SoS: September 6-12 2010

Let's see those shaves for the week! As always bonus points for pictures!

I set out my gear for tomorrow, so I will get it started.


Edwin Jagger Chatsworth
Lord Super Chrome
Knotty Badger Synthetic
GFT Sandalwood Cream
SCS Sandalwood Splash

 

Did you mean September 6 - 12?

 

Monday, September 6th

Hot shower
Arko Citrus sc
Semogue 2015HD Silvertip
Mühle R106 w/ Astra Platinum
Alum block
Nivea for Men ASB
Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraiche EdT

 

Haven't shaved for three days

Proraso Green Tea & Aloe Vera shaving cream
Omega shaving kit boar brush
Merkur 34C / NOS Gillette Platinum-Plus blade @ day 3
Iveria georgian after shave cream

Super-glide BBS without problems.

 

Hot shower.
Pre shave wash.
Parker 98r with 7o'clock blade.
Going to try my new arko shave stick.
Cold water douse,alum block.
Selin lemon cologne trom Turkey(i love it when my freinds go on holiday)

 

Monday September 6

59' FatBoy (7)
Derby (1)
Vulfix 2235 S
Grapeseed Oil Preshave + M-Bomb
Arko/TSD Sandalwood Hybrid SS
Osage Rub, Bay Rum Hybrid

BBS Face, DFS Neck, on 3 passes. Menthol Monday!!

 

Menthol Monday Indian-style!

Omega Wooden Handle
1950's Super Speed/Sharp day 3
Godrej Menthol Mist-SC :love008 :love008 :anifrozen :anifrozen
Anherb-AS Conditioner :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Perry Ellis Red 360-EDT

With the arrival of some more Godrej Menthol Mist cream this past Friday, I will splurge now, and enjoy lots of great ice-cold shaves with this great stuff. The Anherb conditioner adds a delightful freezing and soothing finish.

 

Monday:

Sabi 3 piece razor
SuperMax Sunrise blade
Vie-Long brush
CO Bigelow SC
Osage Rub
Barbasol Pacific Rush Balm & A/S

Nice menthol rush today. And the Sabi liked the SuperMax blade better than a Shark. Very nice shave

 

Monday

wash face in cold water
glycerin pre shave
Arko stick
VDH deluxe boar
'66 flair tip
Lord platinum (2)
bump relief balm
addidas Dynamic Pulse splash
high time bump stopper cream
blue desire edt

 

Ahh Ming-Shi, Would A Razor By Any Other Name Shave As Sweet...

Monday's Shave

Hot Shower
Hot Towel
Arko Shave Stick
Omega 10029 Baby-Pro Boar
Ming-Shi TTO/Astra Stainless (Day1)
Arko-Nem Soft Lotion-Moisturizer
Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT

Two Passes of absolutly effortless, irritation free BBS...I had forgotten how wonderful this razor is...And how much I love shaving with it...:happy108
My thanks to both Jeffs...

 

Monday

Prep: Marinade 30 min. w/ TSD ISZ PSB, hot shower with 4 drops M Bomb in my shampoo, soak brush, hand strop blade
Coffee: Home roasted Tanzania, BLACK
Soap: Ogalalla Creamy Bay Rum and Sweet Orange + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor
Razor: 1958 Gillette TV SS, 52 years old this quarter!
Blade: Wilkinson, day 1, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion +2 drops M Bomb, ice water splash, Ogalalla Bay Rum AS/Skin Toner, hand strop blade and put in tomorrow's razor
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own (yup, made it myself this morning! :bounce015)


Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Other mornings this exact shave would have only received a 4, but as the rating includes many things, I give it a 5. The soap smelled exceptionally nice this morning, the M Bomb was THEE BOMB for the entire shower/shave experience, my 'stache wax turned out as good as I had hoped, AND today's a day off!! :happy069

Enjoy the long weekend, everybody!

 

I did indeed. What did I have?

 

Pre shave: cold water splash
Soap: crock of VDH
Brush: Omega 48
Razor: Vintage merkur slant
Blade: merkur hand stropped day 4
AS: Aqua velva
Cologne: Royal Copenhagen

The slant mowed down those hard to get areas with ease. This is by far one of the finest shaves I've had to date. BBS in 3 easy passes with no touch up.:happy096

 

Mentholated

Is the "Menthol Mondays" thread unofficially retired?

pre-shave hot/wet towel
Unscented soap
Dovo 6/8 "Best Quality"
alum (armpit scented)
Aqua Velva

The scent was missed during the shave, functioning to increase the anticipation and excitement for the sting and refreshing cool of the menthol. Very nice shave.

 

MYCarver Finest Chubby
Arko SS in a mug
Tech Bull Mastiff
Lord Platinum (1)
Alum
IvyClub Spice

Another good shave with the pre-war tech. I switched to a Lord Platinum which seems a bit sharper and a little less smooth then the RP Personna. Three pass and no touch up for DFS that was probably 85% BBS. I am going to have to spend some more time with the Tech and some clones. The ones I have used so far really do deliver high quality shaves.

 

How do you like that brush? Which knot do you have in it? I picked up one of the mixed knot versions for my father and he loves it enough that he got a second one for his travel kit.

 

A long hot shower did not coax out any the arthritis stiffness this morning.
A great shave that followed made the day start great.

While showering my Parker Badger Brush was soaking in warm water. My Omega shave creme was warming in the sink.

After my shower I loaded the badger brush with a mound of Omega shaving creme. My razor choice today was a Fat Handle Tech with an Irrudaim blade.

Two passes no weepers, no nicks, end result BBS. Followed with Aqua Blue Vela and then Canoe Balm. Then a spray of Avon Wild Country.

 

Monday, September 06, 2010

Razor: Jaggerooney
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Grosvenor LE
Soap: TSD Jelly Doughnut
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Speick Splash

I have accumulated several glycerine soaps over the past few years that have not been getting much use. I thought it would be fun to have a personal "Glycerine Week" (Monday through Saturday, anyway) this week. Today's shave was DFS and irritation-free--I certainly can't argue with a good shave. But what aftershave would go well with the Jelly Doughnut scent? I don't have an A/S with a coffee fragrance, so went with the all-purpose Speick. And no, my face isn't sticky. I'm looking forward to tomorrow morning's glycerine shave!

 

I have the boar/badger mixed knot. It's breaking in quite nice. I like it.

 

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Rooney Emillion
Speick Shave Stick
'47 Aristocrat
Gillette Bleue Extra (2)
Speick A/S