SoS: November 17, 2014 - November 23, 2014

That's one nice brush!

 

S.O.T.D. ~ Saturday, November 22, 2014​

Music: The sound of those stinking whiskers getting mowed down.
Prep: Warm shower - cold rinse, Neutrogena Face Wash, Mike's Natural Bath Soap - Barber Shop
Razor: '47 Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Polsilver SI - 3
Brush: Simpson Commodore X - 3 Best
Lather: TSD Pumpkin Harvest
Post: Alum Stick, Dickinson's+, Aloe Vera Toner
Aftershave: Proraso Aftershave Lotion

 

First shave with this Bostonion I received last week.
Showered and applied Clinique face soap for men To soften whiskers, then rinsed
Astra SP blade, Proraso green tea and oatmeal croap
Cold water rinse, witch hazel and finished with Clinique post shave soother.



I like the razor but not as satisfying as my new ball-end tech

 

Saturday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Proraso White Tub-Green Tea & Oat
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (5)
Brush: oscar11 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Fine Platinum

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Proraso White tub today. 20 seconds: load and go with the oscar11. Gillette Silver Blue still in the Slim. Great, smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Fine Platinum.

Bob

 

How would you compare the Gillette silver blue to say the Astras or Feathers?

 

SOTD
November 22, 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Corn Huskers Lotion
Razor: iKon SC102 Slant Head/iKon Handle
Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock Yellow
Lather: Seifenglatt Toulouse
Brush: Semogue 750
Post: Alum. Dickerson WH
Aftershave: Clubman Lilac Vegetal. Axe Shield Sensitive
Not feeling good today, a bit of a tempature and chills. 1pass shave so I don't look like father time today.
Go out and get it!

 

Thanks! The olive wood handle looks good and has a good shape in the hand.

 

Saturday
hot shower
DB Brush Scuttle/Semogue BC Cerda
Proraso PPB
TSD Bourbon Vanilla Lanolin Soap
EverSharp Hydro-Magic/Pella coated injector (6)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
TSD 2X Iced Vanilla ASL mixed with a pea sized amount of 444
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille

The iKon SC 102 shaves so well that I didn't really need to shave today....but I did


Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Barbershop Day
Maggard's London Barbershop is excellent in both soap and aftershave. The soap lathers as easily as any other, and provides creamy yogurt like protection and a scent that reminds me of Saturday visits to the local barbershop with my Dad when I was a kid. I would wait my turn, watching Gene the barber cut my Dad's hair and shave his nape with a straight razor. Tarzan movies would be on the eight inch b&w tv in the corner. The whole place would be filled with a scent very much like these products. This shave also reminds me of my Dad because he used a razor very much like this Aristocrat, though his had lost most of its plating by the time I was aware of it.
The aftershave is very skin friendly but those who seek an alcohol slap or menthol blast will not get it here. I love menthol, but I find I don't miss it when my face feels this good.

 

Steve, that brush is sweet and so is the razor!

 

Saturday 22nd November



Warm shower
Hot towel
Stirling Sharp Dressed Man scuttle lathered
HMW Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW (Made in England)
Sputnik (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Aqua Velva Musk aftershave

 

I like them better than the Astra SP's and Feathers. They were my first 100 blade purchase. They have worked well in all the razors I have tried them in. I can get 7 excellent shaves with on in my Slim. As always, YMMV.

 

Thank you for your kind words. I had it replated in Nickel earlier this year

 

I know all too well about the hand issues. I hope that they will settle down for you.

 

22 November 2014

* Kenwa Folding Kamisori
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro
* Mystic Water Jasmine
* Unrefined Shea Butter




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Hope you feel better soon!

 

Amazing shave today.

Hot shower with lavender Shea butter soap.

Razor... Gillette ball end tech
blade.... personna
brush... vulfix 2234
Superlather.... tobs avocado and Stirling naked and smooth.

Very smooth shave with no need for any aftershave.

 

Razor: Gillette Old Type OC w Tech Ball End
Blade: Gillette Rubie Platinum Plus (D1)
Brush: Oscar11 w Omega Boar
Shave Bowl: Turkish 5” Copper Bowl
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Cedar-Frankincense-Mint
Shave Soap: IanS Shave Soap Cinnamon Girl
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Tiki AS Lotion​

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Well rather than going out and getting it, with the temperature and chills you should stay inside and get rid of them.

Get to feeling better my friend!

 

Saturday:
hot shower w/Yardley Lemon Verbena bar soap
Maggard Lime PSO
Gillette '38-'45 Fat Handle Tech 2+ passes
Feather Hi Stainless Platinum (5)
Long Handled boar
Derby Lemon cream in a warm bowl
Thayers Lemon
Pinaud Lime Sec edc

Very nice shave this morning and surprisingly so. I brought home a Gillette '38-'45 Fat Handle Tech to clean up for an antique dealer to help her sell it and decided to try it to see how it shaved assuming it would be the same as my '46-'50 Fat Handled Tech. Much to my delight it was more aggressive than mine and delivered a closer shave. A friend has already bought it so I'll be keeping my eye out for another one.