SoS: September 20-26 2010

Let's see those shaves for the week! As always, bonus points for pictures!

I set out my gear for tomorrows shave, so I'll get things started

Shave King Self Lubricating Razor
7 O'clock Sharp Edge
Penworks Finest
Truefit & Hill West Indian Limes cream
Wesley and Scott Lime balm
SCS Bay Rum w/ a Twist EDT

 

Monday, September 20th

Hot shower
Rituals Samurai Secret sc
Omega 639 Havana Silvertip
Mühle R89 w/ Astra Platinum
Nivea for Men ASB
Joop! Go EdT

 

Monday

Musgo Cream
Ever-Ready brush
Personna Injector
Pal stainless blade (1)

I finally broke open this NOS package with a razor and blades. Didn't want my first try with the premium Personna 74 blades to be with an untried razor, so I put the blades aside for now, and used one of my PALs. This razor actually turns out to be pretty good, though. DFS, at least.

 

Monday's Shave

Warm Shower
Hot Towel
Arko SS/Arko Moist SC
Omega 10029
'65 Gillette Adjustable/@7
Derby (Day1)
Arko Citrus AS Cream/Arko Aqua AS Splash
Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT

2 Pass Perfection...

PS; Now over 6 hours later I still can't keep my hands off my face. It's one of those kind-of shaves...I'm going to get "hand-burn",,

 

Monday September 20

EJ DE86
7 O’Clock Black (4)
Home Made Preshave Oil
Ever Ready Boar
Taylor (TOBS) Traditional SS
Osage Rub, TSD English Fern A/S

4.9 blades on 3+ passes. Fine shave, and fine menthol-fragrance combo too.

 

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
50's Super Speed/Rapira day 2
Phyto Expert Regular SC :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Phyto Expert Sensitive AS Balm :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Givenchy Pour Homme EDT

My face felt so cool and well-defended against irritations and dryness after a shave with this Phyto Expert cream and aftershave balm--I really am impressed with this stuff. Also, the more I use these Rapiras, the more I like them.

 

Wow, that weekend flew by way too fast.

Hot shower
Wade and Butcher Wedge
Omega Boar
VDH Deluxe
Osage Rub
Florida Water

 

Monday:

Gillette New razor
Sharp blade
Arko SS
Frank Shaving Silvertip brush
Anherb Balm
M&L Florida Water Cologne

Rough and uncomfortable, not a good setup for me.

 

Monday...

Ever-Ready boar re-knot
TSD Spice Soap
Schick Injector G8
Schick Blade (1)
Alum
Ivy Club Spice

Nice 3 pass DFS to get the week started.

 

Happy Menthol Monday From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
TGN Synthetic Re-Knot
Godrej Menthol Mist
Merkur Progress (+5)
Kai Blade (3)
Cold Water Rag
TSD ISZ ASM
Aqua Velva Blue

4 Passes = 5 Blade, Off The Hook, Hands Down Best BBS EVER!
This is quite possibly the best shave of my entire life.

Glad to hear that you had a perfect shave Dale! You can quote me whenever you need to my friend!

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade
Coffee: Starbucks Yukon, BLACK
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
Razor: 34C set in Red Mallee Burl by Elite Razor
Blade: Astra SP, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, RazoRock, cold water splash, Avon Wild Country, hand strop blade and put in tomorrow's razor
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

I was going to give it 4 blades, but reflecting back to the chickadees, jays, and crows I heard outside the window during the shave, not to mention the cool, crisp Maine air whaffting in, its gotta be 5.

While looking for a Q-Tip, I came across Dad's Avon Wild Country. One sniff and I was back in the 70's!

 

• Gillette NEW SC
• Personna Blade
• TBS Maca Root SC
• Ronney 3/1 Super
• Nivea Replenishing ASB

Been on a soap kick of late... opted to try a cream again...

Oh boy! Love that Maca Root!

5 Star Shave!

 

Happy Busy Busy Monday from sweltering Florida!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
Erasmic SC
Weishi gunmetal
Dorco 301 (3)
Cool water rinse
Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Appletini lotion

As stated yesterday, I was going to return to the bone injector today. I am not coordinated enough to change those blades myself, so The Honeeze will have to take care of that for me tonight (Thanks Babe!). I figure if I can't walk up the stairs without tripping, I shouldn't be playing with sharp objects first thing in the morning!

Have a great day everyone!

 

Somersets Tough Beard pre-shave oil
Proraso Green Tea & Aloe shaving cream
Parker 91R / Cerrus blade @ day 3
Arko Maximum Comfor after shave balm

...and some Alum touch ups I'm very careful with this razor. It's a beast, but gives great shaves when driven properly.

 

Omega 10005
Neutrogena razor defense face scrub
TBS maca root cream
Super Speed 48-50 model
Gillette 7 O'Clock Sharp Edge yellow pack (day 2)
TBS maca root razor relief

3 passes and it was good. Very slight weeper on neck corner again but once I lathered again it had stopped.

 

Starts getting interesting...

 

Mon.-Sat. Sept. 20-25
This will be my set-up for the majority of the week. I'm moving into my new apartment this Saturday and all my goodies are safely packed away for now.

'61 Fatboy (5)
Bic blades
Re-knot wood handle w/TGN 20mm pure
Palmolive sc (Australian)
Arko cool as cologne

A really great shave to start my busy week. The screw-top on the Palmolive broke a couple weeks ago and I can't close it securely anymore; good news though as I'm about done with this tube anyways. It's been awhile since I've used the Arko as but I'm glad I chose it for my 'pre-move weekly shave rotation'. The Cool fragrance is absolutely amazing!

I'm pretty excited to move-in to my new place, so here's to hoping for a smooth week for all.

 

Hi All Its Monday:

iKon Bulldog Deluxe OC / Red IP
Rooney 1/1 Super
P.160 Tipo Duro SS
QED Lime ASSC
TSD Iced Mojito AS Splash

 

Parker 22R razor
Driedecker badger brush
Lord Platinum blade
Dalan cool shave cream
Master Lilac Vegetol after shave

Great shave BBS with a 3 pass. The new Badger brush has presented a welcomed problem. Up until recently, I have used nothing but boar bristled brushes. Now that I am using a badger, I am still trying to portion my SC as to not waste any. I put a snurdle into my bowl and whisk away. I have enough SC loaded IN the brush to accomplish my 3 passes. Problem is, I have enough SC left in the bowl to do yet another 3 passes, making it possible to do 6 passes. What a GR8 brush!

 

Monday:

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Derby Extra (2nd use)
Brush: Omega Boar 10049
Soap: Omega
ASB: Quorum
EdT: Quorum​