SoS: March 21-27 2011

Monday

EJ89L
Voskhod (2)
Omega Boar 10275
Maca Root sc
Nivea Sensitive as balm
Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue as splash
Azzaro edt

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush, hand strop blade
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya, BLACK
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
Brush: Omega 10098
Razor: Merkur 34G
Blade: Shark SC, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Osage Rub, Brut Attitude, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Still feelin' smooth after 7 hours!

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Omega Boar 10049
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe
A/S: Pinaud Clubman
EdT: Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui

:happy088

 

Monday, March 21st

Razor: Apollo Mikron
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: H.L. Thater
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: DR Harris Marlborough
A/S: Acca Kappa White Moss Emulsion

Another excellent shave.

 

Merkur 1909 Vintage Razor
with Gillette Nacet
H.L. Thäter Silvertip
Tabula Rasa Insence SS
Tabula Rasa ASB

Have a nice day! :001_smile

 

Monday, March 21, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: EJ Chatsworth
Blade: Gillette Bleue Extra
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: Body Shop (old formula)
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Ogallala Bay Rum, Limes & Peppercorns

Just a very fine shave this morning. The Bleue Extra is getting ready to retire to the blade bank, but I think I can get one more good shave from it. The Body Shop old formula cream is getting pretty old, but still performs like new. I hadn't used the Ogallala BR, L & P for some time--don't know why--but the scent is a favorite of mine, and it provided an excellent finish today.

 

Mar, 22

10th shave! As I'm getting some experience, I feel myself much better. Thanks to blugill wise advices and stingraysrock video (nice video, BTW, it can be seen you're enjoying!), and, because I put off my DE, now irritation is gone. Moreover, the end result feels like my first DE shaves - inconsistent but much more smooth and soft that cartridge.

8/8 W&B rescaled by Glen
Paddle strop
Phyto Expert Sensitive SC
Muhle travel brush in best badger
Phyto Expert ASB

Face-lathering today. I must confess, I like face-lathering more and more...

 

It's Monday!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
TSD Angel Type Wheat SC
Lady Gillette Stars - Champagne
Super Max Super Platinum (2)
Cool Water Rinse
Hemp Pomegranate Mango Body Moisturizer
TSD Angel Type Cologne

Gearing up for another six day work week. Started it off right with an excellent shave!

Have a great week!

 

SHOWER:

Grandpa's Pine Tar Shampoo / Conditioner
Grandpa's Oatmeal Soap
Body Shop Maca Root Face Scrub for Men

SHAVE:

Merkur 34C
SHARK Blade
Parker Silvertip
Tabac Shave Soap
Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel
Old Spice

 

40's style Super Speed
Wilkinson Classic (2)
TGN Silver Tip Badger
TBS Maca Root Shave Cream
TBS Razor Relief AS Bal
Acqua Velva Musk

 

J.A. Henckels Rapide (blade needs more work I discovered)
Feather SE blade (used for last pass)
Tabac
TSD Signature AS

 

Tuesday, March 22

65’ Gillette Slim
Astra SP (day 1)
Preshave Oil Blend
Arko/TSD Bourbon Vanilla SS
Vulfix 2235 Super
TSD Bourbon Vanilla EDT

5 blades today on 4 passes.Had not had a real BBS for a while, so I oiled up and went for it. Took every bit of 4 passes+ to get it.

 

Tuesday

Alfred Williams "The Favourite", 6/8ths 1/2 hollow
Omega boar brush
Proraso Green s/s
Old Spice a/s
Old Spice e de c

My Old Spice mug broke in half in the middle of this shave
Otherwise, everything went quite well. I used the smallest and scrubbiest of my brushes to run up an extra thick and moist lather that glided the old Williams razor beautifully over my phiz for 3 passes. Result BBS!

Have a great day everyone

goshawk

 

Gillette Old Type
Shark SC (2)

Rubberset boar re-knot
Valobra Stick

Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

 

Happy Tuesday From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
TGN Synthetic Re-Knot
Nord Ost SC - Thanks Dmitry!
Gillette Knack - Thanks Tony!
Derby Blade (1) - Thanks Tony!
Cold Water Rag
Tet-A-Tet Cologne ASB
TSD Tommy Bahama Type Cologne Spray

3 Passes + J-Hooking = 4 Blade DFS!

A nice mild shave today!

 

:happy108

 

AOS unscented pre-shave oil (Thanks Stuart)
Gillette Old-silver
Personna Blade
MWF
The Dridecker Brush
TSD 2x Iced Peppermint
Ahave AS



AOS pre-shave oil (from sample) was nice, not TSD PSB but nice. It says "unscented" but it definitely had a scent, a strong one. Kind of like
pine needles. It was not offensive.

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Parker 22R/Nacet day 2
Tibet Forest Fresh SC :love008 :love008 :love008 :freezing
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Barbon AS :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
JHL Cologne

Once again, I decided to show my Parker 22R some love, and it did the same thing for me by giving me a fantastic shave. It's unbelieveable how cooling this Tibet Forest Fresh cream is, and the Barbon aftershave is a MEGA face-freezer!

 

Tuesday:

Razor - 1934 British Gillette No. 88
Blade - Lord Platinum Class
Brush - Vie-Long Silvertip 16910
Cream - La Toja
A/S - La Toja

--
John