!

Yeah, I made the handle myself out of a piece of scrap wood.

http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/what-to-do-when-your-handle-is-cracked-a-picture-story.42990/