SOTD Saturday 11th November 2017 - Friday 17th November 2017

SOTD: 141117
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Blade: Gem SS #2
Razor: 1924
Brush: Epsilon Horse Hair
Soap: Calani Bay Rum
Post: Thayers Witch Hazel Lavender
Scent: Captain Scurvy Black Ship Splash

My second use of the 1924 and what an efficient little mowing machine she is.
A glorious 3 pass trouble free BBS Shave.

The brush has become nicely broken in already and I must say I am really impressed with its performance. Excellent flow through and surprisingly lovely soft tips with plenty of backbone.

The soap has a lovely pungent Bay Rum hit and the lather and cushion is top dollar.

Finished with the witch hazel and a generous splash of Captain Scurvy.
 
Today's shave:)
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Tue 14th November.
RazoRock Plissoft 24mm
P & B Spitfire
Supply SE-V1 on Plate 3
Personna [ 3 ]
Alum Rub/Rinse off
Jaguar Prestige A/S lotion

A friend said persevere with this Razor, well I did and finally on the 34th got a pretty decent close all round Shave. So today it had to be the Supply again just to make sure I was in the groove.

Cannot go wrong with this soap lather wise , it certainly aided the Shave, which was smooth
as usual with The Supply. However. this time managed to maintain the cutting angle, so not only was the Shave quicker but it was nice and close all round, no dodgy patches as has been the case before. Perhaps need to work on my technique for the upper lip, where the finish could be better.

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Pre: Warm water face wash
Brush: Vie-Long 13052 Horse
Soap: Palmolive Stick
Razor: Gillette Big Fellow 1920
Blade: Polsilver SI
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Faena Esperia AS
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I purchased this razor from @Hax who was a pleasure to deal with.
The extra weight makes the Old Type even more efficient without detracting from the smoothness.
In fact, I was left smoother than Smoothy Mc Smoothface, suavely sipping a smoothie, in a smoothie bar in Smoothsville.
 
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Tuesday AM 2017-11-14

Georgetown Pottery G20 Scuttle (Hamada and Purple)
Rooney 1/2 Faux Horn Finest (24mm/58mm)
Acqua di Parma Colonia shaving cream (original)
Timeless 0.68 Scalloped SB/Stork Diplomat Titanium
Personna 74 Tungsten (8)
Acqua di Genova 1853 aftershave

This was my first use of the Timeless, and it was very very smooth, giving me an easy BBS shave.
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Used the Futur clone that arrived this week. Set it to 3 for the first pass and 4 for the 3rd pass, but used the Schick for the one in between. Honestly I wasn't particularly struck by either. First use of both. Used a GSB blade which was nice

Bulldog Face Wash
JR168 synthetic brush
Tabac soap
QShave Futur clone
(And one pass with the Schick)
Gillette Silver Blue
A little alum, and
Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm

Good result but less pleasant experience than using the Rocket or New. Might not last long before going away in the cupboard.
 
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