SoS: May 9-15 2011

May, 9

Really GREAT shave with 'all from TSD' items! Here it is:

TSD pre-shave balm
8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Paddle strop (the only 'not from TSD' item in the set)
Vie-Long horsehair brush
TSD SOTQ soap
TSD English Fern aftershave milk

What a nice, pleasant, smooth and slow shave it was! Thanks, JoAnna, and thanks, TSD!

 

whew haven't had time to post up here in about a week - here's my shave the last couple days:

Gillette Aristocrat
Wilkinson Sword (2 today)
TGN Silvertip Badger
Speick Shave Cream
TBS Razor Relief
Brut Attitude AS

A friend of mine got the Speick and said he couldn't get a good lather out of it so out of 'kindness' I offered to trade him for a tube of Erasmic, which I wasn't really into. Needless to say the Speick lathers great, feels great, and smells great. Been getting great shaves all week. hoo-ha!

 

Hot towl
Gillette super speed (1954)
Feather blade (3)
TSD wheat shaving cream
Franklin best badger 22mm
Alum - no burn, no irritation

3 passes BBS feels great

 

I woke up with massive headache, took some pain medicine and went back to bed for another hour. So without any prep, with only cold water, this setup still gave me an excellent shave. Now, if only the headache would go away.

Tuesday, May 10th:

Razor: Gem G-bar
Blade: Ted Pella day 1
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
Brush: ER 200 with TGN knot
Post: alum, witch hazel, TSD signature

 

Tuesday, May 10

EJ DE86
Supermax SS (2)
Ever Ready Boar
Col. Conk Amber SS
Superior 70

 

Horsehair?

Cella soap
Bestshave.net Horsehair brush
Schick E1 injector
Personna 74 blade (3)

The brush was a kind PIF from Dridecker. A review can wait until I've used it for at least a week; I want to try it with a variety of soaps. Worked well this morning, though. It did its part in another DFS of the injector variety.

 

Gillette Old Type BRW Improved handle
Vintage Wilkinson Sword-Edge
Speick Stick
Rooney 3/2 Super
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

Last time I used one of these blades, I got 15 awesome shaves from it. The shave this morning was marginal at best. It may end up in the bin before the shave tomorrow.

 

Tuesday's Shave

1954-58 Eversharp Schick Hydro-magic
Long's/Personna (Day1)
Arko Shave Stick
Omega 10029
Arko Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS/Jaguar-Fresh

Another 2 passes in Injector Paradise...

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Derby day 6
Egyptian Ingram SC :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Svoboda AS Balsam :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Aramis EDT

This Ingram cream from Egypt would have been perfect for a Menthol Monday, now that I think of it, but all my creams and soaps need to be used. I cannot believe how smooth and close this shave turned out from a 6 day old Derby, but for tomorrow I'll put in a new blade.

 

Fat Tuesday

EJ89L
Voskhod (3)
EJ BBB
MWF
Nivea Sensitive balm
Osage Rub
Master Lilac Vegetal

 

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Treet Dura Sharp
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: TOBS Lavender
A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel, Alt Innsbruck Splash

 

Tolstoy, Stravinsky, and Dimitri

My favorite Russians! Thanks again Dimitri and Jeff for putting the Tet-a-Tet group guy together. The Tet-a-Tet was most enjoyable today. We'll click our shave mugs in cyberspace and say Nostrovia to todays shave.

Tet-a-Tet SC
C&E BBB
Voskhod Blade
Merkur XL Progress
Alum Block
Tet-a-Tet AS Balm

Dosvadonia everybody, have a great day. Is it wrong to call my razor Krasotka? Or is that more for the wife?

 

Tuesday:

Razor - Feather All Stainless
Blade - Feather
Brush - Omega #81052 Boar
Cream - C.O. Bigelow
Balm -D. R. Harris Milk
A/S - Old Spice Classic

--
John

 

I don't know too many guys who don't like Tet-a-tet. It's that wonderful!

 

Gillette Parat
Voskhod (2?)
TGN Silvertip Badger
Ingram Shave Cream
L'Oreal AS Balm
Brut AS

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Rwanda, BLACK
Soap: Dulouz's Own Marakesh
Brush: Treville Daxer boar
Razor: Gem Jr. with the big, fat, black bakelite handle
Blade: Gem, day 2, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Missed 5 blades all because of just a little stubble along the right jaw line.

John, if you're out there - great soap! Thanks again.

 

Merkur 38c
Shark Chrome (1)
EJ Best Badger
TOBS Eton College cream
Thayers WH
Neutrogena ASB
AOS Sandalwood EDT


First go with a Shark today. Not a bad shave. It probably helps that I used some TOBS...that's probably one of the most consistent creams in my lineup. I always get great, close shaves with that stuff

 

Hot shower
C&E Nomad cream
Frank Shaving Fine Badger
Merkur Progress
Derby Extra
Nivea Sensitive Balm

This was, hands down, the best shave I've had in years. The Derbies really are better for me than the Merkurs. I even felt gutsy enough to try a pseudo-4th touch up pass. All this was even following an absolutely terrible shave from yesterday. I had one little ding on my left side that didn't even warrant a visit from Mr. Styptic. Yeah, hide in your little plastic tube and weep, you jerk.

 

Shave Of The Day - May 10th, 2011

• Hot Shower
• Turkish Horsehair Brush #6
• Ingrams Shave Cream ~ :freezing :freezing
• Personna Floating Head Injector
• Ted Pella Injector Blade ~ Day 2
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend
• Lea Aftershave Balsam
• 

Had a dentist appointment immediately after my shave, so I was happy to settle on a passable shave, with a few rough spots left over.

3.5 blades