LOW COST & LUXURY, SOTD "themed week" January 16th - January 22nd 2012

jrocker said:

Where's the low cost? these seem like luxury

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Old Spice Aftershave: $5.60
Old Spice Shaving Cream: $2.43
Omega brush: $10
Brut Musk EdT: $7.60

That's hardly breaking the bank

The scuttle and razor is the "luxury" part. But the whole shave was luxury indeed.

Tuesday:

Gillette Slim (7)/Super Iridium
M&F Blonde
Santa Maria Novella
Alum
DR Harris Pink

Now that I knew of our theme:

- shower with Duru soap;
- hot towel;
- Tabac soap face lathered with Mühle Sophist;
- 61 Gillette "Fat Boy" on 7, store brand Personna;
- CHH-Tobacco After Shave.

Two cuts, one of them actually quite noticeable, required Alumn and Witch Hazel.

While most ingredients show pretty good value for money, the brush sticks out (90 Euros/120-ish US$). The über-economic counterpart is the After shave; 125 ml for 1,95 Euros are a steal, and the scent is terrific! Should you be in Germany, make sure to grab some. It is sold at some grocery stores and certain drugstores. On top of that it gives excellent skin care.

Rotbart Mond Extra
with Red Personna (2)
Semogue 830
Erasmic Stick
Weleda ASB
LezNez Perfums "Let Me Play The Lion" EdT

Music: Barbara Dennerlein Stormy Weather Blues

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

1. Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar
2. Coffee: Locally roasted, fresh ground TN Blend w/ cream
3. Lather: Speick cream - face lather
4. Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
5. Razor: Merkur Classic (33C) & Rivolia OC
6. Blade: Feather (1); 3 passes
7. Post: Cold water rinse; Aqua Velva + Kiehl's Balm

A Feather shave-off has begun. I shaved the left side of my face with the Merkur and the right side with the Rivolia. I'll be giving a more detailed report in a dedicated thread, but the Feather has definitely provided the best shaves I've had from these razors, but improvement is still needed.

Shave Rating - Fair, but meh. God Bless!

Rudy Vey Vintage Restore (brush and work by Rudy was < $40)
La Toja Shave Stick
Gem Jr (with original box $12)
Ted Pella Blades (great deal with B&B group buy-don't recall price)
TSD 2x Iced Cedarwood/Lemon Splash
TSD Iced Cedarwood Milk sample

Tuesday January 17, 2012

Razor: Gillette 48-50 Super Speed
Blade: Derby@3
Cream: CO Bigelow
Brush: Omega Boar 10290
A/S: Speick
ASB: Nivea Sensitive

DFS!

My seven year old son joined todays shave with his own SOTD, he picked out the gear and arranged and shot the pic all by him self



Shaver: Rune
Pre-Shave: Hot towels
Brush: Simpson Chubby 1
Razor: Gotta 13/16
Honing Regimen: Chosera 1K - Norton 4/8K
Strop: 40/60 Neil Miller Linen/Kanayama Cordovan
Soap: Palmolive stick
After shave: Old Spice original
Results: At the Oslo meetup this weekend I got the opportunity to try the Norton 4/8K and inspired by the ongoing JaNorton I decided to stop at 8K, and I would not have any problem to live with this edge. The shave was close, comfortable and smooth




Shaver: Joachim
Pre-Shave: Hot towels
Brush: Simpson Wee Scot
Razor: Sedef Shavette (Without blade)
Cream: Palmolive - Australian
After shave: Str8fencer's English Leather
Results: An extremely smooth 6 pass BBS shave, loved the scent of the AS and ran straight to mom and little sister so they could smell

Merkur Bakelite
Gillette "Spetznaz" blue 7'oclock blades - OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW IN 1992 MAC FONT
Tabac Shave Soap
Art of Shaving Silvertip
4711 Aftershave Splash

That hurt like Hell. The blade got butterknife blunt in the middle of the second pass. The 4711 is an excellent splash though, and took care of the monstrous razor burn.

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Tuesday:

Razor: Gillette New
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Best Badger
Soap: Williams
A/S: Pinaud Clubman
Edt: YSL Pour Homme

Tuesday night:

Low Cost
Barbasol Pacific Rush foam and aftershave splash
CVS Trac-II
T.N. Dickinson's Witch Hazel on a Walgreen's cotton pad

Luxury
Col. Conk all-metal Trac-II handle
Proraso Liquid Cream aftershave balm

Tuesday evening:
Blue-Tip SS w/ Red I.P. (day 6, final day of this blade)
Opal badger brush
Arko stick

Nothing luxurious but the smoothness of my face

A rescued Geo. Wostenholm, matching home made brush with 22mm finest, Christmas gifts from AOS, and Spanish leather. Not a pretty picture, but just having them do what they do best.

Tuesday evening:

1st pass - Clauss - the Magnetic Razor (Whipped Dog Sight Unseen)
2nd/3rd pass - Gillette Slim (8)/Super Irridium
M&F Blonde
Santa Maria Novella
Alum
Floid Blue
RazoRock King Louis Wax

Tues Jan 17
Brush: Omega Boar
Soap/Creme: Arko
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Black Gillette
Pre: Shower
Post: Witch Hazel
Hair Groom: Gables Creme Oil