SoS: July 29,2013 - August 4, 2013

SOTD Saturday 8-3-2013

1951 Gillette Aristocrat (W-1)
Personna Stainless Blade
Tabac SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Aqua Velva Musk ASL/Cologne

Great shave with the Aristocrat this morning. (I seem to be on a Gold Theme these past few days.) The Personna Stainless blade is another locally available and reasonably inexpensive blade that gives very good shaves. (For me at least.)

 

Razor: Merkur futur
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: 30mm Super Silvertip
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: Valobra Menthol
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Captains Choice

 

Friday 02-08-2013

Razor: Merkur 37c Slant
Blade: Polsilver SI (5)
Brush: Omega 10275
Cream: Karo Classic
AS: Karo Classic

Saturday 03-08-2013

Razor: Merkur 37c Slant
Blade: Polsilver SI (6)
Brush: Omega 10275
Cream: Karo Fresh
AS: Brut

 

Saturday morning, August 3, 2013

Schick E2 Injector w/ personna blade (3)
Omega 20102 Pro boar w/ Arko soap
Hot water and bowl lather for a DFS—
Finish w/ Witch Hazel splash!

Aces!

 

08/03 Saturday

Hot shower to undo the stiffness.
RazoRock Glycerin, does a great job prepping the face for the morning shave.
I'm reusing a incense burner to warm my later. I place the tea light in the bottom and place my mug of lather atop and warming later.
Today's soap choice Mystic Waters Marrakesh. I have been using an assortment of shave cream samples this past week, time for a change.
Continued with the Gillette Rocket and Silver Blue for the fourth day. Blade and razor change for Sunday.
After three delightful passes a warm water rinse, cold water splash, Osage Rub, and Proraso.
A delightful DFS.

 

hmmmm, I'm open to suggestions, but I'll start with "Bittersweet Oblivion".

 

Brad,
That lather warmer setup is rather ingenious.

 

Saturday morning:

Muhle R41 Grande
Feather
Omega boar
Vergulde Hand
Blue Aqua Velva

I feel the r41 is kind of meh. I may try it again with a shorter handle.

 

I didn't have anytime to prep today and risked getting a very painful shave... the exact opposite happened.

Prep: woke up, splashed water on my face, lathered up to try and get a half ----- prep done.
Brush: Oscar Grade A.
Razor: Schick Krona.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Cream: Mem Original (first time use.)
Post: cold water rinse, Barbon AS.

The Mem Original is pretty good. It lathered up really easily, didn't dry out, and made the shave pretty effortless. Every time I use my Krona, I think to myself "I should give this razor more attention." I need to start doing that. The Barbon is a top notch menthol splash. It starts out cold, mellows out, and tones the skin pretty well. If you like menthol, don't pass this one up.

 

wow very nice. love the hackett.

 

Gillette Super Thin blades have given me some poor shaves, but today I found a good combo. The Gillette Old Type head and the Super Thin blade work beautifully together. I did a superlather of Provence Sante Green Tea and Local Pig shave cream, which worked out well. I don't like PS, but with the Local Pig I get a thick, creamy lather with amazing skin care properties. I'm using a reknotted Muhle HJM brush with a 20mm TGN synthetic knot. The knot is not a soft as my EMJ synthetic, but I like it.

I did a three pass wtg/atg/xtg shave followed by a copd water rinse and SAL Alum. The results were a DFS with nice soft skin, zero nicks, and zero irritation. I'm disappointed that the modern Super Thins aren't as nice as the vintage Super Thins, but I'm glad that I found a razor that they work well in.

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: Gillette Old Type on a Gillette ball end Tech handle
Blade: Gillette Super Thin
Brush: Muhle HJM reknotted with a 20mm TGN synthetic knot
Soap: Superlather of Provence Sante Green Tea and Local pig

 

Razor: Tac Boy
Blade: Lord PC
Brush: BF Greenie
Stick: Palmolive
Post: Alum & Thayer's
AS: Krampert's Bay Rum

Why can't the scent last more 5 seconds on the Krampert's ?

 

SOTD Saturday night



Prep: hot shower, Nivea pre shave scrub, conditioner in beard
Razor: Gem Featherweight
Blade: PAL Stainless
Soap: Tabac
Brush: AOS pure badger
Shave: 4 passes
Post: Warm water, cold water, HBG Men Bay Rum Aftershave Splash, Dirty English Balm
Pomade: Murray's Superior
Cologne: John Varvatos Vintage

An effortless BBS shave. I'd put it in top 10 all time. PAL blades I got from the nationwide box tour, and they are much sharper than the CVS brand ones. The Tabac was also from the box but wasn't labeled, and was just a mystery soap. After pressing it into a cup though I recognized the feel of it, such a soft soap and a flowery smell. Great stuff. The Featherweight is such a great razor and haven't used it in a while, will have to work it into my rotation.

 

SotN

Mikes Barber Shop
TGN Finest XH
Fat Boy w/Treet (2)
Masters Bay Rum

 

Weber Bulldog Polished Head
Rapira Swede
Omega 42
Walters Rose
Alum
Superior 70

 

Gillette New LC in nickel
Voskhod (d1)
Preshave oil blend + M-Bomb
Vulfix 404
TSD Iced Florida Water SS
Lucky Tiger Aspen A/S

 

Sunday:

#6 Horsehair
Dovo Bismarck 5/8
Lider Classic SC
Balea unscented moisturizer
Booster Iced Lime AS

I barely had enough time to shave this morning let alone use a straight razor because I'm invited with the family to a friend's place for breakfast. Everything fell into place perfectly however, and I had a most enjoyable shave. The Lider Classic cream smells really nice and it reminds me a little of the Gada Cool Mint cream without the menthol. The Booster aftershaves are hard to beat in quality although Madame hates them!

 

Sub Cero
Acca Kappa
23mm Omega knot
Capt. Smith's Bay Rum
A few nicks this morning. Have a good one.

 

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Dove Men's Face Wash​

Williams Mug Shaving Soap​

Frank Shaving Finest Badger​

Gillette NEW LC (England) with Bar Handle​

Shark Super Chrome (12)​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch hazel​

Pinaud Clubman AS​

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Opted for a face lather today with the Williams Mug Shave Soap. Twelve shaves with the Shark and still going.​

 

Sunday:

Prep: Hot shower, AoS Unscented PSO
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Ginger's Garden Coffee Jasmine
Razor: Merkur 1904 OC
Blade: Dorco-301 (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, Aveeno Active Naturals ASB
Cologne: Lippizan by Parfums de Marly

A couple of minor nicks/weepers around the Adam's Apple indicate the Dorco's not aging especially well, or I lapsed in concentration and managed not to notice. On the plus side, the nicks closed up with the CWS, so I didn't feel a need for alum. Nearly BBS otherwise.