SoS: June 24, 2013 - June 30, 2013

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Super Irdidium
Brush: BG Yellow Beehive Horsehair
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap
Soap: Al's Bomb Calypso
Post: Osma Alum Block
Aftershave: Al's Calypso AS

 

Thursday

Wash with TSD unscented soap
Lather TSD unscented soap with extra glycerin
HIS synthetic brush
Gillette fast handled Tech
Gillette silver blue blade
CeraVe lotion

Excellent lather - the TSD soap really responds to extra glycerin. The fat handled Tech was a pleasure to use. Easy to hold, easy to find the correct angle. Not too heavy. Three comfortable passes plus touch up produced a nice smooth face.

 

Thursday morning, June 27, 2013

Schick I2 Hydro-magic with Schick blade (3)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

 

Thursday morning, June 27, 2013

Eversharp-Schick G1 Injector w/ China Schick blade (5)
Omega 20102 Pro boar w/ CO Bigelow cream,
Hot water and bowl lather for a DFS—
Finish w/ Gillette Cool Wave, aces!

 

Awesome Pic Leo!

 

SOTD Thursday 6-27-2013

Merkur Procress/BRW @4
Crystal Blade
C.R. Slater Wild Rose SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Rose of Bulgaria ASL

Lovin' the Rose scents this morning. Great shave with the Progress/Crystal combo!

 

Thursday SOTD for 6/27

Hot shower
Fliod pre-shave oil
Semogue 1325
RazoRock Chumba Cheech
Gillette Super Adjustable
Asco (orange wrapper) SS
Ogalla Bay Rum
RazoRock Don Marco

Three passes produce a great DFS

 

27.6.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Weber DLC
• Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3)
• Brush: TBS #90/100 by Semogue
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street Coconut
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Old Spice Champion

 

Everest brand is one good performer, both cream and ASB. ASB is dense (as most of Russian ASBs) so I usually put it on wet face. I totally agree about Torrey!

8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Ceramic bowl
Viking Fresh SC
Tet-a-tet ASB
Great shave, very smooth.

 

Chubby 2, Black Beauty, SuperMax Sunrise (3), Speick, Old Spice AS

 

Oscar, my dear friend Dmitry who I love like a brother sent me the Everest stuff and every time I use the cream, I get so much pleasure from it. The cooling effect is pleasant, the lather is rich, and it gives a great soothing effect. That corresponding balsam in the light blue tube is dual-purpose. It's a cologne as well as an aftershave.

 

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Day 5 of the SE Tour.​

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Dove Men's Face Wash​

Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Cream​

Parker Pure Badger Brush​

Every-Ready 1912 Razor​

Gem/Personna SS Blade​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch Hazel​

Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS​

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Finally home!

Razor: Gillette OC "Old"
Blade: Personna Lab
Soap: Speick stick
Brush: Ever-Ready resto
Three pass w/touchups

Rinse
Alum
Rinse
Nivea Balm

For me, the "Old" is such a mild and comfortable shave. Seemed appropriate to kick off my first night home in nearly a week.

 

Nice resto on that Ever-Ready.

 

Late Evening Shave
Sorry for the lack of pic, I forgot my phone upstairs and there was no way on God's green earth I was going back to get it LOL.
Mergress
Derby Extra
Simpson Duke 2 Best
TOBS Jermyn Street SC

Almost forgot how well this razor performs, and each time I use it I think I may end up getting rid of any others I have remaining just because it's a pleasure to use and never fails to give me a perfect shave with any blade I toss into it.

 

Razor: Fat Boy 1960 @ 7
Blade: One pass on my left cheek with the Tiger blade and the rest of the shave with a new Shark Chrome
Brush: Stingray Custom
Stick: St. James
Post: Alum, Thayer's, and Nivea Sensitive Balm
AS: St. James

I was really looking forward to using the Tiger blade. I only used it on my left cheek because it tugged outrageously. If you can get a comfortable shave with that blade, you should have no problem getting 30 shave out of a Derby.IMHO

That being said, I really wanted to try this blade. I would not have been able to if it wasn't for the generosity of alpla444. He warned me and he was spot on about the blades. Thanks for the opportunity, Brother.

 

Barbasol Floating Head
Permasharp Super
Semogue OC Boar
Walter's Rose
Alum
Superior 70

Ah Friday.

 

Friday:

Axe Chilled Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Shark day 5
Derbylux SC
Anherb AS Conditioner
Osage Rub AS
Dolce & Gabbana EDT

Another wonderful and BBS shave this morning - damn, that Derbylux cream which is also from Hungary and produced by the same company as Barbon has a very nice, classy scent with rich, stable lather and a pretty good cooling effect. The Anherb conditioner and the Rubby Dubby Doo delivered the best of their iciness and soothing.

Have a great weekend, folks!

 

Thank you! It's my favorite of all that I have done.

 

6/8 Torrey
VdH
22mm Omega
Everest ASB and Stephan BR
Great shave today. Yesterday, I think I had the best post shave skin care I've ever had. This morning I just used VdH with the Everest Balm and again the skin care is just superb. So now I'll try a figure out the combo but I think it's the Everest balm. Tomorrow Everest SC and balm, Sunday some other soap and the balm. Have a good one.