SoS: June 26, 2017 - July 2, 2017

1 July SOTD
Black tip W/ Voskhod Blade
Restored ER Brush
CF Summer Storm soap and AS



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SOTD
First use of PdP 63 with the Parker Synthetic boar brush, Qshave Futur clone, and Qshave blades (bad call). Finished off with some Gentleman Jon Alum and TSD Vanilla Bourbon AS.
Nice DFS 2 pass shave with the razor set to 6. A couple of small nicks around the corner of the mouth need to find the right way to approach next time. As for the PdP this is an excellent soap smells great easy to lather lots of slickness definitely recommend.



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Saturday, July 1

Figaro Sapone Speciale (P. 160)~~Paladin PK-47~~Mühle R41 (2011)~~Personna Med Prep (1)~~Polo Green AS
The Figaro Sapone created a very slick and protective lather.
Too bad this soap is no longer produced---excellent, triple-milled, Italian soap. Together with the fresh Med Prep,
I was able to get a fairly comfortable shave with the R41.
Have a great weekend!!
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Royal Water:



Bath Soap - Alaffia "Lemongrass Citrus" Triple Milled African Black Soap


Razor - Antique Gillette 1907 Old-Type fully restored and re-plated in gold by Razor Emporium
Blade - Kai Stainless Steel
Shave Brush - Gentleman's Hangar Synthetic
Shave Soap - Mama Bear's "Bounty"
Preshave Oil - Lather & Wood's "Unscented"
Aftershave - Country Club for Men "1837"
Post Shave Balm - Retseliney Hyaluronic Acid Face Serum
Deodorant - Organic Essence "Lemon Tea-Tree Mint"
Fragrance - Creed Royal Water
Shave Stand by Robert Evans on Etsy. Must request custom project to order.

The Kai blade was used for today's shave. I am recommending now that people use this blade exclusively for the Old Type razors. The .006 inch thickness of the blade is what the razor was designed for and I was using .004 inch thickness before and having brutal shaves that left lots of irritation. The Kai blade achieved what the other blades could not. A comfortable shave with the Old-Type.

 

Glad you are on the mend. I'll be praying for your continued recovery, Steve.

 

Where did you get the Kai Blades? I've sold off most of my old types because of the same issue you were having. The old types would shred my face up.

 

Glad your ok. I love that handle. Have you gotten that nuclear isotop thingy for the handle yet?

 

SOTD - 29 and 30 June 2017



Days 59-60 Arko Challenge

Have a great evening!

 

Schick Krona Razor
Treet Carbon Blade
DIY Boar/Flashlight Handle Brush
WSP Fougere Noir Soap
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Pinaud Virgin Island Bay Rum After Shave

Left the house and forgot to post this, better late than never. Great shave today, two passes with some touch up for a really nice and smooth BBS shave.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HJ1ZDQ/?tag=thshde-20

I ordered a single pack of 5 blades from Amazon. I will be ordering more once I test the Old-Type with the BiC Chrome-Platinum blade and if it fails like the others, then I will run exclusively with Kai blades in the two Old-Types I own. I will be testing the Kai in my Dave Ocean 33 razor as well to find out if it helps with the irritation. BTW, you can thank Bookworm for this. He recommended the Kai blades that worked.

 

Glad you're better. Take care and heal up.


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Shave head of the day. Soap CRSW spiced amber, Brush Semogue 5th Anniversary Antiga barbearia do bairro Badger Two bands, One Blade V1, Feather blade FHS, After Shave Floid vigoroso, EdT 1 million Paco Rabanne. Consenting as always. Great weekend friends


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SOTD - 1 July 2017



Shave ten on this GEM blade!

Have a great evening!

 

Welcome home Steve. I pray they get it figured out soon.

 

Closing out the week with something simple for tomorrow:

prep-Nivea 4 Men Bodywash(Platinum Protect)
shave-Rise Super Foam
razor-The Pivot DisposeABLE Machine (Gillette Sensor Deuce)
A.S.- Rise A.S. Cooling Balm**

***this is another experiment from the "Mad Scientist"..it's a nothing Sunday and I haven't used this for quite a while. I'm not sure how humid tomorrow will be, thus if I find myself sweating aftershave, I'll just wait til fall&winter. The ad on the Rise website shows a guy climbing a mountain and it says the balm is a "top of the world feeling".

 

Good to have you back my friend. Hope all is well and you're on your way to a quick and healthy recovery.....

 

A mid afternoon shave today as the Misses and I are heading out for dinner, Surf & Turf is the order. Shave #3 with the Sabre and GEM combo and it was pure silk. A 2 pass, no buffing or touch ups needed and it was a stellar result. 4 kisses from the Misses is all that was needed to get my approval! What an awesome combo these two make, smooth and irritation free. Marvelous! The GEM blade is just plain sweet. It gets smoother with each shave, amazing really. Why I have not tried it before is beyond my comprehension. And the icing on the cake was the RR Dead Sea Soap & A/S Splash. Nice. Have a great evening and wonderful shaves Gents........

Razor: Blacklands Sabre
Blade: GEM S/S PTFE Coated #3
Brush: Zenith Best Badger
Soap: RR Dead Sea
Astringent: DG/Body Sensitive
Toner: Manetti & Roberts
A/S Splash: RR Dead Sea

 

canada day shave eh?
chiseled face ghost town barber soap and aftershave,
flare tip rocket,bruce plissoft brush,astra sp,
awesome 2 pass shave no drama.
life is good .
happy holiday to all,gary

 

Schick Type M Injector
Schick blade
Maggards 22mm black synthetic brush
TOBS Almond shaving cream
Family Dollar Spice aftershave

 

Tonight's shave was with a freshly acquired, restored, and honed razor. I had a fantastically silent and smooth 2 pass shave, with zero issues. I like the way these old cast steel razors shave.

Razor- George Wostenholm & Sons Celebrated IXL Razor. Washington Works, Sheffield.
Brush- Semogue 1800
Soap- Lisa's herbal Creations . Tobacco & Bay
Aftershave- Pinaud Clubman