SoS: September 13-19 2010

Gillette English Rocket
Feather Blade
Muehl Pure Badger
Mama Bear's Rosemary Mint Stick
RazORock
Anthony Logistics AS


-some weepers neck but otherwise great shave. 4.5 blades.

 

Thursday:

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Wilkinson Sword (2nd use)
Brush: Omega Boar 10049
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe
A/S: Ivy Club Spice
EdT: JAZZ

 

Thursday's SOTD

 

New stuff

SWK Scuttle (old stuff)
St. James Cedarwood & Clarysage Hot Towel Mask
St. James Cedarwood & Clarysage SC
shavemac flattop
DR Harris 3-piece
St. James Cedarwood & Clarysage PSC (Post Shave Cologne)

 

Hot Shower
Frederick Reynolds Chopper
Semogue 2000
Speick Shavestick
WH
Jovan Musk AS/Cologne

 

Thursday September 16

65" Slim (6)
7 O'Clock Black (1)
Vulfix 2235 S
Arko Stick SS
Stephans Bay Rum A/S

4.8 Blades, 3 passes. Easily a 5 with some touch up.

 

Thursday:

Sabi 3 piece razor
Shark SuperChrome blade
Omega Boar brush
BathHouse Soapery Mint&Aloe SS
Osage Rub
Barbasol Pacific Rush Balm & A/S

 

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
1950's Super Speed/new Rapira
Nord Ost-SC :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Safari-AS Balm (from Ukraine, and excellent)
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Versace L'homme-EDT

Today, it was a real Russian shave with a Rapira blade, which comes from Russia, as well as with a cream which is very, very popular in Russia. I find these blades quite mild, but very effective, and the Nord Ost cream gives fantastic lather with great skincare, and a nice menthol effect, especially during the 2nd pass. The Safari balm is from www.fitodoctor.ua, and it's very soothing.

 

Wed. night:
Face: Fatboy w/Astra SP
Head: Tech w/Dorco 301
Knotty Erlenmeyer
Provence Sante Verlain SS
Alum
TSD Bergamot AS

The Provence Sante keeps growing on me. No risk of knocking MWF out of the number 1 spot, but really enjoyable.

 

Thurs

MYCarver Finest Chubby
Arko SS in a mug
Tech Bull Mastiff
Shark SC (3)
Alum
Pinaud Bay Rum

Third and final day for the Shark blade. Noticed a bit of a reduction in blade performance from yesterday, but still pulled out a nice 3 pass DFS.

 

• Gillette NEW Short Comb
• Personna Blade
• RL Safari SS
• C&E BBB
• Nivea Replenishing ASB

Yesterdays shave was so good, I opted to repeat the ingredients and ended up with yet another great shave!

(Heck, when do I not have a great shave using the NEW!)

 

Thursday- Sept. 16

'52 SS black-tip
Bic (2)
EJ 600 series pure
Pre de Provence
Aqua Velva
C&E West Indian Lime edt

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
AOS Lemon SC
Shavemac 177
Schick Injector Type L1
NOS Schick Injector Blade (3)
T&H West Indies Lime A/S
Nivea Sensitive ASB

 

Thursday:

Soap: Homemade Sea Moss
Brush: Shea Moisture badger
Razor: EE Mos 100 striaght
Post: Witch Hazel, Corn Huskers, Aqua Velva Ice Sport

Today was my first cold water shave. It is one of the better shaves that I've had since I started with a straight. I don't know if it's due to improved technique, the cold water, or both. If anything, that cold water sure woke me up.

 

That is a nice kit. Love that brush!

 

Some way cool pics this week!

Thursday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Tanzania, BLACK
Soap: TSD Florida Water Type
Brush: Semogue 2000
Razor: '73 Black Handle Gillette SS
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 4, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion, Brut Splash-On, hand strop blade and put in tomorrow's razor
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Nice. Very nice.

 

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Razor: Jaggerooney
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Soap: Valobra Soft Soap (Almond)
A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel, Proraso Splash

 

Thursday:

Razor - Merkur HD 11C
Blade - Personna Red
Brush - Semogue 1305
Cream - C.O. Bigelow Premium
A/S - Italian Floid Blue

--
John

 

Dubl Duck Special
Rooney 1/3 Silvertip
Taylor's Rose cream
Proraso after shave

 

Shave of the Night

Stropped for a long time.

standard beard-prep
"A. Witte" (New York (made in Germany)) 5/8th muted square-tip
Proraso Cream (bought it in '08 so should use it with two siblings waiting..)
home-made witch-hazel with Eucalyptus oil and menthol added

One word to describe my SOTN: ohmygawd.

Really fantastically close and smooth. Been using this str8 for over two weeks, I think. It just gets better and better. The extra stropping was part of it, but I tackled the most difficult part of my strongly angled beard first, which probably helped make it a faster, closer, more effective shave. Wowee my skin feels good and fresh. The home-made witch-hazel/after-shave is strong enough to surpass the Proraso somewhat, very rejuvenating aromatherapeutic shave.