SoS: October 4-10 2010

Let's see those shaves for the week! As always, bonus points for pictures! I will get it started with tomorrow morning's shave:


Open Comb Slant (Germany)
7 O'clock Sharp Edge
Knotty Badger Best
Erasmic Shave Stick
Lime Summer Salve

 

Omega shaving soap
Frank Shaving silvertip badger brush
Merkur 34C / Rapira Super Steel blade @ day 3
Eveline Aloe Vera after shave gel

I felt I had almost BBS after two passes, which is very unusual to me. I went for the 3rd one. Still BBS

 

Monday, October 4th

Rituals Samurai Secret sc
Semogue 2015HD Silvertip
D.R. Harris DE87 w/ Red Personna
Nivea for Men ASB
Canali Men EdT

 

Monday October 4

EJ DE86
7 O’Clock Sharp Edge (Yellow)(5)
Home Made Preshave Oil
Vulfix 2235 Super Badger
Arko/TSD Hybrid SS
Osage Rub
Stephans Bay Rum
Results: BBS on 3+ passes.

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Preshave
Boker Barber Tip
VDH Boar
Omega Soap
Osage Rub
Florida Water

Great shave to start a tired Monday. Fall is apparently here as the temps have plummeted to the mid 60's

 

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira Stainless day 2
Godrej Menthol Mist SC :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Osage Rub AS :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Santos de Cartier EDT

Menthol Monday shaves are among my favorites, and you cannot get too much colder than a combination like Godrej Menthol Mist and Osage Rub. These Rapiras are fantastic!

 

Happy Monday From Crispy Cool Florida!

Hot Shower
Rab Scuttle
Omega Boar 10015
TSD SOTQ - A-4
Schick Stick
Pella Blade (4) (I may break the 3 or 4 shave per blade barrier with the Pella)
Cold Water Rag
Booster's Mosswood A/S

4 Passes = 5 Blade, Off The Hook, Snake Charming BBS!

This is the flute music that I am hearing in my head whilst shaving with A-4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-IZXma42eg&feature=fvw

Have A Great Week Ya'll!

 

Started the week with a two day growth...

Monday, Oct 4th
Prep: Hot shower, Amaretto coffee
Cream/Soap: MWF, dispensed from a twist up stick
Brush: Penworks Silvertip Badger
Razor: iKon Deluxe Open Comb
Blade: Personna Red
Balm: Kiehl's

No Pic...

Sweet BBS.. can't seem to stop myself from reaching for the iKon...
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Tuesday, Oct 5th
Prep: Hot shower, Dark roast
Cream/Soap: MWF, dispensed from a twist up stick
Brush: Frank Shaving in Finest
Razor: iKon Standard head on Prototype long handle
Blade: Personna Red
Balm: Kiehl's

No Pic...

First shave with a new to me iKon and the BBS is elusive, ..
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Wednesday, Oct 6th
Prep: Hot shower, Dark roast
Cream/Soap: EJ Sea Buckthorn cream
Brush: Penworks Silvertip Badger
Razor: iKon Standard head on Prototype long handle
Blade: Feather
Balm: Very Sexy for Men

No Pic...

The Standard head, a spin-off of the Gillette New Deluxe, is proving too mild. It's as the Feather isn't there.. BBS? Un-possible.
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Thursday, Oct 7th
Prep: Hot shower, Dark roast
Cream/Soap: EJ Sea Buckthorn cream
Brush: Penworks Silvertip Badger
Razor: iKon Standard head on Prototype long handle
Blade: Feather
Balm: Very Sexy for Men

No Pic...

Giving the iKon Standard a fair shake.. Still no BBS in spite of three plus passes with a Feather
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Friday, Oct 8th
Prep: Hot shower, Dark roast x2, Grateful Dead via Pandora on my iPhone
Cream/Soap: EJ Sea Buckthorn cream, the last of my sample
Brush: Shea Moisture, aka Target Special
Razor: iKon Prototype head on Prototype long handle
Blade: Personna
Balm: Kiehls

No Pic...

iKon week continues... I determined the Standard head is either going to be passed on to someone else or put in storage. If I want a mild shave, I'll reach for a SS. I switched to the Prototyoe open comb head, with a Personna Red with three shaves on it and I am back to the closeness I want in my shave.. Though, I do have a bit of irritation on my neck likely a function of a it of unneeded pressure written into muscle memory from the prior shaves with the Standard head...

 

Monday's Shave

Arko Shave Stick
Omega 10029 Baby-Pro Boar
1952 'black tip' Super Speed-steel/Rapira (Day2)
Arko Cool AS Cream/Arko Cool AS Splash
Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT

Fantastic-5 Blades-Bang the Gong-InterGalactic
All of the Above...and So Fast, So Smooth, and So Exhilerating....

PS; and I have to echo Crackstar/Jeff's opinion, these Rapiras are fantastic...

 

The 101 year old shave

• Gillette ABC Empire Razor (1909)
• Derby Blade
• C&E Nomad SS
• Rooney 3/1 Super
• Nivea Sensitive ASB

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Nice dramatic drop in temperature here in the North East...

Nice hot brush in a nice hot bowl...

Nice 3 day stubble...

Nice clean smooth face!

 

Monday:

Razor - 1959 Gillette Fat Boy
Blade - Gillette Super Blue
Brush - Omega Boar 81052
Soap - Valobra Almond
A/S - Floid Amber

--
John

 

Monday

Vintage Williams Soap
Omega Boar Brush
Pal Adjustable Injector
Pella Blade (4)

I've been cranking this adjustable up to the high setting. Today I put it in the middle for one pass. Can't say I felt much difference. Good shave, though.

 

Gillette Old Type Bull Mastiff
Iridium Super (2)
MYCarver Chubby Finest
Arko SS in a mug
Alum
Ogallallalllallallala Bay Rum and Sandalwood

Very nice 3 pass DFS to start the week.

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Simpsons Grosvenor LE
AOS Lavender SC
'41 Ranger Tech
Super Iridium(1)
Pinaud Clubman
Nivea Sensitive ASB

 

Monday:

iKon Bulldog Deluxe OC
Lord
Omega Boar
Tabac SS
Kiehl's Ultimate ASB
Floid Vigoroso AS Splash

 

I took the plunge!!

Happy The Seasons Are Finally Changing Monday!

Somewhat Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
Godrej Menthol Mist
Lady Eversharp Injector Pink, natch.
Pella Blade (1)
Cold Water Rinse
TSD Bay Rum ASM

So, I decided to check out this Mystical Menthol Monday that I see everyone talking about. I scrub up the first leg, and I'm thinking to myself, where's this coolness at?!? Finish leg #1 and rinse and WHAM! There it is!!

Awesome minty shave to start the week!

Everyone have a great day!

 

Monday, October 4, 2010

Razor: D.R. Harris 3 Piece "Chatsworth"
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor LE
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: D.R. Harris Almond Shave Stick
A/S: TOBS Shaving Shop

The D.R. Harris shave sticks are a treat to use. Harder than many of the shave sticks, I barely notice a dent after rubbing the stick against my beard yet it produces mounds of lather. Go figure! I enjoyed another excellent shave and the Shaving Shop was a nice change of pace.

 

Happy Menthol Monday

Merkur Slant Bar
Astra Keramik
Palm Olive SC with Menthol
Rudy Vey Finest Badger
TSD Iced Coconut Lime Verbena AS Milk


-5 blade COLD shave. Slant/Keramik great combo.

 

Monday, October 04, 2010

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Gillette Yellow
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: Cyril Salter Indian Sandalwood
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood Toner

Great shave!

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower w/ 4 drops M Bomb in my shampoo, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Tanzania, BLACK
Soap: TSD A-3 Jelly Doughnut + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Ever Ready 200T
Razor: Merkur 11C
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Brut Cologne, hand strop blade for tomorrow's razor
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Not bad. Not bad at all.