SoS: May 3 - May 9 2010

Tuesday:

Gillette Fatboy razor
Asco Orange blade
Charismata SS
Vulfix 375S brush
Osage Rub
Barbasol Brisk A/S

Nice combo that gave a great shave

 

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Razor: EJ Chatsworth
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor LE
Soap: Cyril Salter
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Speick Balm

 

C-MON razor
Rooney 1/1 Pure
Trumper's Rose soap
Booster Polar Ice

 

Tuesday

I can pretty much count on seven shaves with a modern Schick injector blade. This was the fifth.

Surrey Soap
VdH boar brush
Schick Adjustable

A lot of people seem to have problems with the cheap VdH boar brushes shedding uncontrollably. I have two of them, and both were fine after about a week. Just got lucky with the QC on mine, I guess.

 

Tuesday

Razor: 1962 Gillette Adjustable
Blade: Red IP (4)
Brush: Omega Boar
Soap/Cream: Tabac
A/S: Master Bay Rum

 

Dr. Harris Arlington Shave Stick
Omega 31064 Boar
Schick Injector Type L
NOS Schick Injector Blade (5)
Old Spice A/S

2nd day of face lathering with a boar. This is a new experience for me, I rater enjoy it..

 

Razor: C.V. Heljestrand 6/8
Brush: Simpson Chubby 1
Cream: D.R. Harris Lavender
AS: Castle Forbes 1445 balm
Edt: Castle Forbes 1445

 

TSD Feeze-Out. Menthol May anybody?

-Gillette SS 1940's
-Shark Blade
-24mm Silvertip Badger Brush
-TSD ISZ SC
-Alum Block
-TSD Iced Mojito Splash
-TSD ISZ AS Milk




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5 blades-I think face is still too cold to tell.

 

You'll need to give yourself some razor burn to thaw out your cheeks Danny! :happy102 You're being seduced by Jeff and Bob into the world of ice. :freezing

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, hot & black
Soap: TSD SOTQ A2
Brush: 24mm Silvertip, Red Mallee Burl from Elite Razor
Razor: 1973 Gillette SS, black handle
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 2, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion, Curve
'Stache Wax: Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

The more I use this razor, the more impressed with it I become. An absolute fantastic shave. Oooooo... and the scent of the A2 SOTQ! Wonderful!!

 

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simpson Ehsan
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Arko Shave Stick
A/S: Trumper Marlborough

The Ehsan is a master of the shave stick. After rubbing the Arko on my face, the Ehsan whipped up enough lather for 4 passes plus touch-up. The more I use Arko, the more I am impressed. It gives 1st rate performance for a cut rate price. GFT Marlborough was a great way to top off another BBS shave.

 

Monday Night Shave

Razor - '67 Slim
Blade - Gillete 7 o' clock [india] (2)

Preshave - Geo F Trumper Coral Skin Food
Brush - Geo F Trumper Pure Badger
Cream - Arko Commando
Splash - Spanish Floid Regular
Moisturizer - Kiehls Face Cream for Men

RATING - 5 out of 5!

Perfect shave, and I didn't expect it going in... i've been sick this past week, hadn't bothered to shave for maybe 5 or 6 days and the stubble was thick. Usually when it gets that long I'll take a bear trimmer and whack it down as short as I can... but I forgot and went ahead and did my preshave ritual (face wash, hot towel soak) without the trim. Figured what the heck, lets see how bad the shave can be. And this turned out to be one of the fastest, easiest, most comfortable shaves ever. I forgot how amazing Arko is... the only cream i've tried that competes is Proraso, but i find Arko much less drying. Normally I'll do a 3 or 4 pass shave... last night was a quick 2 pass (WTG, XTG) and a few touch ups and it was pure BBS, zero irritation. Mind blowing!

 

SOTD Tuesday May 4, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Slack & Grinold
Soap: Williams SS
Mug: Vintage Old Spice
Brush: Omega Boar
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave: Mennon Skin Bracer

Have a wonderful day Gentlemen! :happy005

 

Hope your feeling better now King. As long as your shaving soap stands the whiskers up, it doesn't matter how long they are, they will be cut at the skin surface anyway. LOL :laugh042 Just crank that Slim up a notch or two!

 

Tuesday May 4, 2010 May the 4th be with you.

Brush: BBE
Blade: Red IP (1)
Razor: 69 super adj. 7/7

Cream: AOS with litsea oil
Splash: SCS Blue Line
Milk: MB summer ice
Cologne: Bulgari Aqua Marine

 

Monday

Veleiro Pre-Shave Soap
TOBS Luxury Sandalwood Shaving Soap Stick
Semogue 1550 brush
Bartmann Straight Razor
Denim Black After Shave Splash

 

Merkur 38C
Omega Badger 10079
Omega (tub) SS
Pinaud Bay Rum
Realm ASB
YSL Pour Homme EdT​

 

Wednesday, May 5th

Hot shower
TSD Bourbon Vanilla ss
Semogue 2015HD Silvertip
Mühle R106 w/ Derby Extra
444 alum
444 ASB w/ La Toja splash
Veleiro cologne

 

55 SS Red Tip
Derby (day3)
Preshave (Castor, Grapeseed, Olive)
Arko/Williams Super Lather
Tweezerman Badger
Witch Hazel
TSD Tabac Type A/S

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Goodfella/Elios day 3
Комильфо-SC (Comme il Faut) :love008 :happy005
Pezmos-AS Balm
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Givenchy Pour Homme-EDT

Another good and smooth shave today, although perhaps with a little more effort. The Goodfella is such a mild razor, that sometimes it seems like it doesn't have a blade in it!