SoS: January 4, 2016 - January 10, 2016

Shave of the Day

Prep: hot bath
Razor: Birth year (83) Black Beauty set on 6
Blade: Voskhod (1)
Brush: Rubberset 400-4 Silvertip Badger
Lather: RazoRock Don Marco
Shave: Hot shave; 3 passes; WTG, XTG, ATG
Post: alum, L'Occitane Cade balm

 

Planned Sunday SoTD

Pils razor
Gillette Spoiler blade
Semogue badger brush
Tabula Rasa Patchouli shaving soap
B&M Cologne Russe

 

Strop Shoppe S.E. Baker Street
VDH Boar Brush
Brandt 100 WTG & XTG
Gillette 195 @5 ATG using
Feather Hi Stainless
Pinaud Lilac Vegital

Almost used up all my samples of this quality tallow soap.
I am considering more, but can't decide which of the six scents I tried.
The Whipped Dog still gets it, but I like finishing with the FatBoy.
Late evening shave, so I Veg'd it up, because I like it.

 

ATT M2, Vintage Simpson with Shavemac Knot, Chiseled Face Trade Winds.

 

Good tallow soap? How is the scent?

 

01/10/2016
Razor – AlumiGoose with Triad Ti
Blade – Feather Super Pro (3)
Brush – Rubberset 400 with WSP HMW
Lather – TSD Yin Yang
Post - Witch Hazel followed by Fine L’Orange

 

Sunday!

Day #5 of the seven day exploration: Figaro shaving cream (by Tcheon Fung Sing)

Prep: hot shower
Music: Mike Oldfield, Music Of The Spheres
Brush: vintage DVH boar
Soap: Figaro shaving cream
Razor: Gillette Slim (birth quarter) @9
Blade: Schick platinum blade
Shave: 3-pass
Post: DVH alum, hand strop blade & reload upside-down




The soap:
It is softer to the touch than Cella, but with a stronger almond scent. Even stronger and more 'synthetic' scent than the TFS barbe rosse. It is about as soft as the TFS barbe rosse.


Ingredients:

• Stearic acid
• Aqua
• Cocos nucifera oil
• Potassium hydroxide
• Sodium hydroxide
• Parfum
• Potassium carbonate

Lathering:
The brush loads quickly and forms lather as quickly as Cella and is nice and slick.



Shave:
The slick lather has a nice cushioning effect. No slickness remains after the pass.

After the shave:
The alum stings today as well. The scent dissipated quickly.

Overall verdict:
This is a great soap of good quality which lathers easily. At € 6.25 the price is about the same as Cella.

Shave result:
DFS++.


Have a blessed Sunday, ya'll!

 

@Hodge Interesting vintage blade choice. Did they spoil you, any good ?

 

SOTD January 10, 2016
Proraso red preshave cream
Gillette Heavy Tech / Astra SP
Omega / TOBS Naturals
WH / Shea butter / Proraso Blue ASB
Nice easy Sunday morning shave!. Enjoy the day gents!

 

GOOD MORNING TSD! 01/10/16

No shave this morning due to yesterdays late afternoon touch up shave.

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!!

 

Saturn's Day: Day 4 of my second blade tryouts

Prep: Hot Shower, Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash
Brush: @Jayaruh #33 Horsehair
Lather: Ginger's Garden Coffee Jasmine
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (1, 2, 3)
Post: Cold water rinse, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Pinaud Clubman aftershave splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

The #33 did the best it could with what remained of my puck of GG Coffee Jasmine, using up the last of the viable soap to produce decent, if not great, lather, due almost assuredly to the puck being such a tiny donut at this point. It was its last use. The GSB was notably smoother in the RAKE than the Schick-Premium was, making comfortable passes that reminded me quite a lot of the Dorco-301, which I list as one of the better blades for me. Three comfortable passes got me DFS+ results. There was no bloodshed or irritation, but my face feels slightly more sensitive than it does with, for example, a Bic blade.

 

Wowzer, this new Omega 49 brush is awesome - it whipped up a mountain of intensely-cold black liquorice-scented lather from the Glacial Obsidian soap. Two passes resulted in a great BBS shave and the Snake Bite aftershave gave me an additional freeze which almost left me disoriented!

 

Sundays shave.

A nice relaxing shave. I discovered that Personna lab blues pair very well with the slim, and I Coloniali works really well with cool water.

Razor - Gillette Slim
Blade - Personna lab blues
Brush - Pilsson synthetic
Lather - I Coloniali
Aftershave - Clubman Classic Vanilla

 

SUNDAY
Early morning shave
My second shave using this fine Japanese Western-style Hi-Diamond 8000. A few laps on the Tony Miller strop first yielded another super-smooth shave. Three-pass near-bBS result. Love the 'Sweeney Todd' lather. Chilly finish from the Snake Bite. All & all, another enjoyable shaving experience!
Have a blessed Sunday, all!

 

I still can't see your picture...

 

google pics and interplay between iphone, pc and macbook air.

 

Mixing TOBS Rose with MDC Lavender always give a smooth and floral filled shave. Today was not an exception.

Slim Adjustable set to 9
Rapira Platinum Lux Blade
MDC Lavender w/ TOBS Rose
3 passes and very smooth.

 

Looking at all of your incredible SOTD's has motivated me to get up and take a shower in a bit and go for a nice relaxing Sunday morning shave. Thank you all for such inspirational pictures, write-ups about your shave.
On a side note:::: The Blackland Blackbird looks great! I'm loving the Pils razor! And One Blade!!! Wow! Oh, and the aluminum goose. Soap galore!
:wave:

 

Im going to have try your soap/cream concoction. Its sounds like a perfect pairing.

 

January 10 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
WD High Mountain Badger 30 mm
TSD Lavender Rose Wheat SC
Ralf Aust 5/8
Stirling Unscented PSB -- Mentholated
The Veg