SOS: May 2018

I don't doubt I will replenish it sometime. I really love the Amici scent. Though I generally prefer a thicker handle, the Bamboo performed well. I didn't have any issues with it feeling slippery or with a lack of control. If one isn't looking for a monstrously heavy SS handle, the bamboo is a good option.

 

Pearl- Ikon/SuperMax BDT. The Ikon cap reduces cap span (improving rigidity) and really helps ATG performance. Best yet among my Old Type/Fatip configurations.

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The Herder usually isn’t one of my favorites. But after a light refresh on some red paste it delivered a top notch shave by all measures.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
Friedr Herder 6/8 77 Square
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Razor - Gillette tech
Blade - Kai (3)
Brush - jayaruh 171
Soap - vintage cadum
Post - lavender witch hazel
A/S - pinaud musk

Great shave! This soap is awesome for being sooo old. There isn’t a ton of slickness but there is quite enough and the lather is awesome too. The pre war tech is definitely milder than the English flat bottom tech.


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Bill, I love that sports section and the New York baseball scores. That was when NY had the Giants, Dodgers and Yankees. We really did beat up Boston too! Double headers were common and there were no teams west of the Mississippi.

 

And I bet there was REAL organ music, not the Mickey Mouse stuff you hear now(in most stadiums that it).

 

It's supposed to be "chilly" tomorrow-thus another winter shave soap(in spring)trial:

prep-Nivea 4 Men Bodywash(Sport)in shower
shave-Stoylin Barbershop soap
brush-Stoylin 26mm Synthetic Pro Handle
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Plus Pivot DisposeABLE
A.S.-Clubman Original A.S.**

**this could finish off my bottle, thus time for a new one, but then we never know with aftershave; tends to surprise us.

 

Great to have you back amigo. Your posts were missed.....

 

The shaving of today. Soap B & M soapmakers of awesometown, badger brush two bands Proyet, ATT H1 blade Gillette chromium (2), handle UFO Titan XL, after shave Pinaud Lilac, EdT Vetiver Puig. A good shave. Excellent Friday friends.

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Yeah, those were the days. It really didn`t make much difference back then, everybody listened to the radio. Most families had a console radio and we all listened to the same thing. Everyone in my family were Yankee fans except my brother, he loved the Cleveland Indians. Go figure. I grew up in So. Calif., so we didn`t have a stadium nearby to go in person. Saturday double headers were great. My first major league game in a stadium was in Pttsburg vs Chicago Cubs in 1962 (27 yrs old). God Bless, Bill

 

Welcome back, good man .

 

Schick M1 Adjustable razor
Personna blade
Plisson/L'Occitane brush
Palmolive Mentholated SC
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Colorado Sage cologne

Great shave to end the work week with even tho I'm retired. My face is happy. Now go enjoy your day folks.

 

Knowing my luck stores with the Colorado Sage will be staring me in the face when I'm out there next month. Tough for an NB18er like me.

 

Two shaves from this week

Wednesday night's DE shave with the New LC. 3 full passes and I was BDBS.

JR168 tuxedo synthetic brush
Phoenix and Beau Whitechapel soap
Gillette New LC
Gillette Wilkinson Sword blade
A little alum
Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm
Old Spice After Shave Lotion

...Then Friday night's straight shave. Three passes with the Wostenholm left me with a BBS and no weepers.

Maseto 30mm silvertip
D R Harris Arlington soap
Geo. Wostenholm and Sons Pipe Razor
A little alum and
L'Oreal Men Expert Post Shave balm

Have a lovely weekend gentlemen.

 

May 18th

 

Me too!

 

Saturday Planned SOTD



Razor: Charcoal Goods L2\Triad-DeltaEcho Antique Brass
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (D6)
Brush: Rubberset 49-5 W 28mm Zenith Boar
Bowl: TDG Style 10 5½” Walnut/Cherry
Pre-Shave Scrub: Holy Black True Grit - Coffee
Pre-Shave Balm: Vitos
Shave Soap: Prairie Creations DdC Barbershop
Balm: Viking Soaps Old Norse (Barbershop)
Aftershave: RazoRock Baby Blue
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GartBnx.....

 

Terrific brush.