SoS: October 29th, 2012 - November 4th, 2012

Look at that - October is almost at an end and November is almost here and soon winter (oh noooo!) will soon be here. Here is my set-up for tomorrow which is:

Menthol Monday:

Turkish Horsehair
Super Speed/new 7 AM
Lea Menthol SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Barbon AS
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT

Every Menthol Monday I use my Level A menthol stuff, because it's such a special day. The Lea Menthol cream delivers the lovely scent and rich lather and awesome skincare, and the menthol effect is like standing in front of the a/c. The Diana Sport balsam is the type of freeze which not too many guys I know can tolerate. The Barbon aftershave is not only frigid, it soothes and protects the skin from razor burn and irritation, and it also disinfects VERY well.

 

• TSD Iced SubZero PSB
• Palmolive SC
• Baxter Silvertip Brush
• Muhle R106 - Safety Bar
• Gillette - The Spoiler (4)
• Vifrex ASG
• Barbon ASL

I used the Gillette Spoiler for a fourth shave today and it was still pretty good. I may go for a 5th shave with the blade tomorrow (that would be a first for me). Let's see. Lot's of menthol this morning provided a nice, chilly and refresing shave. The Palmolive is very nice and lathers well. I also noticed that it is very gentle on the skin with no chemical irritation. I get great skin care from the Vifrex. The Barbon is new for me and reminds me a bit of my beloved Alcolado Glacial (which I am out of). But my brother is working on it. Just two days until Movember. I will participate this year by growing a Fu Manchu style moustache. Cheers Mo Bros! Lyndon

 

Oct 29
Face Wash: Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash
Pre-Shave Lather: Nuka SC
Pre-Shave Prep: None
Shave Lather: Slice Of Life SS - White Musk, Black Pepper & Patchouli
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (1)
Brush: Semogue 1305
Post: Witch Hazel/Vodka/Aloe/Glycerin mixture followed by Nivea Extreme Comfort ASB

The shaving soap I used was made by Slide of Life from the B&B forum. I just received it yesterday and this was the first time using it. It has a fantastic scent. My first thought was gun oil, but it's sweeter and less pungent than that. The performance is top notch. I easily got the exact type of lather I love and great glide. The face feel at the end was fantastic as well. It's too soon to tell, but this might end up being one of my favorite soaps. I have no idea if he sells the stuff or if this is just a hobby, but I'm very glad to have the soap!

 

Prep L'Occitane Cedarwood Soap
Razor Vintage Maxotte 5/8
Brush Simpson Chubby 1 in Super
Cream Simpsons
Alum & Witch Hazel
Clinique Moisturiser
Penhaligon's Castile Edt

Jamie.

A lovely super smooth two pass shave.

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Filly Sub Cero 12
TOBS Mr. Taylor
26mm Thater knot/homemade handle

No complaints about this mornings shave, smooth and close. Sorry about the poor quality photos but the garden bench I usually take them on is covered with snow. Have a good one.

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Good Monday!

iKon OC Bulldog
7 O'clock Super Platinum (Black)
New Forest 2222
AOS Lavender SC w/ M Bomb
Humphreys Lilac Witch Hazel

Saxon - Strong Arm of The Law

 

Menthol Monday:

soak brush/Kent BK8/Ayars Bowl
hot shower
Proraso PrePost Cream
Lea Menthol SC mixed with 3 drops M-Bomb
Merkur Futur set @ 3/Voskhod (2)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
warm water rinse
Thayer's Medicated Superhazel
Aqua Velva mixed with a small amount of 444

Futur/Voskhod combo was very smooth today,2 pass face,1 pass head for BBS all around.Keep safe everyone !!!!

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) Merkur/Menthol Monday October 29, 2012​

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• Prep: Brush soaking in cold water, One with Nature Dead Sea Salt Olive Oil Soap, tepid warm shower
• Razor: Merkur 41R 1904 Open Comb mounted to iKon Bulldog Handle
• Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless
• Brush: Semogue SOC Cherrywood Boar
• Cream: Lea Mentholated
• AS: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash Of Aftershave

Although the 1904 is a mild razor, I find when paired with a Feather it provided a great shave. Three passes with some light buffing on my neck provided near BBS results. A great way to start the work week.

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB, hand strop blade
CD: Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues ~ Stevie Ray Vaughan
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
Brush: The Dridecker
Razor: '62 Slim @ 6
Blade: Voskhod, day 1, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, hand strop blade

Very cool! (pun intended)

 

SOTD Monday 10-29-2012

5/8 George Wostenholm Pipe Razor, Half Hollow, Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Mitchell's Wool Fat SS
Col Conk Barbershop Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Pinaud's Virgin Island Bay Rum ASL

Haven't used the Mitchell's for awhile. The last puck of it dried out so bad (after 4 years) that I had to buy a new one. It makes great slip and glide lather for the Wostie to do it's work! The Pinaud VIBR.....arrrgh Matey!

 

Tuesday, Day 2 of my trip:

Musgo Real pre-shave oil
Sapone di Barba Naturale alla Mandorla shave soap
Mühle Travel shave brush in Nickel, with Silver Tip Fibre
Merkur 11C open comb
Feather FH-10 blade (2.)
Bloc Osma alum
Musgo Real Classic after shave

The Feather / 11C Combo continues to perform outstandingly, as always. Am getting a good vibe from this shave soap which is new to me, yesterday and today being the first 2 time I feelt, smelled and used it. Very nice, just the 'almond' scent is alctually very remniscent of 'marzipan' - oh well, Christmas is around the corner, a fitting scent therefore.

 

Oct. 29, 2012 - Special Hurricane Sandy edition

Preparation:Hot Shower, pre-shave-w/ Whole Foods 365 Glycerin Soap
Razor: Cadet TP-26 Open Comb
Blade:Treet Dura Sharp (3)
Brush:: Semogue 1800
Cream/Soap:Mike’s Natural Barbershop soap
Lathering Technique:Face Lathered
Aftershave:Cold Water Splash / Clubman / Unrefined Shea Butter

Third use of the Treet Dura Sharp, started out with the Merkur 34c and suprisingly it wasn’t cutting it, seemed rough and not that sharp. Popped the blade into the Cadet TP-26 and the blade matched it’s previous wonder leading to a wonderful, easy BBS shave..

 

29 October Monday.
It great to be back posting.

A great hot shower to start the day.
The last day of using the loaner H.I.S synthetic brush. It lathered up Derby Menthol for today's shave.
Before lathering my face, I prepped my with pre shave soap using Proraso.
Razor and blade change this morning. Picked a Superspeed and loaded up with a Dorco blade.

Nice gentle warm water rinse, followed with the briskness of a cold water splash. Facial rub with RazoRock Don Marco.
A great DFS.

 

Monday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music:Katie Melua, Pictures
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger
• Cream: Palmolive Classic
• Razor: Gillette flare tip Rocket
• Blade: Treet (#5)
• Shave: 4-pass + touch-up (too much lather, so an extra pass )
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

Nice shave. DFS+.

Have a nice week!

 

Monday
Gillette FatBoy
Gillette 7 o'clock green
Omega Mighty Midget
Proraso Red (Original Wheat)
Floid Blue

Shave was fantastic. The rest of the day though proved it was in fact, Monday.

 

An enjoying but too fast Monday shave.
4/8 Rebell from herzi
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Palmolive shave stick
Cold water splash
Tet-a-tet ASB
The shame on me, I had to skip Menthol Monday! But. I decided to convert Tuesday shave into Monday shave, why not, right? So let this post be treated as Tuesday shave, and I'll post Monday set up tomorrow

 

Yes...indeed. My Monday was 11 hours at work.

 

Lea Menthol mixed with M-Bomb? I could not do that - it could become another version of ISZ!

 

Brutal shave today:

Jack Black Beard Lube
Semogue 830
Mama Bear's Iced Lilac Soap
Merkur 38c
Derby
Master's Lilac Vegetol Splash
Ahava AS Balm
tunes-Beatles Anthology 1

-first, too much water made for soupy thin lather
-Derby (which gave me two fine shaves last week in this razor) turned on a dime and became harsh causing a styptic requiring cut
-it wasn't only the bad lather, I've had decent shaves with worse lather, plus I had the Beard Lube under the soup
-salvaged with reloading brush and my Weber which was loaded with a Rapira (4th use) and gave a nice second (final) pass
-I suppose the occasional stinkers make me appreciate the smooth/comfortable shaves
-hoping for a better shave tomorrow

 

• Prep PSC
• Gillette Menthol SC
• Frank Silvertip - Fan Shaped
• Gillette Tech - UK, 1960s (NDC)
• The 'Khod Blade - Voskhod (1)
• Edwin Jagger ASB - Sandalwood
• Floid ASL - The Genuine

I face lathered today with the comfy Frank Silvertip fan-shaped brush. The Gillette cream was a pleasure to use and I enjoyed the nice strong menthol sensation. The British Tech provided a shave that was close yet very comfortable. The Edwin Jagger ASB is good but I am trying to use it up. The quality of the packaging is very poor. Firstly, the locking pump rotates too freely and it is hard to tell when it is lined up in the open position. Secondly, the bottle has been coated with a thin plastic that easily breaks down leaving tiny bits of small black plastic all over the place. You will notice in the photo that I had to tape up the bottom of the bottle to stop this from happening. Parked next to the mediocre EJ ASB is the awesome Floid ASL. It is very gentle and soothing and has a low alcohol content. Overall, a very comfortable BBS shave today.



Cheers, Lyndon