SoS: June 9, 2014 - June 15, 2014

This MMOC is a mean razor. You really have to slow down, or else you'll get bit. I got some pretty visible irritation on my throat. That was probably just due to my technique being bad though.

Now, onto the P.160. This is only my first shave with it obviously, but my thoughts on it are really good. The lather was really good and easy to build and the skincare is above average. Except for my throat area, my skin was well moisturized and the shave was smooth aside from my throat area.

 

@Ryan B I usually like the stainless GEM blades but the carbon steel Treets make a huge difference in how smooth the MMOC is for me. I actually refuse to shave with the GEMs in the MMOC.

 

Razor Vintage Japanese Three Kings full hollow 13/16
Strop Kanayama Cordovan #8000
Brush Bill Jack Le Tuft Blue 8
Soap Boellis Panama 1924
Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Baux Aftershave Balm
L'Occitane Ambre & Santal Edt.


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SotD

AXE Denim Cream
PAV P12 w/24mm TGN Nylon
Toro Mastiff w/Astra Blue (2)
Barbon

 

Sunday Morning Shave
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE8911
Blade: Astra SS (3)
Brush: Vie-long White Horse Hair
Shaving Cream: Nivea
AS: Nivea Cool Kick Arctic Freeze Gel

Generally, I don't prefer shaving creams, but this Nivea's shaving cream is great. It moistured my face well and it smells nice, too. But I can't say the same for Nivea's Cool Kick Arctic Freeze Gel. It's a total failure for me. It doesn't even cool, but the good side is it moistures well and not sticky.

 

Sunday - no menthol today!

Hot shower followed by two hot towels
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Sharp day 7
Golddachs Spezial SS (from Germany, and awesome)
Lubriderm Unscented Moisturizer
Sir Canada Cedar AS

It took a lot of psyching up for me not to use anything without menthol this morning but I said to myself "Jeff, you have so many other nice soaps so grab the Golddachs!" and that's what I did. This stuff lathers so well, smells really old-school and nice with very good skincare. The Canada Cedar aftershave was sent to me from Germany quite a while ago. I tossed the Sharp after this shave because it's pretty well done. BBS again in two passes.

 

Can, I agree with you about the Nivea Cool Kick. It gives almost no cooling effect. Nivea also makes a Cool Kick face and body wash which is said to be very cooling but I feel no menthol from it at all.

 

That's right Jeff! Nivea is widely known for its honesty, but the advertisement about this product on its label is wrong according to me.

 

Gillette Tech - Weber Bulldog
Perma-sharp Super
Semogue BC Mistura
RR P.160
Alum
Superior 70

I know you cannot make a product that appeals to everyone, but my initial impressions of RR P.160 is that it is an over hyped marginal product that is heavy on the scent and light on performance. It works, but so do a lot of other soaps. This one is going to be put away for a while and re-visited down the road to see if anything changes.

The end results of the shave today were good as usual, but it wasn't an overly pleasant experience.

 

Gillette New LC
Supermax Super Stainless (d2)
Ingram/Arko
Tweezerman
Lucky Tiger Aspen A/S
Herbissimo Mountain Juniper Cologne

 

Father's Day
I used Tabac today because it reminds me of my father, who used it when I was growing up. I remember the scent more than anything, coming from his mug. I could steal a whiff when he wasn't home to savor. Years after he passed, my sister gave me his old mug with a few brushes. In the bottom of the mug was the remnants of a puck of soap, no longer viable, which had long lost it's scent. I like to think it was his last bit of Tabac. I don't have kids of my own, so on days like this I remember my Dad. Happy Father's Day.

Prep: RR/HTGAM lime menthol
Soap: Tabac Original
Brush: Plisson Synthetic
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
AS: Kiehl's Facial Fuel

 

Sunday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock Cumba Cheech
Razor: FaTip Piccolo
Blade: Baili (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG (6, 7)
Post: Cold water rinse, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock Cumba Cheech ASB

Day three with the Baili - having skipped Saturday - and I was beginning to think it had broken in correctly. Outstanding lather from the RazoRock, as usual, and I got two comfortable passes, albeit not particularly close ones. Then, I went in for. . . a little touch-up:

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Which is a reasonable rendition of how my face felt. The balm helped for a couple minutes, but my face still burns, and the results are barely above what I typically consider a SAS. Into the bin with the Baili, and on to the Perma-Sharp Super in my Merkur 41c tomorrow.

 

SoS
June 15, 2014
Happy Fathers Day!
Prep: Hot shower. Axe Boost Energizing Face Wash
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Ladas Super Stainless
Lather: RazoRock P.160
Brush: Whipped Dog Synthetic
Post: Alum. Dickinson WH
Aftershave: Old Spice. Axe Shield Sensitive
Cologne: Old Spice
Pulling out my glass bottles of Old Spice makes me happy! P.160 was really nice!
Go out and get it!

 

In honor of my dad on Father's Day.

Lather: Stirling Spice
Brush: Vie-Long Lord Randal mixed
Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable (5)
Blade: 7 a.m. Plus
Post: Old Spice aftershave

 

Prep: Village Barber Oil
Brush: NF Tubby 1
Soap: Stirling Orange Chill
Razor: Weber DLC/UFO Goliath XL Red Bronze
Post: Stirling lemon splash

A refreshing shave after a 5k run. The splash brought tears to my eyes a very cold splash indeed.

 

Happy Fathers Day


Noxzema Classic Clean
Cella Crema da Barba
Made Rite w/TGN Synthetic
Gillette Fatboy F2
Derby Extra (2)
CWR
Thayers Cucumber WH
Mennen SB AS

It was a very nice shave today. I used the Made Rite synthetic to bowl lather the Cella SC. Two passes with the Gillette Fatboy and Derby Extra left me with a close, comfortable shave. After the cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and Mennen Skin Bracer AS. It left me clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Today's Shave ...

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today
hot water and nivea men's fw
cella crema de barba
whipped dog silver tip
Gillette super adjustable s2 ( dads razor)
persona lab (1)
virgin island bay rum
colors por homme
today's shave courtesy of my father. I used my super adjustable on 7. three passes, great shave. thanks dad. church today , get to go thank my heavenly father also.
finished with bay rum, then a cologne called colors. Been using it for years, always a complement or two.
y'all have a great day. remember your father, and your heavenly father

 

Sunday:
hot shower w/Grandpa's Patchouli bar soap
Homemade PSO
Frog Straight 2 passes
Eversharp Hydro-Magic 2 passes
Schick (2)
VDH Deluxe boar
Dr Dittmar soap in a warm bowl
Thayers unscented w/aloe
alum
Brut Dominant AS lotion

No weepers but a couple of blood spots and a bit of irritation this morning. I can usually blame irritation on the lower portion of my neck to poor technique with a straight but everything else is getting blamed on the Hydro-Magic. It's only the 2nd time I've used this razor but both times have produced the same result. I may have the angle wrong but it just doesn't seem to shave me as well as some of my other injectors. I'll keep it in the rotation for a few more shaves just to see if I can get a better shave out of it.
Couple three things that came in the mail this week. A bar of Grandpa's Patchouli with Aloe Vera bar soap, a puck of Dr Dittmar, and a bottle of Brut Dominant. Quite happy with all three.
Happy Father's Day to any dads out there!

 

I'm going to have to get some of those to try. Thanks for the advice.