SoS: September 20-26 2010

Wednesday

Schick type D injector
Pella blade (1)
Musgo cream
Penworks silvertip

A good close shave, but it's obvious that I'll need to work on the specific technique for this razor a little. Got a couple of small weepers.

 

Happy Hump Day From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
Sabi Badger
Arko Adventure SC
FatBoy (Slammed To 9)
Gillette Super Thin Blade (3)
Cold Water Rag
Nivea ASB
Dominica Bay Rum

4 Passes + Blade Buffing = 5 Blade, Off The Hook BBS!

I have many flavors of Arko cream and they all smell great and deliver terrific shaves. Additionally, the Gillette Super Thins in my opinion are a blade that everyone should try, they really are that good!

Have a great day ya'll!

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
50's Super Speed/new Rapira
Klar Kabinett SS :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Booster Mosswood AS :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008

Although I shaved as close as could be, I could not enjoy the experience to the maximum, because I have a bad cold. The Kabinett soap has a wonderful lather, and it has the only rosey scent that I like. The Booster Mosswood is one of my favorite aftershaves.

 

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 3)
TBS maca root razor relief
Neutrogena face lotion with spf 20
3 passes + 1 light touch up

Best shave yet! Really worked on my lather after watching videos yesterday. No weepers and even did a minor against grain pass touch up on my neck where its pretty thick and no issues. Man does the face feel good today.

 

• Gillette NEW SC
• Personna
• C&E Nomad SC
• Ronney 3/1 Super
• Nivea Replenishing ASB

Nice rainy day here.. almost Summer like weather (predicted 90 for Friday)..

The rain has cooled the morning... so another great shave!

Nice to get the C&E Nomad back into the rotation!

5 Star Shave!

 

It's a SPICY Wednesday in Florida!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
TBS Maca Root SC
Schick Injector G
Personna Blade (1)
Cool Water Rinse
TSD Egyptian Spice ASM

What a great shave! After a few days off from the injector due to some irritation, it was a perfect shave and the legs are smooth as silk now.

I must admit though, I stole some of The Honeeze Dominica Bay Rum ... it smells so good I couldn't resist!

 

Somersets Tough Beard pre shave oil
Yardley Gold Aloe Vera shaving cream
Frank Shaving butterscotch silvertip brush
Muehle R41 / LION blade @ day 2
Florena Sensitive after shave balm

 

Wednesday Morning:

Cream: CO Bigelow
Brush: Shea Moisture badger
Razor: No Name Solingen
Post: Witch Hazel, Shea Moisture Tea Tree AS

I tried my first ATG pass with a straight today. Perhaps it wasn't a great choice. A close shave, but with few nicks under my chin.

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Valobra
Omega 31064
Merkur HD
Super Iridium (4)
Pinaud Musk
Nivea Sensitive ASB

 

Thanks. Another Mara find.
Mentholated Jelly eh-cold and fruity, nice combo.

 

Wednesday:

Merkur Vision/Shark
Butterscotch Ever-Ready w/TGN 22mm Finest knot
E Jagger Sea Buckthorn SS
Aveda Pure formance ASB
Alt Innsbruck AS Splash

 

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Razor: Merkur Long Handled Progress
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Soap: D.R. Harris Arlington
A/S: Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel, Pashana Splash

Another close and smooth shave this morning. The Harris Arlington is a classic that has earned its excellent reputation. I must remember to go easy with the Pashana, however--it has a rather intense and persistent scent. Used lightly, it is quite pleasant but I think I overdid it a bit this morning.

 

SOTD Wednesday September 22, 2010

Razor: 6/8 Abraham George, Sheffield, Full Hollow, Spike Point, In Translucent Ox Horn
Pre-Shave: Proraso Crema Pre Barba
Shave Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street, St. James Collection
Lather Bowl: Ceramic
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Medium Badger
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave/Cologne: British Sterling Cologne for Men

Results: Wonderful! :happy005

 

Ahhh....very nice to see you back and posting these great shave porn shots for us Bruce!

 

Thanks Jeff! It's good to be back and see my old friends again.

 

Mid-week nice hot shower using Irish Spring body wash. While I showered my Parker brush was warming on deck. I placed some Erasmic shave soap into my mug and set in a the sink with water.

After the shower I prepped my face with Johnson baby oil, The Parker whipped up a great mound of lather. I lathered my face, the lather was warm, felt great.

I shaved with a 1912 Gem, the shave was exceptionally BBS. I followed it with a splash of Aqua Vela Blue Classic. Then after it dried I applied Nivea after balm.

The 1912 Gem gives impressive shaves, no razor burn or irritation.

 

C-MON razor
Shavemac 22579 Silvertip
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Musgo Real after shave

 

:sihns011
Its not only for your sexy shave kit photos, but we miss your wit as well...honest...)
But sometimes your photos look so inviting I have to shave again...LMAO

 

Razor: Rolls Razor Imperial 2
Brush: Simpsons Case
Cream: Prairie-Creation sample 2
AS: Pinaud Clubman lotion



Wring. 2 min. 3 pass. Rework 2nd thin paste. Smooth post shave sans moisturizer.

 

Wednesday's Shave

Hot Shower
Arko SS/Arko Moist SC
Omega 10029
1952 steel 'Black Tip' SS/Rapira (Day1)
Arko-Nem Soft Lotion Moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS Splash
Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT

WOW !! Jeff was singing the praises of these Rapira blades, so I just had to try them...
THEY ARE SHARP...These guys must be one of the best kept secrets in blades...Very inexpensive and very sharp...It's gonna take me a minute to get used to a "Sharp" blade again, I've been using Derbys (and getting great shaves), but these guys are much sharper I believe...There were times during this first shave when the old "Hot Knife Through Butter" quote kept popping up in my mind...Tomorrow I'm anxious to try them in my Slim, as thats the razor I normally use to get a handle on a new blade. With my Super Speed/Derby combination I'm so used to flying around my face with reckless abandon, but these blades are a mite too sharp for that kind of driving. But my bottom lip and chin are perfect...My neck is so BBS...I only picked up a few weepers in the moustace area, while blade buffing...But my 1st impressions are certainly positive...I believe these might be sharper than the Astras I've been using aswell, and at about half the cost... Can't wait til tomorrow, to try and tame these Mustangs a bit...