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

Good morning.

As I received in yesterday’s mail the Futur which was ordered last Friday (the relevant post & pictures will follow either today or over the weekend in the Haul thread), I decided to take him for a spin today. And tollowing ingredients surrounded the Futur’s first live action this morning and made him feel right at home:

Calani Lavender Shave soap
Mühle Travel shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
Feather blade (3rd shave for this blade at the Gym – confusing it is at times, having 2 Dens)
Alum block
D.R. Harris Bay Rum after shave

Very nice, I must admit. The Futur feels very solid and well built. I had dialed it up to 2 for this first shave, will spend some time with it over the next week or two.

Wishing all of you a great weekend!

 

Razor: EJ89
Blade: Personna "Labs"
Brush: Muhle Black Fiber
Cream: Pre de Provence Shea Butter Shave Soap
A/S: Alum Bar, Cold Water Rinse, Witch Hazel, Pre de Provence Aftershave Balm

First time using PdP soap. Great stuff!

 

Thursday
EJ DE87 + Voskhod
Semogue 1520
Palmolive Classic Cream
Cold Water Rinse
Floid Blue

 

Friday 25th May

Facial Scrub
3P Pre/Post shave cream
Kai Captain Excelia (Japanese style)
Semogue 1470 Brush
Nanny's Down Home Summer Soap
Alum Block Followed by a few drops of Rosehip Oil
Myrsol Metisol AS
4711 EDT
Brylcreem Original

No shave yesterday as I was out all day. My sister-in-law was carrying the Olympic flame through Hereford. A memorable day if ever there was one!!!!!
Down Home Summer is a strange name for a soap...but that is what this one is called. Its a Vetyver and Lavender combination which is described as being earthy with floral summer notes. I stopped with 2 passes today as I am not going out, and in reality I would have struggled to find anything else to shave off!!!!!

 

Friday 25th May

Gem Push Button
Gem (T. Pella SS PTFE)
L'Occitane Cade SS
Ever Ready Boar 100T
Stephans Bay Rum AS
Result: DFS. TGIG all.

 

Hi all, Hows it been goning?!

Hi, Im Justin, and it's been a while since my last post.
Lately its been the same old "grind".
Hot shower
proraso pre shave
gillette fatboy or flare tip super speed with shark super chrome blades
proraso green/white or MWF soap
face lathered with my trusty omega badger
cold water rinse
aftershave has been razorock alum/ aqua velva/ old spice original or proraso as balm.
This morning I decided to change things up abit.
I grabbed the Feather AS-D1 and loaded a Feather yellow
bowl lathered some proraso green
and did 4 passes....had to finish with the fatboy and 2 passes....the feather just isnt doing it for me....

6 pass BBS

 

Friday:

Turkish Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 3
Egyptian Ingram SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Obsession for Men EDT

This was a great face-freezing shave with the help of the Egyptian version of Ingram cream. The scent and lather are pretty well the same as the UK version, but the Egyptian cream has a stronger cooling effect and a much better consistency - it doesn't separate and become watery. The Diana Sport balsam has a bone-chilling cold feeling after a shave!

 

Razor: Toggle
Blade: Iridium
Brush: Polo 8 two band
Pre-Shave:AOS Sandlewood
Cream: Blix menthol
Scuttleirty Bird Two-Piece Scuttle
A/S:Aqua di Parma

 

Friday:

Razor - iKon H2O
Blade - Blue Persona
Brush - Omega Pro 49
Lather - Prairie Creations Mayan Magic soap
A/S - Brut

 

Barbasol DE
PermaSharp Super (one day too many)
Semogue 2000
Klar Kabinett w/ a healthy dose of M-Bomb
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

I thought it was day 4 on the blade, but it may have been day 5. Either way, it headed south in a bad way during the shave. It started tugging and I ended with a few weepers. The 5 drops of M-Bomb in my mug really iced up the Klar Kabinett. It felt great, but slightly over powered the nice light Rose scent.

 

Friday:

Soak Brush/Semogue 620/Heat Up DB Original Scuttle
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
RazoRock XXX ss
Cobra Classic/Kai Captain Mild (7)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean hardware and software,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Thayer's Medicated Superhazel
Kananga Water mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

Great 2 pass face 1 pass headshave from the Cobra,the Kai's are holding up great,I hear some guys get 14 and up shaves from either the Kai Captains or the Feather Pro's.I reckon with my headshaves my 7 is = to maybe 12 shaves.The blade is still going strong no tugging and still very smooth.I've been getting BBS with just 2 passes on my face.If I make it to 14 with this blade I'll be very happy indeed

 

Friday, May 25, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: Speick
Brush: Semogue 1460
Scuttle: Moss
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Speick After Shave

 

Omega 10005
Super speed w/ Dorco st 301
Colonel conk bay rum
Thayers witch hazel w/ aloe, folowed by Nivea ASB sensitive

Still getting back in the habit of shaving again had a beard for a while. I normally use a slim but has been hurting me some so the super speed has been great to get my skin back to shaving. Have not tried a Dorco in a super speed before but I do like the blade so gave it a shot. The first pass was a little rough (tugging) but next 2 passes smoothed out.

 

Friday Morning Shaving Ritual, May 25, 2012

Razor: 69 Slimline Gillette Adjustable (set on 7)
Blade: Personna Super Blue (4th use)
Brush: Semogue 830
Cream: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
A/S: Alum Bar & Cold Water Rinse
A/S: Pinaud Clubman

I left the razor at 7 and got a 3-pass DFS shave today, with no nicks or weepers.

Everyone have a great day and a great Memorial Day. Pray for all veterans past and present, they are the reason we are safe today.

 

Fatip
Personna Med. Prep
M&F Lee7
RazoRock Don Marco SS
Nivea Energy A/S
RazoRock Don Marco ASB

Viktor & Rolf - Spicebomb

 

Parker
2nd shave on the Shark blade
D.R. Harris Almond
Lucky Tiger A/S and Face Tonic

Dropping off a car for my son in Denver, so I'll be on the road with my Parker and Molinard Rasoline for the weekend. I'll attempt to pick up a couple more brushless creams while there. Great shave this morning. Have a good weekend.

 

Friday:

LC New
Voskhod
Omega Boar
D'men Sensitive
Aqua Velva
Afta Original
Ogalalla Bay Rum Cologne

 

Friday morning, May 25, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (4)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap w/ hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

• Prep: hot shower
• Music: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra:Evgeny Mravinsky - Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
• Brush: Ever Ready 150
• Soap/Cream: Mike's Natural-Barbershop
• Razor: Schick Golden 500
• Blade: Chinese Schick
• Post: Pinaud Clubman Musk followed by L'Oreal ASB
• Results: 2 pass DFS