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

Does the Fitjar soap contain tallow? Her creams are nice as well. I have always wanted to try her tallow'd soap. I have tried her Veggie formula great soap but always wondered about the tallow version.

Enjoy in good health!

Best,

Jesse

 

Tuesday 30-10-20112




Wed. 31-10-2012

Shower with La'Occitane Marseille soap
SWK XL Scuttle
Merkur 37C
Feather Blade #1
Martin de Candre
Nivea Splash (silver Protector)

 

From what I can tell, she has moved away from tallow based soaps to veggie only. The one I used was the latter one
I believe she has a few tallow ones remaining on sale. I got two myself, but have not tried them yet.

Thank you, I will

/Frode

 

Prep L'Occitane Cedarwood Soap
Razor Vintage Japanese Fon Golden Star 13/16
Brush Bill Jack Le Tuft Chubby 1.5 in Lignum Vitae
Pamolive Shave Stick
Alum & Witch Hazel
Clinique Moisturer
Lalique Encre Noire Edt

Jamie.


As always the Fon Golden Star delivers a BBS shave.

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• Prep PSC
• Musgo Real SC
• Frank Finest Brush - Fan Shaped
• Vintage Gillette New, Narrow Neck, Short OC
• Voskhod Blade (2)
• Musgo Real ASB
• Barbon ASL

I have to get up super early tomorrow morning as I have an early flight. I will be shaving tonight and this will be my setup. Haven't used the Musgo for a while and I do miss the old fashioned scent. Hope everyone has a great Halloween and a great Movember.

Cheers, Lyndon

Movember 2012 Participant (www.movember.com)

 

Wednesday:

Turkish Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Razar SC (new cream from Tunisia)
Hega AS
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT

Sorry for not showing pictures this morning - this Razar cream which is from Tunisia, and also used in Algeria, Morocco, and Libya in barbershops in these countries is a great latherer, it has very good blade glide from the lanolin and glycerin, but I'll have to get used to the scent. It doesn't smell bad, but right now I'm not sure if I like it. The Hega aftershave does terrific things for sensitive skin. This shave was excellent.

 

Gillette Old Type on a BRW Improved handle
Voskhod
RV TGN Finest
Real Shaving Co. SC
Superior 70 Bay Rum

Today marks 3 years since I have had a cigarette.

It definitely feels like it has been much longer.

 

Wednesday

hot shower
Gillette Super Speed/wilkinson sword blade
RazoRock Napoleon's Violet soap (quickly becoming my favorite go to soap)
Omega badger brush
3 pass DFBBS
cold water rinse
pillow

good night all

 

Kudos to you my friend. I would do anything to quit now.........

 

I guess everyone has a different idea about menthol. I was told by one guy that this Folgefonn stuff is about like a Proraso Green cooling sensation, and another guy said it's much colder, and a third guy said it's hardly even cooling. I myself would have to try it!

 

Thanks Jeff. The first day sucked. The first week was pretty miserable, but then it kept getting easier.

Give it a try. Even if you don't succeed, it is still a day or more without cigarettes.

 

It was Jeff It made my eyes water LOL!!!!

 

Tuesday: Wednesday:
H.I.S. Synth Brush soak brush/Semogue SOC 2 band/DB Brush Scuttle
Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap hot shower
FaTip Piccolo/Red IP (2) Proraso PrePost Cream
cold water rinse The Fat (face lathered)
Monster Block Alum Schick G1/Pella Coated (4)
cold water rinse warm water rinse
Lucky Tiger Splash Monster Block Alum
warm water rinse
Thayer's Lemon WH
Shulton Old Spice (India) mixed with a small amount of 444

Despite having no power yesterday it was a darn smooth shave.Last night the power came back on and I had a wonderful BBS shave with the Schick this morning.It felt great having a nice hot shower.We were very lucky here,Sandy pounded us but other than losing power we suffered no damage,I didn't see any downed trees or powerlines in our immediate area.

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) October 31, 2012​

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• Prep: Brush soaking in cold water, One with Nature Dead Sea Salt Olive Oil Soap, tepid warm shower
• Razor: Cadet Open Comb mounted to Edwin Jagger DE89L Handle
• Blade: Shark Super Stainless
• Brush: Semogue 820 Boar
• Cream: Mystic Men Menthol
• AS: English Leather
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash Of Aftershave

Many vendors are now selling this open comb design under different brand names at a very affordable price. In my opinion this head is more aggressive than most of open combs you can purchase. I find it to be better at stubble removal than the FaTip/Joris and without the harshness that you would find with 2011 Mühle R41.

Of all of the open combs this one is by far my favorite. Paired with a good blade nothing beats it, be it modern or vintage. The blades that work best for my face are Sharks, Astra SP's, Feathers, SuperMax Super Platinum's, and the Indian made Gillette Wilkinson's.

Have a happy Halloween everyone, try not to eat all of the candy and keep the children safe this night.

 

Tuesday 10/30

A long hot shower
Proraso pre-shave soap for facial prep.
Semogue OC today's brush choice, lathered a sample TFS Barbe Rosse .
Day two for the SS and Dorco duo.
Post shave after three passes warm water rinse, cold water splash, a gentle splash of Superior 70.

Today's shave was an outstanding DFS.

 

Sorry No Picture today.

iKon Modern
Astra Super Platinum
M&F Lee7
AOS Lavender Shave soap
Humphreys Lilac Witch hazel

Depeche Mode - Violator

Best,
Jesse

 

Happy Halloween guys! Todays shave was a success with the once untrustworthy Parker Shavette.....switched up to a different blade today and found it to be a perfect match so far. I have a box of 120 Shark half blades that I bought for my shavette and ALWAYS get tore up by those things. I rarely thought to snap other blades in half to try them in the shavette. But today I snapped a Derby (my daily blade of choice) in half and executed the smoothest and most (FIRST) bloodless shave iv ever had with the shavette! SUCCESS!! Man do I love Derbys!

Razor- Parker Shavette
Blade- Derby Extra
Soap- Arko (small piece mashed in my bowl)
Brush- No Name German made Boar
A/S Splash- Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
ASB- Lea

 

Thursday's shave:

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 (4.)
Bloc Osma alum
Musgo Real Classic after shave

Flying back tomorrow, will not shave for the flight and am already planning the shave for Friday morning when I get home. I think I'll stick to this soft Italian shave soap but will be using the Semogue #1305, I can kind of imagine the lather explosion....

 

Prep - Hot Towel, Palmolive S/S
Razor - Muhle '11 R41
Blade - Astra S/P
Brush - Duke 3
Soap - Monsavon
Cold Rinse/ Witch Hazel/ RazoRock Aftershave Wax

my Monsavon just arrived, so I used it with the 'Duke'.... bloody fantastic... this stuff was literally flying off my brush as I applied it to my face.... IMHO Monsavon is up there with 'The Fat'..... fantastic cushion, glide and protection... my face feels great. In fact I really enjoyed that shave!! Happy bunny.

 

SOTD Wednesday 10-31-2012 (Halloween!)

5/8 Joseph Allen & Sons, "Our Best Make",
Full Hollow, Round Point in Cherrywood
Proraso PSC
Classic Shaving SS - Jasmine
Lord Nelson Scuttle
Caswel Massey Art Deco Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
English Leather Cologne

The Jasmine SS is one of my top favorites. (as is the Jasmine shower soap) Paired with the English Leather Cologne it provides an exceptional sensory experience! Top of the mark Ole Chaps!