S.O.T.D Saturday 17th May to Friday 23rd May 2014

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A week of shaving in memory of my old man, who's birthday it would have been on Monday.

Prep: Hot shower, Dove Men+Care Revitalising Face Wash
Pre: Cold water splash
Brush: Neep Custom Elm Burl MCMXL Penny Farthing (made for Dad)
Soap: L'Occitane Cade (formerly Dad's soap)
Razor: Unknown Open Comb (my Grandfather's)
Blade: NOS English Wilkinson Sword
Post: NOS Shulton Old Spice ASL

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Result: Very nice all round. Face lathered the Cade and it made for a nice, slick, gently fragranced shave. For the first time I have got a really top quality shave using a NOS English Wilkie... finally I see what the fuss is about. All capped off with a splash of the lovely Old Spice juice.

Have a good weekend Gents,

Jon
 
New
Polsilver stainless 1
Nf2213
Bond Fresh cream and a/s
Aloe vera

Haven't used This razor for ages, you certainly know there's a blade against your cheek. Quite the exposure on this one. Face lathered, 2 passes. Cream and a/s smell just like JF, which will be today's edt.

Enjoy the weekend!
 
Greetings

Prep: Shower
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Brush: Li Jun & 1980 butterscotch badger
Soap: TOBS Sandalwood
Aftershave: Witch Hazel & Glycerine splash
 
Prep: Hot Water
Soap: Acqua di Parma Collezione Barbiere
Brush: Simpson Emperor 3 in Super
Razor: Filarmonica 14 Novodur 6/8
Moustache Razor : The Mab Dwarf Razor
Post: Cold Water and Alum Block
AS: Dior Fahrenheit
EDT: Dior Fahrenheit

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MRGLO
Village Barber Oil
CJB Kamisori
Dorco Barber Blade
Wickham Soap Company Super Smooth Bay Rum + Krampert's Shave Enhancer
Duke 2 Pure
Matchplay AS
Matchplay EdT

It may be premature, after just one shave, but this razor is amazing! I always wanted to try one, but always bottled it before buying. Bryan very generously put this one up as a PIF a few days ago and I was lucky enough to get it.

It was far easier to use than expected and I could easily have finished after one pass - more than acceptable! Being a sucker for a BBS, I did a second pass and was rewarded with one of the smoothest shaves yet. I did have a fair bit of burn from the alum, so will perhaps concentrate more on pressure or angle next time, but had zero nicks.

Overall, very successful!
 
Face wash
Hot towel
TOBS lemon and lime cream
Weishi + Derby extra
3 pass shave wtg, xth e-w, xtg w-e + touchup.
M&S Woodspice as.
Nivea ASB.
Best shave to date the TOBS lathered very well in my new shaving mug.
Jim
 

Face wash with Pears soap
Merkur Digress HD B / Rapira
Simpson B1 Beaufort Butterscotch
Palmolive Classic Shaving Soap
Proraso Green A/S
Penhaligons Extract of Limes Cologne


Shaved and ready to hit the BBQ



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Saturday

Afternoon, everyone.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: Ri-Mei
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Brush: Ecotools Kabuki
Shave cream: Kiss My Face unscented
Aftershave: Aqua Quorum
Cologne: Halston Unbound

A little redness under the jaw that didn't last long - nice and smooth now.
 
Today's Shave

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ikon OC Deluxe
Feather Blade
Kent BK8 Brush
MWF
Old Spice aftershave splash

Result BSS WTG

Well for me, using a similar angle as a Fatboy to find my sweet spot makes more sense with this razor.
The heavy mass of this thing makes thick stubble irrelevant, in the same way as driving a Tiger tank through a house is to taking a shortcut!!
Fun though :icon_rolleyes:
 
Saturday

1912
Gem blade
Nanny's French Lavender hard soap
New Forest Tubby 2
Indian Old Spice AS

A nice summery shave, now back out to enjoy the weather.
 
Bull Dog face wash
Edwin Jagger Chatsworth ebony synthetic bristle shaving brush
Wilkinson Sword shaving soap
Edwin Jagger Chatsworth barley chrome razor
Gillette 7 o'clock razor blade
L'Occitane CADE aftershave balm.

Despite the Wilkinson Sword soap bowl being very underrated, the lather is actually pretty good when warm, and I had a good shave with it.
 
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