SoS: September 6-12 2010

Happy Tuesday From Overcast Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
TGN Super Badger Re-Knot
Nana June's Citrus Wake Up Soap
EJDE89L
Perma-Sharp Super Blade (3)
Cold Water Rag
Pinaud Citrus Musk

4 Passes = 5 Blade, Off The Hook BBS!

have a great day ya'll!

 

C-MON razor
EJ Medium Best
Jake's Sport cream
Booster Mosswood

 

TGN Finest Re-knot
Arko SS in a mug
Feather Portable Bull Mastiff
RP Personna (2)
Alum
V-Jon Spice

Back to the Feather Portable for a nice smooth shave to start this shortened work week.

 

Merkur 38C
KAI (4)
Musgo Real SC
C&E BBB
Alum Block
Alcolado Glacial AS
Lab Series AS

-4 shaves in one blade-never happens with me. 5 blader, again.

 

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Razor: Merkur Long Handled Progress
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Vulfix 2006 Pure Badger
Soap: Honeybee Spa Coconut
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Pashana American Bay Rum Splash

This was my second shave in my personal Glycerin Soap Week, and it was a nice one. Although I am biased toward bowl lathering anyway, I think bowl lathering is especially useful with glycerin soaps. They seem to require more water, which is easier to control with bowl lathering. Others may disagree, of course. Anyway, the bowl lathering method produced plenty of creamy lather which didn't dry out prematurely on my face. The Pashana American Bay Rum splash was an excellent finish.

 

Tuesday:

iKon Bulldog OC
Lord Platinum
Savile Row 3126 Silvertip
P.160 Tipo Duro SS
Aveda ASB
Alt Innsbruck AS Splash

 

Tuesday

Cold water wash
glycerin pre shave
williams ss
'66 flair tip
lord platinum (3)
VDH deluxe boar
thayers lavender witch hazel
Magic razor bump relief
Barbasol Pacific Rush splash
High time bump stopper cream
Aspen edt.

 

Lazy monday

I'm getting a cold so I thought a shave might cheer me up. This is from yesterday sept 6th

Goofy cup full of coffee
parker 96r
Astra Platinum blade - day 1 (thanks steve!)
The Dridecker
TSD sample - old spice fresh lime
witch hazel
TSD alum block
Niva sensitive balm
3 passes WTG, XTG ear to nose, ATG

The lime woke me up and cleared my sinuses for a bit. The astra blade worked fine but I was not as WOWed with it as I am with the 301s.

4 out of 5 blades

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Tanzania, BLACK
Soap: Vintage Old Spice
Brush: Omega 10098
Razor: Late '40s Gillette SS
Blade: Wilkinson Sword, day 2, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Curve, hand strop blade and put in tomorrow's razor
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 3 Blades

Can't say I'm diggin' this blade. The 'stache wax is holding great, though !

 

Tuesday, September 7th

Razor: D.R. Harris 3-piece Chatsworth
Blade: Super Iridium
Pre-shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Brush: Simpson Ehsan
Cream/Soap: Palmolive Shave Stick
A/S: Klar Klassik Rasierwasser


Another excellent shave! The Klar Klassic aftershave is becoming a favorite. Das Gut!

 

Hot Shower
Imperial Extra Hollow Ground
Semogue 2000
Omega Soap
Aqua Velva Classic
CK Eternity

3 passes BBS. I've played with 3 pass straight shaves for the last few days and come to the conclusion that the 3rd pass is just for fun, I don't seem to be picking up many whiskers as most of them are gone by the first two passes (N-S, and S-N). Although the 3 pass shave, does without exception deliver a glass smooth shave, I really do believe that two full passes and a touch up of several trouble spots would do an equally impressive job. That said, with the full 3 pass shaves, I do notice that 24+ hours later I can barely feel stubble.

 

Come Fly with Me

• Gillette Short Comb New
• Gillette 7 O'clock Super Platinum (4)
• Old Stinky
• TOBS Lavender Soap
• Alum Block
• TSD Lavender & Rose AS
• Agua Lavanda Puig Cologne

Agua Lavanda is supposed to have been a favorite of Sinatra. Makes a really nice combo with the TSD AS and not at all expensive.
I'm a bit disappointed with the longevity of the Gillette Super Platinum. After the first pass it was clear this blade was done. Lots of tug, pull and skip today. I did finesse a BBS but I'm amazed I did. 4.0

 

Tuesday's Shave

No Prep
Hot Water Splash
Arko Shave Stick
Omega 10029 Baby-Pro Boar
Gillette 1952 Steel Model 'Black Tip' Super Speed
Astra Stainless-Blue Pack (Day2)
Arko-Nem Soft Lotion, moisturizer
Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT

A quick 1 pass and it would be a solid BBS if I could have done a touch-up under my chin...But still a 5 Star shave...Unbelievable, I was so interrupted, and rushed...a testament to how great this razor is...:happy108

I'm going on a short 5 day tour of concerts...so I was thinking of taking my '65 Adjustable in case my blades get taken at an airport, whatever blades I can pick-up can be made to work...Then this morning I realized I didn't really need to shave I got such a close shave with the Ming-Shi yesterday...So now I'm thinking I'll just take the M-S and "check" my bag...Then late this afternoon I did need a shave, and as I reach for the M-S, I moved the blade to the Super Speed, just cause the Black Tip is so much fun, darn it...And then everything goes nuts at my house and I have to grab the shave in record time, and the SS showed how it got its name...Probably the smoothest and most comfortable 1 Pass, High Speed BBS I've ever gotten... Hands Down...I'm taking the Super-Speed...Cause whatever happens, I know I can count on it to deliever...And oh yeah...also because its just so much fun...

 

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Derby Extra (new)
Brush: Omega Boar 10049
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe
A/S: TOBS Shaving Shop
EdT: Quorum​

 

Horrid shave!

Shave Of The Day - September 7th

• Hot Shower
• Wilkinson Sword Tech 3
• Wilkinson Sword Tech 3 Blade - Day 1
• Dr Dulcamara's Brushless Sandalwood Shaving Cream
• Lea Aftershave Balsam
• 

I have supplied my darling wife with many wetshaving tools to use, from her own Lady Eversharp and LHSA, to her own brush and creams.

She has always preferred a Quattro to shave with but in the interest of economy, we picked her up the new Wilkinson Sword Tech 3 from Wal-Mart, and after using it has declared it a winner for her. After seeing the discussion around here talking about it, I decided to load the razor up with a new blade and have a go at it.

While I was going the more modern wetshaving route, and seeing as I have never used a brushless cream, I decided to use the Dr Dulcamara's Brushless Cream that was gifted to me a while back.

Absolutely horrid shave! Two passes and tried to do some touchup and I still feel like I haven't shaved at all, with whiskers everywhere, but I do have some irritation to show for it. The brushless cream smelled nice, and felt slick to the fingers, but it seemed to be slimy and stringy as I shaved and rinsed the razor.

I'll give it 1.5 blades since I didn't have any blood loss from the shave, and it was faster, but it definitely wasn't nicer. :mad:

 

Just out of the shower and shaved.

Proraso Green Tea & Aloe shaving cream
Muehle Fine Badger Frosted Acrylic shaving brush
Merkur 34C / NOS Gillette Platinum-Plus blade @ day 4
Florena Sensitive after shave balm

Used a scuttle just to see how my new brush will perform. And it performed outstanding. Stiff, soft. It's big and heavy. Maybe too big for face-lathering, but I like it. Bit floppy, but not as much to say it's a paint brush. It's still stiff. I'm satisfied with the buy Seems like NOS Gillette blade gets dull faster in my Merkur HD than in Super Speed. Perhaps, it has more work here.

 

Razor: Rolls Razor
Brush: Simpsons Wee Scot
Cream: C.O.Bigelow
ASB: C.O.Bigelow Green Elixir
Cologne: C.O.Bigelow Green Elixir



Wring knot. 1min 15. 5 pass. Rework 1st and 2nd pass.

 

Hot Shower
Glycerin Preshave
Boker Barber Tip
Omega Boar
Arko shavestick
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal
Murray and Lanman's Lotus and Violets Cologne

Great shave, just a touch up was all that was really required after a completely off the chain BBS shave yesterday. Haven't used this AS/Cologne stack for a while. Neither goes on really nice but both seem to dry down to a really clean powdery floral kind of scent that is very nice indeed.

 

Wednesday September 8

59' FatBoy (7)
Derby (3)
Ever Ready Boar
Grapeseed Oil Preshave + Glycerin
Taylor of Bond Classic (TSD Sample)
Stephans Island Lime A/S

BBS today on 3 passes. No touch up needed. First experience using the Taylor shave soap. It quickly made a rich lather that worked very well.

 

Wednesday, September 8th

Hot shower
Rituals Samurai Secret sc
Kent T8 Pure Badger
Mühle R106 w/ Astra Platinum
Alum block
Nivea creme
Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraiche EdT