SOTD 17 March ~ 23 March

Monday, AM


5/8 Waterville
#1, TM, Horsehide Strop, 40 laps
#167 Shavemac, 30mm, Silvertip
EM's S/C
Hot Towel Routien
3 passes
Clubman A/S

Wonderful Shave

A day of firsts:
Hot Shower
Gentlemens Refinery PS Oil rubbed in during shower
Gold Gillette Aristocrat w/Fresh Derby Blade - 1st time using this razor!
Ed Schisler Custom Brush w/Bloodwood Handle
Gold Dachs Spezial SS - 1st use!
WWR
CWR
Alum Block
C&S Oxford & Cambridge AS - 1st use (smells GREAT!)
QED's DaVinci Water
Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet EdT

Great shave, (love the Aristocrat!) but the C&S left my face a bit dry. Need to use a balm along with it next time around.

Sunday & Monday have been away so same set up:

Parker Razor & Derby Blade
Vulfix 2199
C&E Sandalwood SC & ASB

Lovely

Hot shower with Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap
Razor: Gillette 1940's SS
Blade: Gillette Swede (Day 3)
Brush: Rooney 3/1 in super
Cream: Nancy Boy Signature
Spritz: QED Peppermint Hydrasol
Aftershave: QEDman Lime ASB

Monday

Slant | Feather | EJ super | MWF | GFT Spanish Leather

Merkur Long Handle Classic w/ Derby
Omega Boar Brush
Body Shop Cream
Dickenson's Witch Hazel
Cade ASB

The Derby ate through a two day growth (I hate missing a day) with no effort.

3/17/08

Rooney 1, 2 in Finest
L'Occitane CADE SS
Gillette '70 Super Adj LBH w/ Astra Superior
Thayer's Original WH with Aloe
Clinique Maximum Hydrator

Proraso Pre-shave
Rooney 3/3 Finest
The Body Shop Shave Cream
Dovo 5/8 Tortoise Special
Alum Block + Trumper West Indian

* QED Wild Rose Soap
* Gio Custom Silvertip Brush
* Gillette Bostonian
* Alum Bar
* Florida Water + Old Spice Cologne

Coffee: India Baba Budan -- Mandelkhan Estate, home-roasted, hand-ground, and brewed in a Bodum French press
Music: WMUD, streaming over the Internet here

"Red-Imp #133" (Solingen) 6/8 straight razor
Rooney Style 2 Size 1 in Super Badger shaving brush
TGQ Jasmine & Rose shaving soap
Witch-hazel
SCS (as-yet) Unnamed ***
Floris Limes EDT

Tuesday

Posting early as don't get time in the morning.

Hot Shower + Proraso Pre/Post Shave
Trumpers Violet and Sandlewood Samples (Mixed) + Hot Flannel
Edwin Jagger Super Badger (Medium)
Merkur 34C with BIC Chrome Platinum (Day 2)
Hot Rinse
Cold Rinse
Trumpers Extract of Limes Skin Food

Actually started looking forward to shaves now. So it begins.

toolazy said:

snip...after an entire weekend of growth.
....snip

Click to expand...

You didn't shave for an entire weekend??

BLASPHEMER!!!!!!!!!!! OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'58 Fatboy w/fresh Derby
Simpsons Duke 2
Proraso s/s
Proraso a/s
KOS Soothing balm
Floris Santal cologne

Lothantique Collectionneur SS
EJ super L
38C
Gillette Bleue Extra
TOBS Mr. Taylor AS
D.R. Harris ASM

TOBS Mr. Taylor cologne

Needed a wake-me-up this morning, so...

Hot shower with Original Source Mint gel

Merkur HD w/ Dorco
Proraso PrePost
Omega Boar brush
Proraso green tube
Proraso post shave balm

I felt a little like a stick of gum after, but i was very refreshed to say the least.

Aristocrat w/Feather
Rooney S3S1Super
Speick SS
Speick AS
Nivea Sensitive ASB

C&E BBB
Method Green Mint SC
Merkur 38C/Derby Extra
Provence Sante Verlaine AS
Floris Santal ASB
Floris Santal EdT

Very pleased with the Method SC. Very invigorating and welcome on a Monday morning.

MUSIC:
The Patsy Cline Collection – Patsy Cline (CD)

B&B ’06 Ltd. Ed. Finest in Horn
TGQ Orange Patchouli SC
SRP TI Ltd. Ed. #160 6/8 Round Point
SCS (finally named!) Mediterranean Citrus AS Splash
SCS Smoke and Beads EdT