SoS: September 5-11 2011

Saturday!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Penworks 26mm finest
TSD Mango Coconut Wheat SC
Cobra Classic
Feather (1)
Cool Water Rinse
TSD Mango Coconut ASM

This was my first shave with the Cobra, this thing is a beast!! The angle with which I shave my legs meant I had to really control the razor given it's weight. This thing'll take your hide off!

Close shave, damn close.

 

Jack Black Beard Lube
Gillette Bostonian
Polsilver Blade
C&E BBB
Kiss My Face Mint
TSD Iced Lime Milk

-BBS. I'm completely sold on the Polsilver. If it's not the SI in disguise it's at least as good. I've used the Polsilver in a Merkur 38c,
Merkur Slant, and now the Bostonian. It brought out the best of those razors.

 

Hot Shower
Omega10048/Vulfix Soap
Gillette Knack/Rapira
Kanga Water

 

Happy Saturday From Florida!

Today is the best day of my life so far!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
Chubbz I
Noxzema SC - THANKS BILL!
Strivel Adjustable - @3
Feather (2)
Cold Water Rag
Poraso ASB

4 Passes = 9 Million Blade, Floating On Cloud Nine, Hey You Get Off Of My Cloud, Off The Hook, Bang A Gong, Inter-Galactic, My Nose Is Having Convulsions, NSFW, BBS!

Holy Smokes! How am I going to move forward? I cannot look backward because I was never there to begin with. Noxzema must have done some kind of market study at the time to determine that their lather cream was not economically viable...but dang! This stuff flat out ROCKS!!!

Once I was done with my shave, I squeezed out the remaining lather from my brush and rubbed it into my face. I spent the next 15 minutes wrapped up in my shower towel, rolling on the floor and basking in the wonderful scent, soaking up all that I could of this Heavenly Elixir. There is probably three more shaves available in this sample pot, if I play them right.... <sigh>

Fellow shavers, whatever you do, DO NOT allow yourself to try Noxie; it is no longer available for purchase. I can only imagine what a crack smoker must feel once the drug is gone, if it is even a fraction of a fraction as good as my shave experience with it today!

 

Gem OCMM
Gem Stainless PTFE
Semogue 2000
MWF
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum (Boosted)

 

• Razor: The Traveling Lord L6
• Blade: Dark Blue 7 O'clocks
• Brush: CH2 Super
• Cream: TOBS Almond
• ASB: Nivea Sensitive
• Cologne: Paco Rabanne Pour Homme

 

Was in trip for all this week long. The shaves were the same:
Merkur travel/Personna#1-5
Muhle travel nickel brush in best badger
Palmolive shave stick
Mayor Energy Platinum splash
All were almost BBS, I love Palmolive stick and this is my only choice for traveling, because I like it! Thank you, Jeff, thank you, Stefan, for that sticks!!!

When I got home, I was met with very cozy and relaxing Saturday shave...
8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Painted ceramic bowl
Valobra Menthol soap
Men's choice Brisk splash
DFS+ with ease!
These 2 splashes made a fan of alcohol-based splashes of me. Love the feeling and soothing. Besides, Mayor Energy splash is well-mentholated and gives wonderful cooling effect!

 

'58 Gillette SS
Shark Super Stainless (2)
VDH Deluxe
SimplyBeautiful Pure Badger Brush
WH
Nivea Post-Shave Balm

 

$.50 boar brush ('cause I haven't used one of these cheap brushes in months)
My mug that was a one off custom job made in NJ almost 60 years ago- I face lather
p.160
Slim set to 9 with a Gillette platinum on it's 6th test shave installed
Finished with the alum block (sting!!) and my handcrafted bay rum

The blade has seen better days. It really should have come out of the razor before the shave ended. It wasn't up to the 6th shave. My face took a beating.

Tomorrow I return to an old friend to give my face a break.

 

Friday, September 9, 2011

• Prep: Hot shower, California Baby face wash, hand strop blade
• Lather: Arko
• Brush: Semogue 1250
• Razor: Gem OCMM
• Blade: Walgreen's Gem (3), 2 passes
• Post: WH, Aqua-Velva Ice Blue, hand strop blade

Excellent shave with the Arko. I'm still learning the Semogue brush but it does feel great on the face. Boars definitely hold the water differently than a badger. My first attempt at a face lather was very soupy. I rinsed the brush out, squeezed a lot of water out and then reloaded on the arko. Then I got a really good face lather and had a great shave!

 

Saturday 10 September

Proraso Pre-shave
C.O. Bigelow SC
Gillette Slim (8) w/ Treet Dura Sharp (D3)
Berkley 46, face lather
Alcolado Glacial-Anherb conditioner

Well, I did what Steve suggested. I bumped the slim up to 8 and it did pretty good. I got one nick, but I think it was because I was being a dumbass. The blade seemed to drag a bit, so I pitched it when I was done. The opinion is still out on the CO Bigelow, the cooling is mild, the scent is meh, and I'm not crazy about the skin care. Maybe one more shot with it. Not nearly as good as the proraso white, Grodrej menthol mist, or palmolive Italian shave cream. Sorry about the picture, it looked good on the small screen, and when I posted it I could see the bottom was a bit blurry.

 

One day...I will purchase that CH2 Super... Very nice set.

 

Thanks Dan, hope you do get your brush

 

Sunday 09-11-11

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Unmarked German Vintage Razor
with red Personna (1)
Hans Baier 21er Silvertip
Crabtree & Evelyn Sienna
D.R.Harris Pink
Juicy Couture`s Dirty English

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I found this cute little bowl on the flea market in Berlin. The emblem seemed so familiar, it looks like a caduceus, which has really nothing to do with medicine. But Google says the U.S. Army Medical Corps is assigned.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/US_Army_Medical_Corps_Branch_Plaque.gif

Another hint I found here
http://www.replacements.com/webquote/BUFUSAMC.htm

For further information I would be thankful!

 

Sunday, September 11. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Hot shower, wash face with Musgo Glyce Lime, hot towel, Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE86
Blade: Feather
Cream: Proraso
Brush: D.R. Harris H1
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Speick After Shave Lotion

 

Sunday

59’ Fatboy (setting 7)
Derby Extra (d2)
Preshave Oil Blend
Ever Ready Boar
Col. Conk Amber SS
Osage Rub, Superior 70

 

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur 23C
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Soap or Cream: Mitchell's Wool Fat
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, TOBS Mr. Taylor Splash

Another fine shave with MWF!

 

Sunday

Prep: 30 minute marinade with TSD ISZ PSB, hot shower
Coffee: ??? brand from Germany, BLACK
Soap: Vintage Old Spice
Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington
Razor: Gem Push Button
Blade: Gem, day 2, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB + 2 drops M Bomb, Pinaud Clubman, hand strop blade

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

A super shave.

To all who lost - God bless.

 

Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 6
Nord-ost SC
Nord-ost AS Balsam
Pino Silvestre EDT

Although I got another very close and smooth shave, (3 passes were required) this 7 AM blade struggled to do it for me. The Nord-ost cream is a top brand in Russia - it has everything going for it. A nice, classic scent, great lather, and a little menthol. The matching aftershave balsam is very mentholated, and really makes sensitive skin feel well-cared for. The shaving cream is on the left in the black and yellow tube, and the balsam is to the right. :biggrin:

My prayers and thoughts go out to everyone who was affected by 9/11/01.

 

Personna Magic Razor
Voskhod (1)
TGN Silvertip Badger
Ingram Menthol Cream
Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm

Another close shave all around - did give myself a decent nick on the upstroke, but nothing major. A fresh blade with this razor really makes a massive difference, I've been using them for 3 days before moving on but I may shorten that to 2. Every day gets a little better!