SoS: September 13-19 2010

C-MON razor
Semogue 1305 boar
Arko stick
Booster Polar Ice

 

Blue Tip Rocket
7 O'clock Sharp Edge
iKon Stainless brush
Everest cream
Adidas Ice Dive Splash
Nautica Voyage

 

Tuesday, September 14th

Hot shower
TSD Sandalwood ss
Semogue 2015HD Silvertip
Mühle R106 w/ Astra Platinum
Alum block
Arko Nem creme
Canali Men EdT

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Preshave
Wade and Butcher Wedge
Omega Boar
Arko shavestick
Aqua Velva Classic
Florida Water.

3 passes BBS. Perhaps I'm just growing more refined as I gain experience but I can tell a fresh edge from, say one that still shaves decently but is just about ready for a touch up. The former is today's razor, yesterday's shave was the latter.

 

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
1950's Super Speed/Wilkinson day 2
Palmolive Cool-SC :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Anherb-AS Conditioner :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Davidoff Adventure-EDT

Ahhhhh, the Romanian Palmolive Cool cream and Anherb conditioner felt so heavenly this morning. I could not have enjoyed this shave more--it was such a pleasure!

 

Tuesday:

Sabi 3 piece razor
Shark SuperChrome blade
BathHouse Soapery Mint&Aloe SS
Frank Shaving Finest brush
Osage Rub
Anherb Balm
M&L Florida Water Cologne

 

Tuesday

MYCarver Butterscotch Chubby
Arko SS in a mug
Tech Bull Mastiff
Shark SC (1)
Nivea ASB
IvyClub Spice

Haven't used a Shark Super Chrome in a month or two and thought it would be good to revisit them with the pre-war tech bull mastiff frankenrazor. I was rewarded with a nice quality (mostly BBS) 3 pass shave that left my top layer of skin intact. My neck is still healing from the debacle last weekend, so Tuesday gets a respectable 4 / 5.

 

Monday night:
Face: Fatboy w/ Astra SP
Head: Tech w/ Dorco 301
Knotty Erlenmeyer
MWF
Alum
TSD Bourbon Vanilla AS

 

Happy Tuesday From Florida!

Hot Shower
Hot Towel
RAB Scuttle
Omega Boar 10015
TSD SOTQ A-3 = Jelly Doughnut
Fat Handle Feather Portable
Gillette Super Thin Blade (1)
Nivea ASB
Hoyt's Cologne

4 Passes = 5 Blade, Off The Hook, Inter-Galactic BBS!

I picked up some Nivea the other day. There are so many folks here who use it, I figured I would try it too. The Nivea is a very nice ASB, but one thing that puzzles me, is why in this day and age of manufacturers moving from glass to plastic bottles has Nivea stayed with glass?

Perhaps it is so that I feel a weight in my hand that distracts me from realizing I am paying $6.00 for 3.3 ounces of ASB???

Have a great day ya'll!

 

I was hoping for an initial report on the Injector or is it still enroute...

Not sure if there is any left, but a few months ago Dollar General discontinued the Nivea ASB and was blowing it out for $1.75 a bottle. Not sure I would pay $6 a bottle, but at $1.75 I bought what they had left.

 

Sorry to let you down Dale! It is still enroute, but I just had to post the photo Rudy sent me or I was gonna pee my pants...

On the Nivea - it figures I would come in on the end of a deal like DG had, I will go look. The bottle I got from Wally was $5.74, plus tax...

 

Tuesday Morning:

Brush: Shea Moisture badger
Soap: Col. Conk Almond
Razor: EE Mos 100 straight
Post: Witch Hazel, Corn Huskers, Florida Water

I'm having so much fun with my jump into straight razors. These shaves have not been amazing by any means. But they have been good decent shaves. I'm looking forward to improving my technique and trying out some new blades.

 

Tuesday September 14

Gem Push Button Gold Lid
Ted Pella Stainless Coated (3)
Home Made Preshave Oil
Tweezerman Badger
Tabac SS
Stephans Island Lime
Bay Rum Hybrid

BBS on 3 passes. Stephans Is. Lime goes quite well with all my bay rums. Since the scent outlasts the bay rums, the lime notes increasingly emerge as the day wears on. This combo also works well with a menthol base.

 

2nd Day, same basic setup as yesterday...

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Simpson Duke 3 Best
TOBS Avocado
Merkur HD
Super Iridium (2)
Pinaud Musk
Nivea Sensitive ASB

 

Monday Sept 13th (night)

Hot shower
Razor: Parker 96r
Blade: Dorco 301 shave #2 (thanks steve!)
Brush: Shea moisture (AKA the Dridecker)
Cream: TSD sample: Speick

Cleanup:
Target brand which hazel spiked with TSD bay rum
TSD Alum
Pinaud Clubman after shave lotion

3 passes WTG, XTG, ATG. Paying more attention to the details in the direction of hair growth really paid off. The 301 blade might be the one for me. Still plenty more to try but this blade has produced every time I pull it out.

 

Jack Black Beard Lube
Merkur Progress-long handle
Israeli Crystal
AOS Sandalwood Soap
Rudy Vey Custom Finest Badger Brush
Thayer's Cucumber home mentholated Witch Hazel
TSD ISZ AS Milk

 

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Personna
Brush: Omega Boar 10049
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe
A/S: Master's Bay Rum
EdT: English Leather ​

 

Tuesday - another day closer

Prep: Hot shower
Coffee: Home Roasted Tanzania, BLACK
Soap: TSD Egyptian Spice + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Ever Ready 250PB
Razor: Parker 80R
Blade: Dorco ST-301
Post: Cold water rinse, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion + 2 drops M Bomb, ice water splash, Curve, hand strop blade & put in tomorrow's razor
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Strange shave - Got into the second pass by about three strokes, then the blade just seemed to start to really glide. Up to that point there was a touch of roughness, but not enough to warrant a blade change. The rest of the shave was simply superb.

 

"Oh yeah!" is right! That is one HUGE blade there, Leon!! A real beauty.

 

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Grosvenor LE Super
Soap: Proraso Classic (green pot)
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Proraso Splash

I had to leave earlier than usual this morning in order to have breakfast with some old buddies. However, I did not neglect the shave, which was refreshing and irritation-free. Proraso always delivers for me.