SoS: November 14th ~ 20th, 2011

Monday, November 14th

Razor: Rotbart
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Lewis & Buprows Real Ivory
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Colgate Cup Soap
A/S: Vintage Yardley

The Lewis & Buprows brush is made from pre-ban ivory and is about the size of a Wee Scot. Unfortunately I have misplaced my calipers but I would estimate the knot diameter at around 15mm. Despite its small size, it had no problem ginning up a fine creamy lather from the Colgate cup soap. The Rotbart and the Super Iridium teamed up to deliver a fine shave followed by a splash of vintage Yardley aftershave. Very nice indeed.

The Set-up:




A close-up of the Brush

 

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5/8 Geneva
Semogue 620
Valobra Mentolo
Floid Vigoroso​

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Monday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush, hand strop blade
CD: Masters of the Blues - Volume 3 ~ various early artists
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK
Cream: C. O. Bigelow
Brush: Semogue 2000
Razor: Merkur 34C set with red mallee burl handle
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Pinaud Clubman, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Darn near BBS. Great shave!

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Personna (US)
Brush: Best Badger
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe
A/S: Master Bay Rum
EdT: Quorum

 

Hot Shower
Parker Badger
Viking Shave Cream
Gillette OC
Shark
Warm water rinse, cold water splash, Osage Rub
Great shave this morning.

 

Monday Afternoon Shower N Shave

- Copperhat Finest Badger Brush loaded with TSD Signature Iced Bay Rum Shave Soap
-Beard removal preformed with 6/8 Wade n Butcher
-Cold rinse
-Finished with Clubman Special Reserve AS

DFS

 

Birthday Monday Shave: Eagle 2 Somerset badger; Gillette w Menthol creme; Toggle w Shark; Paul Revere Injector with Ted Pella; Tet-A-Tet edt.......love this scent but SWMBO always suggests that I use another one.arty:

 

Monday

Kukri 4/8 - GFT Sandalwood - Simpson 57 - Alum - Aquatonic AS

Smooth, clean and close.

 

The Trac II adjustable has a little more bite than the normal Trac II blades even when lowered to the low setting. I had a couple of ingrowns develop due to the speed in which I have had to shave recently. Only one more week of this schedule, then I can go back to a more normal routine and use my DEs and maybe even an injector.

 

Shave Of The Day ~ November 14th

Menthol Monday! ​

• TSD Iced SubZero Preshave Balm ~
• Hot Shower
• Robert Becker Scuttle
• The Rocker Brush ~
• TSD Iced SubZero Wheat Cream ~
• Schick K1 Injector Razor
• Ted Pella Injector Blade ~ Day 1
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend
• Alcolado Glacial ~
• TSD Aftershave Splash ~ Crackling Firewood Scent ~

 

Pre : Hot Shower followed with EJ Pre shaving cream
Razor : Merkur 11C
Blade : SuperMax (Stianless made in india )
Brush : Semogue 1305
Soap / Cream : RazoRock XXX
ASL : Denim Musk
ASB : RazoRock wax
EDC: Tabac

 

Razor: Muhle R41
Blade: Iridium super
Brush: Semogue Caravela
Soap: P.160 tipo morbido
AS: Speick ASL/444balm

 

Tuesday
C&E Nomad
Padauk wood black badger brush
EJ89
Zorrik Super Platinum (day 3)
alum, witch hazel
osage rub
C.O. Bigelow Elixir Blue (I swear this bottle is nearly empty and yet it just doesn't stop....)

 

Menthol Monday:

• 2011 R-41
• Lord Platinum (2)
• Blue marbled 24mm TGN reknot
• C.O. Bigelow SC
• boosted Master's Bay Rum

Tuesday:

• 2011 R-41
• Lord Platinum (3)
• vintage Simms boar
• Tabac SS
• Wild Country cologne for AS, from the shave brush decanter

Both shaves were incredibly close and comfy. I'm finding out that having used 4 different blades in the R-41, that they all seem to deliver pretty consistanly. I'm going to try with the store brand Personnas next shave with it. It'll be a few days though, I'm traveling to Connecticut and have left the R-41 and have the EJ 89l.

So while Mechguy gives up his comfy hotel bathroom, I'll be moving into mine, but only for two days. Fortunately, I'm not much of a long hauler like he is.

 

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
Brush: EJ Best
Soap or Cream: Speick Cream
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Speick Splash

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 2
Wars SC
Keri unscented moisturizer
Booster Iced Lime AS
JHL Cologne

Wow, did I ever get BBS this morning, and with so little effort. I wanted an aftershave to compliment the gorgeous lemony scent of the Wars, so I selected the Booster Iced Lime, and they seem to go together so well. As always, the Rapira blades deliver smoothness and comfort while I'm shaving. :biggrin:

 

On the plus side my daughter loved him. Carried him around everywhere.

 

Tuesday, November 15. Good Morning!

I will devote this week to my Schick G1 SE.

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Personna SE
Cream: Godrej Lime (Thanks stingraysrock)
Brush: D.R. Harris H1
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some MENNEN Skin Bracer



Have a GREAT day.

 

Tuesday, November 15

59’ E1 Fatboy (setting 7)
Lord Platinum (d3)
Preshave Oil Blend
Tabac SS
Tweezerman Badger
TSD Tabac Type A/S

 

Tuesday:

Gillette Single Ring
Red Personna
TGN Silvertip
Martin de Candre
Proraso White ASB



I decided to take the Single Ring out for a spin this morning. WOW! Open combs sure feel different than closed combs. This is the first OC razor I have tried; I've used aggresive CC razors, but they never felt like this. The shave was different...I couldn't get over the combing sensation from the razor. it shaved very well, better than I thought it would. There was some slight irritation in some spots, but I did a 3-pass shave on a new razor...so it isn't unexpected. All in all, I think this guy will be more of a display item, but I won't hesitate to bring him out every now and then!