SoS: July 19-25 2010

Sunday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade, soak brush
Hot coffee: Home roasted Tanzania Nyamtimbo Peaberry, black
Soap: TSD A&F Woods Type + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Treville Daxer
Razor: Gem MM OC
Blade: Gem, day 4, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, RazoRock, ice water splash, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion + 2 drops M Bomb, Curve
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

An OUTSTANDING shave today all the way 'round.

 

Just done my day shave.

Somersets Tough Beard Preshave Oil
Mitchell's Wool Fat shaving soap with a couple of drops of Axe Medicated oil
Omega Red shaving brush
Merkur 34C HD / BIC Crome Platinum (day 2)
Svoboda Vitamin F aftershave balm

Gotta throw out this blade. Really bad.

 

Sunday:

Gillette Tech razor
Asco Orange blade
Vulfix 375S brush
TBS Maca Root SC
Osage Rub
Musgo Real Orange/Amber Cologne

Nice shave but 3 shaves is the limit on a Asco Orange blade. Now to finish getting ready for church

 

Yeah, I haven't had luck with the Bics either. I do pretty well with most blades but that one is maybe my worst.

 

Sunday, a new old soap

Vintage Williams
Omega boar brush
Schick G6 injector with NOS Pal stainless blade

First impressions of the vintage Williams. It's at least 34 years old judging from the bicentennial promotion that came with it. Slightly musty smell, which may get better now that it's being used. Excellent lather. The paper that it was wrapped in had soaked in tallow from the soap and was very hard to get off. I peeled as much as I could, and had to scrape the rest, throwing any little pieces of soap that came off at the bottom of the mug.

 

Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Sharp day 2
Italian Palmolive Menthol-SC :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Vifrex-AS Gel :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Grey Flannel-EDT

When I woke up this morning, my beard was as hard as barbed wire--now, you cannot feel even one trace of stubble. I am almost as smooth as my wife and daughter. By the way, this Palmolive Menthol cream and Vifrex gel are a formidable face-freezing combination!

 

:happy102 :happy102 :happy102 :happy102

 

Lloyd, I swear--after shaving for 25 minutes with the Super Speed, and doing 5 passes WTG, XTG, ATG, this way, that way, I must to be ULTRA, ULTRA BBS, yes? :happy102 :happy102 :happy102

 

Sat. Night:
Face: Fat Handle Tech w/ Crystal d4
Head: Fatboy w/ Dorco 301 d4
Knotty Erlenmeyer
Provence Sante Verlain SS
Alum
TSD Bergamot Splash

 

Boker Red Injun 102/1912 Gem Jr. (Fat Handle) for the dome
Semogue 2000
Nana June's Citrus Wake Up
Osage Rub
Pinaud Lime Sec

This is likely the first time I've mug lathered Nana June's. It does well being face lathered but the mug just seemed to kick it up to notches unknown. I had enough lather for 3 passes on my dome, 2 passes on my face and still plenty left over for a post shave face wash. It smells fantastic too.

 

Sunday's shave

• Gillette red tip superspeed
• EJ 25mm silvertip
• C.O. Bigelow SC
• Shark super chrome (5th and last day)
• home mentholated M&L Fl H2O

 

SOTD Sunday July 25, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Tiger Wedge Hollow Point
Shaving Cream: Musgo Real
Lather Bowl: Ceramic
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Medium Badger
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave: Mennen Original Skin Bracer

Super BBS shave this morning! (Probably because I shaved so late yesterday afternoon) AAR, slicker than frog smot on a doorknob! The Musgo real shave cream performed great this morning. My observation of it realized that elusive factor I call cushion. The Musgo Real had it. I could feel the razors edge moving across the skin but there was a softness that I didn't feel with the shaving soaps (except the Ogallala) that IMHO I consider the cushion. I wouldn't say the Musgo had a lot of slipperiness but it didn't feel as dry or as heavy as the soaps either. (Probably the Bentonite clay used in the soaps gives it that heaviness.) I'm not sure what the base is in the Musgo. It doesn't say on the packaging. I love this shaving cream! Not only does it perform great the scent of the Musgo is well worth the price of the tube! Wonderful scent, good performance and great price; one of my favorite creams! Great shaves shown this week by all Gentlemen. Thanks for sharing! :happy005

 

"The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard."

Seeing The Razor's Edge in the picture cracked me up. :happy102

 

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Razor: D.R. Harris 3-piece
Blade: Gillette Yellow
Brush: Shavemac 2007 LE
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: P160 Tipo Morbido
A/S: Trumper Marlborough

This was my first time using the Tipo Morbido and I left a little too much water in the brush resulting in a thinner than ideal lather. Still though, I enjoyed a fine shave. I am looking forward to seeing how this soap performs when I nail the ratio. The Trumper Marlborough is always a pleasant finish.

 

When I do one of my bookshelf photos, I always wonder if people look at the titles.

 

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Razor: Jaggerooney
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: Body Shop Old Formula
A/S: Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel, Alt Innsbruck

Excellent shave with a fine, refreshing finish!

 

Shavette Saturday!

Parker shavette
Shark stainless blade
VDH boar brush
Ogallala Bay Rum soap
Nivea Sensitive ASB

OK shave today. I've had better. I think my lather was too dry. The Shark did well and the Nivea kept away the burn. Just missed a few spots in the usual places

Have a great day!

 

Shave Of The Day - July 25th

• TSD Iced SubZero Preshave Balm - :freezing :freezing
• Music: Guitar Slim
• Hot Shower
• Vintage Rubberset Boar
• Feats of Clay Scuttle
• TSD SOTQ - A1 Scent- Crackling Firewood + 4 Drops M-Bomb :freezing :freezing
• Merkur Futur (1.75)
• Derby Blade - Day 4
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Mix
• Aqua Velva Original Sport - :freezing
• 

Very nice relaxing Sunday shave today.

I dialed the Futur down just a touch today, and ended up missing a few stragglers, so I knocked er down to a 4.5 blade shave. Still, considering what I have to look forward to today, this will probably be the highlight of my day.

 

Friodur 4/8
Finest Badger Brush from silver mirror set
Speick SC
Alum Block
Alcolado Glacial


-first ATG with straight-no blood transfusion needed!

 

Limes baby!

• EJ DE89
• Astra Superior Platinum
• New Forest 2201 Two Band Badger
• TSD Lime Cream
• Alum Block
• TSD Iced Lime Aftershave
• TOBS Victorian Lime Cologne

Meh... 3.5

I had to really work for the lather, less water next time. The scent was great.

Blade had gunk/wax/glue whatever on it, not just on the blade but on the shaving edge. I had to clean it off with Alcohol before I used it. I hate that. Eventually got to BBS but not the smoothest shave ever...not by a long shot.

TSD Iced Lime deserves all the praise it gets. :signs021