SoS: November 8-14 2010

Let's see your shaves for the day! As always, bonus points for pictures! We have been seeing some great ones, keep them coming!

 

Monday, 8th November

Good morning, everyone!

Today after the shower:

- The Art of Shaving pre-shave oil (unscented)
- Thiers Issard shave soap
- Jack Black Pure Performance shave brush
- Muehle R89
- Gillette Super Silver blade (2nd shave with it)
- Logona Mann AS Balm

Wishing all of you a great week ahead!

 

Coffee - Cowboy beans espresso
Razor - Rolls
Cream - Proraso Green Cream
Brush - TheCopperHat 22mm Silvertip in Ebony
A/S - Pinaud Bayrum

After 7 days without a shave, 3 pass to bbs, minor irritation under the chin. Otherwise easily 4 star shave.

 

Monday, November 8th

Hot shower
Arko Moist sc
Omega 639 Havana Silvertip
D.R. Harris DE87 w/ Derby
Alum block
Nivea for Men ASB
Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraiche EdT

 

Monday's Shave

Hot towel
Arko Super Lather: Shave-Stick/Moist SC
Omega 10029
1952 Gillette Super Speed, Black Tip-Steel
Rapira Super Stainless/Day2
Arko Cool AS Cream/Arko Aqua AS Splash
Guerlain Habit Rouge

Rating: 5 Stars

 

Monday, November 8

Gem Push Button Gold Lid
Ted Pella Stainless Coated (6)
Castor-Grapeseed Preshave
TOBS Traditional SS
Tweezerman Badger
TSD English Fern A/S

5 Blades on 3 passes. Great Shave.

 

Menthol Monday--Russian style!

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira Stainless day 6 (Russian blade)
Nord-ost SC :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing (Russia)
Nord-ost AS Balsam :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing (Russia)
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT

I never thought I could push any blade for this many shaves, but the Rapira miraculously gave me a final really nice shave. It is going in the garbage tomorrow morning, so I can re-load with a new one. As always, the Nord-ost stuff gives me the best of everything when I use it.

 

Gillette C4 Red Tip
Gillette 7OC Black (3)

Speick Shave Stick
No Name TGN Finest

Alum
Witch hazel
Ivy Club Spice

Very nice shave today.

 

C-MON razor
Omega 48
Arko stick
Aqua Velva

 

Monday:

Razor - Weishi 2003-M
Blade - Personna Platinum
Brush - FS Butterscotch Silvertip
Soap - GFT Sandalwood
A/S - Speick Lotion

--
John

 

Merkur Progress-long handle
Astra Keramak blade
Palm Olive Stick
C&E BBB
Osage Rub
Lab Series AS Balm


5 blades

 

Monday

Musgo Cream
Vulfix Badger
Schick Revereware Injector
Pella blade (2)

There should be enough Musgo from this tube for three more shaves, maybe four. I'm trying to use up some of the products I have open, but legitimately, without wasting any.

 

Monday:

Lord Smart razor
Topaz blade
BathHouseSoaps Mint&Aloe SS
Frank Shaving SilverTip brush
Visal Balm
Pinaud Clubman A/S

1st use of the Topaz blade, will report back after a few more shaves.

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Cella
Omega 31064
Schick Injector Type L
Nos Schick Injector Blade (2)
Pinaud Clubman

 

Monday - Nov. 8

EJ 86
Racer (1)
Omega 10029
Old Spice Fresh Lime sc
Old Spice Fresh Lime as


Well, I got 8 solid shaves from my last Racer blade. The 8th shave tugged and pulled a bit but got away without any irritation or razor burn. I'm hoping this current blade will perform just as well, if I can get 7 out of it I'll be very pleased.

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Blade: Derby Extra
Brush: Omega Boar 10005
Soap: Williams
A/S: Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
EdT: Oscar de la Renta pour Lui​

 

Monday, November 8th

Pre-shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Prairie Creations Peppermint with Menthol
Brush: Edwin Jagger Best Badger
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE86
Blade: Lord Platinum Class
A/S: TOBS Mr. Taylor

My allergies are still bothering me so I pulled out the PC Peppermint and Menthol shave stick again. Wow...this stuff really clears the sinuses and is a good shave soap to boot. The Edwin Jagger DE86 loaded with a Lord Platinum provided an excellent shave. A splash of Mr. Taylor and I am ready to go.

 

Monday, November 08, 2010

Razor: EJ Chatsworth
Blade: Treet Durasharp
Brush: Omega 646232 "Vivaldi" Artificial Badger
Cream: Speick
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Speick Splash

I tried another new (to me) blade this morning. I hadn't used a carbon steel blade since the very early 1960's, I think, and my expectations for this blade weren't very high. However, I was very pleasantly surprised to get a BBS shave. I will have an idea of its longevity after I have used it a few times. I thought I detected a slight tingle after the shave, but the witch hazel and Speick calmed it down completely. The Treet Durasharp is a very inexpensive blade and might be a good everyday blade pending the outcome of future shaves with it.

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush, hand strop blade
Coffee: Home roasted Kenya, BLACK
Cream: KMF Cool Mint + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor Badger/Boar
Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Curve, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

The lather was a bit thin, thus 4 blades.

 

Monday, November 8th, 2010
Cream/Soap: TBS Maca Root
Brush: Made Rite, reknot in Super Badger
Razor: BRW ~ Gillette New Long Comb with Bull Mastiff DLX
Blade: Shark
Balm: Cade

Third full shave with the recently reknotted Made Rite brush... It has been elevated to my favorite brush!! Shark blades, on the other hand.. not as high on my favorite list...


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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Cream/Soap: Tom's of Maine
Brush: Made Rite, reknot in Super Badger
Razor: BRW ~ Gillette New Long Comb with Bull Mastiff DLX
Blade: Shark
Balm: Cade


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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Cream/Soap: Edwin Jagger, Sea Buckthorn
Brush: Frank Shaving, Best
Razor: BRW ~ Gillette Twist, with BRW Bull Mastiff
Blade: 7AM
Balm: Cade Youth Concentrate

This is a very interesting razor.. it started as a cheap feeling Twist with it's unique TTO just under the head. This design allowed Gillette to opt for a really inexpensive plastic handle. But Bob's Razor Works added a slimmed down version of his awesome Bull Mastiff Deluxe which completely transforms the experience. Sadly, it's pre- magnet in the butt of the handle. That said, it is still is essentially a SuperSpeed head and that means... mild shave. Though it is truly unique and few examples exist, AFAIK, the shave may be too mild for me. What I love is the slim, elongate handle and I may reach out to CoonCatBob to replace my regular Bull Mastiff Deluxe with a long handle...

As the weather cools, I am looking for a better AS Balm. I thought L'Occitane's Cade Youth Concentrate would work.. but it's a let-down. The scent is so-so, it doesn't spread all that well and the moisturizing is mediocre, at best.


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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Cream/Soap: AoS Uncented
Brush: Muhle Kronos in Best
Razor: BRW ~ Gillette Twist, with BRW Bull Mastiff
Blade: 7AM, day three
Balm: Cade

Well, not sure if it's the Shark Blade or the mild-mannered Twist that is leaving me feeling unsatisfied. At some point, I want to stop treating every shave like a trial and settle in on just a few good combination's that work consistently. I do feel the BRW TTO Twist might be too easy on my face. AoS was the shave cream that got me taking my first step away from carts. It was a completely reliable cream when I used it brushless and it whipped up awesome with the Kronos.. But it was okay.. just okay. Maybe a scented version would move me more?
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Friday, November 12th, 2010
Cream/Soap: MWF
Brush: Frank Shaving, Finest
Razor: BRW ~ Gillette Twist, with BRW Bull Mastiff
Blade: 7AM day four
Balm: Cade

Comment from my 7 year old daughter as she stood beside me at the bathroom sink, rolling MWF between her fingers...

"Dad, are you going for a BBS today or a DFS??"