SoS: May 13, 2013 - May 19, 2013

I love your pictures, a nostalgic feel!

 

4/8 Rebell from herzi
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Valobra shave stick
Fitjar Miklagard ASC
Fast but smooth shave!

 

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: Union Cutlery 5/8
Brush: VDH basic boar brush
Soap: Mama Bear's Toasted Coconut
Post: Cold water splash

For the details, stop by my blog. https://cryofthewildjabberwock.wordpress.com/

 

Weber Bulldog handle
Rapira blade
Ceramic Brush with Best Badger knot (thanks Stuart)
Formax SC (thanks Dimitry)
Kramperts Pine Splash (thanks Stuart)
Phyto Expert AS Balm for sensitive Skin (Thanks Dimitry, found this stuck under something else-from the sampler pckge 2 years or so ago)
Music- Shostakovich piano trio #2
coffee-home roasted panama

 

Thursday evening....
Here I am again....and for a change using the same equipment as yesterday!
Razor: '51 Gillette SS
Blade: Personna Red
Soap: Godrej Deluxe Lime
Brush: Semogue 1305 boar

No need to post a picture....you've seen it all before....

Have a great night and enjoy your Friday!

 

SotN
5/16/2013

EMJ Pre Shave Face Scrub
Arko Stick
WD Silver Tip
58 TV Super Speed
Warm Rinse
Cold Rinse
WH
Clubman!!
Axe Shield

 

Barbasol Floating Head
Permasharp Super
Semogue SOC Boar
Klar Kabinett
Alum
Superior 70

 

Friday!

• Prep:hot shower
• Brush: #6 horsehair
• Cream: Proraso Green
• Lather: Bowl lather in a suribachi for bowl lather week.
• Razor: EJ89dl
• Blade: Shark Super Chrome
• Shave: 3-pass
• Post: Pinaud Clubman

First time to use the Shark blade, got a nice shave but it wasn't as smooth as the Personna blues or Astra SP's in the EJ. Squeezed the Proraso tube dry and ended up with more cream in the bowl than I expected, it made a fantastic lather.

 

Friday:

Axe Chilled Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 5
Iced Subzero SS
Visal AS Gel
Osage Rub AS
Azzaro Pour Homme EDT

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, did I ever freeze my face off this morning - there's nothing colder than Iced Subzero soap or cream. Also, the lather is a delight to work with and the skincare is perfect. The Visal gel is almost 100% pure menthol, and the Rubby Dubby Doo is as awesome as always.

Have a great weekend, folks!

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, AoS PSO
Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK
CD: Martin Scorsese Presents ~ Stevie Ray Vaughan
Soap: TSD Tabac Type
Brush: Semogue 2000
DE: '55 Blue Tip
Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 4, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Thayer's Rose Petal WH w/ Aloe Vera, Pinaud Clubman
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

For me, it's more about the shave than the results. This Blue Tip is a very mild razor and always seems to leave a little stubble along the jaw line, but I just think it's cool to shave with something older than I am. As I've said before, I've reached a point with my gear and technique that there is no such thing as a bad shave, just some are better than others. All around, this was a good shave.

 

6/8 Nev-a-hone
Acca Kappa
22mm Omega boar

This razor arrived in the mail yesterday, the world famous Nev-A-Hone, lol. I picked it up for a few reasons, it was 6/8, in good shape, made of Sheffield steel and cheap. I have no idea where it was made but the distributor was Nev-A- Hone Razor Strop Company. All joking aside, It it turned out to be a simple, very well made razor. It took a superb edge and gave an outstanding shave this morning. Acca kappa is good stuff, my favorite of the Italian almond scented creams, skin care is excellent, just a really good cream. Have a good one.

 

Friday morning. First of seven days off. My son woke me up at about a quarter past six this morning. My wife took him to feed him, but instead of going back to sleep I recognized a golden opportunity and ran for the bathroom.

Razor: Merkur slant
Blade: Feather
Pre Shave: Proraso white
Lather: Speick stick
Brush: F. Dickinson travel brush (thanks Hanzo)
Aftershave: Gillette Cool Wave

No bowl today, I wanted to commission this brush with a face lathering. In honour of bowl week, here are some Cheerios:

 

Friday morning, May 17, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (6)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

SOTD Friday 5-17-2013

Cadet CC TP-26 w/Super Max Titanium
Proraso PSC
Williams SS in Hull Pottery Old Spice Mug
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega Pro Barbershop Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Old Spice Classic Cologne

Finishing out the week with some old fav's. Great week of shaves Gentlemen! Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

Friday May 17, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (5)
Omega 20102 Pro Boar Brush,
ARKO shaving soap,
topped off with cold water, Witch Hazel and Captain's Choice Bay Rum

Cold water two pass+ for a really smooth comfortable DFS!

I finally achieved a wonderful luxurious lather and shave with ARKO! I basically mixed on the puck with the Omega full of water, based on Zach's famous article on Boar Brushes. It worked!

Aces!

Edit: Hours later I'm feeling a slight burn on my face, so my lather must've been too wet, probably didn't have the cushion I needed with the E2! Still, a DFS!

 

Nope. Not Dutch, but Polish. It was part of a trade with Alpla444. It's a really nice cream!

 

Gillette slim adjustable
Wilkinson sword
LE IB Semogue
DR Harris Arlington soap
DR Harris Marlborough AS

Tried my Harris samples today. I really liked the Arlington. The soap lathered great and smells terrific. The splash was great aside from scent. It smells like I'm smelling a fresh pack of cigarettes. I'm a smoker and even I thought it was too much. It did seem to mellow a bit once on but I can't shake that first impression. I guess that's a YMMV thing.

 

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: Robeson ShurEdge 4/8 quarter hollow
Brush: Muhle HJM 41-P-3H tortoise shell boar brush
Soap: Derby Normal shaving cream
Post: Cold water rinse and AoS Unscented A/S

A DFS with some excellent products. A detailed description is, as always, available at my spifftasticly spiffy blog. https://cryofthewildjabberwock.wordpress.com/

 

Friday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Les Misérables Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger
• Cream: Palmolive classic
• Razor: Gillette Flare Tip Rocket
• Blade: Max Herder
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, restrop blade in Allegro mod. L and reload upside-down in next DE razor in line

Well, something had to be excellent today. The shave was!

 

Great shave today, but for some reason I am having a difficult time getting a nice lather from Tabac cream. Suggestions?