SOTD: Saturday 2 September - Friday 8 September 2023

[ekeko]

Monday 4 September
A mid afternoon shave, no time early this am. So a bit more to remove than normal. The ERA level 5 with 7 o’clock 5th use, was perfect for a single pass shave with pick ups. Pretty much bbs and no drama. The Crabtree sandalwood has a nice scent and creams easily, however the Semogue brush is still losing its green paint and the bristles are rough. If you want a brush that looks and feels vintage crap after 2 or 3 uses this is the one for you I think it’s destined for the bin.

Have a fine evening fellas!

 

[Tony'schin]

04/09/62
Birthday shave
Pre - Droyt's Classic Glycerose Soap
Brush - Vintage Butterscotch Culmak Plus Pure Bristle 1950
Soap - Vintage Cussons 1950's
Razor - Gillette Slim Adjustable H3 "Travel"
Blade - Vintage Perma-sharp Supreme
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Barts Balm Ben Lomond - Cinnamon & Patchouli
A/S - Avon Wild country

For my birthday shave i used up the last of the Cussons shave cream.
A great shave from the birthyear slim.
Stay safe and enjoy your day all.

 

[Wazzer3]

Haslinger honey soap
Shavemac TSR LE 2015
Timeless .68OC dimpled handle
Personna Lab Blue #4
Epsilon Mediterranean Blue AS

Haslinger always impresses me, so easy to lather into a thick protective and slick cream.

 

[isaiah53]

Muhle Rocca R94
Gillette London Bridge
Ap shaveco 2BED
Monsavon
LEA AS balm

 

[alfie5542]

04/09/62
Birthday shave
Pre - Droyt's Classic Glycerose Soap
Brush - Vintage Butterscotch Culmak Plus Pure Bristle 1950
Soap - Vintage Cussons 1950's
Razor - Gillette Slim Adjustable H3 "Travel"
Blade - Vintage Perma-sharp Supreme
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Barts Balm Ben Lomond - Cinnamon & Patchouli
A/S - Avon Wild country
View attachment 110827
For my birthday shave i used up the last of the Cussons shave cream.
A great shave from the birthyear slim.
Stay safe and enjoy your day all.

Happy birthday, enjoy your day/night

 

[udrako]

04
SR: Ever-Ready "1912"
Blade: GEM
Brush: Semogue 1250
Cream: Old Spice Fresh Lime
AS: Floïd

 

[udrako]

04/09/62
Birthday shave
Pre - Droyt's Classic Glycerose Soap
Brush - Vintage Butterscotch Culmak Plus Pure Bristle 1950
Soap - Vintage Cussons 1950's
Razor - Gillette Slim Adjustable H3 "Travel"
Blade - Vintage Perma-sharp Supreme
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Barts Balm Ben Lomond - Cinnamon & Patchouli
A/S - Avon Wild country
View attachment 110827
For my birthday shave i used up the last of the Cussons shave cream.
A great shave from the birthyear slim.
Stay safe and enjoy your day all.

Happy Birthday!

 

[alfie5542]

4/9/23

Pre - Mitchell's
Brush - Highlander TSR LE #1/ Boti Pink 24mm
Soap - Kent
Razor - Fat Handle Tech
Blade - Gillette Permasharp Stainless (4)
Post - Witch Hazel
AS - Old Spice (India)

I received this glorious work of art of brush from @gile a few weeks back and I was thinking of using it straight away. However, as it was my birthday shortly I was holding it back to use it for the first time on my birthday. And so I did, and what a fantastic brush it is! It put a huge smile on my face. Aside from looking beautiful, the ergonomics of the brush are truly wonderful. It fit my hand perfectly!

It performed quite beautifully to build a glorious lather with the fat. The Boti Pink seems quite close in performance to the ApSc SynBad, I'm sure I will get a better idea once I have used the brush a few more times.

I find the Permasharp takes a few shaves to get to its best, which was it today.

I finished the shave with one of my special reserve Aftershaves. The Indian plastic bottle Old Spice is a touch deeper, richer and less sweet than the glass bottle current production made in Italy one.

Superb shave from the start to the finish.

Happy 61st Birthday to the fine gent and mod @Tony'schin

Have a good day gents.

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Happy birthday

 

[pjgh]

Monday 4th September

Gillette Fusion 5 Shaving Gel & Gillette Guard
Akcay Tutunu Kolonyasi

My setup for the next couple of weeks ...

 

[Palmolive fox]

04/09/62
Birthday shave
Pre - Droyt's Classic Glycerose Soap
Brush - Vintage Butterscotch Culmak Plus Pure Bristle 1950
Soap - Vintage Cussons 1950's
Razor - Gillette Slim Adjustable H3 "Travel"
Blade - Vintage Perma-sharp Supreme
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Barts Balm Ben Lomond - Cinnamon & Patchouli
A/S - Avon Wild country
View attachment 110827
For my birthday shave i used up the last of the Cussons shave cream.
A great shave from the birthyear slim.
Stay safe and enjoy your day all.

Belated birthday greetings.. hope you have/had a wonderful day/evening. Regards. Barry.

 

[Palmolive fox]

Monday 4th September

Gillette Fusion 5 Shaving Gel & Gillette Guard
Akcay Tutunu Kolonyasi

My setup for the next couple of weeks ...

+1 on the Gillette guard... I'll have to add mine to my razor rotation for my head shaves some time this month.

 

[Paul L]

04/09/62
Birthday shave
Pre - Droyt's Classic Glycerose Soap
Brush - Vintage Butterscotch Culmak Plus Pure Bristle 1950
Soap - Vintage Cussons 1950's
Razor - Gillette Slim Adjustable H3 "Travel"
Blade - Vintage Perma-sharp Supreme
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Barts Balm Ben Lomond - Cinnamon & Patchouli
A/S - Avon Wild country
View attachment 110827
For my birthday shave i used up the last of the Cussons shave cream.
A great shave from the birthyear slim.
Stay safe and enjoy your day all.

Happy Birthday TC

 

[TomG]

Prep: Valobra Glicerlanolina Soap, Myrsol Emulsion
Brush: Shavemac 3-band Silvertip Badger
Soap: Abbate y La Mantia Krokos
Razor: Rex Konsul (4)
Blade: Iridium Super BN-84 (8)
Post: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel, Barrister & Mann Cologne Russe Aftershave Lotion
Scent: Abbate y La Mantia Krokos EdC

Hard to fault this soap.

 

[Sig Solo]

TATARA TITANIUM ~ NODACHI OC

 

[LeeMaz]

SOTD: 04/09/2023

Razor: Yaqi Excalibur and Romulus
Blade: Schick Proline P-30, 10th use Feather Pro 5th
Brush: Highlander “Azzuri” Custom Brush Boti 4th Gen Pink 3 Color Synthetic Knot
Bowl: 3D Printed Bowl
Preshave: Bart’s Balms Lochnagar Oil
Soap: Wickham’s May Chang Puck
Balm: The Inkey List Vitamin B, C And E Moisturiser Balm
Fragrance: Armaf Club de Nuit Intense Man EdP

More similar than I thought they would be but definitely not the same, arguably even at the cheap price for the steel version I’d say the Excalibur was marginally more efficient. Yet with each save it seems to be getting better, maybe I got a duff head, but it just feel like it’s a tad too mild.

 

[LeeMaz]

04/09/62
Birthday shave
Pre - Droyt's Classic Glycerose Soap
Brush - Vintage Butterscotch Culmak Plus Pure Bristle 1950
Soap - Vintage Cussons 1950's
Razor - Gillette Slim Adjustable H3 "Travel"
Blade - Vintage Perma-sharp Supreme
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Barts Balm Ben Lomond - Cinnamon & Patchouli
A/S - Avon Wild country
View attachment 110827
For my birthday shave i used up the last of the Cussons shave cream.
A great shave from the birthyear slim.
Stay safe and enjoy your day all.

Happy Birthday!