S.O.T.D. Saturday 22nd March to Friday 28th March 2014
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R: RE: S.O.T.D. Saturday 22nd March to Friday 28th March 2014
As always, nice photos Bilbo!
bilbo72 said:Prep: Hot Water
Soap: Soap Brewing Co. Lumberjack
Brush: Simpson M7 Briar 2 band in Silvertip
Razor: Puma 90 High Class 5/8
Moustache Razor : The Mab Dwarf Razor
Post: Cold Water and Alum Block
AS: Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel
EDT : Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel
As always, nice photos Bilbo!
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Prep: Hot Shower and a Wee Bit Of Conditioner
Cream: TOBS Sandalwood (running low on this so a decision time as to what's next!)
Razor: Merkur Digress
Blade: Astra SP
Post: Very Cold Water Splash & Nivea ASB
A great shave, this is the pass around Digress and the first time I've face shaved with it. I did use it to head shave at the weekend, a job at which it excelled at. Face shave wise it's great, lovely balance and nice and weighty so there's no temptation to add any pressure! I set it to 3 and the resultant shave is nice and smooth BBS all over
Cream: TOBS Sandalwood (running low on this so a decision time as to what's next!)
Razor: Merkur Digress
Blade: Astra SP
Post: Very Cold Water Splash & Nivea ASB
A great shave, this is the pass around Digress and the first time I've face shaved with it. I did use it to head shave at the weekend, a job at which it excelled at. Face shave wise it's great, lovely balance and nice and weighty so there's no temptation to add any pressure! I set it to 3 and the resultant shave is nice and smooth BBS all over
MRGLO
Brass Knobbed Digress
Gillette Silver Blue (2)
TOBS Imitation Badger
Wickham Super Smooth Soap
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum
Second shave with the Digress and Fox's Wickham Soap. Dare I say it? This combination is absolutely perfect!
I cranked the Digress up to 4.5 for the first 2 passes and only needed a third pass (at 3) for a wee bit of buffing. I used the alum again today and, yet again, not the slightest burn.
Now to the soap. My first time with it I compared it favourably with the vintage Old Spice (which is my favourite soap). I think I can safely say that I wasn't wrong!
I loaded the brush for, maybe, 20 seconds or so. I then whipped up some glorious lather in next to no time. So good was this lather that I felt the need to take a photo (I think I did the same the first time I used the Old Spice):
I know that I got one of the unusual "mixed scent" samples, so can't properly comment on the normal scents, but this sample smells amazing - a combination of Bay Rum and Club Cola - and it stayed noticeable during the shave as well.
I'm not a comprehensive expert on artisan soaps, having tried just a couple, but I have a lot of the "big name" soaps and can say that this one is just as good, if not better, than most of them.
Anyway, apologies for the essay. I'll finish by saying: Well done Darron!
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Tuesday Mid-Morning
Pre: T&H No. 10 scrub
Cream: Homemade mix of Ingrams and Palmolive
Brush: Simpsons Badger
Razor: Muhle R41
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3)
Post: Cold rinse, Alum & WH
A/S: Old Spice
Balm: 50/50 mix of Old Spice and T&H No. 10 balm
First shave with my hybrid cream. Had a tube of each almost empty so I decanted them into an empty Proraso pre/post tub and mixed them together. Resulting goo looks like something from Ghostbusters but it was nice to shave with. No better or worse than either cream on its on but just a nice scent with a bit of menthol thrown in.
Pre: T&H No. 10 scrub
Cream: Homemade mix of Ingrams and Palmolive
Brush: Simpsons Badger
Razor: Muhle R41
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3)
Post: Cold rinse, Alum & WH
A/S: Old Spice
Balm: 50/50 mix of Old Spice and T&H No. 10 balm
First shave with my hybrid cream. Had a tube of each almost empty so I decanted them into an empty Proraso pre/post tub and mixed them together. Resulting goo looks like something from Ghostbusters but it was nice to shave with. No better or worse than either cream on its on but just a nice scent with a bit of menthol thrown in.
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Muhle R146 R41 13'Head
WSP Prince Silvertip
Derby
Van Der Hagen Deluxe Soap
Dove Post Shave Balm
Old Spice Cologne
SRD Mother Earth Scuttle
WSP Prince Silvertip
Derby
Van Der Hagen Deluxe Soap
Dove Post Shave Balm
Old Spice Cologne
SRD Mother Earth Scuttle
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Tuesday 25th March
Hot shower
Hot flannel
Tabac stick grated scuttle lathered
Brush made by myself, Finest badger 24mm
Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Feather (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Tabac aftershave
A grand shave, finishing with the Tabac aftershave bought from the half price sale at Boot's.
Hot shower
Hot flannel
Tabac stick grated scuttle lathered
Brush made by myself, Finest badger 24mm
Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Feather (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Tabac aftershave
A grand shave, finishing with the Tabac aftershave bought from the half price sale at Boot's.
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Tuesday 03-25-14. MUSIC: Woody Allen - Songs from Woody Allen's Films.
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Aleppo soap - Somerset Simpson Duke3 best badger - Feather all stainless - Astra green #4 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving soap Mystic Water Marrakesh - Alum block - Thayers Cucumber Toner - ASB Weleda - ASL Weleda.
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Aleppo soap - Somerset Simpson Duke3 best badger - Feather all stainless - Astra green #4 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving soap Mystic Water Marrakesh - Alum block - Thayers Cucumber Toner - ASB Weleda - ASL Weleda.
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- Location
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Groominch said:Very nice Digress here! @mulligano @Hippo
Why thank you kind Sir
"Mine" is the pass around one, so if you're interested put your name down. Great razor