S.O.T.D. w/c Saturday 18th - Friday 24th January 2014, incl.

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Prep: Hot Water
Soap: Floris London JF
Brush: Simpson Persian Jar PJ2 - 2 band in Super
Razor: Gillette Fat Boy
Blade: Feather (1)
Post: Cold Water and Alum Block
AS: Floris London JF

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The life of a PolSilver Super iridium blade - day 1

Hot water
EJ DE89
PolSilver SI blade (0)
MenU Bristle brush
Edwin Jagger Aloe Vera Soap & Ingram cream
Cold water rinse
Avon Signature A/S balm
Avon Urban Edge scent.

Face lathered and set to. Have found my first shave with a PSSI's tend to be 3 pass, although later ones can be 2 usually first is 3 and this nearly improved on it. I should really have gone 3 pass but went with 2.5, the point 5 being on my neck not my face.
The shave was smooth and over all the result was decent but as close as I know PolSilver can be, still, I usually get some improvement after the first shave so we'll see what tomorrow brings.
 
Monday

Mitchell's Wool Fat
Semogue SOC Boar
#15 Aristocrat
7 o'clock SharpEdge
Professor Blighty's Green Ginger AS

A very nice shave this morning, it was just a quick few passes but the #15 is efficient enough for that to be plenty. Nicely finished by the Green Ginger AS.
 
Burgundy said:
Feather AC SS non-folding
Feather AC ProGuard (7)
Semogue SOC Boar
Vitos Extra Super Coconut
Weleda After Shave Balm

I need to learn how completely finish the chin and jawline. Anyone got any tips or videos? Everywhere else is BBS.
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Skin stretching and moving your jaw plays a big part with straights. The jaw line is pretty straightforward - on the down stroke, drop your jaw so that you have a more or less even plane. You will see that you have shaved well below the jawline doing this. On the XTG/ATG I find that extreme stretching to keep the kneck area firm helps. Do this as far up as the jawline with jaw closed, then open the jaw to do above the jawline - again keep the skin taught.

You can use similar techniques with the chin - it's more a question of building experience and confidence however.
 
Mon. 20th. Jan.

Hot towel
Mitchells Woolfat
'le Tuft' Custom Super Silvertip
Gillette Superspeed
Gillette 7o'clock Yellow
Nivea post shave Balm
Floris No. 89

Very nice indeed:icon_razz:
Have a good day.
Regards, beejay
 
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Lush Aqua Marina
Trumpers Lime Skin Food
Vulfix Grosvenor Bodger - could there be a better value brush?
Klar Kabinett SS
Merkur HD Gold
Polsilver SI
Floid Suave
Thayers Rose Petal
Kiehl's for Men
Lush Vanishing Cream
Trumpers Eucris
 
Monday

Afternoon, everyone.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: Feather Portable with the EJDE89 handle
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Brush: Ecotools Kabuki
Shave cream: Crabtree & Evelyn, Sienna
Aftershave: I Coloniali Ebano Ebano

Clode and comfortable.
 
Monday 01-20-14. MUSIC: The Specials - Specials (1979).

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Soap from Alepo - Restored brush The Golden Nib silvertip Grade A - Gillette Rocket flare tip - Gillette Platinum #1 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving cream Nancy Boy Replenishing - Alum block - Thayers Original Astringent - ASB Massimo Dutti - ASL Massimo Dutti.
 
Monday 20th January

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Hot shower
Hot flannel
MWF scuttle lathered
Custom Elm Persian Jar style silvertip badger (24x52)
Gillette British Flaretip Superspeed
Polsilver Super Iridium (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Aqua Velva Musk aftershave

A good shave, close and comfortable. A different razor and new blade set up for tomorrows shave.
 
Cold water splash
L'Occitane Cade
TGN 2-band badger knot / Vulfix Grosvenor handle
Weber Polished / Bulldog
Personna Lab Blue (5)
Clinique Post-Shave Healer
D.R. Harris Windsor EdT

Personna Lab is one of the few blades that consistently delivers 5 great shaves for me without showing any degradation. Very enjoyable shave today :)
 
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