SoS: September 5-11 2011

Personna Magic Razor w/ Voskhod (2)
Gillette Super Adjustable @ 9 w/ Voskhod (3)
EJ Best Badger
AOS Lavender PreShave Oil
T&H Lavender Shave Cream
Dickinson Witch Hazel
Neutrogena AS Balm

Another very close shave, but oh at what cost! For the first time in a long long time I feel genuinely razor burned. All over my face. Maybe it's the cumulative effect of using the DEstraight for almost a week in a row, maybe I just went a little overboard today. Either way...yeowch. No aftershave for me. Just gobs and gobs of AS Balm.

On a side note - This brush will not stop shedding! I can't use it without losing 3 hairs. It's a great brush otherwise, but it might not be for very long, there's not going to be anything left.

 

Wednesday, September 7. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Glyce Lime then hot towel soak
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE87
Blade: Feather
Cream: Speick
Brush: D.R. Harris H1
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Speick After Shave Lotion



Have a GREAT day.

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 2
Godrej Menthol Mist SC
Keri unscented moisturizer
Barbon AS
JHL Cologne

What a shave, what a shave, what a shave, WHAT A SHAVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE - 3 passes with Godrej Menthol Mist can make your face feel absolutely frozen and great. The Barbon aftershave smells awesome, and also gives plenty of menthol goodness! :biggrin:

 

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Jaggerooney
Blade: Voskhod Teflon
Brush: Vie-Long Gonzalo
Soap or Cream: Klar Kabinett Soap
A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel, 4711 Splash

I always anticipate a nice shave when Klar Kabinett comes up in the rotation. This anticipation was entirely justified this morning--the Vie-Long whipped up an excellent lather, and the shave was smooth, BBS, and very comfortable. To finish off the shave, I decided to use another German product, the 4711, with a very pleasant result.

 

Gillette #58
7 O'clock Sharp Edge
Penworks Finest
SCS Lime Soap
Avon Island Lime after shave

I purchased paper camera for Android, not terribly impressed. Would rather have my .99

 

Wednesday morning,

Gillette NEW Short Comb,
Personna Med Prep Blade,
Rooney 1/2 "Super" Silvertip Brush,
Arko shave soap w/ hot water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse. DFS!

 

iKon Modern
Polsilver
M&F Emillion
La Toja Manantiales
Aqua velva A/S
PC A/S Balm Unscented

 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

• Prep: Hot shower, California Baby face wash, hand strop blade
• Lather: C.O. Bigelow
• Brush: Frank Shaving Finest
• Razor: Gem MM Clog Pruf
• Blade: Walgreen's Gem (2), 2 passes
• Post: WH, Aqua-Velva Ice Blue, hand strop blade

My skilled use of the OCMM led to a cocky shave with the Clog Pruf today. While the CP is definitely milder than the OCMM, it can still bite you. I thought about not shaving today since I was still pretty smooth from yesterday's shave, but decided the CP should be mild enough. Perhaps I should have gone with the Featherweight. Some slight irritation but nothing that the Velva liquid medicine couldn't comfort!

 

Wednesday's Shave:

Loving me some adjustable week.

Gillette Short Handle Super Adjustable (9)
Lord Plat.
VDH badger
Irisch Moos SC
4711 AS

 

Hot Shower
Omega 48/Razorock Caco
Gillette OC/Super Max Sunrise
Thayer's Witch Hazel

 

Wednesday
Razor: Sprock 6/8
Brush: Simpson 57
Cream: Trumpers Sandalwood
Post: Alum rub, Jovan Musk (in atomiser)
It is my 1st using a Simpson brush and, as I had been assured, now I see what all the fuss is about. I will need to learn it a bit better as it performs differently than my NF and Vulfix, but the face feel and backbone are superb. The Sprock as ever performed faultlessly, it makes me wonder why I ever bother with another razor but then again using others put into perspective how good it really is.
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The same Gillette Platinum blade I've been testing since Monday went into my Slim set to 9 this morning. I used a Simpson Special Best badger and Vitos for lather, and since it's cool in Maine today I finished up with my handcrafted Bay Rum.

It was a great shave and an easy BBS. I love my aggressive razors!

For those keeping tabs on this blade, it lacked something in the Tech, so it's not a keeper for me. It was good in the Black handle and really good today in the Slim. But since it isn't good in all 3 I won't be buying any.

I won't post anymore about it until the blade either gives 7 good shaves (Sunday) or it's spent and I trash it. The soap and brush will change, the razor set to 9 will stay the same.

 

This evening:

Stick of cherry-vanilla incense from eBay seller "thatsmellsgood"
Merkur Futur razor
Merkur blade
Merkur Futur silvertip
Becker scuttle
Proraso s/c
Glycerin
KMF Mint s/c
Menthol crystals
Alum block
Osage Rub a/s

This shave was relaxing, and so cold my eyes felt as if they'd been left in the fridge.
Three passes, bbs.

 

I had a very bad experience this morning. I loaded a brand new blade in my Slim. While shaving, I discovered that only one side of the new double edged blade was sharp. The other side was so dull I could run my finger across it and not get cut. Someone, obviously, was asleep at the quality control desk. Once I figured out what was going on, I just used the sharp side. Into the blade bank that blade goes.

 

That's different! I wonder how often bad blades make it through QC?

What blade was it?

 

Good morning, Gents.

Shower with Musgo Real roped soap
Frank Shaving Finest
Logona Mann SC
KAI Captain Excelia folding with KAI mild blade
Myrsol blue AS
Maine Shave facial tonic

Nice way to start the day.

 

Thursday, September 8

Gem Push Button
GEM (Pella Coated) (d4)
Preshave Oil Blend
Tabac SS
Tweezerman Badger
Master Blue
Herbissimo Mountain Juniper Edt

Fine shave today.

 

French Gibbs Vintage Razor
with Gibbs Blades
Bock 21er Silvertip
TS - Top Secret SC
Tüff Herbal AS

Have a nice day!

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Thursday - another day closer

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: BJ's Kenya AA, BLACK
Soap: Cyril Salter
Brush: Mohawk 3-338 with original knot
Razor: Late model Super Adjustable @ 7
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 4, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, Brut Attitude, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Again I dialed up a notch for my normal setting of 6. A little too close - feeling just the slightest bit of razor burn. I'll lock it at 6.

 

Thursday, September 8. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Glyce Lime then hot towel soak, apply Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE87
Blade: Feather
Cream: Proraso
Brush: D.R. Harris H1
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Speick After Shave Lotion



Have a GREAT day.