SoS: May 20, 2013 - May 26, 2013

Great looking razor!

 

Wednesday:

NXT Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Mama Bear Awakenings SS
Gillette Intense Cooling AS Balsam
Alt Innsbruck AS
Givenchy Gentleman EDT

Each day so far, my shaves have been getting colder and colder. This Awakenings soap has such menthol power which hits you like a ton of icy bricks. It also has awesome lather and a great scent. The Gillette balsam and the Alt Innsbruck maintain the freeze very well. Beautifully BBS again!

 

R41-13 UFO Goliath
Permasharp Super
Semogue OC Boar
Institut Karite
Alum
Superior 70

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, AoS PSO
Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK
CD: The Essence of Muddy Waters, disc 1
Soap: Vintage Old Spice
Brush: Ever Ready 250PB with original knot
DE: Gillette Sheraton
Blade: '64 Gillette Thin, day 3, 3 passes
SE: Schick Injector E model, touch up
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, Old Spice cologne, toss blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Lousy blade. Rough shave. The Schick saved it, though. Not bad after a touch up.

 

5/8 SSA
Castle Forbes Lime
22mm Omega knot
Not much to look at but a fine shaving Swedish straight. I've been doing one pass shaves this week and could easily get away with it but the brevity of the shave seems to make it less enjoyable, maybe just less of an experience. Have a good one.

 

Finally back home!

Music: The Doors (RIP Ray)
Coffee: Black, strong
First time with an Injector. Very nice shave!

 

Tuesday night

Star 1912
Gem SS blade
Tabac soap
Ever-Ready resto brush
cold water rinse
alum block
cold water rinse

Just a quick single pass...

 

WSP Prince Silvertip Brush
TOBS Eaton College Shaving Cream
Facelather
Merkur 38C Barber Pole
3 passes
Aramis After Shave Lotion
Tet-A-Tet After Shave Balm

Fantastic shave! The Tet balm is awesome!

 

Wednesday morning, May 22, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade,
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Tried out the TOBS sandalwood I got in a trade yesterday...Ughhh. Think my face might not like something in the scent! I enjoyed the light sandalwood scent and the lather is incredible, but I got a mild stinging after the first pass. The stinging was not there with the alum, so I'm thinking it was the cream.



PRE: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap + Am Crew PSO
BRUSH: Omega 636
CREAM: TOBS Sandalwood
RAZOR: Merkur 38C
BLADE: Wilkinson Sword
POST: Alum, Gillette Cool Wave + Seacret ASB

Homegrown Scuttle description.

Have a great day!

 

Thanks! I like this model year of the R41. It was great but, then they changed to the face-eater in 2011! lol

 

SOTD Wednesday 5-22-2013

Muhle R89/Weber Bulldog w/Polsilver SI
Proraso PSC
Irisch Moos SC
GT G4 scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea replenishing ASB
Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve ASL

The R89/Weber is a great combo that provides excellent shaves. The Clubman SR is a lame substitute for the Pashana ASL but, it's similar. I really hope they (whoever they are) makes the old Pashana available again!

 

Wednesday morning May 22, 2013

Schick I2 Hydro-magic with Schick blade (2)
Barbasol Arctic Chill,
Finish with cold water, Witch Hazel
and Family Dollar Spice,

Cold water two-pass plus for a very soothing DFS!

Aces!

 

Seems sandalwood has a bit of a reputation for causing irritation.

 

Awesome BBS birthday shave today with my new gear.
Merkur 37c slant/TOBS Grapefruit scent SC

I must admit, I was a little apprehensive to try the slant, due to its "aggressive" reputation. But, it was the smoothest shave I've had in quite some time! looking forward to using it again tomorrow with a fresh Wilkie blade.

 

Gillette New
Personna Med Prep
Vintage Ever Ready Brush with Finest Badger Knot
Argo Neo Silver SC (Thanks Dmitry)
Osage Rub Splash
Phyto Expert AS Balm
music-Buckwheat Zydeco
coffee-home roasted Sumatra

 

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: Gillette black handled super speed
Blade: Max Herder Elite
Brush: Van Der Hagen basic boar
Soap: De Vergulde Hand Extra Fris
Post: Cold water rinse

I managed a two pass BBS with zero irritation and a single nick. I wrote a little article about Michigan, the Dutch, and these blades on my blog. Stop by and check it out. https://cryofthewildjabberwock.wordpress.com/

 

Happy birthday and welcome to the slant club!

 

Wednesday's shave:

Razor: Merkur slant
Blade: Treet
Brush: Fred Dickinson and Gilroys LTD. travel
Pre shave: Proraso white
Lather: speick soap
Aftershave: Clubman

The Treet was rough yesterday, but today it felt very smooth but very dull. I slickened up my lather a bit, but it was still skipping all over the place and I refuse to bear down with the slant. I'll give it one more day, but I don't think this one is a keeper, at least not in this razor.
A little rough about the chin, but I'm still happy with the result, my face feels great.

 

Sweet! How you like the TOBS Grapefruit? Is it more of a sweet/pink grapefruit scent, or the more sour white grapefruit?