TRAVEL KITS, SOTD "themed week" July 4th - July 10th 2011

Summer is here and many of us already are (or will soon be) on vacation! Therefore it's time to show the shaving tools you have brought (or intend to bring) with you! In other words simply post the finest pics you can produce with your beloved travel kits! And, as always, have fun!

Merkur 34C HD
Feather
Simpson Chubby 1 Super
Kent Shaving Soap
Alum Block
Spanish Floid Mentolado Suave
Dior Fahrenheit EdT​

Monday

C.V. Heljestrand faux frameback
Simpson Duke 3 in Best (custom 50mm loft)
Speick shave cream
Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche after shave balm

Gillette Red Tip/Gillette Super Stainless blade/Burma Soap/Ever ready 150 with HH#6/Aqua Velva​

I have to work this am, so it's an early start for me. I haven't used my SS's in a while. The Shave offered up by the Red Tip made me remember why it's my favorite SS. Three gentle passes while I'm still half asleep leaving me almost BBS. The Aqua Velva was the perfect finish. A great Red, White and Blue shave for independence day.

Gentlemen, Have a wonderful holiday.

Cyril R Salter lavander~chubby canica / Filarmonica sub-cero / ASB La Toja

Boker Red Injun
Bock Silvertip
Olivia's Farn
Kanayama 50,000

Myrsol // Mug Victoriana // Colgate palmolive // Vie-Long AC 021// Ever Ready Streamline + Gem #1 // Alum toni's way // Lumoncello // Thayers original //Floid Balm

Monday evening:

Razor: Gillette Tech
Blade: Leon Super Stainless (2)
Cream: TOBS St James
Brush: SR 3824
A/S: Adidas Deep Energy
ASB: Gaia Organic

No shave today as there is some family staying in the house and I plan on rushing a shave to free up the bathroom. I'll skip shaving until they leave - which is Wednesday night I think.

Independence Day!

Merkur 15C Open-Comb,
Personna Red Pack Blade,
Rooney 1/1 Best Badger Brush,
Arko shave soap w/ hot water lather,
Cold water rinse, finish w/ Thayers
Original Witch Hazel. CCS!

Muhle Stylo Butterscotch razor
Shark SS
Dior "Eau Savage" shaving cream
Muhle Stylo Butterscotch silvertip
Lotion Opaline de Chantelle
Dior "Eau Savage" Edt



Best regards
Miguel

Wee Scot
Palmolive SS
Ball-end Tech/ Feather
AV Ice Blue AS
L'Eau par Kenzo

Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: 24mm Morris & Forndran, 2-band Blonde Badger
Maxterpiece: 7/8" Novelty "1879", Full Hollow Ground, Spike Point (Ebony scales + yellow wedge)
Honing Regimen: Naniwa 1k, Shapton 1k/2k, Coticule La Grosse Blanche (Dilucot), Nakayama Maruka Kiita/Asagi hybrid JNat w/ slurry (tomonagura).
Strop: 5/10 laps (Torolf linen / SRD Premium IV leather)
Überlather: Al's Da Bomb "Cloves/Orange/Cinnamon" Shave creme
Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel (Rose Petal, no alcohol)
Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-free Moisturizer
After Shave Splash: Floïd Italian Blue
Aftershave Balm: Al's "Spicy Orange" ASB
Results: Sorry guys, no travel kits for me. An early morning shave for me. Today is Independence day and what better way to celebrate it than with one of my Maxterpieces and Al's Shaving creme. So, I took out the Novelty which Max had done in beautiful ebony wood. Even though this blade was honed to satisfaction by yours truly, I wanted to try something a bit novel. I have recently found myself in a love affair with my Kiita'Asagi JNat ...She produces an edge that rivals the best of the best in Japanese stones (I think). Between the bevel setting (with the Naniwa/Shaptons) and the JNat, I inserted a Coticule regimen to cover the middle range of the stones (e.g., ~5k-10k). The edge then visited the Asagi/Kiita Honzan with 3 nagura progressions. And the end result was a super nice, sharp and ultra smooth edge . Al's bomb produced a luxuriously thick and moist lather that I have come to really love and rely on. There's no guessing game with this one...Once you find her sweet spot, it's hard to find anything else that can beat this stuff in performance . The final piece de resistance came from Al's Spicy Orange AS balm. This stuff is like no other...A super moisturizing creme that goes on without irritation. Another great day for sure. BBS and irritation free .





Have a FANTASTIC 4th of July Monday (to those of us that celebrate it) Gentlemen . Be safe and have fun.

Kiehl's Close Shavers Shaving Formula 1-O
Mulcuto slant
Supermax Stainless
Arko soap/Figaro P. 160 tipo morbido
Bock 10 (badger)
Bloc d'alun Osma
Tüff sensitiv Rasierwasser

Not my shave of the day, but I had the image ready. Using my travel brush container for the Palmolive stick. Two tiny bottles of Proraso splash and balm, just enough for a week's worth of wetshaving.

Jaguar 236
Trumper Coconut ss
Goodfella / Super Iridium
Clubman