SoS: May 9-15 2011

Let's see those shaves for the week! As always, bonus points for pictures!

I will get things started with my gear for tomorrow:

Blue Tip Rocket
Voskhod
iKon Stainless
Everest cream
Adidas Ice Dive aftershave
Nautica Voyage cologne

 

Monday, May 9th:
Razor: Lord Smart head on iKon extended tech handle
Blade: Rapira Swedish Day 1
Brush: TGN synthetic on unknown handle
Cream: Godrej Menthol
Post: Alum, witch hazel, TSD iced subzero

 

Merkur Futur
Feather (2)
TSD wheatshavjng cream
Frank best badger (my only brush)
And to finish it off, no aftershave, just alumn when I feel like it

 

Jack Black Beard Lube
Godrej Menthol Mist SC
Rudy Vey Finest Badger Brush
Gem G-bar
Ted Pella Blade
TSD 2x Iced Peppermint Splash
Proraso AS Balm

 

Happy Monday From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
TGN Re-Knot - 26MM Silver Tip
Eveline Sea Minerals SC
Gillette Injector
EMS Blade (1)
Cold Water Rag
Eveline Sea Minerals ASG
A&F Fierce EDT

4 Passes = 5 Blade, Off The Hook, Bang A Gong, Inter-Galactic BBS Bliss!

The Eveline Sea Minerals Shave Cream and Aftershave Gel are in my book what I would call Top Shelf. With the exception of the tallow crowd, the Eveline cream provides everything you could want in a cream and the aftershave gel is very soothing indeed.

Have a great week Ya'll!

 

Monday, May 09, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: EJ Chatsworth
Blade: Treet Dura Sharp
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Cream: Portman Square Notting Hill
A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel, Mr. Taylor Splash

 

Gillette Old Type BRW Improved handle
Feather (2)
MYCarver 24mm Finest
Bigelow SC
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

 

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Derby day 5
Top Ten Menthol SC
Vifrex AS Gel :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Grey Flannel EDT :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008

This Top Ten Menthol cream from Bulgaria is not very cooling, but there's still enough menthol in it to be felt. The cream itself has a fantastic lather and a very nice scent. The Vifrex aftershave gel is extremely cooling and soothing--it really kills razor burn or irritation on contact.

 

Monday:

Razor - Feather All Stainless
Blade - Feather
Brush - Vie-Long Silvertip
Cream - Old Spice Fresh Lime
Toner - Dickinson's Witch Hazel
A/S - Old Spice Fresh Lime

--
John

 

Razor: ERN Crown&Sword 6/8
Strop: Ambrose Spanish Horse (20/60)
Brush: Truefitt&Hill Wellington superbadger
Lather: Klar Kabinett SS+Al's 'Da Bomb' Palermo SC
AS: Julia Homme ASB
EdT: Comptoir Sud Pacifique Aqua Motu

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Picture:

 

Vintage Musgo Real shaving soap stick
Semogue 2 band badger brush
Le Grelot w/ horn handle straight razor
444 aftershave balm
Confianca Eau de Cologne

A customer sent me this beautiful razor for me to hone. Took a great
edge. I almost feel ashamed of being paid to hone and test shave this
beauty. It was a pleasure to hone and shave with it. What a great razor.

 

Monday

EJ89L
Voskhod (2)
EJ BBB
MWF
Nivea Sensitive balm
Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue
Azzaro Pour Homme

 

Menthol Monday

TSD Sub Zero soap
Omega imitation badger brush
EJ DE89lbl
Voshkod blade(3)
Cold water rinse

The TSD soap made a wonderful lather. I was in a hurry and thought that I had used too much water, but what a happy discovery! Sub zero is a wonderful scent, especially since I usually stick with unscented soaps.

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Omega Boar 10049
Soap: Williams
A/S: Pinaud Clubman
EdT: Grey Flannel


:happy036

 

Monday

Sunday's shave with the Gem Push Button was so good, I'm going to try and go the entire week with an SE.

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Rwanda, BLACK
Cream: Brut Classic - thanks again, Jeff!
Brush: H. Stern Co. 10006
Razor: Gem MM OC
Blade: Gem, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, Brut pit stick, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Another great shave.

 

Aww Man, if I had known I would have matched you with my Injector..BUT....

Monday's Shave

1952 Black Tip Beauty-(Super Speed, with Black Tip and Steel Handle).
Rapira Super Stainless (Day1)
Omega 10029
Arko Shave Stick
Arko Aqua AS splash

WOW!!! Maybe the best DE shave of my life...2 full passes and one touch-up...
40's style Super Speed will always be an imposing force..."Say What A Shave, So Fast, So Smooth, And So Exhilerating"...not to mention no irritation...

 

Gillette Aristocrat Junior - Bristish Set #58
with Astra SP (2)
Kent BK 2 Silvertip
Trumper Rose SS
Tüff Herbal AS
Patchouli EdT

Have a nice day!

 

Shave Of The Day - May 9th, 2011

:anifrozen Menthol Monday! :anifrozen

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• TSD SubZero Pre-Shave Balm ~ :freezing :freezing
• Hot Shower
• Nix Travel Boar
• Williams Menthol Cream ~ :freezing :freezing :freezing
• Personna Floating Head Injector
• Ted Pella Injector Blade ~ Day 1
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend
• Osage Rub ~ :freezing :freezing :freezing
• TSD A/S Splash ~ 2X Iced Lime Scent ~ :freezing :freezing :freezing
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Normally I don't like aggressive razors, but when it comes to injectors, I always get my closest shaves from early E and G types. So close in fact, that my face doesn't really like me using one more than two days in a row, then it starts to feel very raw.

The later model injectors that I have, though milder, never really give me a close shave for some reason.

This floating head Personna definitely did a great job today, I will have to try the razor for a couple of days to see how well my face likes it, and then make my final decision.

Top it off with being Menthol Monday and I'll call it 5 blades. :happy005

 

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Arko
Brush: Shavemac 177
Razor: Simmons Hardware 5/8ths 'Barber's Pet'
Toner: Thayers Lemon W.H.
A/S: Pinaud Clubman
Balm: Nivea Senstive ASB

 

Nice pics.

Thanks for taking the time to snap a photo.