S.O.T.D. Saturday 16th August to Friday 22nd August 2014

TUESDAY MORNING

Pre: Tepid rinse & Noxzema massaged into beard then washed off
Oil: Village Barber shaving oil
Razor: Ikon DLC
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Post: Village Barber balm
EDT: Joop

Will be shaving in the mornings for the next couple of weeks and will not have much time to do this (family down, then a trip back oop North).

This setup gives excellent results, and means a 3 pass shave can be performed in about 8 minutes so I'll be sticking with it for a bit I think.
 
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Lush Aqua Marina
Trumper Lime Skin Food
Trumper Rose SC
Merkur 34G
Personna Lab Blue
Truefitt Grafton AS
Thayers Lavender
Kiehl's Ultimate Men's After Shave Balm & Moisturizer
Lush Vanishing Cream
Truefitt Grafton Cologne

Have a good day, Gentlemen.
 

Face wash with Pears soap
Cobra Classic / Pro blade
Simpson “Chubby” 3 Manchurian Cobalt
Proraso White Soap (New Formula)
Witch Hazel
Surrati Tom Aoud


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Tuesday, August 19th, 2014

Tuesday, August 19th, 2014

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Wade & Butcher, The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor​

  • Pre-shave: Myrsol Emulsión
  • Soap: De Vergulde Hand Shaving Soap
  • Brush: Omega Brush Badger 63167
  • Bowl: Old Barber Bowl
  • Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm Stropping
  • Razor: Wade & Butcher, The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor, 11/16 Quarter Hollow, Round Point
  • Post-Shave: Umbrian Extra virgin Olive Oil
  • After Shave: Aqua Velva Loción After Shave
 
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Weber PH on iKon handle
Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Noxzema (applied between passes)
Wickham Soap Hard Soap
Muhle 21 mm Synthetic
Prof. Blighty's Coal Tar balm

Lovely second shave with the new soap. First time using the Noxzema as a kind of pre-shave and "inter-shave". Applied before each pass, the menthol scent was great but I'm not entirely sure it made a huge difference to the overall shave.
 
Prep- Tepid water splash
Soap- B&M Adagio
Brush- Men-U
Razor- Merkur Futur
Blade- Merkur Platinum [1]
Post- alum, Myrsol Balsamica

Lovely shave, I forget how efficient the Merkur is. The soap is superb but could not define the smell of this sample.
 
Cold water splash
Nanny's Signature Bamboo & White Grape
Vulfix 404 handle / TGN 22mm Finest Badger knot
ATT M2 Kronos
Perma-Sharp Super (1)
Clinique Post-Shave Soother
Speick EdT

Ready to face another day!
 
Tuesday

Afternoon, all.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: EJ DE89
Blade: Polsilver SI (4)
Brush: Ecotools Kabuki
Shave cream: Erasmic new tube
Aftershave: Ice Dive
Cologne: Ice Dive
 
Pre: Proraso green pre-shave cream
Soap: WSP "Vetiver"
Brush: Dymondwood 23mm TGN synthetic
Razor: Merkur Futur (2)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock green (1)
Post: Thayer's witch hazel, followed by Fine Clean Vetiver

Fantastic soap. Worth every penny. Just noticed from the photo that I picked a lot of "green" items. :icon_rolleyes:
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After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

ebony brush made by Brian
'Weber-RG/ Personna Super Platinum Chrome (NOS)
RL Safari SS (vintage stuff)
Lucky Tiger AS and Face Tonic
RL 'Safari' EdT (vintage juice)

Been a week since using the Roller Guard head and first time paired with this sharp old blade. Four shaves on this from being in other razors and it's still like new.

Jeeez, this head is one of the most gratifying shaving crap related things I have run across. Not only makes a poor shave into a wonderful one, but it has that slight tickle (which is fine) that feels like I'm using an open comb. Close to being as remarkable as how well the Stahly head fits me. Both were total surprises.

Got this roller thing stuck on my long Weber handle and done deal. Weighs maybe 110g. If the after market head was on a typical Old Type handle it would probably weigh just over half of that. The extra weight adds a lot of pleasure to how that feels in my hand and I'm sure helps the shaving performance.

Really enjoyable shave today and leaving me with BBS results,

Martin
 
pugh-the-special-one said:
Erusta 96 Boheler Stahl full hollow 13/16
Kanayama cordovan #8000
Simpsons P8
L'Occitane cade
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Baux balm
Kiehl's Original musk No1 blend Edt.​
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Those have to be the best mass produced scales I've seen. Sets the razor off.
 
Sapone : Petal Pusher Fancies Neroli
Pennello : Simpson The Hive in Best
Rasoio : Colombi Solingen 1000 6/8
Strop : Paciccella in Cordovan
AS : Dior Fahrenheit
EDT : Dior Fahrenheit

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S.O.T.D 20th August 2014

Pre:Shave:A little TOB rubbed in to my face (works well)
Soap:Maca Root
Brush:Semogue 620
Razor:Feather Artist SS
Blade: Feather
Post:Shave: Alum Block
Post:Shave 2: I Coloniali Facial and Aftershave Balm
A/S:Floid Vigoroso​


First time out with the Feather Artist went well,l little niks on the chin nothing major. My skill is slowly getting better, the Feather Artist was easier to handle than my CJB.
My thanks to Barlines for letting it go from his collection.​
 
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