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

Nov. 2, 2012

Preparation:Hot Shower, pre-shave-w/ Whole Foods 365 Glycerin Soap
Razor: Gem 1912
Blade:Ted Pella SE blade (2)
Brush:: Semogue 830
Cream/Soap:Mike’’s Natural Barbershop soap
Lathering Technique:Face Lathered
Aftershave:Cold Water Splash / Clubman Bay Rum / Unrefined Shea Butter

Better shave today with the Pella blade. The differences? More skin stretching, attention to proper angle and better lather than yesterday’s

 

Hello!

Fatboy
SuperMax Platinum x 2
Shavemac 173 Finest
QED Sandalwood SS
Humphreys Lilac Witch Hazel
Trumpers Sandalwood Skinfood

Calvin Harris - 18 Months

Sorry no Pic. today.

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!!!

Jesse

 

Ern
Vintage Simpson's with Silvertip knot
Muhle Sea Buckhorn SC
Moss Scuttle
Alum
Lab Series AS Balm
tunes-Louis Armstrong Hot 5's/Hot 7's

 

Thursday ~ another day closer

Prep: Hot shower
CD: Howlin' Wolf ~ The Definitive Collection
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK
Soap: TSD Oak Leaves & Acorns
Brush: C&E Pure Badger
Razor: '58 TV
Blade: Voskhod, day 4, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, AoS pre-shave oil
CD: Howlin' Wolf ~ The Definitive Collection
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood
Brush: Mohawk 3-338 with original knot
Razor: Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Voskhod, day 5, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Pinaud Clubman
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

 

Friday

Stellar autumn day in the Intermountain West region! Though, still saddened by the news coming out of the North East region.

Pre (Eucerin moisturizing cream, warm shower)
Omega 10083 Pro boar
Gold Dachs Spezial
Merkur 23c w/ Kai stainless
Post (Cetaphil gentle cleanser, cold water rinse)
Master Bay Rum

Solid two pass DFS+. Good stuff!

 

Razor - TI 'Wheatfield'
Strop - 3" Snake, Shell Cordovan & Genuine Linen Hanging Razor Strop
Prep - Hot Towel, Palmolive S/S
Brush - 'Jade' (2XL)
Soap - Kent
Cold Rinse/ Witch Hazel/ Pacific Shaving ASB

by 'eck, 'Jade' has got some backbone, and well dense!! … definitely not as soft as my Heritage Charity brush....yet, a bit scritchy ATM, but looking forward to breaking this in... my kind of brush!!

 

Friday 2 November 2012

A great shower, afterwards prepped my face with pre shave soap form Proraso.
Working my through the croap samples today's choice was P-160
Lathering duty was assign to the Vulfix 28. It is a little workhorse of a brush.
Blade change for the SS today, chose to load it with a Chroma blade.
Been experimenting with two pass shave. The shaves have been DFS.
Everyone have a great weekend.

 

Shave of the Day (SOTD) November 2, 2012​

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• Prep: Brush soaking in cold water, face wash with Neutrogena Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Anti-Blemish Cleanser, luke warm shower
• Razor: Matador Capa Dorada Open Comb
• Blade: Perma-Sharp Super Stainless
• Brush: Semogue 1438 Boar
• Soap: Proraso Menthol and Eucalyptus (New Formula)
• AS: Brut Original
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash of Aftershave

Late at posting my shave of the day as I had some minor oral surgery today (three post had to be implanted).

First use of the Proraso new formula, I really like it, a lot actually. I have never used Prosaso in the tub before, just the tube. A nice menthol, it did not feel as cold as the Lea on the first lathering, but by my second lather, my face felt as cold as the frozen tundra. I may never buy Prosaso in the tube again, as this feels slicker, has more cushion and takes a lot less product to load the brush.

Speaking of brushes, I had to use the 1438 again today. It really does a great job at face lathering, I just love this little brush. The bristles have split very nicely, plenty of backbone, yet soft enough where you do feel much scritch.

It was also the first use of the Matador Open Comb, although the head is identical to the Cadet which I have used for about a month. What separates the Matador apart for me is the handle. I really love both the weight and the feel of it in my hand. The shave with the Perma-Sharps is nothing short of amazing, two passes and light buffing and I was done.

I finished off with Brut but wished I would have slapped on some Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue as I wanted more freeze.

 

4 days growth
Long comb NEW
Thin coat of King of Shaves gel followed by hot Tabac soap
Three pass shave: Silver Star carbon (1st 2 passes), finished up with Big Ben stainless
A few very minor nicks; I think the gel disrupted the soap somewhat, but ended up BBS.
"Challenge" a/s

The NEW and the Big Ben are as good a match as I expected they'd be.

 

TSD Preshave
Red Tip SS w/ Voshkod
TOBS Sandalwood Soap
Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve
Had to laugh a little for the Cold War mash-up in my razor/blade choice but it turned out well. I revisited my TOBS after a long time without it and I found it still works great and I haven't lost my touch with it. Going out tonight and for a special occasion I figured some Special Reserve.

 

Friday - 02.11.2012

Due to lack of time and to some extent the start of Mowember, I had not shaved for a few days. So I had a decent amount of stubble to remove
But the Gillette 7 o'clock black blade cut it away like nobodys business (whatever that means)
I have used this blade a few times before, but it still performed like a brand new Feather blade. And for me the Feather is one of my favorites.
I think I need to stock up. I would not be surprised if Gillette discontinued the whole series, just to make way for the Gillette guard.

Anyway, heres's what I used:

Merkur HD - Very nice razor
Gillette 7 o'clock black - The holy handgrenade of razor blades
TOOBS - Coconut - Excellent soap
Frank Shaving Finest Badger Brush - Always a pleasure
Proraso Aftershave lotion - Love the scent and performance of this stuff

No need for a balm this time. Excellent performance from all parties involved

 

Cream: Ingram's
Razor: Parker 22R
Blade: Astra
Brush: TBS
Shave Music: Ludico Euanauldi- Ancora

I gave the Ingram's another spin today. I have found that the cream hand lathers better than bowl lathering. I got a very close shave today. I have found that I don't think it's the menthol as much as it is the particular scent of the Ingram's I don't care for. The cooling sensation was nice. But I do not like the scent. But a nice slick lather!

 

hot shower
gillette ss
razorock nv ( i think from now on i'm only buying rr artisan soaps DGS )
gillette thin (nice blade but not as good as the greens or wilkinson)
omega badger ( i dont think i need to list the brush anymore...its the only one i have )
3 pass DFS
cold water rinse
good night all!

 

Saturday:

Omega Silver Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 6
Rose of Bulgaria SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Osage Rub AS
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT

It's a miracle how I didn't get even one weeper this morning after shaving so fast - I guess it's because my Super Speed is just the perfect DE for me. I still strangely enough, turned out 99.9% BBS. I wish the Rose of Bulgaria cream had a better scent because the lather and the skincare are wonderful. The Svoboda balsam is almost like a form of medicine, and it cools and soothes my skin so well, and it prepares it for the Rub's massive freeze!

 

Saturday

soak brush/Semogue SOC 2 band/DB Brush Scuttle
hot shower
Proraso PrePost Cream
Mystic Water Orange Vanilla SS (face lathered)
Schick E3/Pella Coated (5)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
warm water rinse
Thayer's Medicated Superhazel
Coty Raw Vanilla Aftershave mixed with a small amount of 444
Coty Raw Vanilla Cologne

Another outstanding shave from the E3/Pella Injector combo,2 pass face,1 pass head,BBS all around

 

Saturday - it's the weekend! Time for the SEs.

Prep: Strop st8, hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB
Tunes: 98.1 WOGL replay of American Top 40 from November 1, 1980
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK
Strop: Vintage Blades 2" black latigo/linen
Soap: TSD Wild Rose
Brush: Ever Ready 250PB with original knot
Str8: Hand Forged 133 Red Imp with bloodwood scales by Glen 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, RazoRock rubdown, ice water splash, Thayer's Rose Petal WH
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

And Becky has homemade cinnamon rolls in the oven

 

What kind of scent does that La Toja have?

 

Filly Sub Cero
TOBS Lavender SS
28mm Finest, Homemade
Stephan's Lilac

Took the pic then changed my mind at the last moment and used the TOBS instead of the Simpson SC. Great shave, I hate to pull the Filly out of rotation and bring in a replacement for next week. Have a good one.

online photo storage

 

To me it's a clean old school barbershop scent. If you have ever had the back of your neck shaved by the barber after a haircut (a lot of the barbers don't even do this anymore...sad) that's the scent. Mild fresh and clean scented. Very nice.