SoS: Sep 27 - Oct 3 2010

Hope you all had a great weekend! Let's see those shaves for the week! As always Bonus points for pictures!

I have my gear set out, so I will get things started again:

1912 GEM Lather Catcher w/ custom Knotty Badger handle
Pella blade
Penworks Finest
Derby Lemon
Booster June Clover

 

Rodd I have to say it, I know some gents may disagree with the idea of crafting a new handle to an old razor like you did, but I've always found that handle to be an absolutely gorgeous piece of work, and the way you kept it reminiscent of the original shape just makes it that much nicer! :signs107 :happy096

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Personna
Brush: Omega Boar 10005
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe ~rose
A/S: Aqua Velva Classic
EdT: Safari​

 

Proraso Green Tea & Aloe Vera shaving soap
Frank Shaving silvertip badger brush
Merkur 34C / Feather blade @ day 2
Svoboda 'Vitamin F' after shave balm

Ready to attend my dentist

 

Monday, September 27th

Hot shower
Proraso ss
Semogue 2015HD Silvertip
Mühle R89 w/ Astra Platinum
Alum block
Nivea for Men ASB
Davidoff Cool Water EdT

 

:sihns011

 

Monday's Shave

Hot Shower
Arko SS
Omega 10029
1952 (Steel) 'Black Tip' Super Speed/Rapira (Day1)
Arko Cool AS Cream/Arko Cool AS Splash
Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT

Great Shave this morning...So Easy, So Smooth, and like the old Super Speed Commercial, So Exhilerating...

 

shower with Bronnley Soap on a Rope

SWK Scuttle
Baier SSP
Parker 71R Bolzano superinox
James Bronnley SC
James Bronnley ASL
James Bronnley ASB
James Bronnley EdT

 

Hot Shower
Wade and Butcher Wedge
Omega Boar
Arko Shavestick
Aqua Velva Classic

 

Monday September 27

59’ Fatboy (8)
Double Edge (Store Brand Korean) (1)
Home Made Preshave Oil+ M-Bomb
Vulfix 2235 Super Badger
Arko/TSD Hybrid SS
Osage Rub
Clubman Citrus Musk

 

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 3
Italian Palmolive Menthol SC :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Gillette Fusion Intense Cooling AS Balm :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Quorum EDT

My 1st day back to work after being sick all last week, and this frigid shave felt so wonderful. Why not, after all--it's Menthol Monday!

 

Monday:

Gillette Slim Adj razor
Walmart Wilkinson blade
BathHouseSoaps Mint&Aloe SS
Omega Boar brush
Osage Rub
Visal Balm
M&L Florida Water Cologne

 

Happy Monday From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
TGN Synthetic Re-Knot
COB SC + 4 Drops Of M-Bomb
Schick Krona
Dorco 301 (1)
Cold Water Rag
TSD Green Irish Tweed Type AS

4 Passes + Blade Buffing = 5 Blade, Off The Hook BBS!

The Krona delivers a fantastic shave, yet it still languishes in obscurity behind the Super Speed...

Have a great day ya'll!

 

Monday:

Razor - 1930's Gillette New
Blade - Lord Super Stainless
Brush - Lucretia Borgia Synthetic
Cream - Palmolive Classic
A/S - Swiss Pitralon
Balm - Nivea eXtreme Comfort

--
John

 

My theory is: The Super Speed gets so many headlines because it was the most advertised Gillette razor of all time as well as one of the finest shavers ever, to back up all the attention...The reason the Krona languishes in obscurity isn't because of the SS, but because the Schick Injector was the most advertised Schick razor of all time as well as one of the finest shavers ever...So when people think of Schick they think of Injectors and when they think of vintage DE's they think of Gillette and then the one John Wayne used...LMAO...So blame the Injector for stealing the Krona's Thunder, not the Super Speed... And ..and maybe John Wayne or the World Series...Hell, or YOU, JEFF..:happy102...you've done more to populate the shaving community with Super Speeds than anyone I know...Your like the Don of the Super Speed Mafia with all the Super Speeds you've hooked people up with, and now they love them...:signs107 I know I love mine...

 

Monday

Col. Conk's Almond
Omega Boar
Schick type D injector
Pella blade (3)

 

Monday, September 27, 2010

Razor: Merkur Long-Handled Progress
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Cream: TOBS Lavender
A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel, Wesley & Scott Lavender Balm

BBS shave this chilly morning. I decided to go 100% lavender, and it was very pleasant. Sadly, the Wesley & Scott balms are apparently not in production anymore but the lavender balm provided a very nice finish.

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
M.B. Sandalwood Vanilla
Omega 31064
Schick Injector Type L1
Nos Schick Injector Blade (6)
Pinaud Musk
Nivea Sensitive ASB

 

Thanks for straightening me out Lloyd!

 

TSD Iced Pink Grapefruit Soap
C&E BBB
Schick Adjustable Injector
Ted Pella Injector Blade
Osage Rub
Lab Series 3-1 AS


-Great Cold Menthol Monday start to the week.