S.O.T.D. Sat. 1st Feb 2014 to Frid. 7th Feb. 2014

Greetings

Tuesday 4th February 2014
Prep: Shower
Razor: GEM OCMM
Blade: GEM Blue Star Carbon
Brush: Semogue OC Boar
Soap: Arko Stick grated
Aftershave: Astral Cream (light)

A super close shave, for me, nothing shaves quite as well as the OCMM.

Regards
Dick.

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Tuesday

Kent T4
Martin de Candre fougere (from a sample by a generous member of TSR)
Filly 13 DT, white scales
Weleda After Shave Balm
Creed Green Irish Tweed

Perfect finish to a perfect shave!
 
Monday evening

Merkur Progress
Trig razor blade
Vie-Long horse hair brush
Mitchell's wool fat soap
Superdrug Sierran Breeze AS

The horse hair brush created a truly excellent lather with the MWF. I remain very impressed with the Vie-Long brush especially as it cost less than a tenner.

One of the best shaves I've had yet with MWF, and my face feels excellent this morning.
 
Tuesday 02-04-14. MUSIC: Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979).

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Soap from Alepo - Restored brush The Golden Nib silvertip Grade A - Feather all stainless - Perma Sharp #2 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving soap Mitchell's Wool Fat - Alum block - Thayers Original Astringent - ASB Truefitt & Hill - ASL Aubrey Organics City Rhythms.
 
A friend and his wife spent the night after Super Bowl 48. Next morning we hit the shave cave and tried out his bottom dial. Wonderful, beautiful, but he had a bad case of RAD and drop $1,200 for it. All I want is a picture - too rich for me, but a beautiful piece for his collection here in the Pacific Northwest.
 

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Tuesday 4th February

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Hot shower
Hot flannel
Razorock XXX scuttle lathered (Thanks to 'Hairsuite')
Simpson Milk Churn best badger
Gillette Flaretip Rocket
Feather (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
DR Harris Arlington aftershave

A top shave most enjoyable today. I used the Razorock a sample courtesy of 'Hairsuite' very nice scent shame it's now no longer available. The razor I call 'Georges razor' it was one of three inherited from the estate of a old friend who passed on last year. Dave at Restored Razors has re plated it in Nickel a fine job he's made of it too. Good to use the Arlington again after a few months break.
 
Pre: Village Barber oil
Soap: Mr. Fox's "1902" Lemon Zest hard soap
Brush: Simpson Tulip-1 (Super)
Razor: Weber PH with Templ8 custom handle
Blade: Supermax Blue Diamond Platinum (2)
Post: Thayer's Lemon witch hazel
AS: Captain's Choice "Lime", followed by Proraso balm

Soap lathered with some effort. It's thirsty and delivered lather that lasted for the 3 passes I needed. Very nice BBS.
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Hot Towel
Menthol Soap
Pure Badger 23mm
Ever Ready E-Bar
PAL Blue Carbon [3]
Hot Rinse, Cold Rinse, Alum Wash & Witch Hazel
James Bronnley Original Moisturising Balm

Bowl Lathered
Two Pass - With & Cross the Grain

Ahhhhh ...

Lovely mentholated soap and a soothing aftershave set following a slightly rough one day shave with the last of the edge on this PAL blade.

Right! Time for fencing ...
 
Shower
Village Barber oil
Le Pere Lucien soap
Simpson TSN P8 brush
Gillette Rocket HD razor
Sputnik blade

Le Pere Lucien becoming a real favourite. Great lather, scent growing on me and skin feels fantastic post shave.
 
Tuesday

Evening, gents.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: Sodial/Rimei
Blade: Gillette "Swede" (3)
Brush: Ecotools Kabuki
Shave soap: Monsavon
Aftershave: Homemade Lavender splash
Cologne: Canoe

Now that was a good shave.
 
Bath

Merkur slant 39c
Feather Blade
Kent BK8 Brush
Nanny's Scotch Pine (hard shaving soap) face lathered
Old Spice original aftershave splash
Old Spice original cologne


BSS WTG :heart:

Well after a nice illness that my daughter got from school, and gave to me and the wife......that was sublime.
 
Prep: Cold Water Splash, a squirt of Nuage Shaving Oil on my neck
Razor: Aristocrat #16
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Brush: Rod Neep African Stone 26x48 Extra Silvertip
Soap: VITOS Super Extra Coconut
Post: Witch Hazel Splash
Aftershave: Floid 'The Genuine'

An Awesome 2 pass cold water face lather shave, couldn't fault it.

The #16 is such a smooth shaver, i haven't used it for a while for some reason (read far too many razors). That and my Red Tip Rocket are my favourite Gillette Safety Bar razors.
 
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