SoS: September 5-11 2011

thursday:

t2 long handled super adj
voskhod day 2
everready 200 with tgn knot
proraso soap
alum, witch hazel, tsd isz

 

Gillette Old Type
Voskhod (3)
Semogue 2000
Speick Stick (grated in an OS mug)
Superior 70 Bay Rum

 

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Progress XL
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
Soap or Cream: TOBS Lavender Cream
A/S: Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel, Diplomat Splash

 

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Bozzano Sensitive SC
Vifrex AS
Azzaro Pour Homme EDT

These last 2 shaves have been wonderful - 3 passes with strongly-mentholated creams. The Bozzano Sensitive cream is a Brazilian beauty with a powerful cooling effect, as well as excellent lather. Guys, if you want to know about another face freezer, try Vifrex aftershave gel. :biggrin:

 

Razor: |Mühle R101 "Shark's Mouth"​

Blade: |Shark Super stainless​

Brush: |Semogue LE 2009​

Lather: |Omega shaving soap with lanolin​

Aftershave: |Osage Rub​

Comments: |I didn't think about a DE shave today, but finally I've chosen the Mühle R101, lighter than the R41, better to use a razor as this because the weight it's not an advantage for such as agressive head. Because the agresiveness and the aspect of the comb, that seems the teeth of a shark, I called it "Shark's Mouth". More "romantic" than call it R101. Supermentholated shave because of the Omega soap and the Osage Rub, the fresher shave in Spain ​

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Merkur 45 Bakelite
Iridium
M&F 1/2
Martin De Candre
Aqua Velva
Ebano & Ebano A/S Balm

 

Razor - Valet
Blade - Feather (2)
Brush - Penworks 24
Soap - MWF
ASB - Proraso White
Other - Proraso White pre-shave cream

I don't understand what took so long, but I finally got the perfect angle with my valet. I have held it almost flat against my face many times before, always with unsatisfactory results. But this morning everything was as smooth as can be! It was a very good shave and a great way to start the day!

 

Surprisingly, the blade was an Israeli Red Personna. The new one I used this morning was fine.

 

Thursday morning,

Gillette NEW Short Comb,
Personna Med Prep Blade (2)
Rooney 1/1 Best Badger Brush,
Arko shave soap w/ hot water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse. DFS!

 

Thursday's Shave:

• Gillette Slim (8)
• Voskhod (2)
• Semogue 830
• C&E Nomad SS
• Aqua Velva

 

Hot Shower
Omega 48/St. Charles Dagger
Gillette OC/Rapira
Clubman Pinaud Vanilla/Kapo
Three passes I had a 5 * DFS.

 

Thursday:

EJ89L
Voskhod
Thater Stout 2
Palmolive Stick
Dickenson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Sensitive Balm
Brut AS splash

 

DoRosso Super Silvertip
'61 Gillette Fat Boy, 5
Rapira Super Stainless, 5
pre-shave oil of own making
C&E Sienna Shave Soap
Alum block
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel and a light rub in of PREP ...just a touch of razor burn today.

I don't know why exactly but I can get a nice thick lather from the C&E but it's never very slick and I tend to get jitter from the razor for this reason.

 

Sounds like you need a bit more water. There's a fine line between thick/dry and thin/runny. More water will help give a bit of slide, but just be careful - too much and your lather gets thin and runny.

But you knew that.

 

Thanks, Steve! I'll play around with that some and see what I come up with. I've had the C&E for about a year, but I really haven't used it much despite loving the scent as I do. This, Williams and Pre de Provence are my only "hard" soaps. PdP took me a bit to get the hang of, but once I got it down, it's been solid performer. Williams, well, Williams is Williams, but for some reason I find it slicker than the C&E even if the lather breaks on me ....perhaps it's the tallow, don't know. Best! Oh, and my coffee today was some locally roasted French roast brewed in a stainless mocha pot.

 

Thursday
Hot Shower, Bassler 5/8 Stainless Steel, Simpson 57, Derby Menthol Cream, Alum, Gillette Series ASB

This stainless steel razor has been more of a challenge than most, to get as sharp as I like, but 70 laps on my new hone and its lovely.
A superb close, irritation free shave and another highly informative session with my unidentified olive green hone.
Have a fantastic Friday, gentlemen.​

 

When you're ready to try your hand at roasting your own, drop me a line.

 

Actually I have tried roasting. My results varied some, but over all I enjoyed the results. The smoke in the kitchen was a bit much to handle though. I used a pot and a wooden spoon and stirred constantly. Perhaps a dedicated roaster would have been better in the smoke department. I will drop you a line should I convince my wife I should give it another go! Thanks!

 

1960 Fatboy F1 - set at 7 w/ final pass set at 4
Voskhod (1)
Edwin Jagger Best Badger
AOS Lavender PreShave Oil
Truefitt & Hill Lavender Shave Cream
Nivea Post Shave Balm
Old Spice AS

I originally didn't plan on shaving today after the burn left by my last Personna DE Straight shave, but I got the Fatboy in the mail today and obviously had to try it out. And I can see all the fuss people make about this razor - it really is a nice piece. Even before you shave with it it's got a great feel, look, what have you. The balance is nice and it has good heft, grippy handle, all that stuff. The head geometry is nice too, sort of feels like shaving with an adjustable Aristocrat. It's a completely different feel from my normal Progress and I don't think it will replace it as my daily, but it's a very good razor nonetheless. Clean shave, 4/5

 

Thursday 8 Sept

Sorry I wasn't able to post earlier, I got a call out.

Gillettel Slim (7), w/ treet dura-sharp (D1)
Berkley 46, face lather
Palmolive SC menthol (italian)
Alcoloda Glacial and Proraso ASB

A quick two pass shave before I hit the road, DFS.