S.O.T.D. w/c Saturday 17th - Friday 23rd August 2013

Friday xxiii August, 2013

Pre: Shower, Arran Aromatics Peppermint & Eucalyptus glycerin soap
Prep: Cold water splash
Brush: Neep custom '67 threepenny bit extra silvertip
Soap: Dr Dittmar Speziale
Razor: Digress HD
Blade: Personna Med Prep #4
Post: Thayer's Medicated WH, Institut Karité ASB

Result: I think is the first time I have used a blade for four shaves. Surprised at how good it still is. Very good two pass shave this morning. The Personna now tops my list of favourite blades. I'm making real progress on the Dittmar now...

Thank goodness its Friday. Thanks goodness it's a bank holiday on Monday.

Jon
 
Friday morning

Prep : clinique face soap and scruff
Razor : Merkur Progress XL
Blade : Racer
Brush : Simpson chubby 2
Cream : Vulfix Lavender
Splash : Clinique Happy
EDT : Clinique Happy

The good shaves continue. Still not getting on that well the Chubby but got 3 passes out of it today.

The Progress and the Vulfix cream continue to impress me.
 

Musgo Real glyce classic soap
Merkur Digress / Rapira
Frank Shaving Pur-Tech 28mm
Proraso White Soap (New Formula)
Proraso Green A/S
Penhaligons Extract of Limes Cologne


FS Pur-Tech arrived this morning from another TSR member, it would have been rude not to give it an outing :)

FS should be hanging their head with shame over the quality of the brush, however its looking much better now after a few washes, brushes and removing the majority of the orange glue from outside of the base of the knot.

Its an interesting brush alright, will take a few more uses to work out the best way to use this one.



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Friday 24-08-13. MUSIC: David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969).

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Soap from Aleppo - Kimson de España silvertip - Gillette Rocket flare tip - Gillette 7 O'clock yellow #2 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving soap Calani Cadre Noir - Alum block - Thayers Original Aloe - ASB Health & Aloe CGR - ASL Florida Water.
 
Prep: Hotish shower (actually more luke warm, bloody teenagers)
Brush: Le Tuft in horn with Simpson super 22 mm knot and Abalone in base
Razor: C V Heljestrand from Eskilstuna/Sweden in custom horn scales by Neill Miller w silver inlays
Soap: Cade
AS: Myrsol Aqua Limon
Strops: Neil Miller
Result, very, very clean :D
Nice shave, but I must have blunted the blade onin the front part, got two minor nicks.
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Friday 23rd August

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Warm shower
Hot flannel
TOBS Rose cream bowl lathered
Simpson 56 best badger brush
Gillette 1930's NEW deluxe
Sputnik (1)
Cold rinse
Thayer's lavender witch hazel
Myrsol F/extra aftershave

Lovely comfortable shave, the Sputnik has to be the top blade for me in the OC razors.

Brian
 
merkur hd
english wilkinson sword
muhle silvertip fibre
mikes natural lily of the valley shaving soap
bleu de chanel AS
jo malone blackberry and bay cologne

excellent shave. think i could be smitten, mikes natural soap is absolutely fantastic and the lily of the valley scent really rocks my world, lovely stuff.
 
Friday:

Evening, gents.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: Rimei with EJ DE89 handle
Blade: Super Max SS (7)
Brush: Ecotools kabuki
Shave cream: Erasmic (new version)
A/S: Ice Dive
Cologne: Rive Gauche

An excellent end to the week's shaves: still close and smooth.
 
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