SoS: October 31-November 6 2011

Tuesday morning,

Schick Injector Razor E2 w/ Personna blade (2)
Rooney 1/1 Best Badger Brush,
Arko shave soap w/ hot water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!



DFS with the Schick E2 and Arko!

 

Great picture

 

Tuesday's Shower & Shave
Long Hot Shower
LLJin Badger
MWF
Gillette Knack
Shark
Cold water splash and liberal splash of Superior 70
A DFS this morning.

 

Rodd...that is a razor I have never seen before. Is it current production or vintage? Very interesting looking.

 

Love the lather bowl Johnny! Very nice.

 

I was going to use my platinum this morning...but with only 2 hours of sleep I decided to skip the shave. How does it compare to your new Astra??

 

MWF and oval bathroom sinks seem to be popular on TSD.

 

Thanks gentelmen. The USPS will be deliverying me one each sometime tomorrow. Looking forward to giving both a try.

 

It is vintage, but I am not sure how vintage. This is the first one I have seen too, but Bill said he has seen a couple. More information can be found in this thread.

The shave is pretty similar. I had to shave with them 2 days consecutively to see what differences I could pick up. I am almost certain that the head geometry is identical. The shave is very similar. I did like the comb style guard on the Astra though, just because it let the lather through to the blade. I will have to post in that thread about the shave when I have a few minutes.

Oh, and get some sleep!

 

Another cool morning and great quality shave:

Cartin De Candre Soap...just arrived in last night's mail and is a very rich, creamy, soap which is different than any other in the den.

Rooney 3/2 Finest
Eclipse Red Ring
Polsilver
Floris No.127

 

Isn't the MdC just amazing? I can't wait to order nime!

 

Yes Luke, it was my first shave with it and that jar is very heavy. Come to think of it, the price was pretty heavy as well. Doug

 

Tuesday Afternoon

Under the weather for a few days
Hot Bath
Fendrihan Badger-Surrey Shave Soap
62 Gillette Slim @ #7 - Wilkinson Sword blade- Single pass
Warm rinse - OS Aftershave
Back to bed smellin sweet

 

Now, to ruin that sweet smell, rub some VICS Vapor Rub on your chest and pull the covers up. That will help you to feel better in the morning.

 

Johnny, I never tried the Floid Blue, so I cannot comment on it, but the Aqua Velva and Booster Polar Ice have absolutely NO similarity in the scent. I very much prefer the Booster Polar Ice for the scent and even for the skincare. There's menthol in the ingredient list, but to be honest I feel no cooling sensation. That doesn't bother me at all because it's a super-nice aftershave. It's too bad that my wife hates it!

 

I hope you feel better soon, buddy!

 

Get well soon.

Prayin' for ya.

 

After a long day in my home office and insuring some relatives, I finally had time for another shower and my shave.

And now, the batting order:

Assorted Hot and Cold Soaks
EBC Pre shave
Vulfix 404 Brush
Palmolive Lemon (India)
Traveling Lord
Lord Platinum (4)
EBC Witch Hazel
TSD Bourbon Vanilla Milk
Old Spice AS
EBC Almond Balm

Bullpen
EJ89

After a long steaming shower and piping hot towel, I got set up to shave. I had three delicious passes with the L6 but still felt like I needed more. So to the sound of Enter Sandman, the Mariano of my den, the EJ89 entered for a hybrid pass and touchups.

An ok shave was rendered a BBS in seconds; the Jagger with an aggressive blade like the Gillette 7 o'clock yellow or blue is a beard killer.

Tomorrow I am going to select a sharper blade for the Lord and I look forward to reporting my findings. Until then.

 

And to think I use to do it with a can of shave cream and a bottle of Mennen's.

 

I love the picture, now that's a real shave, no posing there.
Is that the bathroom key on the red stick? Classic.
Hope your set-up is working out well.