SoS: October 13, 2014 - October 19, 2014

Sunday

Prep: Mystic Water Shea butter soap
Soap: Mike's unscented
Brush: Bethlehem olive wood, HIS knot
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Feather
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

Pleasant shave after taking yesterday off.

 

ER 1912
GEM PTFE
Plisson Synthetic
Provence Sante

great shave. Always an amazing post shave feel from the PS

 

I'm more into the English shaving soaps and creams but, there are some great European shave sticks out there; Tabac, Speick, La Toja as well as tube soaps; pre de provence, Musgo, Jagger, etc. These are all reasonably priced and available from most suppliers on line. A lot of folks swear by the Cella shaving soap but, I had a very bad experience with it and can't force myself to give it another try. It is very reasonably price and supposed to give great performance and lather. My tub was rancid and really grossed me out! Others praise it however. The English soap such as Taylors of Bond Street, Harris and Salters are reasonably priced and are great performers as well as Thrumpers which is starting to get a little spendy. Those are some to give a try if you haven't already. Hope that helps.

 

SOTD Sunday 10-19-2014

5/8 Crown Razor, Extra Hollow Ground, Spike Point
Noxema Classic Clean
Klar Kabinett SS
Georgetown Scuttle
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Gold Bond Body Lotion
Rose of Bulgaria ASL

Very nice Rosey shave with the Klar and the ROB ASL finish. Have a great Sunday Gentlemen! :football:

 

Revisor
Oscar H.I.S. brush
QED Vetiver shave stick
Lea shave stick
Myrsol K
Admiring honey bee

 

Great catch!

 

la toja
speick
musgo(tried sample)

Are on my radar, but I want to use what I have now

 

Razor: Gillette gold toggle (D1) 1958 (5)
Brush: e-shave Badger
Mug: VDH
Cream: Maca Root
Blade: Feather (1)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black cooling gel, Tuscany


The Maca Root whipped up thick lather, I really like this cream. Great cushion and no preshave needed. Ok, now for the setting on the toggle. Still on 5 as I dropped in a new Feather, checked the alignment and was good to go for my first pass WTG. So far so good, very close on this pass. A little rinse to see how we are doing and relather for a XTG pass on my face and ATG on my neck. Some more lather for touch up on my neck and we are done. Warm water rinse and pat dry. Some WH and after cleanup some Jack Black AS gel, then some Tuscany and all is good. Another DFS for my toggle. The extra weight and the great balance of the toggle make it very easy to just let the razor do the work, and enjoy the ride. I'm still on cloud 9.

 

I didn't notice the bee while taking the photo. I did see the bee afterwards trying to land on my hands.

 

Great looking blade, and I like your Bay Rum bottle. Very nice!

 

Gotta love that Old Spice! Great looking scuttle!

 

Great looking brush! Did you install the knot? I have one of the handles on the way, for about 1 month. It just made it to the NY port Friday. Thinking of a WD Silvertip with some added weight in the handle.

 

I guess not, you caught him in flight.

 

Cool photo setup!

 

That is a great looking brush. What kind of wood is that?

 

Sunday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Cella Extra Extra Purissima & suribachi
Brush - Baton 105 butterscotch w/ 24mm 2-band Fan @ 42mm
Razor - JBF Champlin 6/8 half hollow

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





Another great shave this morning. Have a good 'un folks.

 

The one draw-back of using floral soaps/creams and after shaves.

 

@ObiDon : Thank you. It´s made of resin.

 

Thanks! The vintage blades from the 1960s are excellent. Again, those were the blades that were on top in the 1960s so money and effort was spent in greater measure than DE blades of today.
If they are stored properly they outperform their modern day equivalents, but the prices on them are high so that places them in the special shave category versus the every day category.

 

You might want to consult our resident expert @crackstar on this matter. He might have a few tips on lather from Eastern Europe.