SoS: June 20, 2016 - June 26, 2016

Jolly Good June!

June 20

Razor - Gold Dollar 800

Soap - Tabac
Brush - Wolf Whiskers Custom Silvertip
Post - Cold rinse, Alum, Nivea, The Veg

The weekend. Finally. Ignore all of that Monday morning nonsense. Although I was out in it this morning due to an early Dr. appointment. Got that out of the way, took SWMBO out for her birthday breakfast and then home to sit out the heat again. Having some company tonight to celebrate the Solstice. Too much going on for a day off. Anyway.......

Another day with the GD800 and it's also head shave day. Considered trying the straight on my head but reconsidered. Not quite ready to attempt that, though I suspect it won't be any worse than the pain stick for that. After all, both of my pain stick head shaves produced a very close, smooth and comfortable result with minimal if any blood loss. Oh, sorry @Mr. Freeze93 .....too soon? Head shave was its normal setup. Merkur 23c, Astra and VDH Deluxe. Need another puck as I finished that one up today. Great result as always.

Full shave was another good one. I think being relaxed helped this one along. Took my time, great Tabac and Wolf lather, and two passes plus just a bit of touchup brought the baby to town today. Nice! I have nothing bad to say about this razor, other than it has to be stropped. Yeah, still trying to figure out why the extra step bugs me. Oh well, either I'll get over it or I won't.

Going to take a break in my routine tomorrow for a run with the Swan razor on a stick, for lack of a better term. This high quality zinc piece of, um, razor, looks quite interesting, and as I mentioned before the cap tends to wobble a bit without a blade in it. So, I put a blade in it and that made the cap......wobble less. Still some movement but the blade seems to be solidly in place. I played with it without the blade trying to get the feel for how it will handle. And, looking at the blade and gap, I'm not sure how it will actually handle. This could be one of those "AHA - this is cool and great!" moments or, something more in line with "why is there so much blood?!?!?!" We'll see tomorrow.

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Gorgeous set up amigo!

 

Tuesday morning's action:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Junjie/Astra day 2
Palmolive Menthol SC
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Fine Snake Bite AS
Caron Pour Un Homme EdT

A nice, chilly setup. Maybe not exactly overly bone-chilling but still cold enough!

 

Great stuff Mark. Excellent looking razor.

 

SOTD: Monday, June 20
MdC Original
CH2 Synthetic
'58 Fat Boy
Feather (3)
Floïd Blue

Have a great day!​

 

Excellent photo Chris.

 

Great setup Clint. Very nice looking SS handle.

 

Very nice looking Gillette Fat Boy Joseph.

 

Tuesday's Planned Shower

Bodywash-Nivea 4 Men Energy
Deodorant Soap-Coast
Shampoo-Dove 4 Men+ Care(avec caffeine et menthol)
Deodorant(post-shave)-Gillette Cool Wave Gel

 

SOTD 20-06-16 Night music . Second act.
Soap Night music, Finest badger 30 mm brush,Vintage Gem Micromatic Open Comb Safety Razor, blade GEM ted pella (8), Shavette palo Fierro Alexandria shave, blade polsilver super iridium (1), La Toja after shave...
Well ready instruments, bowl to make foam party, again a lot of smells, not beaten badly, yet I sense the scent in my head topped with Toja made a good match, I see the nasal flutter the smell of which they are near. well protected, elastic, no tightening my skin. The instruments are better tuned melody and felt better ...


Enviado desde la guarida del lobo

 

Tried out my W. Germany made Merkur Futur today (made 1984-1989) for the first time.
Had it on settings 1 and 2 and will go through up to 6 on subsequent shaves.
Not a bad shave at all. It's a very solid, heavy razor.

Loving the new Wickham 1912 line of soaps and think I might be a bit in love with the "Cashmere"

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That Palmolive Menthol cream was screaming at me to use it so I said "Ok, you win!" lolll It's really good, good stuff!

 

talkin abiut the Rinfrescante, are we????? By the way-I WANT RAPID SHAVE!!! Oh, I love the Rise-just want to try more old-school specials.

 

Thanks!

 

Thank you.

 

Thank you Mark

Thank you Doug


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Razor: Gillette Aristocrat w/case 1947
Blade: Gillette GSB (5)
Brush: DFS LE w/Envy White
Soap: Route 66 Frozen Margarita
A/S: Booster Iced Lime

Truly one of my favorite Gillette razors. The extra weight in the handle of the Aristocrat makes a big difference in my opinion. The Frozen Margarita provided a long lasting, slick lather protective cushion and glide with soothing post shave conditioning.

 

Great picture.

 

Thanks Douglas!