SoS: May 1, 2017 - May 7, 2017

Roby.

 

Razor: Gillette Fatboy set at i
Blade : Feather(2)
Brush: Omega Barber Boar
Soap : Mama Bears Frankincense and Myhrr

AS: Afta

Not my SOTD, fiancée trying to teach him tricks I'm so so at.

Hard water advice? He's on well water. Anything to soften up. Even my SOTD was extremely harsh versus my city water.

 

My sotd
Yesterday's

Razor: pre-war tech
Blade : gillette Wilkinson (4)
Brush: jayaruh #99 synthetic
Soap : vintage old spice
Post : Medicated witch hazel / vintage old spice talcum powder
A/S : proraso green

 

Easy fix is a gallon of distilled from the grocery store. It'll last a long time since making lather doesn't take much. A couple drops of lemon juice might help with the tap water.

 

You could always buy distilled water and heat it up. I wonder if boiling the well water might help? I'm also on a well and I just beat the heck out of the soap and eventually it just gives up.

 

I should order a bottle of that AS, since I enabled you to get one. The Ladies in your life approve the scent?

 

Thank you Jim.

 

Totally Russian today. Except the brush. This is a pretty neat little razor. There are six parts to assemble it. It has a corrugated steel spacer. The picture in the instructions shows a blade on either side of it. My guess is that it makes it somewhat adjustable. It didn't make sense to me. I put the spacer under the blade. Looking straight down at the cap, there is a lot of blade exposed. Since this is a first using this razor, I shouldn't have used an unfamiliar blade and soap. It was reluctant to cut. Overall I had a pretty good shave. It took a while. No weepers or cuts. Fairly close shave. Why? Was it the soap, the blade or the razor? Next time I will use a more familiar blade to try this razor. This razor is very light. The lightest I have ever used. It is made of aluminium, plastic, and the steel spacer. The soap was pretty nice. The aftershave is quite menthol. It was nice. Strong but nice. Have a great week everyone. That is a Voskhod tube in the picture.

Razor: Russian Travel Razor,
Soap: KPEM
Brush: RazoRock Synthetic
Aftershave: Kpem
Blade: Voskhod

 

Nice set up Doug.

 

Thanks very much Jim.

 

Today's shave was with a Scottish Made Razor. It was freshly honed, and much of the rust was knocked off. I had a wonderfully smooth 2 pass shave, with BBS results. Excellent razor. HMMMMM, maybe the magnetized blade did help with ,,,,, Naaaaaa, its just very good steel and put together well.

Razor- Scottish "Electric-Magnetised" made in Glasgow.
Brush- B400 By Tom
Soap- Stirling Ozark Mountain
Aftershave- Pinaud Clubman

 

My sotd today


Razor: gillete WW2 issued plastic tech
Blade : silver star (8)
Brush : Eveready reknot
Soap: temecula olive oil company - lavender
Post : lavender witch hazel

 

The shaving cream is Mil'n'iy which means Soapy in Russian!

 

Fragrance - Creed Original Vetiver
Aftershave - Country Club for Men - Frozen Vetiver
Shave Soap - Country Club for Men - Frozen Vetiver
Deodorant - Country Club for Men - Frozen Vetiver
Pre-shave Oil - Lather & Wood "Unscented"
Post-Shave balm - Retseliney Luxury Skin Care Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Razor - Vintage Gillette Superspeed circa 1947-1952 (re-plated by Razor Emporium)
Blade - Bic Chrome-Platnium
Brush - L&L Grooming "Fatty" in custom green color
Brush stand by Desire Metal Works
Razor Stand by RV Shaving
Soap Bowl - Vintage Dubarry Soap Bowl circa 1930's Britain

I don't want to brag too much on Kevin of Country Club for Men, but his shave soap in my opinion is as good as some of the best both in scent and performance. Right around the time where he launched his shave soaps on his site, he made my custom soaps that I use in the Green and White shave kits. Anyway, he keeps selling out and has trouble keeping up with demand. If you want to grab some of his soaps before they become hard to get, I recommend you do it before his stock sells out.

 

Excellent setup. How do you like Tom's brush?

 

Excellent setup Primo!

 

Excellent setup Doug, love the bowl!

 

Thanks very much Guy. The bowl works great. Thanks for providing me the information, or enabling.

 

May 7, 2017
Jamie's afternoon shave..
I dedicate this shave to Crackstar2
1. Hot Shower.
2. Crown king prickly pear menthol jelly.
3. Chiseled face CRYOGEN soap.
4. suribachi bowl.
5. SEMOGUE LE sintético 14 /100 Barbear Clássico 2017.
6. FUTUR knock off / new gillette 7 o'clock black.
7. Thayers medicated / Chiseled face CRYOGEN A.S. / PAA frost byte balm.