SOTD : Saturday 3rd March - Friday 9th March 2018.

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Blade: Feather #2
Razor: Gibbs #15 (On Loan @Digimonkey )
Brush: Steven Jagger Custom 30mm synthetic in Purple Heart
Soap: L&L Grooming Mayflower
Post: BBA PSB
EDT: Ferarri Bright Neroli

A first class shave with a first class razor. Possibly the best DE I have ever had the fortune to use.

First time with this soap and I must say that you cant beat a bit of Bison Tallow. Lovely scent with superb slickness.

The brush is big in the hand but extremely ergonomic and the knot is super soft with a decent amount of backbone.

Finished with a touch of the marvellous BBA balm and a splash of Ferrari.

Thank you @wayne mattison for enabling me with this EDT. I adore the scent....:)
 
Shave of the day, Wednesday 07 March 2018 - Birthday shave :)

Pre-shave - Warm shower, face wash Musgo Real Classic Glycerin Oil Soap, followed by warm water splash.
Cream - Bluebeards Revenge Shave Cream.
Brush - Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic.
Bowl - Little Wren Pottery.
Razor - Colonial The General SS.
Blade - Kai Captain (Pink) Mild (day 2).
Post shave - Myrsol After Shave Balsamic Water.

A great shave - read an interesting article on Executive Shaving, about a 2 pass shave - XTG and ATG.

Gave it a try - very impressive results: 2 passes XTG and ATG on the face with WTG and ATG on the neck.

Face still feels BBS 15 hours after my morning shave. I had ordered some OSP Barbour Shop cream and splash for my birthday, which was waiting for me when I came home. I did not need to shave and decided to leave my face alone.

I'm looking forward to trying out the OSP Barbourshop cream. I also orderd some Proline B30 blades :)

All the best,

Chris

Happy Birthday :)
 
An almond shave - reunited with Figaro after 3 years. A great performing soap (or is it a cream?) from Italy. Always struggled with Cella. This lathers lovely, and has a great scent.

Razor - Schick Type E
Blade - brand new Chick
Soap - Figaro
Brush- Vulfix 404
Balm - Arko Fresh - no idea why on a cold snowy morning - an icy blast of menthol normally reserved for the summer months

 
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Ever Ready 89
Gillette Rocket HD
Supermax Stainless (3)
Abatte Y La Mantia Don Jose
Myrsol Emulsion & Blue

A good enough shave from this blade on the final use, a better blade than I expected, I prefer every other Supermax blade I have used but this is a perfectly acceptable blade to use in a pinch. I enjoy using this razor, I should use it more often. Superb scent and perfomance with the soap, whoever would have thought of mentholated banana and coconut in a soap (I know AYLM :D).
 
Thursday 8th March
Zenith 506TS
Erasmic Bowl Soap
Radio 1912
GEM Stainless Coated #10
Alum Wash
Blue Stratos A/S
Lacura Moisturiser
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The one thing I originally didn't like about this soap was the smaller bowl which made it awkward to load the brush. But now the larger bowl has changed my opinion. It's still the same glycerine formula, has a nice 'barbershop' scent and is cheap as chips.
BTW, the shave was great, happy days!
 
Thur 8th March

Omega 11137 boar
L`Occitane Cade cream
Schick Type F
Schick Proline [ 5 ]
Puig Quorum A/S Lotion

On my first outing with the F had obviously messed up on loading the blade,thankfully now that is sorted things are good.

Tried it out on a cream today, the Cade is quite thick and gloopy so frequent rinsing was required. The Razor is so smooth and easy to use, and yet delivers an ultra close Shave, other Schicks may be as smooth but they do not deliver such good shaves.

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Thur 8th March

Omega 11137 boar
L`Occitane Cade cream
Schick Type F
Schick Proline [ 5 ]
Puig Quorum A/S Lotion

On my first outing with the F had obviously messed up on loading the blade,thankfully now that is sorted things are good.

Tried it out on a cream today, the Cade is quite thick and gloopy so frequent rinsing was required. The Razor is so smooth and easy to use, and yet delivers an ultra close Shave, other Schicks may be as smooth but they
do not deliver such good shaves.

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Puig Quorum! I haven't seen that for years, Mike.
 
Shave of the day, Wednesday 07 March 2018 - Birthday shave :)

Pre-shave - Warm shower, face wash Musgo Real Classic Glycerin Oil Soap, followed by warm water splash.
Cream - Bluebeards Revenge Shave Cream.
Brush - Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic.
Bowl - Little Wren Pottery.
Razor - Colonial The General SS.
Blade - Kai Captain (Pink) Mild (day 2).
Post shave - Myrsol After Shave Balsamic Water.

A great shave - read an interesting article on Executive Shaving, about a 2 pass shave - XTG and ATG.

Gave it a try - very impressive results: 2 passes XTG and ATG on the face with WTG and ATG on the neck.

Face still feels BBS 15 hours after my morning shave. I had ordered some OSP Barbour Shop cream and splash for my birthday, which was waiting for me when I came home. I did not need to shave and decided to leave my face alone.

I'm looking forward to trying out the OSP Barbourshop cream. I also orderd some Proline B30 blades :)

All the best,

Chris

Happy birthday Chris - best - I.
 
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