SoS: May 21st, 2012 - May 27th, 2012

Saturday - it's the weekend! Time for the SEs.

Prep: Hone & strop str8, hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB
CD: WoW Worship, yellow disc
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK
Hone: Duro Electric
Strop: VB 2" black latigo/linen
Soap: TSD Gucci Pour Homme Type
Brush: Omega 10098 Pro
Str8: Hand Forged 133 Red Imp with bloodwood scales by Glen, 3 passes
SE: Schick Injector E model, touch up
Post: Cold water rinse, RazoRock rubdown, ice water splash, B&BW Noir
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Good stuff!

 

Saturday morning, May 26, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (5)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap w/ hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Saturday

Prep: Hot Face Wash with Neutrogena Face Scrub
Razor: 1941 Gillette Ranger Tech
Blade: Voskhod (2)
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Soap/Cream: Top Secret Shaving Cream
Brush: Vie-Long 13061 with knot set to 50mm
AS: Floid Suave

Results: Near BBS

Several firsts on this shave. 1. first use of the Top Secret Shaving Cream, nice scent but not over powering, great lather. 2. first use of Floid Suave, again not an over powering scent and didn't linger very long. 3. First use of the Vie-Long 13061 with the knot set at 50mm instead of the standard 60mm. This brush is super soft like lathering with a cloud yet has great backbone. The handle is large and easy to handle. I had plenty of lather for 3 passes and could have done a couple more if needed. The brush had good flow didn't hog the lather at all. Given that most of my experience with horse hair brushes is that they tend to break in over the first dozen uses this brush is well on it's way to becoming my favorite replacing my Rooney Silvertip.

 

Saturday, May 26, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: DE87
Blade: Gillette
Soap: Nivea
Brush: Semogue 1470
Scuttle: Moss
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Pitralon Classic

 

SOTD Saturday 5-26-2012

1952 Gillette Super Speed Black Tip
Feather Stainless Blade
Speick SC
Semogue 1460 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea ASB
No. 4711

Finishing out the week with a new aquisition, a Black Tip SS. This is a 60 year old Lady that has probably never been used.

 

Razor: Futur
Blade: Iridium
Soap: Arko
Brush: Simpsons Chubby 2 two band
EDT: AOS Sandlewood

Have a wonderful and safe holiday

 

Saturday
Dovo Best 5/8
Semogue 1520
Speick Cream
Cold Water Rinse
Old Spice Classic A/S

 

Thanks for the warm welcome!

5/26/12
Pre Shave: Wash with soap soak face under hot shower.

Razor: Derby w/ Wilkinson blade
Shave Cream: C.O. Bigelow
Brush: Van Der Hagen Boar
Rinse with warm then cold water
AS: Clinique for men aftershave sample

I did a 2 pass shave today. No bleeding or burns. Not quite as smooth on my neck as I would like it to be but I am still learning. I would say it's a pretty good shave. Once I get used to doing this I may get a new razor to replace the super cheap razor I am currently using. I am thinking about the EJ89L.

 

You lucky Dog you, shes beautiful......Well shes been used now. and I'm sure she's loved..... Wishing you many years of great shaves with her...

Check it out....Here's a TV Commercial from 1952...and Rip Van Winkle is using a Black Tip.

http://www.tv4u.com/show-large-video.asp?cid=23&sid=234&vid=623&t=Super Speed 2&cat=Classic Commercials

 

Saturday



Muhle R106
The Colonel
MWF
Red Personna
Proraso Splash

It was a wonderful shave this morning! I didn't use the balm as I thought I would. It was an excellent start to the day! Happy Saturday everyone!

 

05/25/2012, Saturday
Featured Shower and Shave

Lazy start to the day, hit the shower later then usual.
Proraso Glycerin did the honors of facial prep.
While showering the Vulfix 28 was on deck soaking it up.

Featured shave cream Bond. The Vulfix in time had mounds of lather.
Razor and blade change in the line-up, brought in the Black Handled SS, blade choice Topaz.

Three comfortable passes, a liberal splashes of cold water. Facial rub down and toning with RazoRock Alum and a dab of Clubman Veg
A great DFS.

Everyone have a safe and great holiday. So many have given their lives for the freedom we take for granted. Prayers to those have lost loved ones on the battlefield. Thank everyone who is currently serving and thank you for those that chose to serve.

 

Inspired by Bruce's New (and I do mean 'NEW') Black Tip...I had to take my Black Tip Beauty out for a spin...
Saturdays Shave
Arko's Ice Mint SC/Omega 10029
1952 Gillette Super-Speed, Black Tip-Steel Model
Perma-Sharp Super D1
Arko Nem moisterizer/Rebul Lavanda Colonia

A heavenly 2 passes....Clean as a whistle...

 

Saturday 26th May

Hot Shower and Facial scrub
3P Pre/post cream
Kai Captain Excelia (Japanese style)
HJM Black Fibre Synthetic Brush
Nanny's Down Home Summer Soap
Simple Facial Toner
444 ASB
Floid Original AS
Morgans Classic Pomade

Another beautiful day in Wales. An excellent shave....and I got to take the bike out! Everything is good!!!!!

 

Saturday May 26. Good to be Home!

Head Shave:
Hot water rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Burma Shave Bristle Bush
Gold Dollar 5/8 Straight
Hot / Cold water rinse
Alum block
Dickinson's Witch Hazel

Face Shave:
Hand strop blade
Hot Towel
Arko SS, Face lathered
Col. Conk Badger brush
Muhle R41 w/ Derby Extra blade 2nd shave
Hot / Cold water rinse
Alum block
Lucky Tiger Aspen AS
Clubman talc

After close to a week of no shaves it feels good to have a DFS head shave!! and a three pass BBS shave with the R41. I feel like a human again.

 

She was not only used after 60 years in waiting but she is very much loved Lloyd! Absolutely beautiful shave with the Feather blade, close clean and comfortable. This ol'e gal was definitely a "Cabinet Queen"
I checked out the link to the commercial and I really hate to admit this but, ..... I remember this commercial! I was 9 years old in 1952 and to me the Rip Van Winkle theme of that commercial got my attention. I really didn't give much thought to the razor product at that time but I remember Ol'e Rip cutting off his beard! LOL (Which I guess seemed really cool to a kid of 9 years! LOL) I also got the plastic case with operating instructions for the razor along with an unopened dispenser of Gillette Blue Blades still in the celliphane wrapper as well; looks just like the one shown in the commercial!

 

26.05.2012​

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Razor: Merkur Progress (4,5)​

Blade: Iridium (9)​

Brush: Mühle Pure Badger 21mm​

Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender​

A/S I: Thayers Lemon​

A/S II: L'Oreal Hydra Sensitive​

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Although I don't remember the commercial (I came along 10 years later, in '62), there's no mistaking the voice of Mel Blanc!

 

Right Steve! Actually, the commercials back in the '50's were better quality cartoons than the actual cartoons of the day. (Except for the Disney characters and the higher level ones like Mel Blanc's fairs. Bad ones; Re: Felix the Cat! lol) They were entertaining as well as a selling medium.

 

Good morning, everyone!

Change of plans, had to shave on Saturday late as I had to be at work today by 05:30 A.M, which suited me fine, I was rather itching to continue playing with the new Futur.

The set-up consisted of:

Musgo Real pre-shave oil
Calani Dubai shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
Alum block
Dr. Alkaitis Organic Soothing Gel after shave

After Friday’s inaugural shave with the Futur on 2, I decided to open it up to 3 for this shave. For the first pass, I lathered up the Calani. For the second pass, I rinsed the face, applied the Musgo pre-shave and lathered on top of that. I also dialed the Futur down to 2.5 as my jaw lines are prone to irritation with aggressive razors. Decided to skip my usual AS and opted for the Alum Block and a mild AS Gel instead as I went to bed after shortly after the shave. Result DFS+

Wishing all of you a great weekend!

 

This was a morning shave and has been my first chance to post in awhile.

TSD Iced Subzero Soap
Simpsons Berkley 46, face later
Gem Micromatic, with GEM SS Blade
TSD IcedSubzero Splash, and Proraso ASB

A very nice three pass shave, smooth and chilly. Chilly for the first really hot day in awhile.