SoS: July 1, 2013 - July 7, 2013

5/8 Case Red Imp
Klar Klassic
22mm Omega boar
Stephan Bay Rum

I'm turning into a big fan of Klar Seifen, it's just really good stuff. Very nice shave. Have a good one.

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, Dirigo Blue Cedarwood PSO
Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK
CD: Best of the Blues, disc 3
Soap: TSD Cedarwood
Brush: Mohawk 3-338
DE: '58 Gillette TV
Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 5, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB, B&BW Oak
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Another great shave darn near BBS.

 

Friday

Warm shower with Old Spice Wolfthorn
AoS Unscented Preshave Oil
Gillette Fusion Power
VDH Unscented Soap
VDH Boar Brush
WTG, XTG
EDIT: Cold water splash
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Active ASB
Penhaligon's Quercus cologne

In a relative hurry today, due to a vet appointment to get my cat's stitches removed, so only 2 passes and a DFS with two weepers. Managed some very nice meringue-like lather though, probably my best lather to-date. Switched it up with the Nivea scented ASB because I wanted a little more cooling effect for my face; relative to our norms, it's hotter than the Devil's porch here this week.

 

Tabac Soap
Semogue 2009 LE super badger
Wilkinson Sticky 1970s ?
Wilkinson Sword vintage blades; do not know what year
Tet-A-Tet cologne

 

Razor: Jagger DE89 w Tradere handle
Blade: Israeli Red
Brush: 30mm Super Silvertip
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap
Soap: Momma Bears Czar’s Choice Iced
Post: Osma Alum Block
Aftershave: Krampert's Finest Frostbite

 

FRIDAY

a. Pre: Hot shower, Lucky Tiger Lemon wash, hot towel, Floids PSO
b. Razor: 1941 Gillette Aristocrat
c. Blade: Astra SP
d. Brush: VDH Boar
e. Soap: Mike's Natural Soap, plus a dab of both the Proraso and glycerin
f. Shave: 3 passes & touch up;
g. Post: cold water rinse; towel dry, 4711 aftershave & Nivea balm

My day off, the temps have cooled off outside, had a great shave = good day!

 

Friday

Wash TSD unscented soap
Lather TSD unscented lanolin soap
HIS synthetic brush
EJ DE87
Gillette Silver Blue blade
Cold rinse
CeraVe lotion

 

Gillette NEW LC Weber Wave
Voskhod
Semogue OC boar
Klar Kabinett
Alum
Superior 70

Fantastic shave this morning. It is really nice when you can take your time.

 

Face lathering day. 2 face passes and 1 head pass.​

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Gillette slim adjustable
Semogue 2000
TOBS sandalwood cream and asl

 

Friday morning, July 5, 2013

Eversharp-Schick G1 Injector w/ China Schick blade (13)
Omega 20102 Pro boar w/ ARKO soap,
Hot water and bowl lather for a DFS—
Finish w/ Gillette Cool Wave!

A great shave! Still smooth and comfortable, 13 days on the Schick China blade. But time for a new blade in the morning, the edge isn't as sharp now. Amazing I still got a DFS!

Aces!

 

Arko Soap
Gillette Slim
Omega Pro 48
Astra SP
Cold water followed by Aqua Velva for a DFS

 

Friday afternoon, a gallery of favourites.

Speick in the bowl, Silver Blue in the slant.

Have a good weekend!

 

I did my usual prep, a three pass with the grain/against the grain/across the grain shave, and finished up with a cold water rinse and an application of some SAL Alum. The results were a BBS shave with zero nicks and zero irritation. I could have stopped after the second pass and had a damn fine shave, but after a couple of rough shaves I wanted my skin to start off with a clean slate, so I needed absolute smoothness. The Personna Platinum performed above expectations, the superlather felt great and left my face and neck feeling soothed, and the flare tip kept everything nice and neat. The alum took care of what tiny irritation began to rear its ugly head and left my skin silky smooth and redness free. I really enjoyed this shave. I liked it so much that I am considering sending my slightly beat up flare tip to The Razor Emporium to be replated in silver. It's a $55 job to replate what is, at best, a $20 razor, but it will add a few more decades to the life of the razor and give me a beautiful looking tool. I bought the razor for $2 at a junk shop, so paying another $55 to get a nice looking razor that will outlast me may just be worth it...especially considering how well it does its job.

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: Gillette Flare Tip
Blade: Personna Platinum
Brush: #6 Turkish Horsehair
Soap: Superlather of eShave White Tea and Proraso White
Post: Cold water rinse and SAL Alum

For more details on this shave, more SOTDs, product reviews, and rants visit my blog: https://cryofthewildjabberwock.wordpress.com/

 

5.7.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Gillette Super Speed Red Tip
• Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)
• Brush: The BiG Shave 2013 LE #90/100 by Semogue
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street Coconut
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Proraso lozione dopobarba
• Moisturizer: Nivea Soft

 

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Dove Men's Face Wash​

Proraso Sandalwood SC​

Semogue 1305 Boar Brush​

Edwin Jagger 89​

Wilkinsword SS blade​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch Hazel​

Aqua Velva Blue Ice AS​

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The Proraso Sandalwood Shaving Cream is a new experience for me. It lathered up very well from an almond size dollop, and was enough for three passes and touch-ups. It has a nice woodsy scent that does not overpower. Excellent shave.​

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Looks near identical to one of my shaves recently. Only difference is I've not tried the Arko.
I'll have to add it to the soap/cream shopping queue....

 

Friday's shave, July 5, 2013

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

 

Friday, July 5, 2013

Chubby 2, Fatboy, Sunrise (2), Castle Forbes Lavender cream and aftershave balm



This cream is really different from what I've tried so far. One small dab of the brush into the tub created a wildly irresponsible amount of lather. I actually had to remove some from my face and add water, which caused the exploding lather to begin in earnest, and after 3 passes it seemed like things were just getting started. The aftershave is really nice, although it has no bite whatsoever. It's a very soothing, calming effect, and so far has dried well without leaving any oiliness.



This is right before I started applying lather to face, before I added water. I like a yoghurt-like consistency, and the CF can certainly deliver that, but it's going to take a little more practice before I figure out how to deal with the cream's extreme concentrated-ness. In the name of science I might force myself to use this combo again tomorrow.

**Update: A few hours later, and my face is starting to feel a little more moist than it does with the Speick or Pinaud's Bay Rum aftershaves. On a scale of 1 - 10 of oiliness reduction, with straight rubbing alcohol being a 10, I think the Speick and Pinaud's are probably 7 or 8, putting the CF at 6. The CF is still the "driest" balm I've used to date.

 

Saturday

Krusius Brothers KB Extra (5/8)
EJ DE86-touch up
Super Iridium (d4)
Vulfix 404
TSD Iced Florida Water SS
Cold Water Splash
Osage Rub
Stephens Island Lime