SOTD 20-26 October, 2008

Coffee: Yemen Mokha Mattari, home-roasted, hand-ground, and brewed in a Bodum French press
Music: The Four Tops -- Definitive Hits

Frank Buster (Solingen) "Fightin' Rooster" [Friday] 5/8 straight razor
Andreas Silvertip Badger shaving brush
Floris Santal shaving cream
Witch-hazel
Floris Santal ASB
Floris Santal EDT

6/8 Dovo Special | EJ Best | The Body Shop SC | Nivea Extreme Comfort ASB

Merkur HD w/ Feather
Chubby 1 Best
Taylor's Lavender soap
Proraso ASB

Slant w/Gillette 7'oclock (4th shave)
TBS Shave Cream
Penworks Silver Tip
Thayer's Rose WH
GFT Coral Skinfood

I think the 7'oclock is a great blade but 4 shaves is probably the limit for me. I have a few packs and I'll be trying them in a couple different razors. I'm looking for something with the same performance as a Gillette Swede. Maybe these are it?

Monday...

Working out of home this cloudy, cool day.

Merkur Mergress / Gillette Swede blade
Rooney Heritage Victorian
Castle Forbes Cedarwood & Sandalwood cream
DR Harris Pink AS; Clinique Post-Shave Healer
Le Labo Rose 31 EdP

Helmut Lang EDC on Oct. 20/008

Razor: 1962 GIllette Slim
Blade: Red Pack Personna - day 3
Brush: Hand made silvertip badger, 22 m knot
Cream: Body Shop Original

Hot shower, with condition as prep (Pantene Revitlize - works a treat with my beard)

4-pass shave

witch-hazel
Nivea Sensitive ASB
Spanish Floid - OLE!

I mentioned the other day that I am really stoked by the slim right now - I had tried it a few months back with a Derby Extra and ripped my neck to shreds -I have had 5 GREAT shaves in a row with this razor, and the Personnas (west coast shaving) seem to work with all my razors and leave my face and neck very very happy.

Gold Gillette Aristocrat
Israeli Personna
Vulfix #2234
Proraso Pre/Post as a Pre-shave
Mama Bear's Rosemary Mint soap
Thayer's Lavender WH
Booster Polar Ice AS
Proraso ASB
Dunhill for Men cologne

Proraso Pre-After
Simpsons Polo 8
TOBS Rose
Merkur HD W/Feather
Swiss Pitralon
Acqua di Parma Colonia

Monday

Merkur Futur/Wilkinson day 1
SR3120
CF Sandalwood and Cedarwood SC
DR Harris Sandalwood AS

Mama Bear's Ocean Rain SS
AOS Pure Badger Brush
Hoffritz 3-Piece Open Comb with Red Pack Israeli (Day 2)
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

DogHair said:

Slant w/Gillette 7'oclock (4th shave)
TBS Shave Cream
Penworks Silver Tip
Thayer's Rose WH
GFT Coral Skinfood

I think the 7'oclock is a great blade but 4 shaves is probably the limit for me. I have a few packs and I'll be trying them in a couple different razors. I'm looking for something with the same performance as a Gillette Swede. Maybe these are it?

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These are my favorite blades, but they aren't that long lasting. It's 3 shaves and out for me.

Prep: Kyle's Prep (it's always Kyle's Prep)
Razor: 1956 Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade: Israeli Personna blue-and-white wrapper (3rd, and last, day)
Soap/Cream: Art of Shaving Lemon SC (it was supposed to be Proraso green tub SS, but the lemon looked so lonely . . .)
Brush: BaBE
Aftershave: Speick AS Balm w/CWR - really soothes the roughness
Cologne: Old Spice

'59 Fatboy
Bic chrome platinum
Sabini super badger
C & E Sienna cream
Chanel Antaeus A/S emulsion

Chanel Antaeus EdT

Merkur HD w/ Derby
SR3118
C&E SAO Cream
QED DaVinci Water
Proraso ASB

A.M. Face Shave

Razor: 38C
Blade: Swedish Gillette
Brush: Shavemac Silvertip
Soap: TOBS Sandalwood
Aftershave: SMN lavender splash and Dr. Galen's balm
Cologne: Trumper Marlborough

P.M. Head Shave

Razor: Headblade Sport
Blade: Atra Cartdrige
Cream: AOS Sandalwood
Aftershave: Floid Vigoroso with 444 balm

Jagger Le Grelot 6/8
Simpson Polo 8 best
Institut Karite soap
Aqua Velva Lime
MB Lime Ice AS Milk

Gillette ball end Tech
Walgreen's blade
Shavemac 429 Ebony Finest
Truefitt and Hill West Indian Limes SC
Col. Conk Lime AS

SOTD-2008-10-21

Razor "Gillette Goodwill"
Blade "Tiger"
Brush "Omega Boar"
Soap "Arko"
Aftershave "Pino Silvestre"

Tabac SS
Rooney 1/2 Super
Merkur HD
Gillette Silver blue - day 1
Harris pink AS
l'Occitane Youth Concentrate

Tabac EdC