S.O.T.D w/c Saturday 3rd - Friday 9th August 2013

After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

vintage rebranded Simpsons best
'Webly'/Iridium
RL Safari SS (man, I wish every soap lathered like this does)
Neutrogena oil free moisture
Givenchy 'Xeryus' EdT (vintage black bottle)

Been good getting back to these kinda shaves again after taking a few days break with a slant. Heh, I was recently complaining about how boring my choice of razors has become and it turns out boring is beautiful. Yeah, sticking with only a few great set ups is a goal for lots of members as it turns out.

BBS results,

Martin
 
Saturday:

Tabac
Semogue 2012 SE
Ever Ready Streamline
Gem blade
Witch Hazel
Indian Old Spice AS
DR Harris Windsor EdT

Absolutely lovely shave, Tabac performed excellently as ever. Super smooth!

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Martin details Candre
Turkish no. 6
7:00 with Sputnik Teflon
Vintage Imperial Leather a/s

Good. Found the Sputnik not especially good with the 7:00. Seemed not to get close enough. Still an OK shave. Enjoyed the IL.
 
muhle r89
supermax blue diamond
simpsons berkeley best badger
dr harris almond shave cream
vintage shulton old spice AS
boots no7 post shave balm

an acceptable quickie. i absolutely love shulton old spice, it smells so good.
 
Prep: Cold water splash
Soap: Speick (grated)
Brush: M&F Blonde Badger
Razor: Weber Polished/Bulldog
Blade: Iridium Super (4 and out)
Post: Clinique Post-Shave Healer

Couple mini-weepers today, otherwise a comfy shave. Time for a fresh blade tomorrow.
 
Upon reaching the house at the Pyrenees and enter the bathroom and see the cabinet I panicked. I thought my stuff could not fit.

But finally I succeeded. You think I can do a good rotation with this material? Two weeks?

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Gillette Super Thin blades have given me some poor shaves, but today I found a good combo. The Gillette Old Type head and the Super Thin blade work beautifully together. I did a superlather of Provence Sante Green Tea and Local Pig shave cream, which worked out well. I don't like PS, but with the Local Pig I get a thick, creamy lather with amazing skin care properties. I'm using a reknotted Muhle HJM brush with a 20mm TGN synthetic knot. The knot is not a soft as my EMJ synthetic, but I like it.

I did a three pass wtg/atg/xtg shave followed by a copd water rinse and SAL Alum. The results were a DFS with nice soft skin, zero nicks, and zero irritation. I'm disappointed that the modern Super Thins aren't as nice as the vintage Super Thins, but I'm glad that I found a razor that they work well in.

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Razor: Gillette Old Type on a Gillette ball end Tech handle
Blade: Gillette Super Thin
Brush: Muhle HJM reknotted with a 20mm TGN synthetic knot
Soap: Superlather of Provence Sante Green Tea and Local pig

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Used the GEM Micromatic solo today, face and head in one shave. Myrsols Metilsol was a joy to use (medial herb like feeling to the scent and jet again excellent result). Jabonmans Citricos has a devine scent with lemon grass bas note, Begamot and Neroli + other scents are in there too - Estupendo shave and gear! :D
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Dear Dr D, you're a nut case and you fit right in here! Wow think about it - if Martini had joined us in Barcelona I think we could have given Salvador Dali a run for his money :D
 

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This morning I used my Feather Popular and Omega Pro. 102 for the first time:

Omega Professional #102
GF Trumper's Coconut (with a small dab of Balea Sensitive cream, to get a richer lather)
Feather Popular
Personna Platinum Chrome
Sanex Sensitive aftershave balm

The Feather delivered a good shave, in two passes, but is a bit milder and lighter than I like. It will be an excellent travel razor.
 
Dr D - I cant work out whether you're inspirational or mental! Amazing! If that's your travel selection, your den at home must be like a story from the Arabian Nights.

Gillette Super-Speed
Israeli Personna (1)
Muhle Silvertip Fibre
DR Harris Eucalyptus
Nivea Sensitive balm

Followed by a spritz of Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet - which always seems to smell better from samples than from a bottle I had.
 
Saturday night

Gillette face wash
Palmolive stick face lathered
New forest 1901
EJ DJ89
Gillette Chinese blue blade (1)
Myrosol metasil
Myrosol plastic after shave

Fantastic shave near BBS
 
Prep face wash L'Occitane vetiver soap
Razor Orion Kikuboshi half hollow 13/16
Strop Kanayama cordovan #8000
Brush Bill Jack Le Tuft 59 in buckeyed burl
Mondial bergamot & neroli Italian soap
Alum & Thayers aloe & rose toner
Kiehl's aftershave balm
Creed Tabarome Eau de parfum


Great shave

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