SoS: July 19-25 2010

TOO COOL! Sweet scene, Bill!!

 

Saturday - It's the weekend! :happy069 Time for the SEs!!

Prep: Hot shower, strop razor 30/60, soak brush, TSD ISZ PSB
Hot coffee: Home roasted Tanzania Nyamtimbo Pea-berry, black
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor
Strop: VB 2" Black Latigo
Str8: Boker SS St. Louis, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, RazoRock, ice water splash, Osage Rub, B&BW Oak cologne
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Had this been a DE shave, it would have only received 4 blades. I just had a sense of accomplishment with the straight today to get three full passes and a touch up that I feel it deserves 5 blades. Darn near BBS, one tiny nick, and that on the final pass (got greedy, I guess).

The "cold" tap water was actually lukewarm. It's supposed to be 100+ today. City water just doesn't get cold in the summer.

 

Saturday.

TGN Finest Anchorset
Valobra Shave Stick
Feather Portable Bull Mastiff
KAI (Day 1)
Clubman Bay Rum

I've been fooling with injectors for the last week or so and wanted a change this morning. Had some KAI blades from a trade and figured it was about time to give one a shot. It is definitely a sharp smooth blade and I got a real good shave from this combo. 4/5.

 

Friday and Saturday's Shaves:
Hot Shower
Arko SS/Arko Moist SC
Omega Baby-Pro Boar
1952 Gillette Black Tip Super Speed (Steel)/Astra SP (Day3 and 4)
Arko Max-Comfort AS Cream
Arko Aqua AS Splash (Kept in Freezer)
Jaguar Fresh EDT
Rating: 5 Blades
Fri.: 2 Pass BBS
Sat.:2 Pass URCS "Unfriggingreal close shave" (actually smoother than BBS)-Jeff/Crackstar.

On Fri.: More of that Classic Super Speed Magic....We're having record degree Temps here...Put my Arko Aqua in the freezer last night, when I splashed today it felt sooo cool, even though the effect only last a few seconds, I loved it...Such a close comfortable shave, hours later playing a concert and sweating, but still no distracting face burn...)

On Sat.: Shave 4 just as good as Day1...4 GREAT shaves is all I can ask from a blade...I see where Bob is getting more shaves per blade in his Red Tip...More of that Super Speed Magic...)

Jeff; I love your new Shave rating: "Unfriggingreal close shave-I'm actually smoother than BBS." URCS, that should become part of the vocabulary...) It's now part of mine. I plan on plagerising this, with your permission of course.

 

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Razor: Merkur Long Handled Classic (23C)
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Soap: Proraso Classic (Green Pot)
A/S: Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel, Proraso Splash

A smooooooth, BBS shave this morning. The 23C is the first razor I acquired after deciding to return to DE shaving. I wasn't sure that I liked it at first, because I was getting a few nicks and mediocre shaves. However, it seems that it was mostly bad technique involving bad habits I had picked up in my years of using cartridge razors and electrics. I also had not found the ideal blade for me. I now love this razor and use mainly Super Iridiums and Astra Superiors, both of which result in fine shaves. The Proraso soap never lets me down and the Proraso splash left me refreshed and ready for the day.

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Preshave
Wade and Butcher Wedge
VDH Boar
Arko Shavestick
Corn Huskers Lotion
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

 

Saturday's shave:

• Gillette red tip superspeed
• Shark super chrome (4)
• Arko shavestick smashed into a bowl
• EJ 25mm silvertip
• Thayer's rose petal WH
• home mentholated Adidas Dynamic Pulse AS

Great shave! Missed BBS by a smidge. 4.5 blades!

 

My first shave with it. Just another G type, really, but the handle is nicer looking.

 

Saturday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Sharp
Ingram-SC (from Egypt) :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Barbon-AS :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Chabrawichi 555-Cologne


Ingram is a wonderful cream which is popular even in Egypt. This vertsion is nearly 100% identical to the UK version. The only differences as I see them are that the design on the Egyptian tube is a bit different, and it's smaller, and the cream is a light yellowish color. The scent, lather and cooling effect are exactly the same as the UK Ingram. Here are photos of the 2 versions---the Egyptian one is on the left.

Here is a lovely, but sad song from Remmy Ongala, who is a Congolese singer, who lives now in Tanzania. It is in Swahili, and about a young man whose mom passed away when he was very young, and had to look after himself. It is called Sauti ya Mnyonge, which is Swahili for the Voice of the Underprivileged.

Have a great weekend, friends!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtPXA6wKqIk

 

Shave Of The Day - July 24th

• TSD Iced SubZero Preshave Balm - :freezing :freezing
• Music: Albert Collins
• Hot Shower
• Omega Lucretia Borgia Boar Brush
• Feats of Clay Scuttle
• The THING cream - 4711 scent
• Merkur Futur (2,0)
• Derby Blade - Day 3
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Mix
• TSD A/S Splash - 4711 Scent - 2 drops of M-Bomb -
• 

:think002 Had a tough time today choosing a cream, picked out TOBS rose before stepping into the shower, and then promptly changed my mind after stepping up to the sink.

The choice worked fabulous today, and paired with some mentholated 4711 type splash from JoAnna, resulted in another great 5 blade shave!

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Shavemac 177
T&H Rose
'57 Red Tip
Super Iridium (2)
Pinaud Clubman
Nivea Sensitive ASB
Coral Skin Food

 

Albert Collins-Great Blues!! Haven't heard him for while, just called in up on Pandora after reading your post.

 

Red Injun 101
TOBS Lavender SC
Finest Badger Brush in Silver Mirror/kit-re-knotted by Rudy Vey
Razo-Rock
Lab Series AS


-not the flawless shaves I've gotten used to but getting better all the time. "look mom, no blood!"

 

Happy Saturday From Steamy Florida!

Just got back from zip-lining with SWMBO!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
Omega 10015 Boar
TSD SOTQ A-3 Soap :love008
EJDE89L
Gillette Super Thin Blade (2)
Cold Water Rag
Witch Hazel / Alum Powder / M-Bomb Blend
TSD Egyptian Spice ASM :love008

4 Passes = DFS!

I just may need to toss out ALL of my ASL's and buy every flavor of TSD ASM, it is that goot!

 

Dubl Duck Special
Rooney Emillion
Valobra stick
Pinaud Clubman after shave

 

SOTD Saturday July 24, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Wostenholm Pipe Razor Full Hollow Round Point
Soap/Mug: Tabac
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Col Conk Barbershop Badger
ASB: Nivea replenishing
Aftershave: Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Used the Tabac SS same as usual. Didn't observe much glide or cushion. It was very similar to the Williams SS but didn't dry as fast. IMHO the Tabac doesn't have cushion. I could feel the razor on the skin during the shaving strokes however, the Tabac does the same as the Williams in that it encases the whiskers and stands them up for cutting. The Tabac delivered a very close and comfortable shave and provided exactly what you would expect a lather to do. It's a great soap but no glide or cushion IMHO.

 

Razor: Rolls Razor
Brush: New Forest Superior 2201
Cream: Olivia Seife Bayrum
AS: Superior 70 Menthol, AII Osage

 

Hot Shower

Gillette SS
Personna Red Blade
Omega Boar Brush
TSD Iced Bourbon Vanilla Soap
Cold Water Rinse/ Thayers WH
Barbasol Pacific Rush ASB/Splash

 

Sunday, July 25th

Loooooooooooooong hot shower
TSD Egyptian Spice ss
Kent T8 Pure Badger
D.R. Harris DE87 w/ Astra Platinum
De Vergulde Hand alum
Nivea for Men ASB
Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraiche EdT

 

Sunday July 25

55' Gillette Red Tip
Astra Superior (3)
Ever Ready Boar
Home Made PreShave Oil +M-Bomb (3 drops)
Arko/TSD Signature Hybrid SS
Osage Rub, Master Blue, Clubman

5 Blader. Lots of cooling menthol too.