SoS June 23-29

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Time to Kickstart this week


Simpson E2
The Shave Den Rose EO Soap love029
Spyderco UF touch up
3" Tony Miller Artisan Strops Linen/Horsehide
6/8 TI Evide Sonnant
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Trumpers CSF
D.R. Harris Rose Bouquet EDT

Great Shave

The Rose EO soap is Very Nice :happy005 great lather and skincare.....I have gotten spoiled with
the FO rose soaps and only wish the EO scent was stronger....it would probably cost much
more though A Great soap nonetheless and I have a lot of rose EDT's to finish up with.

Many thanks JoAnna!!

 

Red Tip Heavy Duty Gillette SuperSpeed
Derby Extra blade
Vulfix Mayfair brush
DR Harris lavender shave soap
Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue aftershave lotion
Aqua Velva Ice balm

I make grandiose statements like, "I see no reason not to shave with the Merkur classic forever", and then I meet this red tip Gillette and fall in love. I’ve been using it non-stop for the last few weeks and have no thoughts of using any others. The added weight, larger diameter and manly knurling of the handle… nice! It’s supposed to be aggressive; I don’t feel it, I think it’s just right.

 

I4 Gillette Slim Adjustable
WS blade
Cheap Boar hair brush(bear with me it works):happy102
Aleppo olive oil soap

 

Monday:

Omega Silvertip
Parker 22R V1/new 7 AM
Top Ten Sensitive S/C :drool :drool :drool
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Alt Innsbruck A/S
Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme EDT (discontinued, dammit!)

this Top Ten cream makes you want to take your time and shave slowly, because it lathers so well, it smells beautiful, and it has a lot of menthol in it. I think this shave took me 25 minutes, maybe even a little longer!

 

Monday AM

Great start to a great week!

Hot shower
Proraso Pre-Post at beginning of shower
Castle Forbes pre-shave at end of shower
Shavemac custom 2007 forum D01 brush
Merkur Progress w/ Derby blade
QED Peppermint soap + D.I.Y. cream
WWR
Aqua Velva Ice Blue A/S splash
CWR
Aqua Velva Ice Sport balm + Mama Bear's Orange/Menthol milk
Penhaligon's Douro EdT

 

after shower at the sink:

M500/Red IP(2)
Polo 8 Best
T&H Luxury s/s
WWR
CWS
Thayers Lavender w/h
Proraso a/s
Royall Muske edt

 

Monday

TSD Eucalyptus cream
Kent BK4 brush
Wm. Belk 6/8 round point
alum block
Pinaud Clubman Bay Rum AS

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur Futur / Derby
Brush: Rooney Alibaba Large
Soap/Cream: T&H 1805 Cream
After shave: Thayer’s Rose Witch Hazel; DR Harris AS Milk
Cologne: Penhaligon’s Racquets Formula Cologne

The Futur/Derby combination was very effective today, even with the Futur dialed way down.

 

L'Occitane Cade S/S
Simpson Rover
Henckel Friodur 15/16, Spanish Point
Proraso Green A/S

Thank you everyone for not trading with Klaus! That allowed me to buy this awesome blade!

 

Shower:
MWF Soap-Clubman Shampoo

Shave:
W&B 7/8 Straight Razor
Tony Miller #1 Horsehide Strop
Simpsons Duke 3 Best Badger
Institut Karite Shave Soap
Pinaud Clubman Aftershave
Penhaligon's Raquets Cologne

Very Nice Indeed

 

'eh...a slow start this morning. It was super tough to get going.

Baxter scrub
Thomas Anthony Brush
Georgetown scuttle
TSD soap - black pepper
Merkur 38C
TSD aftershave - Sub Zero
Meehan's Bay Rum

 

How did it shave? Please be honest - I haven't quite mastered honing the Friodur-steel yet, which is why I didn't sell it as being shave-ready even though it's freshly honed.

Todays shave:
Rodgers&Sons 6/8+ wedge
Rasurpur 23mm
Sir Irisch Moos SS-stick
Swiss Pitralon
I coloniali ASB

 

It shaved like a dream! I gave it a few laps on the Swaty, 50 whacks on a .5 micron diamondpasted strop and 50 on the leather...

 

Very cool, good to know it works for you

 

Monday

Slim Adjustable
Walmart Personna
Tweezerman
C&E Sandalwood soap
Old Spice AS

 

Shave of the week!

Have a good one.

 

Nice, sounds like a winner :happy088

 

Well,

I was looking at this old photo and thought to myself it was a shave worthy of a repeat.......
......plus I didn't have to take the time to upload a photo

Great shave




Sweet photo Will!