SoS: September 6-12 2010

Thurs. night:
Face: Super Speed w/ Astra SP
Head: Fatboy w/Dorco 301
Knotty Erlenmeyer
Speick Shave Stick
Alum
TSD Bergamot Splash

Great smelling, nearly BBS shave. 4.5 blades

 

Happy Friday From Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
TGN Synthetic Re-Knot
C&E Sienna Soap
Schick Injector I-2
Personna Blade (1)
Cold Water Rag
Booster's Oriental Spice A/S

6 Passes (yes, really, 6) = DFS. I don't know what the deal is here, maybe I got a bum blade?

I did not shave yesterday so I had some serious growth to contend with. I swear that since I started wet shaving my whiskers have underwent some kind of metamorphosis and turned into steel wool. After the fourth pass, I was still scruffy so went with a fifth and a sixth. I quit at six in hopes of dodging the razor burn, but I could have gone with another pass and touch ups for a BBS.

 

Friday September 10

55’ Gillette Super Speed Red Tip
Bic (2)
Home Made Preshave Oil
Tweezerman Badger
Tabac SS
Dominican Bay Rum Lime

Near BBS on 3 passes. Ordered a new Edwin Jagger 86 based on many good reviews here in the den. Looking forward to it's arrival. TGIF!

 

Friday:

Merkur 38C/Astra Superior
Ever-Ready w/TGN Finest 20mm
MWF
L'Occitane Cade ASB
L'Occitane Cade ASL

 

Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Omega Boar 10049
Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe
A/S: Ivy Club Spice
EdT: ODLR Pour Lui​

 

Friday, September 10, 2010

Razor: Merkur Long Handled Classic (23C)
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Soap: Honeybee Spa Cherry Pipe Tobacco
A/S: Generic Witch Hazel, Pashana American Classic Bay Rum

While I generally prefer the more "classic" scents (lavender, sandalwood, etc.) in shaving soaps, it's sometimes fun to inject a little whimsy into the shaving ritual. The CPT scent reminds me of the old pipe tobacco aisle that used to be a part of most drugstores. Scent aside, I did get one nick which was mostly my fault but, I think, also partly the soap's fault. In my experience, most glycerin soaps do not provide quite the cushion that most milled soaps offer. Because of that, extra care is needed and that's where I slipped up--I was letting my mind wander and the razor woke me up with a little bite.

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Home roasted Tanzania, BLACK
Soap/Cream: C&E Sandalwood super lather
Brush: Treville Daxer
Razor: '56 Gillette Red Tip SS
Blade: Astra SP, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut AS
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Not bad. A little burn. Think I was using a bit too much pressure. Love the scent of this soap.

 

Thurs:

Boker's Red Injun #101
MWF
The Dridecker Brush
Home Mentholated Thayer's Cucumber Witch Hazel

2.5 stars-I think the blade is getting dull (probably my initial bad stropping technique as this was my first straight) and got a nice cut under right lip-I'm a lefty.

Fri:

Gem Micromatic
Ted Pella Blade
Iced Thing SC
Rudy Vey Cucstom Finest Badger
Alum Block
TSD Iced Peppermint AS Milk

-5 blader to make up for yesterdays fiasco.

 

Dubl Duck Special
Rooney 1/1 Super
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Speick after shave

 

Shave Of The Day - September 10th

• Hot Shower
• Shea Moisture Shave Brush
• Lathering Bowl
• TSD Soap - Monkey Farts Scent
• Clix 3 Piece Razor
• Derby Blade - Day 4
• Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Mix
• TSD A/S Spalsh - 2 X Iced Monkey Farts Scent - :freezing :freezing :freezing
• 

Sometimes I'm just amazed at how well JoAnna's soaps work...

Using the $9.00 Shae Moisture Shave Brush, I did a quick 10-15 second load of the brush on the Monkey Farts soap, pumped and swirled the brush in my almost forgotten Dollar Tree Sundae Bowl while adding a touch of water, and ended up with enough thick, rich lather for at least 6+ passes!

The shave was very nice, but since I'm on shift I didn't try pushing for a super smooth shave, but did end up with a DFS one at that.

Knock off half a blade for not getting to use my Iced SubZero Pre-Shave Balm, and half a blade for the few remaining whiskers, and I'll very happily call it a 4 blade shave!

 

Saturday, September 11th

Hot shower
Rituals Samurai Secret sc
Omega 639 Havana Silvertip
Mühle R106 w/ Astra Platinum
Alum block
Nivea for Men ASB
Davidoff Cool Water EdT

 

Truefitt&Hill Trafalgar shaving cream from Jeff the stingrayrock
Muehle Fine Badger shaving brush
Merkur 34C / Cerrus blade @ day 2
Edwin Jagger Aloe Vera after shave balm

Nice shave, although on the second and third passes I felt my razor tugging on skin like it was previously rubbed with alum block. Too much/little water? Looked like decent lather.

 

Saturday:

Omega Wooden Handle
1950's Super Speed/Wilkinson day 2
Everest-SC :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Everest-EDC/AS Balm :love008 :love008 :freezing :freezing
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Bulgari Blu Notte-EDT

It's unreal, but Russia has such fantastic creams--this Everest is a pleasure in every way imagineable. It gives rich, creamy and stable lather with minimum effort, it smells classy and sporty, and the cooling effect is great. The Everest eau de cologne/aftershave balm is not only very mentholated, it gives a lot of skincare with the same lovely scent, but it doesn't interefere with an eau de toilette.

 

Saturday

55’ Gillette Super Speed Red Tip
Bic (3)
Home Made Preshave Oil
Vulfix 2235 S
TSD Sandalwood SS
Master Blue, Clubman

Results: 4.8 blades, on 4 passes+. The Bic blade seems to perform well in the Red Tip razor.

 

Saturday:

Gillette New razor
Treet Black Beauty blade
BathHouse Soapery Mint & Aloe SS
Frank Shaving Silvertip brush
Osage Rub
Barbasol Pacific Rush Balm & A/S

The Frank Shaving Silvertip brush worked well with this soap, easily producing a boodle of nice lather. Oh, the rest of the shave was great too.

 

Yes, it does. And I have no doubt that the TSD soap play no little part in that, as well!

 

• Gillette New Short Comb
• Personna Blade
• VDH Select SS
• C&E BBB
• Nivea Replenishing ASB

Another joyous shave!

Amazing how the simple (ergo cheap) things can provide such a luxurious experience!

 

after shower (doubles as beard-prep)

A. Witte (german) 5/8th straight-edge
Proraso SC
home-made pine-scented witch-hazel
Lucky Tiger's "Aspen" AS

1.5 days since shave for me is as smooth as a 2-day beard. Fantastic shave on a self-honed str8. Ahhhhh.

 

Happy Saturday From Steamy Florida!

Hot Shower
RAB Scuttle
TGN Super Badger
Godrej Lime SC
Schick Injector I-2
Personna Blade (1)
Cold Water Rag
TSD Lime A/S

3 Passes = 3 Blade Shave

I changed the blade in the razor to see if my shave from yesterday was due to a bad blade. The shave was really no better today, so I stopped at 3 passes instead of going for 6 like yesterday. Perhaps the Schick I-2 is just not as aggressive as I need a razor to be?

Have a great day ya'll!

 

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Razor: Jaggerooney
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum, Sage & Cedar
A/S: Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel, Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood Splash

A great shave this morning on the last day of my 6-day "Glycerin Fest". For some reason, the Ogallala lather seems to have more body and substance than many other glycerin based soaps. Did they slip some tallow into this stuff? Nah... Maybe I'm being unduly influenced by the intoxicating scent. I did not have A/S of the same scent, but the Bay Rum & Sandalwood filled in just fine and resulted in an excellent finish. However, I must order a bottle of the Ogallala BR, S&C--I do love the scent.