SoS: October 7, 2013 - October 13, 2013

Thursday - another day closer. Are you ready?

Prep: Hot shower, Dirigo Blue Cedarwood PSO
Coffee: Maxwell House, BLACK
CD: Masters of the Blues, Vol. II
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Brush: The Dridecker
DE OC: Gillette OLD Type
Blade: 7 O'Clock Sharp Edge, day 4, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, B&BW Noir, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

A darn fine shave.

 

Thursday 10/10

Hot shower
RazoRock glycerin
RazoRock Nonno Michelino
Omega 48
Old Style Gillette open comb
Israeli Persona
Aqua Vela Musk/Kappa

Very comfortable shave,delivering an extra superior DFS

 

Thursday morning, October 10, 2013

Gillette NEW Short Comb,
Personna Med Prep Blade,
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

 

Awesome Nick. Im used to seeing the injectors...

 

It's awesome seeing your NEW Short Comb Nick!

 

Thursday

Hot shower
Semogue 1305
Derby SS
Progress @5
Blue Personna
Cold water rag
Master Jade

2-pass DFS!

 

How you liking that Progress?

 

It is as good as I remember. The Progress at 5 is still milder than my beloved, number one goto, the 2011 R-41.

 

Getting a late start on Open Comb Week!

 

I venture to guess MOST safety razors will fall into the same 'milder than the 2011 R-41' category, unless of course, you can get your hands on the rare R-42!

 

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Dove Men's Face Wash​

Van Der Hagen Luxury Shaving Soap​

Semogue 1305 Boar Brush​

Gillette New w/bar handle​

Shark Super Chrome (10)​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch hazel​

Pinaud Clubman AS​

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Day ten of the federal shutdown and day 10 for the Shark Chrome blade. Although the VDH Luxury soap is not a favorite, it did a good job today. The Semogue 1305 boar is a favorite and did not disappoint. Two passes and some touch-ups with the Gillette New and the Shark super chrome blade left me with a close comfortable shave. Dickinson's WH and Pinaud Clubman left me feeling fine and smelling good. Like the shutdown, this Shark Chrome blade keeps on going. I am rinsing and hand stropping after each shave.​

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Dude! My RAD was cured! Now I gotta get this one too!

 

Hey Kev,

You can remove the base plate from the Futur and put it back together without it. It still holds the blade in place perfectly.

I thought about trying it but lost the nerve.

 

11-October-2013

Pre-shave: Proraso Green Pre-Shave
Soap: Mühle Sea Buckthorn
Brush: Semogue 1438
Razor: Edwin Jagger Barley DE89BA11
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Aftershave: Thayers Witch Hazel Aloe Vera + Prep Balm

 

10.10.2013

Prep: FitjarSoap Pre Shave Soap
Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: Super-Max Platinum (2)
Brush: Turkish #6 Boar Brush
Soap: Mystic Water Coconut
Aftershave: Ogallalla Bay Rum with Sage and Peppercorn
Moisturizer: Fitjarsoap Shea Butter Moisturizer

A few months ago I purchased a few sample pucks from Mystic Water Soaps, and it did not take long before I understood why it is called Mystic Water, because it is a complete mystery to me how to lather these soaps.
Grated, when test lathering I do get what looks to be workable lather, but whenever I try to use it in during an evening shave, I am proven wrong. Yesterday was no exceptipon. I spent a good amount of time loading the brush, spent an equal amount of time working the lather and after a while it looked like I was onto something.
And I was, sort of. The lather was thin and sickly, but at least it was something.

The brush used was the Turkish “Boar that think it is a horse” brush, and I do not rule out that I might have had better success using a brush without an identity crisis.

It was my second shave with the Super-Max Platinum blade, and after a three pass shave I am happy to report that I achived an unremarkable uneven 5 o’clock shadow.

Who’s to blame? Probably me, but I blame all of the above instead J

 

It's really quite cooling, especially if you leave it on your face for a couple of minutes.

 

Friday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 5
Tet-a-tet SC
Tet-a-tet AS Balm
Aramis Stick Deodorant
Aramis EDT

This morning I felt a somewhat stronger cooling sensation from the Tet-a-tet cream than I usually do and I really enjoyed this shave. Its matching aftershave balm is even more mentholated and it gives a fantastic post-shave feeling. The Rapira seems to be holding up very well all week and it's still cleaning me up very well. For me, they're definitely the best blades.

Have a great weekend, folks!

 

TGIF Shave

Merkur 37C
7 O’Clock Blue (d2)
L'Occitane Cade
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Dickenson Witch Hazel
Renaissance Man Alpine Trails A/S

 

Crackstar,

Which Shave Creams/soaps and As Balms do you feel are more mentholated ?

 

Friday

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Tabac
Razor: ’66 Gillette Slim
Blade: Perma-Sharp Super (2)
Brush: Omega 6192 Badger
Aftershave: Krampert’s Bay Rum

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit)

I used up my Tabac sample. It lives up to it’s reputation as an easy to work with soap.
2nd shave with the Perma-Sharp Blade. Close, and smooth. I finished with Krampert’s Bay Rum.

Bob