SoS Sept 15 - 21

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Monday 15th

Merkur 34C
Derby Extra
Muehle Faux Ivory Best Badger
Homemade Green Grass Shaving Soap

Aco AS

 

Monday:

Omega Silvertip
Parker 22R V1/new Gillette Rubie
Tabac shaving stick
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Tabac deo spray
Tabac A/S
Tabac cologne

another great shaving stick I need to use more often--Tabac will always deliver for you!

 

Monday AM

Hot shower
Proraso Pre-Post at beginning of shower
Castle Forbes pre-shave at end of shower
Merkur Progress w/ Derby blade
Shavemac custom 2007 forum D01 brush
AOS Sandalwood cream
WWR
Speick A/S splash
CWR
TSD Tea Tree Ice balm + Mama Bear's Peppermint/Menthol milk
AOS Sandalwood EdT

 

Monday

Progress with a new Big Ben(made by Lord)
Omega Boar brush
Derby normal lather with added Menth-O-Lator
TSD spiced lime AS
Ocean Potion aloe gel

The Big Ben is a very smooth blade. I have four more shaves to go to determine how good the blade really is.

 

Monday!

Hot Shower
Hot Towel
American Crew Pre-Shave Oil
Arko Cool Shave Cream (new to my den)
Art of Shave brush
Gillette Red Tip
Dorco ST-301 (2nd shave)
Art of Shave After Shave Balm

I like the Arko! Inexpensive, decent lather, good 'slickness' and nice menthol!

 

magic - curious what your Menth-o-lator is. Please share!

Monday

Silver Tuckaway again
Crystal
Knotty Badger silvertip
Lider Classic
TSD Iced lime AS

 

Proraso Pre shave
Merkur HD
Derby Extra
C&E SBB
Dr. Harris Arlington Shave stick.
Pinaud Clubman
Nivea ASB

 

Merkur LH w/ Feather
Simpson's Special Best
Col. Conk Amber soap
Musgo ASB

 

Shavemaster S100 brush in Mesquite
Slant SledgeHammer + Derby
RNB CAR Hydrolast EO SCream
WWR
German Pitralon AS Splash
RNB Aqua Velva AS Salve
QED 101 EdT

 

Monday 9/15 . . .

• [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel
  [*]Brush: C&E BBB
  [*]Cream: TSD Sweetgrass
  [*]Razor: '09 Gillette Single Ring for face & Braun 7526 electric for head
  [*]Blade: Iridium Super Extra Stainless (shave 5)
  [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Rose Petal Witch Hazel Toner & Nivea Extra Soothing ASB
  
  [*]Result: WOW!! Today's shave was unbelieveable. BBS on shave 5! Alas, it is the last shave for that wonderful blade due to some tugging noticeable on the ATG pass. Still I love the Iridium blades. The TSD Sweetgrass cream is growing on me. Only one more shave in the sample container and I think I like it. Has a definite cinnamon scent to it. Lathers really great as well.

 

A Haiku

Whisker, Whisker, die
Wilkinson White new bright
German open comb unknown
Badger encased in wood swirls lather
Soap smells emanate
Oak Leaves and Acorns, white, slick
Crystal block seals face
Old Spice After Shave, manly.


Just thought I'd change up the daily reporting.

Cheers

 

Indeed I do have both. They are both not really stand-alone creams, more like add-ins that you use to spice up your soap/cream lather. The Tryphon adds a nice Menthol kick -- good and heavy, but Jo's Frostbite is inCREDibe in it's cooling effect. There's really no comparison, when we're talking straight "freeze your face" sensation. When she made it for me, she mentioned it was something like 20x the regular amount of Menthol she would normally add, and she asked me to "be careful" with it. Oh dear, dear girl, I thought... that's like asking a crackhead to "be careful" with this big bag of crack sitting out.

Osage Rub's got nothing on it. The only thing I can think of that might come close is the My Time Bath & Body 10/10 Menthol cream, but I've not tried that one yet (haven't ordered from there) so I don't have any experience with that cream. I'm just basing that off the reviews/comments of guys who have tried the B&BW cream. But Jo's Frostbite add-in blows Tryphon's Permafrost away, the Menth-o-later away, and everything else I've ever tried away. Ingram's? Nothing. Proraso? Less than nothing. Italian Palmolive? Hah. Try again.

One should only use it if one REALLY wants the Menthol kick in the shave. It pretty much dominates the shave... and for me, I wouldn't have it any other way!

 

I figured as much. Great minds, and all that... :1respect

 

Monday!

EJ Faux Horn Chatsworth / Derby blade
Rooney 3/1 Finest
Trumper Sandalwood hard soap
DR Harris Pink AS; Clinique Post-Shave Healer
Floris No. 89

 

40s SS
Feather day 3
MB Hydrogen
C&E BBB
Thayers Lavender WH

Great Shave

 

Tuesday AM

Hot shower
Prep pre-shave during shower
SR 3124
Merkur Progress w/ Derby blade
TSD Cedarwood soap + Charles Tyrwhitt Lemon & Cedarwood cream
WWR
D.R. Harris Sandalwood A/S splash
CWR
Every Man Jack Cooling balm + TSD Tea Tree Ice balm
Diptyque Tam Dao EdT

 

Tuesday:

Omega Silvertip
Weishi Chrome/new Dorco
Lord Emofresh S/C (from Egypt)
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Arko Aqua A/S gel
Santos de Cartier EDT

well, this was my 1st shave with my new Weishi, and although not a BBS one, it was still a pretty good one--I like-a very mucho this razor!