SoS: June 1, 2015 - June 7, 2015

Prep - Shower / Pre-lather / 3 min steam towel
Razor - Gillette Slim Adjustable @ 9
Blade - Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge Yellow (#4)
Brush - Omega 10810
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
After - Frozen towel / Alum & WH Mix
Result - BBS +

Finally got around to getting Mitchell's Wool Fat, and I have one major question - what is all the fuss about this being difficult to lather? I found it easier than Arko!
I need a new abbreviation for my results, as I feel BBS (excuse the pun) just isn't cutting it. BBS to me is smooth all over, no stubble to feel. In a 10x mirror, I'll still see stubble. The results I achieved tonight can't be seen in the mirror, and consequently I won't feel stubble until tomorrow evening.
The 7 O'Clock SharpEdge Yellow continues to impress me. I thought 9 on the Slim might prove too aggressive but no, still got an amazing shave.

 

Tuesday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Proraso Green Shaving Soap
Bethlehem Olivewood WD Silvertip
Gillette Black Tip SS
Rapira Platinum Lux
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
FD Old Spice AS

The Proraso Green Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Olivewood WD Silvertip Badger brush. Two passes with my Gillette Black Tip SS razor and a Rapira Platinum Lux blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then FD Old Spice after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Tuesday morning's planned shave:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Derby day 2
Iced Subzero SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Alt Innsbruck AS

How can I ever forget JoAnna's gold medal-winning ISZ soap? Never. It's so awesome - the rich, easy-to-create lather, the nice mentholy/peppermint scent, and the great cooling sensation it gives me together with plenty of soothing post-shave care. The Gold Bond moisturizer, along with the Alt Innsbruck aftershave which I just received today will keep my face feeling chilled and fresh for hours after my shave. The Derby blades have excellent longevity, and they're also quite forgiving and smooth.

 

SOTD 6-1-15 MENTHOL MONDAY!!








RAZOR: 1953 GILLETTE TECH
BLADE: BIG BEN (SHAVE NUMBER 4)
BRUSH: OMEGA S SYNTHETIC
SOAP: TSD ICED HAVOC (AQUA VELVA) WITH EXTRA MENTHOL CRYSTALS ADDED
POST: CVS BRAND AQUA VELVA

My menthol crystals arrived today so I had to mix them into my already iced soap and it turned out great! I have recently started cold water shaving and I think it has cut down on irritation so I will run with it for a while and see how it goes. 3 pass shave with BBS results. great menthol Monday and a great shave!

 

hey jeff is that Gold Bond the one in the green bottle? I think they sell it in stores around here.

 

No my friend, it's the one in an orange bottle. It has no scent to speak of, and it's VERY mentholated.

 

Schick "Hydro-Magic" Injector razor (type I2, 1955-58)
Edwin Jagger STF XL brush,
Lather-up with Cold River Soap Works 'Fougere Moderne,'
Finish with water, Witch Hazel
and Gillette Cool Wave

 

ok (cool) thanks I will have to check that out.

 

Have to look for that. Only have the green bottle.

 

SOTD 6-1-15

PRESHAVE: Face wash with soap and warm/hot water
RAZOR: Wolfman WR1-DC Polished (dual comb) with Bamboo handle
BLADE: Gillette Silver Blue (5)
SOAP: Catie's Bubbles Mile High Menthol
BOWL: VDH
BRUSH: Tweezerman Badger
POST: Rinse with warm/hot water to get soap off and then some cold water rinses/splashes and pat try.

Comments: I used the OC side on the first two passes, then the SB side for the touchup and I got a DFS/BBS shave. Just another great Wolfman shave! Soap was very good too! First time trying out this one! It made a nice slick lather, the protection and feel throughout the shave was very good. The menthol was good but I have others that I like the menthol more so this one didnt stand out in that regard! The blade still felt sharp for today's shave and it is quite possible to get another day, maybe two out of it but after 5 days of use, I will change it out and not push my luck on a 20 cent blade! I feel absolutely no irritation at all and one small weepers. A great shave for me!

Please feel free to leave comments on any items us
ed as I enjoy reading them to see what others say about the gear I am using/trying out! Of course, YMMV!

Thx.

 

SOTD - Menthol Monday, June 1, 2015

Cool shower
Prep: Peppermint PSO
Brush: B&B Essential Boar
Soap: Stirling MITA
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)
Aftershave: Stirling Gin & Tonic (iced with TSD M-Bomb)

 

It was a fantastic shave this morning!

 

I tried the one in the green bottle only once. My wife likes the scent of it but I don't. It also doesn't seem to be as soothing as the one in the orange bottle which I use.

 

MENTHOL MONDAY!!

Razor: 1958 Super Speed TV Special
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip
Soap: Stirling Black Ice
AS: Barbasol Pacific Rush

A nice chilly shave for Menthol Monday. Very very close, near BBS IMHO. Maybe there's something about the Super Speed after all!

 

Shave for 1 June 2015 and Planned Shave for 2 June 2015

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Tuesday Planned SOTD
Razor: Gem Damaskeene
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (D2)
Brush: Semogue SOC Ash Boar
Bowl: ShaveWorks 4.25"
Pre Shave Scrub: RazoRock GLO
Pre Shave Oil: AOS unscented
Shave Soap: Catie's Bubbles IB Tonsorial Parlour
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Muelhens 4711
Cologne: Muelhens 4711



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That brush looks great!

 

Planned Fat Tabac Tuesday SOTD

'59 Fatboy razor
Gillette Spoiler blade
Vintage mixed bristle brush
MdC Huile Vegetale Chamomile preshave
Tabac shaving soap
Myrsol antesol aftershave
Tabac EdC

This is my one of my favorite shave days. Myrsol Antesol matches perfectly with the Tabac products and the FB seems to like the Spoilers.

 

Today was a really good smooth SE shave with the 1912. Not much else to add really. One and a half passes DFS with the Avocado shaving soap. Next up is the Micromatic Bullet Tip tomorrow.

 

World Tournament of Blades - Russia vs. the World!!
June 1, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Vie-Long 12705 Horse
Soap - Tabac
Razor - '46 Aristocrat
Blade - (1)
Post - Alum, The Veg

Welcome Comrades to the first annual World Tournament of Blades!!! Russia takes on the world for double edge blade supremacy! As with all great tournaments let us begin with the singing of glorious national anthem!

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And on to the tournament!! The first bracket - the number one seeded and most glorious Voskhod!! This Teflon coated engineering marvel goes against another Russian great - The Rapira Swedish Supersteel. Up today to start us off is the Voskhod.

I chose the Vie-Long 12705 for the brush for this matchup along with Tabac soap. The brush and soap did not disappoint. Tabac is a recent addition to my den and a permanent one. Great lather, great scent and the soft yet scritchy feel of the 12705 with its 35% mane to 65% tail hair is perfect. The Voskhod went two passes to produce a very nice DFS. The blade is sharp...among the sharpest. I graded that a 1. It is so smooth in the Aristocrat it has to have a 1 there and I felt no irritation during the shave and alum was very quiet for a 1. The result? DFS for a 2. That is a total of 5 for the mighty Voskhod! Tomorrow the Swedish has its turn to see who advances to the Elite Eight! Hope everyone's June is off to a great start! And the games continue!!!