SoS: September 12, 2016 - September 18, 2016

Very nice, Bob.

Bill

 

SHAVE OF THE DAY



Prep: MLSW Sandalwood pre shave butter
Razor: Maggard Slant
Blade: Super-Max Platinum (2nd shave)
Brush: Everready 600
Soap: SV Cosmo
Post: Fine Santal Absolut/ Thayers Peach WH



2 pass shave this morning. Got a nice lather from Cosmo, and love the complex coffee Sandalwood type of scent, Very well made. Got a very smooth shave today, the blade worked much better in this razor than it did in the Gillette Tech from yesterday. Very happy with today's results, finished off with some Fine Santal Absolut for a nice menthol Sandalwood post shave. Hope everyone else has a nice shave!

 

Sunday SOTD

Schick C1 repeating razor
New Forest brush
SV Dolomiti shaving soap
Myrsol F/Extra aftershave
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Razor: Maggards v2 open comb head with mr5 handle
Blade: Astra sp
Soap: Barrister & Mann's Night Music
Brush: Wolf Whisker's custom synthetic with black wolf knot
Bowl: handmade pottery
Aftershave: Musgo real classic
Extras: Sampling spoon

 

Manaslu M-55
H.I.S. XL Brush
Arko Cool Shaving Cream
Lucido After Shave Lotion

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Just a friendly reminder...this thread wraps up tonight and the fun starts over in a new place for a new week!

Join in the fun here:

SoS: September 19, 2016 - September 25, 2016

 

Oh wow! So soon...

 

Shaved like a dream! Took me a second to get the angle right but then it was money!

 

Schick I and Personna blade, Frank Shaving Badger brush, Orange Menthol soap, Witch Hazel and Pinaud Clubman after shave. A very nice three pass BBS shave with one weeper, my fault, when trimming a sideburn.

 

Razor: Ever-Ready SE 1914.
Blade: GEM by Personna PTFE (4)
Brush: Muhle Chrome Plated Handle 31 M 89 w/ New V2.0 Silvertip Fibre Synthetic.
Soap: Captain's Choice Bay Rum
Aftershave: Captain's Bay Rum

 

Wow, great find Bill. Have fun with it!

 

Thanks, I already have with this morn. shave. Regards.

Bill

 

After showering:

Pre-shave: Shave Secret
Razor: Edwin Jagger (EJ) DE89
Blade: Big Ben (1)
Brush: RazoRock Chubby Extra Silvertip Badger Shaving Brush with Olive Wood Handle
Soap: Italian Barber’s Amici
Water: Cold
Alum Block: Yes, with virtually no sensation at all.
Post Shave: Thayer's Witch Hazel with Aloe
Aftershave Balm: Nope
Aftershave Splash: Italian Barber’s Amici
Result: Apparently, looking forward to retirement hobbies, Big Ben has been taking a little time away from his day job as a clock to work on his night moves, and honing his craft. This has to be one of them most comfortable BBS shaves I have ever had. The blade was so efficient that I could have stopped after just two passes and some cleanup, and stunningly, the alum block yielded virtually no sensation at all. What a phenomenal shave and my face feels awesome!

 

Shave 20. I wanted to recreate the atmosphere of my best shave to date so I put on Spotify to Backyard Barbecue and had a half of a Guiseppe Palmer cocktail at the sink. I also returned to the Otto Busch Weltmeister and had a nice shave. Good reduction, a small nick or two, and a very nice, smooth result.

Guiseppe Palmer
Mix Limoncello and bourbon 2:1, add cold Earl Grey tea over ice and garnish with a mint leaf

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Haslingers Aloe Vera Shave Soap
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Otto Busch Weltmeister 265
Osma Alum Block
AOS Lavender Shave Balm



Happy shaving everyone - Karl

 

Excellent choice, that soap is wonderful!

 

Smells like a Drug Store SEptember!!

September 18

Grand Blade Trial
Razor - 1962 (H1) Gillette Slim (9)
Blade - (3)
Soap - Arko
Brush - Wolf Whiskers Custom Silvertip
Post - Alum, Stetson

After taking a day off yesterday I finished up with the Qball this morning and gave it the extra challenge of two days growth. Yeah, yeah, I know, kind of breaks the "rule" part of the thing but I figured one extra test wouldn't hurt. This blade and its twin/close cousin/clone/amazingly similar mate the Crystal both delivered fantastic shaves at 6. BBS all the way. So a wide open 9 on the Slim should work, right? The Crystal was great at that setting so I have high hopes.

The only real problem I had was the start of the shave. Wet my face down nicely, rubbed the Arko stick all over it as usual then grabbed the razor and took a stroke. Oh, yeah, probably need to lather that soap don't I. Well, for what it's worth, that stroke was very smooth and effective. I took the blade out of the razor, cleaned the soap off of the edge and out of the scupper that was well stuck there then grabbed the Wolf and made lather. Wow! What a concept. Don't ask me how my brain short-circuited that.

First pass made it clear this blade has exceptional sharpness and can still be super smooth. Wide open razor on two days growth and it wiped it right off. Second pass achieved a high level DFS and the third pass landed the baby again. Tonight it still feels high DFS. Tomorrow's shave may be just for practice at this rate. The blade clearly likes the aggressive Slim setting just like the Crystal and handled the extra day's growth with no problem.

The Qball is clearly equal to the Crystal and I still suspect they're just different brands on the same blade. Best of the Israeli bunch so far, hands down.

With that blade down it's time for my first vacation in two years. Yes, I'm that kind of workaholic but in sales you sometimes gotta do what you gotta do. We're taking off sometime tomorrow for a favorite camping spot and will be back in civilization Friday afternoon. I won't have my laptop but will have my phone so I won't be totally away from here. I'll be checking in to make sure the shenanigans continue and I can sober the boys up and send them out to enforce that if necessary. Your call. I'll be taking a break from the Grand Blade Trial, obviously, and will return to that next Monday. Saturday and Sunday next week I'll be doing some work with the Personnas on "3" on the Slim as has been suggested. A little more science, if you will. In the meantime, I'm going to go old school while on the campsite. I'll be using a 1949 Super Speed, Voskhod blade and Barbasol original shave cream. Oh, and Clubman aftershave for that yesteryear scent for the woods. Hope your weekend was grand and this week is even better!

 

Sunday night shave