SoS: November 24, 2014 - November 30, 2014

Discussion in 'Shower or Shave of the Day' started by crackstar, Nov 23, 2014.

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  1. Stubbl E

    Stubbl E Well-Known Member

    Tuesday morning -


    Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
    Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi
    Brush - Culmak SM2 w/ 24mm Omega boar @ 47mm
    Razor - JBF Champlin 5/8

    2 pass
    Warm water rinse & cold water splash
    Alum block & Witch-hazel AS


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    Cool & clear again this morning, 16ºF/-9ºC. Lots of sun and hopefully near 60ºF/15ºC by this afternoon. An excellent shave this morning with the smaller of the two Champlins. The Mitchell's & re-knotted Culmak where great too. Have a good 'un folks.


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  2. dbersh

    dbersh Well-Known Member

    I bought those bottles from a local Cost Plus World Market. Sadly they discontinued carrying them. They are available online but to get for same price I paid I would have to buy 18 of them (which I am leaning towards). You can buy them 1 at a time from amazon but for 3times the cost.
     
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  3. HolyRollah

    HolyRollah BaconLord

    TUESDAY
    A near repeat of yesterday's fine shave, although with the old reliable MdC in place of the menthol blast.
    Have a wonderful Tuesday, everyone!
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  4. MoAllen

    MoAllen King of Unscented

    Tuesday

    Prep: CeraVe facial cleanser
    Soap: The Shave Den unscented
    Brush: Oscar11 boar
    Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
    Blade: Super Iridium
    After: cold rinse, witch hazel, CeraVe lotion

    Close shave, face feels good.
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  5. MoAllen

    MoAllen King of Unscented

    Sigh....
     
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  6. 782sirbrian

    782sirbrian Well-Known Member

    Tuesday 25th November

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    Warm shower
    Hot towel
    C&S No88 scuttle lathered
    Finest Badger brush made by myself
    Gillette Ranger Tech (1941)
    Polsilver Super Iridium (2)
    Cold rinse
    Thayers Lavender witch hazel
    Speick aftershave
     
  7. celestino

    celestino Friendly Neighborhood Wetshaver

    Thanks, Guy! It is not too difficult with a beautiful brush like this! :ashamed001:
     
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  8. celestino

    celestino Friendly Neighborhood Wetshaver

    :happy102:
     
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  9. celestino

    celestino Friendly Neighborhood Wetshaver

    Mike, I can stop posting pics of this brush if you want me to! :D
     
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  10. celestino

    celestino Friendly Neighborhood Wetshaver


    Mike, great-looking brush! :happy088:
     
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  11. Stroker

    Stroker Well-Known Member

    SOTD Tuesday 11-25-2014

    5/8 Joseph Rodgers Wedge
    Noxema
    Tiki Frosted Woodland SC
    GT Scuttle
    Parker Badger
    Dickinson's WH
    GB Body Lotion
    Florida Water Cologne

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  12. lradke

    lradke and doggone it, people like me

    Tuesday

    Gillette #77
    Personna Plat
    Simpson M6
    RR XXX
    Lucido Splash

    A fantastically smooth shave!
     
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  13. ObiDon

    ObiDon member in questionable standing

    Beautiful razor!
     
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  14. ObiDon

    ObiDon member in questionable standing

    Welcome to Texas! Have fun pardner! :happy069:
     
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  15. ObiDon

    ObiDon member in questionable standing

    Great brush! I am envious! Enjoy:eatdrink047:
     
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  16. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    Late post for Monday night SOTD

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    Still doing the No Variation November, technically a Menthol Monday as well...

    I am getting great consistent results on this kit. Blade is Voskhod.

    It also seems our ranks on this thread are slowly increasing! Nice work guys!
     
  17. crackstar

    crackstar Israeli Ambassador to TSD

    Here's how you say it in Polish -Mam żal za głupi! ;) In Yiddish, we don't say it like that - we say something like Ikh hob der shmuck in drayrd, which is a bit on the vulgar side.
     
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  18. youngunn

    youngunn Where's my TSD aftershave balm???

    Shave of the Day

    "My Great-Grandpa's Razor Edition"


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    Prep: Hot towel, Somerset's Preshave Oil
    Razor: Gillette Super Speed Flare Tip (A-3)
    Blade: Iridium Super
    Brush: New Forest 2204 High Mountain Badger
    Soap: Arko pressed into a mug
    Shave: 4 passes, WTG, XTG, ATG + Cleanup
    Post: Thayer's Witch Hazel, Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum

    I used my great grandpa's flare tip for this shave, my grandma also used it to shave her legs for a long time. Kind of cool.

    The Iridium blade is amazing. Super sharp and smooth, wish they still made these. At least I have 9 more.

    The Clubman bay rum is simply fantastic. Must try if you haven't. Isn't overpowering like some and isn't like napalm liquid fire on your face either. Nice clovey sweet smell with a good amount of burn.
     
    Last edited: Nov 25, 2014
  19. GDCarrington

    GDCarrington Burma Shave

    25 November Shave

    The Omega Pro 49 is coming into fine fashion and this time worked up a good lather with the Soap Commander since it is the fourth use of the brush. The fragrance of Soap Commander was somewhat dismal. I could barely, and I mean barely detect a note of an Old Spice type scent which was totally overwhelmed by the smell of Shea Butter. I can easily discern what an Old Spice type should smell like easily without any references and this soap does not have it. Unless this is a bad soap batch, I would not recommend this soap based on the hopes of receiving an Old Spice smell. What my nose received was more like Old Shea Stadium smell. I have a couple of other Old Spice equivalent soaps that are much better at the scent and Mama Bears version is a slightly better latherer in my opinion. I realize that Soap Commander is the soap du jour, and if you enjoy it more power to you, but it is not for me, at least not in this configuration. Maybe with additional scent it might be a better experience, but I may experiment with it some other time. The Short Handled SA with the Big Ben behaved flawlessly. Two pass BBS. The long since discontinued Avon Spicy is a very close approximation of the Old Spice scent. That helped to bring back the Old Spice vibe in the morning. All in all a good shave but I was expecting much better.


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  20. theFAT98

    theFAT98 Well-Known Member

    Hot shower with lavender Shea butter soap.

    Preshave. .. 100% Shea butter
    razor.....Gillette ball end tech
    blade..... personna
    brush..... seafoam b&b essential boar
    soap... cella
    After shave..... 100% Shea butter
     
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