SoS: January 24-30 2011

Jack Black Beard Lube
British Gillette Rocket
Iridium Blade
Master's Soap
The Dridecker Brush
Alum Rock
Lab Series AS Balm


-The Jack Black Beard lube makes for an incredibly smooth shave-I put it on in the shower, and leave it on-lather over it. My blades seem to be lasting longer since I've been using it-I thought it was the Astra Keramik, but may have been the beard lube. Time will tell.

 

Sunday Morning Shave

Arko Shave Stick/Arko Moist SC
Omega 10029 Baby-Pro Boar
Schick-Eversharp I2 Injector
CVS/Personna Day4
Arko Nem Mango Mandalina Skin Cream
Arko Aqua AS Splash
Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT

And the perfect shaves just keep rollin' in...

 

5/8 Clover Brand RED MAN
Gillette Red Tip - Wilkinson Sword - Sword Edge (10)

Ever-Ready 150 Finest
Speick Shave Stick

Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

Two nice WTG passes with the $6 razor I picked up to practice honing. I could have left it at that, but wanted a bit closer of a shave and did a quick ATG with the Red Tip and a 10 shave old blade. Very nice shave all around with only minor irritation.

 

Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 O'Clock day 4
Euro Palmolive Classic SC :love008 :love008 :love008 :love008
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Ivy & Castle Homme AS
JHL Cologne

Back to the Super Speed, which has become my automatic go-to razor. It gives me the best shaves with no irritations or cuts no matter how the situation is. This morning, I had to shave in a hurry, but I still got the job done safely, and with ease.

 

Sunday

Despite work preventing me from my usual Saturday str8 shave, I was able to get it in today :happy108

Prep: 30 minute TSD ISZ PSB marinade, strop razor, hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Blue Mountain Gold, BLACK
Strop: Vintage Blade 2" black latigo/linen
Soap: TSD Florida Water
Brush: Omega 49, the red one
Str8: Hand Forged Red Imp with Glen's custom bloodwood scales, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH, Ogallala Bay Rum Limes & Peppercorns AS/Skin Toner
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

Another great shave.

 

This shave supported TSD (sort of).


1910 ABC Pocket Edition
Gillette Super Stainless Blade, 1972 (S2 date code)
Re-knotted Ever-Ready boar
Williams shave soap

Haven't bought much from the Shave Den Store, and honestly, with my huge stock of stuff, it's not likely that I'll buy anything in the near future. These vintage blades were bought here, though, quite some time ago, maybe a year.

What a pleasure finally to use this razor. As I mentioned on another thread, this is one that had stripped threads in the handle, which I fixed with a Helicoil. From some other evidence, I now see that I'd repaired it back in May or earlier. Didn't know it had been that long. Better late than never, and yes, it shaves very well.

 

Sunday

Merkur Progress, 1st pass on 4.5, remaining on 3.5
Generic Personna
Ever Ready boar
D'Lan menthol S/C
Gillette Afta Shave balm

4 passes and a touch up = 5 blade shave

 

Razor: 11/16 Klas Tornblom
Soap: Van der "Spice"
Brush: Ωmega 31064
Aftershave: RazoRock Alum / Thayers / 444 + Old Spice (Shulton)
Cologne: Old Spice (P&G)

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Sunday:

Razor - Gillette "New" Long Comb
Blade - Astra Stainless
Brush - Vie-Long Pelo Caballo
Cream - Williams Sensitive
Toner - Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel
A/S - Agua Lavanda Puig

--
John

 

As always...Beautiful picture Mark
Good to have you here at TSD


My SOTD consists of...

• Pre Soak with Hot Wet Cloth
• Face lathered with C.O.Bigelow Shave Cream and Vienna 22mm Finest Badger
• Merkur Slant Sledgehammer with new Wilkinson Blade
• Cold Cold Rinse
• Finished with a Booster Iced Lime

{this bottle is actually 2/3 iced lime + 1/3 Osage Rub mix}

BBS

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Hilger & Sons
VDH Pure Boar
Benton Clay, Lavender
Pinaud Clubman

Simple Sunday Shave
Results, Awesome !!

 

SOTD January 30, 2011

SCS Patchouli SS + Fitjar Shea Pleasure überlather | Vie-Long 16727 | Hanasama Kamisori | SCS Patchouli AS | Vicco Turmeric

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Thanks Wyatt!! Great pic yourself! How's the Iced Lime? Been thinking about snagging a bottle.

 

That is a beautiful razor and a nice shave kit all around! You should use that vintage classic razor more often.

 

Looks fresh as an ocean breeze there Mark!

 

Rooney 1/1 Super
D.R. Harris Marlborough SS
Max Dormer
Tony Miller "Old #2" Cotton / Latigo
Witch Hazel
Ahava ASB
Have a Great Day!

 

Boker 1296/ Wilkinson Sword soap/ Vulfix 404/ Arko AS Balm​

A DFS today with no need for a touch up with a D/E. Lot's of great razors being used today in SOTD.

 

Suicide Sunday

Ok, first to explain the theme....I was thinking that to try and tame some of the gear I have that is really brutal, I'd dedicate a day to trying it out and see if I can't learn the difficult pieces of it. What better way to quench one's thirst than from drinking from the firehouse directly. So, I'm going to be dedicating my Sunday shaves to less than comfortable, but in the sake of trying to figure out the parts I have trouble with. So without further ado, I give you.....Suicide Sunday for January 30th, 2011!

• Suicidal items indented
• Omega Pro boar
• AV Musk, home boosted with menthol
  • Gillette Slim Adjustable of 9
  • Treet Stainless
  • Colonel Conk's Amber

My Slim Adj. is a great razor, but opened up full throttle is a beast, which is really the only reason its on the list, but it is tolerable with other blades on 9 so it doesn't always deserve this distinction. The Treet blades are worse for me than Merkurs in any razor I have, so blending them with my Slim on 9 is as bad as it can possibly get with my arsenal of razors. The Colonel's Amber is worse for me than Williams with regard to being tricky, maybe I just got a bad puck of it but, oh well, I really don't like it so I figured it was deserving of being on the list of crap for today.

Ok, onto the shave....even with all of the things that I don't like with the blade and soap, I pulled off a DFS with some weepers on my 'stash and a few on my chin. Overall it was surprisingly comfy, slicing in at a solid 2.75 blades (out of 5).

I'm going to use the same set-up for the next few Sundays just to see if I can pull together a weeperless DFS at best. The stuff has to get used, right? Not using it is just keeping me from getting stuff I like or at least new stuff to figure out if I like or not. View attachment 19975

 

I have two words I think you should consider Bob; "Trash Can"!

 

SOTD Sunday, January 30, 2011

11/16 Robert Klaas, "Prussia", Full Hollow, Spike Point
Proraso Pre-Shave Cream
Classic Shaving Lilac Shave Soap
Col. Conk Barbershop Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal ASL
The Cranes are very happy! :happy005