SoS: May 3 - May 9 2010

Dubl Duck Special
Rooney Emillion
Trumper's Coconut Oil soap
TSD Coconut after shave

 

We have one of the 2.5lb bags of Dunkin Donuts coffee from Sam's Club that we drink almost everyday and that is some really great coffee! Sure, it is not Kopi Luwak or a special Kona roast but dangit anyway Dunkin Donuts is some of the best bulk coffee you can buy!

 

I Got It At TSD Week Day 6

Shave Of The Day - May 8th


TSD derived shave goods in Blue.

• Hot Shower
• Omega Lucretia Borgia Boar
• Feats of Clay Scuttle - Purchased from TSD Member
• TSD SOTQ Soap - A1 Crackling Firewood Scent
• Firebar Fred Razor
• Astra Super Platinum - Day 2 - Contest Prize
• Homemade Skin Food
• TSD A/S Splash - Iced Egyptian Spice Scent :freezing :freezing
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Hot Shower
Hot Towel
Arko Shave Stick - Thanks 1OLDGI!
VDH Boar
Schick Injector G
CVS Blade (2)
Cold Water Splash
Generic Witch Hazel
Brut ASB
Brut AS
Brut EDT

Four passes = BBS! I Love My Injector and if I could only have one razor for the rest of my life it would be the Injector.

On another note; there are a lot of folks posting about how they are getting multiple shaves out of one blade, sometimes as many as 9 shaves (9 is my favorite number BTW, plus it is a magic number) out of one blade. I have found however that if I try and shave more than twice with the same blade that I pay dearly with skin and burn. The good news is that wet shaving with SE or DE blades is super cheap, so I think that I am becoming a one blade per shave guy...am I alone?

 

Danny, Bill hit the same video I was going to about the hand stropping. I get an extra two or three shaves out of a blade by doing it after every shave. Some folks believe it doesn't do a thing. Others, while they believe it may help, figure blades are cheap enough to just toss rather than spend an extra 15-20 seconds a day to get an extra couple of days out of a blade.

As for the Featherweight, again Bill hit it for being a milder razor. Although I can't compare it to a G-Bar, I do own a couple of MM OCs and an MM Clog Pruf. The Featherweight is milder than those, but still, as you're well aware, by virtue of being an SE, it's still more aggressive than most DEs.

As for the coffee, sounds cool to me. I'll send you a PM and we can set something up.

Much thanks, Bill. I don't mind at all. As you can see, we think pretty much alike... aside from the coffee :eatdrink013 . Gotta have my caffeine, but I'm not a soda drinker except for the occasional IBC root beer, and that is caffeine free.

As for the 'stache, grow one! They're free!!

 

Me too, only then there would be a problem in selecting which Injector.

Would that be me? 9 shaves on my current Schick injector blade, and I intend to use it again tomorrow. No irritation.

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I've rarely come across a DE blade so bad that I couldn't get at least two shaves out of it, four from an SE, at least six from an injector. I'd do what you do if it were necessary to avoid irritation, but that would get a little expensive with injector blades.

 

Sunday, May 9th

Long hot shower
TSD Egyptian Spice ss
Omega 639 Havana Silvertip
Mühle R106 w/ Gillette 7 O'clock
De Vergulde Hand alum
444 ASB w/ La Toja splash

 

Razor: Dubl Duck #1
Brush: Vulfix 2273
Soap: Ginger's Garden Clove
AS: Pinaud Virgin Island Bayrum, AII Osage

 

Kim Son silvertip: Merkur 37G+permasharp : Kell's SS : Lotion Opaline

 

Jeff,

We are doing the same 2.5 pounder from Sams. Good stuff. We also like Aldi's Donut Coffee.

DL

Sunday

65 Slim, set at 7
KMart brand Double Edge I had laying around, needed used
Arko boosted Williams SS
Tweezerman Badger
Lucky Tiger Aspen in leiu of Witch Hazel (goes well with English Fern)
TSD English Fern A/S (Wife likes it-Mothers Day)
Dunkin Donuts Coffee with dash of Vanilla

 

Take care of your wifes/mothers today

Mothers Day (Sunday)

Lord Smart razor
Treet Black Beauty blade
Vulfix 375S brush
Body Shop SC
Osage Rub
Musgo Real OrangeAmber Cologne

Wonderful shave and ready to pamper the wife today

 

BILL>>>You Da Man...As always very informative... I didn't ask the questions but I learned something...Thanks...)

 

Sunday - My Birthday Shave

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade, soak Red Neck Scuttle
Coffee: Home roasted Costa Rica Tarrazu, hot & black
Soap: TSD Wild Rose
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
Razor: Gem MM Clog Pruf
Blade: Gem, day 2, 3+ passes
Str8 Practice: 5/8 Genco, 1 pass
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion, Curve
'Stache Wax: Wacky Tacky

Shave Rating: 5 Blades - just might be the best present I could give myself!

The scuttle was interesting. A bit deeper and narrower than the bowls I'm used to lathering in. It performed better than I thought it would. I guess I was expecting more water to soak through the pot. That wasn't a problem at all. I think I was also expecting the lather to be warmer than it was. It definitely warmer than not using a scuttle, but just not sure if putting up with the size of the bowl is a good trade-off for warm lather. I'll use it a few more times before I give it a stamp of approval. I'll also have to make sure I try it during the colder months of Fall and Winter. If I do decide the warmer lather is worth it, this $5 experiment may justify the purchase of a proper scuttle. I would have hated to spend $50+ on a scuttle only to discover warm lather is not really a big deal to me.

As it is my birthday (48, for the curious), I'm going to be ordering a strop from Vintage Blades and sending out three str8s to Glen "gssixgun" to be honed. I have two Bokers going out and one yet to be determined. Can't wait!

 

Schick blade hits the big 1 - 0

Couldn't resist pushing this blade to 10 shaves, and it came through. Still smooth and irritation free, but couldn't get quite as close on the difficult spots on my neck. Time to move on to something else tomorow.

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
1912 Gem Jr. (Metal Handle)
Gem Blade (shave 2)
Omega Boar
VDH Deluxe
Mentholated Witch Hazel
Jovan Musk

Happy Mother's day all you mothers!

 

Sunday, May 09, 2010

Razor: Merkur 23C
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum & Sweet Orange
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Pre de Provence Balm

An equally good shave this morning, but much smoother with the Astra Superior than with the Astra Keramik used yesterday. However, I think I've been spoiled by the Iridium blades, which are the smoothest blades I've encountered yet. The Astras are as smooth as silk when used in my Futur, though.

 

Sunday: Happy Mothers Day, Mama!

Omega Wooden Handle
Dovo Bismarck 5/8
Proraso Aloe & Green Tea-SS :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Booster Mosswood-AS :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008

Sunday is my favorite shaving day, because that is when I can take my time, and enjoy a nice, slow, relaxing shave. My Dovo gave me such a BBS face, and it felt wonderful to use my Proraso White bowl soap.

 

Muhl Sandalwood soap
Omega 10005 brush
Dannyco shavette
Very Sexy for Him aftershave


First time using the soap. A little finicky but in the end i got it right!

 

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Speick Shave Stick
A/S: GFT Curzon

Yesterdays shave was so outstanding that I decided to double up on the Speick Stick. Guess what? Another Outstanding Shave! The GFT Curzon was a very nice finish.

 

I like that blade, Bruce. Those scales really look sharp!