SOTD: November 14 thru November 20 2011
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- churchilllafemme
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Sunday Morning!!:
KMF cool mint
Simpson Special Best Badger
Slim set to 9
Polsilver Super Iridium (3)
Menthol AS
I've been blade shaving for awhile and I thought I had experienced everything. Too, I'm blade testing and while I cringe when I decide to test a new blade (way too many crappy blades!), this Polsilver SI blade is (so far) possibly the finest blade I have ever used, and that's saying something. "My" Med Preps and Gillette Yellows are mighty fine blades, but it's been quite awhile since I used them, so maybe my memory is hazy. It happens. Anyway...
Yesterdays shave with the Black Handle should have tipped me off. I knew it was special, but didn't have a clue what was to come.
Todays shave was quite simply the finest shave I can remember - ever. Comfort, closeness, speed, all off the scale. I never even felt the blade! That's scary when one is using a Slim set to 9. I actually like to feel the blade at that setting so that I don't get sloppy. I normally make 2 passes just for shits and giggles, but after feeling the face after the first pass, if I had gone to touchups after that 1 pass I have no doubt that it would have been a one pass BBS. I made a full 2nd pass anyway then moved to touchups for the problem areas. I have no doubt that it was absolutely the fastest BBS I've ever gotten. I'm curious now to see how long it takes to grow out of the BBS.
Even if these blades don't give me the required 7 shaves I'm tempted to buy a mess of them anyway.
Edit: over 12 hours later and the shave could still be considered a DFS.
KMF cool mint
Simpson Special Best Badger
Slim set to 9
Polsilver Super Iridium (3)
Menthol AS
I've been blade shaving for awhile and I thought I had experienced everything. Too, I'm blade testing and while I cringe when I decide to test a new blade (way too many crappy blades!), this Polsilver SI blade is (so far) possibly the finest blade I have ever used, and that's saying something. "My" Med Preps and Gillette Yellows are mighty fine blades, but it's been quite awhile since I used them, so maybe my memory is hazy. It happens. Anyway...
Yesterdays shave with the Black Handle should have tipped me off. I knew it was special, but didn't have a clue what was to come.
Todays shave was quite simply the finest shave I can remember - ever. Comfort, closeness, speed, all off the scale. I never even felt the blade! That's scary when one is using a Slim set to 9. I actually like to feel the blade at that setting so that I don't get sloppy. I normally make 2 passes just for shits and giggles, but after feeling the face after the first pass, if I had gone to touchups after that 1 pass I have no doubt that it would have been a one pass BBS. I made a full 2nd pass anyway then moved to touchups for the problem areas. I have no doubt that it was absolutely the fastest BBS I've ever gotten. I'm curious now to see how long it takes to grow out of the BBS.
Even if these blades don't give me the required 7 shaves I'm tempted to buy a mess of them anyway.
Edit: over 12 hours later and the shave could still be considered a DFS.
Last edited by ShadowsDad on Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- Nick Freeh
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Gillette Super Thin
Brush: Vie-Long Gonzalo Boar/Horsehair
Cream/Soap: Portman Square Notting Hill Cream Soap
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Meehan Bay Rhum
Wow--what a nice shave! I had received the Gillette Super Thins as a sample some time ago, but hadn't yet used any of them. The Futur needed its blade changed this morning, so I installed the Gillette blade. It seemed marvelously sharp and smooth, giving an effortless BBS shave. Of course, this is only one shave in a razor that tends to bring out the best in blades, but I'm impressed. Time will tell how many shaves I can get from one of these blades, and I will have to try them with different razors. I believe the blade is made in India, although I could find no information on the pack.
The Portman Square "croap" performed like a champ, and the Meehan Bay Rhum was just the ticket to provide a fine finish.
Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Gillette Super Thin
Brush: Vie-Long Gonzalo Boar/Horsehair
Cream/Soap: Portman Square Notting Hill Cream Soap
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Meehan Bay Rhum
Wow--what a nice shave! I had received the Gillette Super Thins as a sample some time ago, but hadn't yet used any of them. The Futur needed its blade changed this morning, so I installed the Gillette blade. It seemed marvelously sharp and smooth, giving an effortless BBS shave. Of course, this is only one shave in a razor that tends to bring out the best in blades, but I'm impressed. Time will tell how many shaves I can get from one of these blades, and I will have to try them with different razors. I believe the blade is made in India, although I could find no information on the pack.
The Portman Square "croap" performed like a champ, and the Meehan Bay Rhum was just the ticket to provide a fine finish.
Sunday, November 20th
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Simpson Douglas
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
A/S: Acca Kappa Emulsion
After hearing comparisons between the Polsilver blade and the Super Iridium, I had to give it a try. While the Polsilver is definitely a good blade, my first impression is that it is neither as sharp nor as smooth as the Iridium. Just another case of post Iridium hype IMHO.
I received great lather from the MWF and enjoyed a very good shave.
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Simpson Douglas
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
A/S: Acca Kappa Emulsion
After hearing comparisons between the Polsilver blade and the Super Iridium, I had to give it a try. While the Polsilver is definitely a good blade, my first impression is that it is neither as sharp nor as smooth as the Iridium. Just another case of post Iridium hype IMHO.
I received great lather from the MWF and enjoyed a very good shave.
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- Phil
- Phil
- desertbadger
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Sunday
Irisch Moos Soap
Big Rooney
Gillette Big Boy Deluxe
Personna Prep
444 After Shave Balm
Irisch Moos Soap
Big Rooney
Gillette Big Boy Deluxe
Personna Prep
444 After Shave Balm
Gary
SOTD 99%: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, soaps & creams, synthetic / badger brushes, Colonial General razor, Kai & Schick blades, straight razors any time, Superior 70 aftershave splash + menthol + 444
SOTD 99%: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, soaps & creams, synthetic / badger brushes, Colonial General razor, Kai & Schick blades, straight razors any time, Superior 70 aftershave splash + menthol + 444
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Good afternoon. Sunday AM:
Jaggerooney w/Dorco 301, #4
BK 4
QCS Rose Otto soap
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
Harris Pink
C&S O&C
Jaggerooney w/Dorco 301, #4
BK 4
QCS Rose Otto soap
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
Harris Pink
C&S O&C
Best,
Chris
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Chris
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sunday Night:
iKon Bulldog razor with safety bars
Super Iridium blade
NOS Ever-Ready 300PST in badger
Art of Shaving Lemon shaving soap
Lather made in a bowl, as always.
Thayer's Peach Witch Hazel, blended with a bit of lather and massaged into the skin.
This brush was a gift from Morrie. It has a knot of approx 16mm and a loft that looks all of 60mm. It has no density and no backgone, yet it loads very quickly from a cake of soap and it makes lather in a bowl with amazing ease and efficiency. I am very pleasantly surprised and impressed with this brush.
- Murray
iKon Bulldog razor with safety bars
Super Iridium blade
NOS Ever-Ready 300PST in badger
Art of Shaving Lemon shaving soap
Lather made in a bowl, as always.
Thayer's Peach Witch Hazel, blended with a bit of lather and massaged into the skin.
This brush was a gift from Morrie. It has a knot of approx 16mm and a loft that looks all of 60mm. It has no density and no backgone, yet it loads very quickly from a cake of soap and it makes lather in a bowl with amazing ease and efficiency. I am very pleasantly surprised and impressed with this brush.
- Murray
- Nick Freeh
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- Location: Chicago, IL
Monday, November 21, 2011
Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: 1956 Gillete Red Tip Superspeed*
Blade: Super Iridium*
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor LE Two Band Super*
Soap or Cream: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Soap (old tallow version)*
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Trumper Marlborough A/S Splash*
A great shave, using some fine products no longer in production (discontinued products are indicated by asterisks).
Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: 1956 Gillete Red Tip Superspeed*
Blade: Super Iridium*
Brush: Simfix Grosvenor LE Two Band Super*
Soap or Cream: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Soap (old tallow version)*
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Trumper Marlborough A/S Splash*
A great shave, using some fine products no longer in production (discontinued products are indicated by asterisks).