SOS: May 2019

Smart Helix "Apollo" :: Simpsons :: Razor Emporium "Sandalwood" :: Agua Balsamica​

 

Thursday 2nd May (pm)



Cold Water Shave
Heno de Pravia Glycerine Soap
Proraso Red PreShave Cream
Proraso Red Shaving Soap
Omega 10049 Boar Brush
CJB Razor with a Feather Super Pro Blade (#8)
Alum and Rinse
Witch Hazel
Aloe Vera Ge
Proraso Sandalwood AS

A lovely shave this evening and this is my favourite Sandalwood scent.

Two passes and a small touch up. I am a happy man

 

May 3, 2019
OneBlade Genesis V2
Modified Gem PTFE
Romera Olive Wood Synthetic
Oleo Shiloh
Soap & Aftershave

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Date:- 03 May 2019

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush:- Edwin Jagger Synth. v2.0 Silvertip Fibre Faux Horn 25/58mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Wholly Kaw ~ Man from Mayfair
Razor/Blade:- Gillette Red Tip (0.81mm) 1950's England / Vintage NOS Gillette Stainless #2
Post-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10), Lavender (15) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- Proraso Wood & Spice

I've noticed a huge difference between the English Gillette Red Tip vs the US Gillette Red Tip, because, the English Gillette Red Tip is smoother and more effective during the shaves and I'm very glad to have the English Gillette Red Tip in my den.

 

Tonight's shave
Hot water wash
Parker silvertip
Sitting Island Man
Berkeley Custom Shaver (7)
Persona lab (3)
Pinaud Lime SEC
Quite possibly the perfect shave. Three passes with the oh so comfortable Berkeley. I'm completely smooth. Island man smells nice, finished with lime sec, all I can say in a Jamaican accent, "yea mon".

 

Friday SOTD



Razor: King Cobra
Blade: Feather Artist Club Pro (D4)
Brush: M&F Blonde Badger 25mm
Bowl: Corbell Pedestal Bowl 4"
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Patchouli & Mint
Shave Soap: Barrister & Mann Fougere Imperiale
Post: Monster Block Alum
Aftershave: TSM Fougère Toner
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Timeless .68 Safety Bar
Gillette 7 O’ Clock Yellow
Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber
Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel
Chiseled Face Natural

 

Niiiiice

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Spring shaves are niiiiice

Barrister and Mann Seville soap
Merkur 34C
Voshkod ⚂
Shavemac 2-band
3 pass

POST
Alum
Floris 89 AFS

Annick Goutal Eau d Hadrien - lemon stunner. Good longevity

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Killer Soap!

 

very nice shave sir..

 

brit flat bottom new, nacet, simpson commodore
a and e grecian horse soap and splash
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Thank you, Gary! Same to you!

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Saturday shave [early post due to travel]

Vlad Ferdman keyhole TGN badger
Voshkod ⚀
Murphy and McNeil cream
Apollo stainless steel razor
3 pass

POST
Alum
Fine AFS
Fine ASB

Creed Aventus

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MAYhem!!! 2019

May 2

Razor - The Cheap Pain Stick
Blade - (1)
Soap - Stirling Iced Coffee
Brush - Jayaruh #230
Post - Alum

If you have been anywhere near St. Louis in the past few days you're soaking wet. You have to be because everything here is. A day of just absolute steady rain after a beautiful day yesterday, which followed a day of just absolute steady rain - and that's been our pattern for a couple of weeks. Apparently winter is over and it's now the monsoon season. The flood gates are closed on the City of St. Louis, Alton, IL is nearly cut off on the main highway in, and due to some mysterious force the rain has on St. Louis, there are wrecked cars all over the highways. In fact, even after the rain had stopped before I headed home earlier this evening, there were two wrecks on I-70 that happened only moments before I buzzed by. People here just can't seem to keep their cars off the walls or each other when it rains. I was cold, tired, wet, and just overall cranky. So - I'll use the same setup as last night with a new brush and soap combo. I'll put off trying the generic blade until tomorrow. Assuming we're not just a big inland lake by that time. Sheesh!

Two very nice passes and an almost very nice pass that included a small cut to my right neck area. I made my classic pain stick mistake when I was going ATG on my neck. I tend to get complacent and tip the razor a bit and end up digging the corner of the blade in. Yep, that bleeds. Other than that, though, the three passes yielded a better DFS than last night and the razor still feels solid and works well. No weaknesses yet. As I said, we'll move to the generic blade tomorrow and give it a shot.

Friday is upon us! The weekend is nearly here and I hope you have a great one! The forecast for St. Louis? They are saying "hopefully a drying spell for a couple of days". Well, there's always hope. Until there isn't. Have a great Friday!

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Sotn

Prep: Hot shower
Soap: Talbot/ Caties Bubble La terre verte
Razor: Wade & Butcher Barbers Rattler 15/16
Brush: 28mm El Druida African Blackwood
AfterShave Talbot/ Caties Bubble La terre verte
Strop: Kanayama 80,000
Bowl: Castle Shave Lather Bowl

Another wonderful shave with some top notch products! The Talbot base is one of the best in my opinion and left me with an excellent post shave feel. Great scent as well!

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Body Shop shave cream, Semogue owners club Mystura, Dovo 1516 special, followed by a styptic pencil and some Myrsol with alum. Hawkins and Brimble after staunching the blood letting.


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Well, onto my last A/C blade of the A/C with the Vector the harshest of them in my ATT SE1/2... the Schick.
Blackland Vector P / Schick P-20 / Grizzly Bay To The Bone / Eufros Fougere

First, WTH is all the oil on these blades? Sterilized them before shaving but did not wipe them, no clue if the oil is an irritant or not, and no surprise, nicks. Perhaps a harsh uncorkcd first shave, will try round two and see if it comes around otherwise, writing the blade off, it is definitely not the razor, has worked well with everything else currently available.

 

Razor: RazoRock Wunderbar
Blade: Gillette Nacet
Brush: Whipped Dog 30mm HMW Badger
Soap: CRSW Limenthol
A/S: Stirling Mountain Man

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

This is a nice set!