SoS: September 2022

Nice try but not quite!

I told him he deserves it!


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Razor - Hawk v3 with Standard Plate
Blade - Feather Professional 3rd shave
Pre-shave - Proraso white
Soap - Chiseled Face "Ghost Town Barber"
Post - Thayers Toner "Lavender" & Geo F Trumper Skin Food "Sandalwood"
AS - Pinaud Clubman

I took this photo today with my phone. It creates HUGE photos but, not bad for a phone! I had to resize and tweak a bit but, I always have to with my Nikon too.

 

Southern Tier near Binghamton. Outside the city by about 20 miles. Up on a hill. I can see Elk Mountain Ski resort all lit up in the winter time at night. It is 50 miles due south of me.

 

Tuesday September 20, 2022
Cold Water Shave
Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper Bowl
Lather: TOBS Tobacco
Razor: Henson ++
Blade: Gillette Perma-Sharp (2)
Razor: Gillette Styler
Post: Omega Alum Block
Post: Southern Witchcrafts Autumn Ash

 

Tuesday morning:

Neutrogena Deep Clean Facial Wash
Yaqi 30mm Barber Pole
Canadian Tech/Wilkinson Sword day 7
Vitos SS
Proraso Blue ASB
Brut Deodorant Spray
Brut AS Splash
Brut Cologne

This Yaqi Barber Pole synthetic is not only gorgeous looking, it’s such an awesome brush. It whipped up fabulous lather from the Vitos soap which is from Italy and has a mild but very nice cherry almond scent, the lather is so thick, rich, slick, as well as protective, and it’s VERY skin friendly. The Proraso Blue balm is so soothing and moisturizing, it’s mildly scented, and there seems to be a bit of a cooling sensation. The Brut’s scent is so old school and nice - from day one I loved it. Another three pass BBS shave that was so much fun!

Have a good day - be well and safe!


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Stando Rod2 OC Ti
Feather Pro Super (2)
Nevia Foam Shave Cream (canned)
Aloe Vera
Stirling Soap Bay Rum Aftershave

 

Tabac Tuesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #395 Badger
AutoStrop A2
Personna GEM SS PTFE
CWR
Tabac AS

The Tabac Shaving Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #395 Badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the AutoStrop A2 Razor and a Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Ohhh, ok. I was wondering-I too continue to see a lot of Skin Bracer around.

 

You have so many of your own brushes-I bet you use a Jayaruh for every shave.

 

When I had GHost Town Barber, I never used Clubman Pinaud A.S. to follow up. Well, let me take that back, partly. I think I used Clubman Special Reserve, but not the regular Clubman.

 

I've been down in that area a few times hunting. I'm from Rochester and moved to NC about 12 years ago.

 

Blackland Dart / Personna Reds
Reef Point Soaps / Fougere Santal
Cravingshaving Synthetic

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20 September
Used my Schick Type A1 from 1926(7), an auspicious year for the UK, as well as colonel Schick. The original owner had a sterling silver sheath fitted (slides off easily) but underneath the handle is fluted so it’s the earliest version of the Type A. I gave it a first try out on Saturday, with a new Schick blade and applied decent lather but it felt like I was scrubbing my face with emery paper so I quickly moved to a Mach 3. General view of users is that these Schick repeaters can be a tad aggressive due to age, wear and tear, who knows, but to me the blade gap just looked too big and the blade didn’t quite sit well in the head. So out with the trusty Polimide Kapton tape, put a few strips on the back of the blade, reinstalled and got a much closer fit with slightly reduced blade gap. The result was a smooth shave, enhanced by a generous lather with Floris 89 soap applied with a elderly Boots bristle brush. I’m blown away by the distinctive and lustrous smell from this soap, probably my favourite at the moment.

 

wednesday
1954 #58 aristocrat jr
platinum
yaqi ruby
castle forbes
speick

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Sept 20th
'34 Aristocrat w Nacet (1)
APShave GELousy SHD/Resin&Maple
Fine American Blend 3x puck & AS
Thayers

This 'crat was made available by a fellow member and I jumped at the chance to acquire it. I have always loved the look of these early OC TTOs. Does it shave any better or worse than its contemporaries? No, but it sure is purdy...
Have a great day all!

 

Occam's razor.
Feather Professional Super blade.
Shore Shave Cool Water Ribbon synthetic brush.
Lakewood Soap Company Watercolors shave soap.
Ceramic shave bowl.
Cremo Bourbon and Oak EdT

 

Wednesday September 21, 2022
Cold Water Shave
Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper Bowl
Lather: Witchcrafts Desairology
Razor: Henson ++
Blade: Gillette SharpEdge (1)
Razor: Gillette Styler
Post: Omega Alum Block
Post: Witchcrafts Desairology

 

SLANTemper V5, Tuesday, 2022.

Razor : Razorock Wunderbar slant + modified MMOC handle- Mfg 2017> mid>upper mid range depending on your technique, I ride the bar and use a short handle seems to work well for myself, excellent machining QC for accuracy and finish, I get usually excellent results.
Blade : Gillette Silver blue(2) sharp & smoooth with reasonble longevity.
Soap : Cyril R Salter Indian Sandalwood, excellent 5-6/10 scent strength of sandalwood + excellent lather qualities.
Brush : Yaqi Cavern lake 24 mm synthetic, excellent lather generator, cloud like soft tips, nice splay scrubber with some backbone + excellent lather painter.
Pre shave : (Dedicated Cashmere synthetic)Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser with a dollop of clear Aloe Vera on the cleaned beard area.
Prep : Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. WTG + ATG + pickups.
Post shave : Ogallala Bayrum with Sandalwood + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizing lotion(scentless).
Results :CCS,DFS,BBS + no irritation + no weepers= Excellent shave with my RR Wunderbar slant with a GSB blade.

Have some great shaves!

 

I have a few other brushes. I used Oscar11 brush last week, and a few weeks ago I used my Semogue Owners Club boar. I also have a nice red and black aluminum badger that @twhite made me.