SOTD: September 23 thru September 29, 2013

[slantman]

iKon Slant
Treet Platinum Stainless
WSP Monarch Silvertip
Seagrapes Studio Bay Rum Sweet Orange Soap
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
Georgetown G12 Scuttle
Grey Flannel (Geoffrey Beane) Cologne

[Nick Freeh]

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Edwin Jagger Chatsworth
Blade: Treet DuraSharp
Brush: Vie-Long LE Beehive Natural Horse
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel/Myrsol F./Extra

[JayDee]

Sunday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Dovo Bismarck 5/8
Arko Moist SC
Natural Products AS Balm

Once again I re-visited a cream which has been lying around for a couple of years, but I didn't really enjoy it too much. The Arko Moist lathers very well like all its "brothers" but it gives only a slight cooling effect, and the scent is not to my satisfaction. On top of that, it lacks in skincare but the Natural Products balm delivered very well on that aspect. The shave itself was excellent - two passes got rid of my tough beard stubble and I turned out as BBS as I could ask for.

[Johnny]

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Prep: Speick Natural Soap
Razor: Tradere SB with Personna Med Prep Blade
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat Stick
Brush: Simpsons Case Best Badger
Scuttle: N/A - Face Lather
Post: Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

[changabang]

ATT H1/Weber bulldog handle
Treet Dura Sharp
Simpson Special
Pre de Provence cream
Em's Cucumber Splash

[jaguar]

Simpson Colonel X2L Best
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Shaving Cream
EJ DE89 Head / Weber Bulldog Handle
Astra Superior Stainless
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet AS Balm

[Thalay Sagar]

Good morning. Sunday:

Jaggerooney w/Dorco 301, #3
BK 4
Harris Lavender soap
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
RazoRock KL A/S Wax
TOBS No. 74 Original

[Zot!]

Jagger DE86 w/Feather (2)
Semogue Owners Club boar
AoS Unscented shave cream
Oak Moss scuttle

[churchilllafemme]

Sunday AM 09-29-2013

Becker scuttle
Somerset Simpson Polo 14 Super (33/65)
Floris Santal shaving cream (vintage)
Rotbart
Wilkinson Sword Master (4)
Armani Acqua di Gio aftershave balm

[Slow Shaving]

Sunday 09-29-13. MUSIC: Chic & Nile Rodgers - Greatest Hits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi5NuaNY ... C5C6C7AD8E



Soap from Aleppo - Semogue SOC two bands - Merkur 11C - Polsilver #1 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving soap Haslinger Schafmilch - Alum block - Thayers Original Aloe - ASB Massimo Dutti - ASL Massimo Dutti.

[CMur12]

Sunday Night:

Razor: Mergress (at lowest setting)
Blade: Perma-Sharp Super

Brush: Semogue 740 (pure badger)
Soap: TRBeck lime soft soap

Lather made in a bowl, as always.
2 1/2 passes.

Cold water rinse and Thayer's Peach Witch Hazel


This is my last shave as a working man. Monday is my last day of work and I will be retired on Tuesday! (It's still hard for me to believe it.)

- Murray

[brothers]

Sunday evening

Irisch Moos soap
Omega 20107
Barbasol floating head razor
Kai blade
444 ASB
Superior 70 Mentholated splash

[JRTASTER]

Late Sunday P.M.
Pre: QED French Clay Bar soap
Razor: Gem 1912, with Gem SE SS PTFE (1)
Shave Soap: AOS Lavender , tallow
Brush: QED Saville Row 22mm Silvertip
Post Shave: Alum deo as aftershave rub
Clubman A/S
Clinique Post Shave Healer
Amazing that after a mere 1 1/2 passes this combo delivered something remarkably close to a DFS.
It took another pass and more than a little blade buffing on the chin and extra work along the jawline
to produce the great, smooth, and totally weeper-free shave hoped for. A relatively minor complaint
might be that the SR Brush didn't want to hold, then give up a tremendous lather burst.
The chosen hardware and software, some old, some new, was a delight to use!
jr/John

[JRTASTER]

Ron,
to tell you the truth it never happened before with this brush either. I love the brush especially
its nice 'backbone, which is a plus as I am a soap user.
Tonight's shave I may not have used enough water, so that while the lather was certainly rich
(always the case with AOS), maybe there wasn't enough of it and the brush kept its share, leaving
me with the impression it was overly greedy.
When the brush was rinsed out, though, there seemed to be plenty of lather.
As a result of your comment and tonight's experience, I will use both the AOS and SR on my
very next shave but perhaps using a bit more water. Let's see if this was simply an aberration
(as I think/hope), or I need a different technique; the brush just recently found its way back
into my rotation, having vacationed in a misplaced moving box for over a year.
jr/John