S.O.T.D. Saturday 17th - Friday 23rd January, 2015 incl.

Saturday 17th January

SOTD1712015_zpsde1bf41b.jpg


Warm shower
Hot Towel
Mike's Barbershop scuttle lathered
HMW Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Old Type ball end handle (1920's)
Gillette Rubie Platinum Plus (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Aqua Velva Musk aftershave
 
Prep: Village Barber Oil
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Brush: Simpsons P8
Razor: Weber DLC/UFO U2
Splash: Dr Harris Windsor
Post: Unrefined Shea Butter

A bloody good shave, BBS, and the Shea butter is lovely with this cold weather lovely and moisturised.
 
Cold water splash
Nivea Shaving Cream (aka Poundworld Special)
MÜHLE 23mm STF v2
ATT M2 Kronos
Gillette 7 O'Clock Black (3)
Proraso 'Green' ASB Eucalyptus & Menthol
Borsari Acqua Classica EDC
 
After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

Savile Row badger
'Webly'/Schick Plus Platinum (NOS 1969 and one of a few very favorite blades of mine). Price on the package is 10 blades for $1.45.
RL Safari SS
Lucky Tiger AS and Face Tonic
Estaban 'Tonka' EdT

BBS results,

Martin
 
Sufferfest - There is no try
http://www.thesufferfest.com/training-video/there-is-no-try/

Shower
Wickhams SS English Rose
Semogue 830
Schick L1
Personna [7]
Blue Stratos AS
Milton Lloyd 331 EDT
Another cracking shave from the L1, a little bit of sting from the AS, so retired the blade. Looking forward to try the NOS Schick blades.
 
Soap: Penhaligon's English Fern
Brush: Rubberset-400 replica with 26mm TGN Finest 2-band
Razor: Mongoose Satin w/Dr. Bomber handle
Blade: Feather Pro (2)
Post: Thayer's witch hazel, followed by USB & Penhaligon's English Fern
I didn't need to shave this afternoon, but was feeling scruffy. 2 passes later, feeling clean and fresh.
WvRVnPX.jpg
 
Mr_Smartepants said:
Soap: Penhaligon's English Fern
Brush: Rubberset-400 replica with 26mm TGN Finest 2-band
Razor: Mongoose Satin w/Dr. Bomber handle
Blade: Feather Pro (2)
Post: Thayer's witch hazel, followed by USB & Penhaligon's English Fern
I didn't need to shave this afternoon, but was feeling scruffy. 2 passes later, feeling clean and fresh.
WvRVnPX.jpg
Click to expand...
Do not really do Brushes, but that is lovely to look at.
Mike B
 
IMG_20150117_090340_532.jpg


Razor: English Gillette Twist (NOS)
Blade: Scottish Perma Sharp (3)
Soap: English Erasmic
Brush: Italian Omega 102
ASL: English Superdrug Sierran Breeze

I start to understand the fuss about this blade, it's behaving like the Personna Super and stay as sharp for long, 3rd shave (2 passes) and it's like new.
 
Greetings

Sunday 18th January 2015
Prep: Shower
Razor: GEM Junior 1912 Baton Handle
Blade: PAL Blued Carbon
Brush: Semogue 1800 Boar
Soap: Tabac Stick Grated
Aftershave: Astral Cream (light)
EDT: Boucheron Jaïpur Homme

A friend on another forum kindly gave me five of these PAL carbon blades to try, PAL which are also owned by GEM/Personna manufacture in the USA carbon blades for shaving and carbon blades for industrial/lab. use, I am sure these blades are the latter.
The shave experience is not a pleasant one they pull like a train, not quite bad enough to fill your eyes with tears but plenty bad enough!

Strangely (although I am not surprised) if you tough it out they deliver a really nice shave as this one was, but it is not an experience I wish to repeat.

I now need to obtain some of the PAL Super carbon blades to try which are I understand purpose made for shaving.

Regards
Dick.

DSC05848.JPG
 
Sunday 18th January 2015

Nuetrogena Pre Wash
Vulfix 404 mixed
La Toja Cream
ER 1924 aka Shovel Head.
Gem coated [ 3 ]
Alum Rub/rinse off
Woods of Windsor A/S Balm
La Toja A/S

Trial of MMCP v other Single Edge.
The !924 delivers the goods in terms of close shave, but is not an easy shaver like
the MMCP which is quite forgiving. Needed the Balm today.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom