Shave of the Day: 31-01-2011

Monday Evening:

• Eclipse Red Ring
• cool, as in "Hey daddy-o! You are one cool cat."
• Lord Cool
• Park Avenue Cool Blue
• Gold & Chocolate Shave & Protect
• synthetic knot (Edwin Jagger?)
• purports to be a private-branded Vulfix-made handle
• pretty cool, eh?
• Humphreys Cucumber & Melon
• Witch Hazel
• cool as a cuke
• Skin Bracer Cooling Blue 
• ASL ... by - Mennen

Shave of the Day: 30-01-2011

Sunday Evening:

• Eclipse Red Ring
• borrowed vintage razor made in Sheffield
• circa 1920s to 30s
• I want one  :|
• Lord Cool
• Vie Long Burnt Caramel
• horsehair knot; acrylic handle
• I can't remember the model number so I call it by what the handle looks like
• Sunbury Kitchen Labs Lime 
• hard shave soap sample
• Humphreys Lilac Witch Hazel
• Booster Lilac ASL

Shave of the Day: 28 & 29-01-2011

Friday Night:

• Eclipse Red Ring 
• on-loan from fellow member of The Shaving Room Forum
• thanks Tony for making this loan
• "it's just a razor" - I know; nothing magical; way too expensive on eBay
• Tony said it's kinda 'meh', & not as good as his Gillette Super Speed(s)
• it's the best shaving machine I've used in my limited career - I want one
• but not for the silly price they command these days
• Big Ben Blue 
• super stainless blade by Lord Razors Group, Egypt
• Tres Clavelles Barber Pro No 2
  
• 'Extra horse', brown hair
• Nanny's Yushu
• soft shave soap
• Thayers' Peach
• Witch Hazel
• Booster Lilac ASL
• It's Canadian, eh

Saturday Night:  

• Eclipse Red Ring
• on-loan from fellow member of The Shaving Room Forum
• thanks again Tony for making this loan
• "it's just a razor" - I know; nothing magical; way too expensive on eBay
• Tony said it's kinda 'meh', & not as good as his Gillette Super Speed(s)
  
• it's the best shaving machine I've used in my limited career - I want one
• but not for the silly price they command these days
• Big Ben Blue 
• super stainless
• Semogue 2000
• Boar bristles
  
• Nanny's Lavender
• soft shave soap
• my first from Nanny's, & possibly still my favourite
  
• Thayers' Lavender 
• Witch Hazel
• Floid Blue ASL
• Italian version 
• some day, I will find out the differences between the Italian and Spanish recipes 
• of both, the two Blues, and the three 'Orange' types
• "Genuine" (Italian), "Suave", and "Vigoroso" (Spanish: "Smooth" and "Vigorous")

Sheffield Wet-Shaver Shopping 25-01-2011 Alcolado

Alcolado Glacial aftershave splash - the air conditioner in a bottle!

I found this product at Martin's Good to Go in the Wicker. The price was comparable to that of online sources, if not better.

They also had available, three variations of Benjamins Bay Rum splash; Regular, Mentholated, and Pimento. For less than £2.00 per bottle, I bought one of each.

Shave of the Day: 25-01-2011

Tuesday Night:

• Le Tuft Urban Hermit's Black & Blues shave set
• EJ-DE8x razor head
• Lord Cool super stainless
• loving the smoothness of this blade
• Godrej Menthol Mist shave cream
• from India
• if you like menthol-blast shaves then this is one of the contenders for the big face freeze
• Humphreys Cucumber Melon Witch Hazel
• Alcolado Glacial ASL
• the air conditioner in a bottle!
• Subject of today's Sheffield Wet-Shaver Shopping post
  

Shave of the Day: 24-01-2011

Monday Night:

• Le Tuft UH's Black & Blues
• EJ-DE8x razor head
• Lord Super stainless steel
• yup, just a plain old Super from Lord
• It done right nice, too
• Nanny's Exotic soft shave soap
• Thayers' Lemon Witch Hazel
• Savane Vert Sauvage ASL
• Williams, from France (Thanks Max!) 
• the folks what make Mennen Skin Bracer

Well, it was a pretty mellow shave for such a crap day. I guess I must be out of practise at dealing with yob-knobs threatening physical violence upon me... Ah, well, at least tomorrow's my day off, and so far I only have the following few items to get done:

• An appointment in the morning at one clinic
• Take a guinea pig to the vet's in the afternoon
• get to the post office to get a parcel Parcel Force left a card for
• call another clinic about possibly tweaking a prescription
• try to book a dental appointment (minimum two months wait)
• deal with the bank about my card as I bought SWMBA something online from Lush during their hacker's window of opportunity
• get my hair cut
• some household chores including but limited to:
• - cleaning out the guinea pig cage
• - buy some groceries
• - doing dishes
• - vacuuming the flat

 ... and somewhere in there, remembering to find some me-time to relax and de-stress on my day off.

:|

It should be fun ... if I were a masochistic, hypochondriac clean-freak from another dimension, maybe.

Shave of the Day: 23-01-2011

Sunday Night:

• Le Tuft UH's Black & Blues
• Sputnik Teflon
• Nanny's Eucalyptus
• Humphreys Lilac Witch Hazel
• Booster Lilac ASL

Shave of the Day: 22-01-2011

Saturday Evening:

• Souplex 3-Piece open-comb
• A bit of a change after about a week or so of using the Ikon, loaned to me by fellow member of The Shaving Room Forum: missingskin (thanks again Steve). 
• the Soulpex was more aggressive than the Ikon but it also gave the closest shave 
• including one or two bits of claret seeping to the surface.
• Supermax Sunrise super stainless
• Old Spice Musk
• the indian version of the origiinal Shulton formula
• Vie Long 23723(?) Burnt Toffee
• I'm beginning to hate brushes with just model numbers instead of names
  
• Thayers' Lemon Witch Hazel
• Nivea For Men Anti-Irritant ASB

Shave of the Day: 21-01-2011

Friday Night:

• Merkur 40c Brilliant Blue Butt Pl ... er, Barrel Grip
• with the borrowed Ikon stainless steel open comb razor head
• Omega 10005
• still needs to be completely broken in, but it's still a very nice boar brush
  
• Gillette Nacet Platinum
• NNS Russian-made
  
• La Maison du Barbier Professional Formula
• Thayers' Peach Witch Hazel
• Arko Adventure ASL/ASK

Shave of the Day: 20-01-2011

Thursday Night:

• Le Tuft Urban Hermit's Black and Blues custom shave set
•  Badger brush & Black Walnut pedestal bowl
• Merkur 40c 'Barrel Grip'
• Blue anodised aluminium (I think)
• for something that looks like some sort of shiny blue metal-butt-plug -oi, watch it!- it gives a more than half decent first shave
• Lord Racer super stainless blade
• Williams' Menthol shave cream
• Thayers' Lavender Witch Hazel
• Mennen 'Cooling Blue' Skin Bracer ASL
• also by Williams

Shave of the Day: 19-01-2011

Tuesday Evening:

• Le Tuft Urban Hermit's Black & Blues
• Ikon solid stainless steel open-comb razor head
• Gillette Bleue Extra
• NNS ((New New Stock) not NOS (New Old Stock))
• Nanny's Sandalwood soft shave soap
• Sharon's 'luxury' shaving soap
• Her normal ones are already pretty luxurious in my opinion
• Humphreys Citrus Witch Hazel
• Savane Vert Sauvage ASL
• French, meaning: Savannah Wild Green by Williams (a Sara Lee subsidiary)
• aka: the Mennen Skin Bracer folks

Shave of the Day: 18-01-2011

Tuesday Evening:

• Ikon Stainless Steel razor
• 3-Piece Open-comb, on loan from missingskin
• Bolzano Superinox titanium
• classiest packaged blade in production, in my opinion
• Tres Clavelles Barber No. 2 Marron Extra
• Three Carnations No. 2 Pro in 'Extra Horse' Brown horsehair
• La Maison du Barbier Professional Formula hard shave soap
• made in the UK for the French market through Joris and Plisson
• Thayers' Peach Witch Hazel
• Edouard Pinaud Classic Vanilla ASL

Shave of the Day: 16-01-2011

Sunday Evening:

• Ikon 3-Piece
• Open-comb; all-stainless steel
• Lord Cool super stainless
• too may shaves out of the one blade; even a blade this smooth
• Omega 10005
• non-banded Boar knot
• Formula 31 Blueberry soft shave soap
• Professor Blighty's new line of shave products
• Humphreys Cucumber Melon Witch Hazel
• Formula 31 Blueberry ASL
• Professor Blighty's new line of shave products

Shave of the Day: 15-01-2011

Saturday Night:

• Ikon 3-Piece, Open-comb
• all stainless steel from Thailand
• Lord Cool stainless steel
• possibly the smoothest blade I have found
• New Forest 2201
• the Urban Stealth  model
• Nanny's Rose Otto soft shave soap
• this maybe the only jar of it in existence - ever!
• Thayers' Rose Petal Witch Hazel
• Formula 31 Rose ASL
• by Professor Blighty 

... hey!
... Nanny's soap
... the Professor's aftershave?
Is "Nanny & the Professor" perhaps too subtle a 1970's sitcom synchronicity for a modern-day UK/international audiences?

Shave of the Day: 14-01-2011

Friday Evening:

• Ikon 3-Piece, Open-comb
• Big Ben Blue super stainless
• men-u Première Syntetico
• Kalina Tet-a-tet shave cream
• Thayers' Peach Witch Hazel
• Kalina Tet-a-tet aftershave cream cologne

Shave of the Day: 13-01-2011

Thursday Night:

• Ikon 3-Piece Open-comb
• Big Ben Blue super stainless
• Tres Clavelles No. 2 Pro-Barber 
• 3 Carnations 'Extra' Horse brown horsehair
• Kalina Everest shave cream
• Thayers' Rose Petal Witch Hazel
• Gül Suyu Rose Water
• Kalina Everest 'aftershave cream cologne'

Shave of the Day: 12-01-2011

Wednesday Night:

• Ikon 3-Piece, Open-comb stainless steel razor
• on loan from one of the fine folk on The Shaving Room forum
• First shave with one of these and wow - hefty, or what?
• Asco Blue & Red super stainless
• Vie Long 'Burnt Toffee' handled
• Acrylic-handled horsehair brush
• Nanny's Lavender soft shaving soap
• Thayers' Lavender Witch Hazel
• Pinaud Classic Vanilla ASL
• Lovely stuff, SWMBA also likes as well

Shave of the Day: 11-01-2011

Tuesday Night:

• Le Tuft Urban Hermit's Black & Blues
• Edwin Jagger DE8x razor head
• Rainbow Super stainless
• Lord Razor Company blade
• Woods of Windsor Mug Soap
• not too bad for an 'institutional/corporate' soap, smell-wise, though I couldn't really decide what it smells of, other than 'some kind of industrial sort of soap'
• as with so many of commercial-type soaps, on my skin, dry & itchy (just short of the crawlies-feel) when left on the skin for even a few minutes
• it took me a fair amount of work to make a lather of  a merely average consistency
• Thayers' Peach Witch Hazel
• Benjamins Bay Rum Splash with Pimento ASL

Shave of the Day: 10-01-2011

Monday Night:

• Le Tuft Urban Hermit's Black & Blues
• custom shave set
• featuring the razor head from my
• 1941 British-made, fat-handled Gillette NEW
• Rainbow Super stainless steel
• product of Lord Razor Company - Egypt
• my very last Rainbow!
• Nanny's Lavender
• a most excellent soft shaving soap range - IMHO
• Thayers' Lavender Witch Hazel
• Old Spice White Water ASL
• I like it; SWMBA likes it; nuff said

Shave of the Day: 09-01-2011

Sunday Night:

• Le Tuft Urban Hermit's Black & Blues
• Lion Super stainless
• Palmshave Lime shave cream
• Thayers' Lemon Witch Hazel
• Floid Regular (Italian) ASL