SoS: September 8, 2014 - September 14, 2014

Razor: iKon Slant
Blade: Personna Med Prep (D6)
Brush: Semogue SOC Cherry Boar
Bowl: Woodhead Medium Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Bay Rum w Lime
Shave Soap: HTGAM Bay Rum
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: HTGAM Coconut Bay Rum

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Tuesday September 9, 2014



Getting Ready to Go Back Home​

I am almost ready to go back home and, like every genuine gentleman should do before starting a new journey, I of course shaved with a straight razor and now I am almost ready to travel back home. There I have all of my Mastro Livi straight razors waiting for me and I admit I miss them quite a lot. The razor I brought with me this time is good but not so good, let's say it is an acceptable shaver. That's why I miss so much shaving with a Mastro Livi razor while enjoying its velvety and smooth touch.​

• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre-Shave Green
• Soap: Aquagena Shaving Soap
• Brush: Omega Boar Brush 10275
• Bowl: Chinese Cheap Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Travel Loom Strop and Hand Palm Stropping
• Razor: Dovo 2Bismarck Pearl, 6/8 Full Hollow, Round point
• Post-Shave: Umbrian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum After Shave

 

The more I use Provence Sante, the more I like it.

 

Tuesday
hot shower
DB Brush Scuttle filled with ice water/Semogue BC Cerda
Myrsol Emulsion PPB
Stirling Nag Champa
Feather AS-D1/Iridium Super (2)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Humphrey's Oraganic WH
TSD ISZ ASM
Nasomatto Hindu Grass edp

Very comfy 2 pass face,1 pass for the dome,BBS all around!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Tyr's Day:
Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub Cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint glycerin
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Asco Red SS (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG (7, 8)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Aveeno Active Naturals ASB
Cologne: Burberry Brit by Burberry

It's a little tricky, sometimes, switching between soaps, as different products need different amounts of water to function; for me, the Ginger's Garden soaps aren't nearly as thirsty as the Stirling I used yesterday. With an early class this AM, I wasn't planning on three passes in any event, but the Asco made certain of that, as it was starting to drag before I'd finished the second pass. I suppose you'd call the results a DFS, but there's a spot on my chin that I probably should have gone over more thoroughly. The Aveeno was my nod to the classroom's crowded conditions as much as any need to soothe my face with it.

 

Tuesday

Prep: wash with CeraVe cleanser
Soap: Mike's Natural, unscented
Brush: Whipped Dog synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna med prep
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

Smooth, comfortable shave.

 

Razor: Schick Type I
Blade: Personna
Brush: Muhle Silvertip Fiber
Lather: Scottish Fine Soap

First use with the Scottish Fine Soap. This is a palm based soap. It is similar to MWF in smell. It is a good performer and almost indistinguishable from a tallow soap. The bad- the lather was really airy and took a while to get right. I'm going to experiment some more with some different water ratios. The Silvertip Fiber is quite a bit softer than the Black Fiber- and much denser.

 

Prep: Stirling Lemon Chill Bath Soap
Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable U2 (7)(5)
Blade: Personna Red (2)
Brush: Gary's Finest Badger
Larger
Lather: Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill
Post: Maggard Razors Alum
Aftershave: Fine Platinum

2 pass DFS. How long do these Stirling samples last?! I still have Ozark Mountain to tear into but this lemon chill last forever.

 

SOTD Tuesday 9-9-2014

6/8 J.A. Henchels Early 401, Full Hollow, Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Erasmic SC
Georgetown Scuttle
Parker Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Gold Bond Moisturizing Lotion
British Sterling Cologne

Great shave!

 

Jade Persian Jar(?) Frank Shaving Finest fan shape
Classic Shaving Citrus & Basil cream, bowl lathered
Gillette Gold Fat Handled Tech with Vokshod blade (1)
Hai Karate AS

 

Tuesday morning -


Prep - hot towel & Noxzema
Lather - Cella Extra Extra Purissima & suribachi
Brush - Omega 40033
Razor - Wade & Butcher India Steel 13/16 wedge

2 pass
Warm water rinse & cold water splash
Alum block & Witch-hazel AS


Yesterday's shave was so nice I decided to Do It Twice.

 

Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014

S.O.T.D.

Cool Shower
Gillette Super Adjustable LH
Polsilver SI
Omega Boar 10098
Strop Shoppe - Bay Rum
Alum Block
Menthol Witch Hazel
Barrister and Mann Kyovu - Bay Rum
Clubman Talc

 

Pre: Maggard Razors PSO – Lime
Brush: Custom Boar by Steve Brown Swirl Handle
Soap: Maggard Razors – Lime & Bergamot
Razor: ’88 Gillette Super Adjustable – Black Beauty
Blade: Astra SP
Splash: Thayers Natural Remedies Lemon Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera Astringent
Post: Dove Men+Care ASB & Pinaud Clubman Classic AS

I couldn’t wait for this shave! In case you missed it, yesterday I finally received one of the razors I’ve been after since day one! I’d been itching all night to break it out today!...

There's more at That Shave Life!:football:

 

Brush: Erskine vintage Badger 1947
Razor: Gillette Tech 1947
Blade: Feather (1)
Mug: Old Spice (late glass Mug 02 - 1964 to 1978
Cream: TOBS grapefruit
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel, Jack Black gel, Old Spice Lime (Shulton)


My Gillette Tech is a very mild razor even with a Feather. I do need to take care not to go over a spot to many times because it's so smooth, as I will pay with a burn later. The Erskine brush is still a nice surprise. It's the original Badger knot and is very soft. I got it NOS in the original box. It lathered the TOBS grapefruit in a blink, and I love the scent. Only needed 2 passes WTG XTG on my face WTG ATG on my neck. Not to much preasure is my key to this light weight. Much different than the heavy heads of my adjustables, that need no preasure at all. Thayers Cucumber WH felt real good, and after a clean up, the Jack Black was welcomed as I could feel a little burn. Some Old Spice Lime (Shulton) the original burned some but felt good. I need to start using the "new" version of this great scent. Smooth with some burn, I'll take it. Have a good day, y'all!

 

Palmolive Classic shave stick
Semogue 2000
Shavette loaded with an Astra SP (1)
Alum
Gillette pro series i cant remember the rest of the name as usual but it's menthol-ish


An old pic for a new stellar shave. I hadn't shaved for a while and today 10 days of growth were smoothly removed in a 2 pass (1wtg and 1xtg) shave...don't know why but it left me feeling quite good and positive about my self

 

Tuesday:
hot shower w/Old Spice scented body wash
Homemade PSO
Parker 80R 2+ passes
Gillette Wilkinson (1)
Dr Dittmar soap using my marble shave bowl with matching boar brush
Thayers unscented w/aloe
GFT Spanish Leather AS (sample)

Early start to the day so my shave was good but hurried and I'm posting late. Had an out of town meeting that took me past a second-hand store I'd never visited and I came home with a $2 Slim that is bound up and covered in grunge so I've got it soaking. They also had a few straights but nothing worth picking up for the prices they wanted.

 

SoS - Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Cool shower
Prep: Lime PSO
Brush: Simpsons Duke 3
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Post: Nivea Sensitive PSB
Aftershave: Speick ASL

- Don

 

Hai Karate AS - Now there's one I haven't seen in the SOS - I imagine you fending off the women - Great choice!

 

Adonis, you picked a great lineup of products for your first shave with that razor