SOTD Saturday 19th November to Friday 25th November 2016

[Scotshave]

Greetings All

Another nice shave from the ER Chrome/"Streamline". Will have to start paying attention to my DEs before long (he said, awaiting a Schick E3)! This ER is a special occasion one...I'll end up using nothing else

Proraso M &E cream (what else would you use when it's minus four degrees outside?!)
RazoRock Plissoft 24mm
Steve Woodhead Ceramics bowl
Gem Personna #2
Thayer's and Proraso M &E a/s

Be well, everyone.

 

[Blademonkey]

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Greetings All

Another nice shave from the ER Chrome/"Streamline". Will have to start paying attention to my DEs before long (he said, awaiting a Schick E3)! This ER is a special occasion one...I'll end up using nothing else

Proraso M &E cream (what else would you use when it's minus four degrees outside?!)
RazoRock Plissoft 24mm
Steve Woodhead Ceramics bowl
Gem Personna #2
Thayer's and Proraso M &E a/s

Be well, everyone.

Yea, know what you mean, My DEs have taken a back seat!

 

[Darkbulb]

I was feeling very Gekko this morning as I pulled out and used my rather heavy Armani shaving set from the 1980s

Thing is - it was a great shave

 

[Bizzyberry]

Pre Shave: Hot Shower and GFT Coral Skin Food
Razor: Fatip Piccolo
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Brush: ToBs Badger brush
Cream: L'Occitane Cade
Post: Cold water and Thayers cucumber
Balm: Nivea Original Replenishing

2nd time using GFT Coral Skin Food, last time it seemed to give me some reaction when applied but this time it was fine. The Gillette Silver Blue is now one of my top blades, only tried this blade 3 times but very impressed so far, living up to it's reputation as I see many others rate this blade. Great Monday morning shave.

 

[semperfi45]

I was feeling very Gekko this morning as I pulled out and used my rather heavy Armani shaving set from the 1980s

Thing is - it was a great shave

Excellent picture of fine shaving products.

 

[semperfi45]

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Pre Shave: Hot Shower and GFT Coral Skin Food
Razor: Fatip Piccolo
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Brush: ToBs Badger brush
Cream: L'Occitane Cade
Post: Cold water and Thayers cucumber
Balm: Nivea Original Replenishing

2nd time using GFT Coral Skin Food, last time it seemed to give me some reaction when applied but this time it was fine. The Gillette Silver Blue is now one of my top blades, only tried this blade 3 times but very impressed so far, living up to it's reputation as I see many others rate this blade. Great Monday morning shave.

Nice setup with a good blade.

 

[isaiah53]

muhle rosegold r41
voskhod
whipped dog 24mm synthetic
tabac shaving soap
d r harris AS milk
ck obsession edt

 

[Darkbulb]

Excellent picture of fine shaving products.

Don't tell anyone but picked up the whole Armani set for about $15

 

[semperfi45]

Don't tell anyone but picked up the whole Armani set for about $15

Sounds good, I'll keep it myself. What a fantastic deal.

 

[ckeskin]

Don't tell anyone but picked up the whole Armani set for about $15

One day you might wake up and find an angry mob waiting for you at your doorstep if you don't reveal your sources.

 

[Darkbulb]

One day you might wake up and find an angry mob waiting for you at your doorstep if you don't reveal your sources.

Just eBay. Most people don't really care for vintage cartridge razors so stuff goes on the inexpensive side
I find that the two blade carts gives an amazing shave.

 

[Clint64]

Excellent picture Clint.

That's very funny Clint, I've never heard the expression " chasing the baby" nice kit too.

Doug and Paul, thank you both. My youngest daughter tells me I have entirely too many expressions.

 

[churchilllafemme]

Great setup and picture.

Thanks!

 

[semperfi45]

Doug and Paul, thank you both. My youngest daughter tells me I have entirely too many expressions.

Sometime the young are brilliant. Darn I did it myself.

 

[PickledNorthern]

Yardley Black Label Shaving Soap
Colonial Razors General SE Razor
Kai Captain Original SE Blade
Boellis Panama 1924 Aftershave Balm​

To heck with what blade you have in your razor, tell us about that brush! [emoji1]

 

[Fuzzyian]

Scottish fine soaps classic,
Omega 49,
Vostok-3 5/8 full hollow straight,
Thayers unscented witch hazel,
Oud 24,

I wasn't 100% on the sharpness of the Vostok last time I used it, after receiving it I gave it a good stropping, first with paste on balsa, then on leather, it did cut, just not as efficiently as I was expecting, so I re honed it, tonight it was much better, it's strange how each straight razor has its own personality, a 5/8 razor is just about the perfect size for me, and for some reason I seem to be able to shave a lot quicker now than I used to.