SoS: June 9, 2014 - June 15, 2014

Sunday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Cella Extra Extra Purissima & suribachi
Brush - Omega 40033
Razor - Schick E2
Blade - Personna (11)

2 pass
Warm water rinse & cold water splash
Alum block & Witch-hazel AS

 

My father's day shave hasn't happened yet, but the plan is:

15 minute hot water wasting shower
Proraso tea and oatmeal preshave
thater 4125/3 brush
Merkur Futur
T&F 1805 Cream
Proraso tea and oatmeal (which has a lime smell) post shave
Thayers witch Hazel
D&G aftershave

Can't wait

 

My father's day shave hasn't happened yet, but the plan is:

15 minute hot water wasting shower
Proraso tea and oatmeal preshave
thater 4125/3 brush
Merkur Futur
Astra SP blade
T&F 1805 Cream
Proraso tea and oatmeal (which has a lime smell) post shave
Thayers witch Hazel
D&G aftershave

Can't wait!

 

Sunday, June 15th, 2014



Travelling with a 100 Layers Damascus​

• Pre-shave: Proraso Green Pre-Shave Cream
• Soap: Proraso Green Tub Shaving Soap
• Brush: Omega Bristle Brush 10083
• Bowl: Chinese Cheap Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Travel Loom Strop and Hand Palm Stropping
• Razor: Mastro Livi Carbon Damascus "100 layers", 13/16 Extra Hollow, Square Point
• Post-Shave: Argan Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum After Shave

 

Sunday



Bulldog Men Original face wash
2014 Weber SS PH w/Bulldog handle
Viking's Sword blade (3)
Shavemac Silvertip brush
Tabac SS
3 passes WTG/XTG/ATG
Nivea for Men Sensitive after shave balm

All this Tabac talk today made me use it... 'nuff said - marvellous BBS tonight!
Yes, that's an old picture, from when I first brought her home from the store ​

 

Prep: No.7 Face was
Razor: Slim Adjustable
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Chopped Made Rite Finest Badger
Lather: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Post: Maggard Razors Alum
Balm: No.7 Calm Shave Balm
Cologne: Ed Hardy Skulls & Roses

 

Brush: Carrington Ever Ready 150 TGN Best badger bulb
Cream: Speick
Razor : Gillette B1 Red Tip
Blade: Gillette Platinum Plus
Three pass BBS
AS: Essence of Man
Cologne: Jovan Musk ( reminds me of when I was 17 hitting the bars with my best friend's brothers I.D.,we thought Jovan was sophisticated stuff. Musk, Grass Oil, Sex Appeal..)

 

I still love the Jovan Musk Cologne and use it regularly. (I got hooked on it in the late 60's if I remember.)

 

I think Jovan Musk was the first cologne I wore when I moved here to Montreal. (Or was it English Leather?)

 

SoS - Sunday, June 15, 2014

Hot shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip
Cream: TOBS Eton College
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword (2)
Post: Nivea Sensitive PSB
Aftershave: TSD Iced SubZero

Happy Father's Day.

- Don

 

English Leather is another old fragrance that is still around but has lost a lot of it following. I like that too!

 

EJ89 with Feather blade
TOBS Sandalwood
Omega Silvetip
And Fathers Day just had to be Old Spice AfterShave

 

Father's day shave

Prep: wash with Cerave cleanser
Soap: Williams
Brush: Burma Shave restored with TGN synthetic knot
Razor: Gillette 1961 Fat Boy
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
After: cold rinse, CeraVe lotion, Mennen Skin Bracer

This Father's Day shave was my attempt to recreate my own father's shave kit from the early 1970's when I was a teenager. I remember the Gillette fat boy razor, Wilkinson Sword blade, the distinctive tan and red Burma Shave brush, the Old Spice mug with either Williams or Colgate soap, and his signature scent, Mennen Skin Bracer. It is amazing how we remember scents -- when I opened the bottle of Skin Bracer, I immediately remembered how my dad smelled!

The shave wasn't great, unfortunately. I worked hard to get a decent lather from the Williams soap. It would seem OK, but then the foam would start to break down on my face. The modern artisan soaps that I normally use are so much better! I have heard that the current version of Williams just isn't as good as it used to be.

Here is a photo of my dad from 1966, when I was 10 years old. He was a Marine in Viet Nam, and this photo showed him writing a letter home. In the family photo I am on the left.

 

Father's Day, June 15
Prep-Wash face with Irish Spring, followed with hot towels
Razor-American Line SS St. Louis Boker
Brush-Semogue 1470 Boar
Lather-C.O. Bigelow
Post-Cold towels
AS-Aqua Velva Ice Blue



Thought it fitting to shave with my Father in Law's straight today. Thanks, Harry!
Nice, cool, soothing shave.

 

Awesome Photo Mike! Thanks for sharing.

 

Early 70's here, yes and English Leather, Hai Karate was still around ,or my father still had a bottle anyways.

A Salem smoker I see. My Dad was pullin' on Raleighs around that time, saving up the coupons.

 

Fantastic picture of your dad. Thanks for sharing.