SOTD : Saturday 30 July - Friday 5 August. 2022.

[Satanfriendly]

Roll up, roll up, roll up. A once in a lifetime treat (thank God) and a shave themed, 'American (shaving) cream pie'.



The cats cream - Rocnel SE-P
Creaming it - 0.487576% of a Dorco Prime
Lapping up the cream - AP Shaving 24mm Cashmere
Creaming my face - Penhaligons Bayolea
Smell the cream - Penhaligons Bayolea splash

So another (and probably the last) Karaoke based shave from me. And this evening's entertainment will last some 8 minutes or so, which is considerably shorter than most movies sharing the same theme. So sit back and waffle your way through this one......Or you can jump to the Japanese entertainment committee at the end and save a large chunk of your life.

Hit play




Long long time ago, too drunk to remember
How shaving used to make me smile
And I knew if Boycie had his chance
That he could put people in a shaving trance
And maybe they'd be cash strapped for a while

But February made me shiver
With every cold shave that I could deliver
Bad news by the shaving sink
Dropped a bottle and took out a chink

I can't remember if I was sick
When I caught myself with a really bad nick
But the styptic cringed me deep inside
The day that shaving died

So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Did Brian M write the Book of shaved?
And do you believe Satanfriendly’s depraved?
If the internet tells you so
Do you believe in shaving wet?
Can shaving save your old Gillette?
And can you teach me how to lather without a sweat?

I saw your cheeks all puffed inflated
‘Cause I saw you shaving standing naked
You kicked in with your braving
My God what were you shaving!?

I was a scraggy teenage hairy mush
With a pink De Candre and a shaving brush
But I was destined for facial bush
The day that shaving died

I started singing, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Now for ten years my beard has grown
And hair grows fast on an old ugly crone
But that's not how it used to be
When jester shaved for his SOTD
With a razor he I think he borrowed from me
And a blade that came from Mr Boycie

Oh and while SF was feeling empyreal
Jester stole his stainless General
Caught red handed fingers burned
His nads were never returned

And while Brian read a book of soap
The newbies practiced in blind hope
And we tried shaving high on dope
The day that shaving died

We were singing, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Helter skelter in the summer swelter
Cold water shaving is such a belter
Eight minutes in and passes real fast
Blade landed foul on hairy grass and cuts with a second pass
Cold cos have you seen the fucking price of gas?

Now the bathroom air was full of fume
While blood spurts out in a reddened plume
We reach out for the toilet paper
Oh, this was a real bad scraper

'Cause the shavers tried to take the field
The two edged blade and skin all peeled
Do you recall what was revealed?
Yeh, were all daft twats at times

We started singing bye-bye, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Oh, and there we were living charades
A generation lost in blades
With no time left to start again
So come on, styptic be nimble, styptic be quick
Work your wonders on my bottom lip
'Cause Satanfriendly don’t have any friend

Oh, and as I watched him wincing in the mirror
Hands clenched around his bristle shearer
No fluff removing born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell

And as the soap climbed out of the sink
To lather faces in a wink
I saw Satan laughing cos he’d had a drink
The day that shaving died

He was singing bye-bye, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

I met a girl who looked all blush
When I asked if I could clear her bush
But she just smiled when I said her shrubbery
I went down to the Emporium store
Where I'd bought some shite some years before
But the man there said shaving didn’t pay

And in the streets, the shavers screamed
With nicks and weepers they’d never dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The sink was fucking broken

And the one man I admire most
Palmolive fox and the swedes he host
He bought the last blade from West Coast
The day that shaving died

And they were singing So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

And they were singing bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking “This’ll be the day that shaves die”


And as a passing comment. Great shave by the way.

Enjoy the remainder of your weekends you fantastic forum folk and I leave you with some beaver who seem to think it takes even less than 8 minutes. Cracking song

 

[motto]

SOTD 20220730
Prep: Cella Gel pre barba
Bowl: Fine
Brush: Wald Shaving Nimbus Raven J3
Soap: Acqua di Parma Babiere
Razor: Tatara Nidachi TI OC
Blade: Asco Super Stainless
Post: Alum Rub
AS: Acqua di Parma Barbiere

Best Regards
Marco

 

[Mike Smart]

It's pretty good stuff, Chris.
I used two squirts, massaged into the knot and face lathered.
It can handle a fair amount of water, and maintains a very stable, slick lather.
It has a quite pleasant, clean scent that doesn't linger post shave.
For an inexpensive cream It's worth trying (prices vary, Boots club card holders get it 1/2 price I believe?)

I bought some a couple of months back in Norway.
i actually liked it as well
iv got the balm also, which is ok although a little thin

 

[Electrif]

Roll up, roll up, roll up. A once in a lifetime treat (thank God) and a shave themed, 'American (shaving) cream pie'.

View attachment 91340

The cats cream - Rocnel SE-P
Creaming it - 0.487576% of a Dorco Prime
Lapping up the cream - AP Shaving 24mm Cashmere
Creaming my face - Penhaligons Bayolea
Smell the cream - Penhaligons Bayolea splash

So another (and probably the last) Karaoke based shave from me. And this evening's entertainment will last some 8 minutes or so, which is considerably shorter than most movies sharing the same theme. So sit back and waffle your way through this one......Or you can jump to the Japanese entertainment committee at the end and save a large chunk of your life.

Hit play




Long long time ago, too drunk to remember
How shaving used to make me smile
And I knew if Boycie had his chance
That he could put people in a shaving trance
And maybe they'd be cash strapped for a while

But February made me shiver
With every cold shave that I could deliver
Bad news by the shaving sink
Dropped a bottle and took out a chink

I can't remember if I was sick
When I caught myself with a really bad nick
But the styptic cringed me deep inside
The day that shaving died

So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Did Brian M write the Book of shaved?
And do you believe Satanfriendly’s depraved?
If the internet tells you so
Do you believe in shaving wet?
Can shaving save your old Gillette?
And can you teach me how to lather without a sweat?

I saw your cheeks all puffed inflated
‘Cause I saw you shaving standing naked
You kicked in with your braving
My God what were you shaving!?

I was a scraggy teenage hairy mush
With a pink De Candre and a shaving brush
But I was destined for facial bush
The day that shaving died

I started singing, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Now for ten years my beard has grown
And hair grows fast on an old ugly crone
But that's not how it used to be
When jester shaved for his SOTD
With a razor he I think he borrowed from me
And a blade that came from Mr Boycie

Oh and while SF was feeling empyreal
Jester stole his stainless General
Caught red handed fingers burned
His nads were never returned

And while Brian read a book of soap
The newbies practiced in blind hope
And we tried shaving high on dope
The day that shaving died

We were singing, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Helter skelter in the summer swelter
Cold water shaving is such a belter
Eight minutes in and passes real fast
Blade landed foul on hairy grass and cuts with a second pass
Cold cos have you seen the fucking price of gas?

Now the bathroom air was full of fume
While blood spurts out in a reddened plume
We reach out for the toilet paper
Oh, this was a real bad scraper

'Cause the shavers tried to take the field
The two edged blade and skin all peeled
Do you recall what was revealed?
Yeh, were all daft twats at times

We started singing bye-bye, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Oh, and there we were living charades
A generation lost in blades
With no time left to start again
So come on, styptic be nimble, styptic be quick
Work your wonders on my bottom lip
'Cause Satanfriendly don’t have any friend

Oh, and as I watched him wincing in the mirror
Hands clenched around his bristle shearer
No fluff removing born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell

And as the soap climbed out of the sink
To lather faces in a wink
I saw Satan laughing cos he’d had a drink
The day that shaving died

He was singing bye-bye, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

I met a girl who looked all blush
When I asked if I could clear her bush
But she just smiled when I said her shrubbery
I went down to the Emporium store
Where I'd bought some shite some years before
But the man there said shaving didn’t pay

And in the streets, the shavers screamed
With nicks and weepers they’d never dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The sink was fucking broken

And the one man I admire most
Palmolive fox and the swedes he host
He bought the last blade from West Coast
The day that shaving died

And they were singing So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

And they were singing bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking “This’ll be the day that shaves die”


And as a passing comment. Great shave by the way.

Enjoy the remainder of your weekends you fantastic forum folk and I leave you with some beaver who seem to think it takes even less than 8 minutes. Cracking song

Absolute classic my friend.

 

[Satanfriendly]

Absolute classic my friend.

Danke

 

[jimmyc]

Roll up, roll up, roll up. A once in a lifetime treat (thank God) and a shave themed, 'American (shaving) cream pie'.

View attachment 91340

The cats cream - Rocnel SE-P
Creaming it - 0.487576% of a Dorco Prime
Lapping up the cream - AP Shaving 24mm Cashmere
Creaming my face - Penhaligons Bayolea
Smell the cream - Penhaligons Bayolea splash

So another (and probably the last) Karaoke based shave from me. And this evening's entertainment will last some 8 minutes or so, which is considerably shorter than most movies sharing the same theme. So sit back and waffle your way through this one......Or you can jump to the Japanese entertainment committee at the end and save a large chunk of your life.

Hit play




Long long time ago, too drunk to remember
How shaving used to make me smile
And I knew if Boycie had his chance
That he could put people in a shaving trance
And maybe they'd be cash strapped for a while

But February made me shiver
With every cold shave that I could deliver
Bad news by the shaving sink
Dropped a bottle and took out a chink

I can't remember if I was sick
When I caught myself with a really bad nick
But the styptic cringed me deep inside
The day that shaving died

So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Did Brian M write the Book of shaved?
And do you believe Satanfriendly’s depraved?
If the internet tells you so
Do you believe in shaving wet?
Can shaving save your old Gillette?
And can you teach me how to lather without a sweat?

I saw your cheeks all puffed inflated
‘Cause I saw you shaving standing naked
You kicked in with your braving
My God what were you shaving!?

I was a scraggy teenage hairy mush
With a pink De Candre and a shaving brush
But I was destined for facial bush
The day that shaving died

I started singing, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Now for ten years my beard has grown
And hair grows fast on an old ugly crone
But that's not how it used to be
When jester shaved for his SOTD
With a razor he I think he borrowed from me
And a blade that came from Mr Boycie

Oh and while SF was feeling empyreal
Jester stole his stainless General
Caught red handed fingers burned
His nads were never returned

And while Brian read a book of soap
The newbies practiced in blind hope
And we tried shaving high on dope
The day that shaving died

We were singing, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Helter skelter in the summer swelter
Cold water shaving is such a belter
Eight minutes in and passes real fast
Blade landed foul on hairy grass and cuts with a second pass
Cold cos have you seen the fucking price of gas?

Now the bathroom air was full of fume
While blood spurts out in a reddened plume
We reach out for the toilet paper
Oh, this was a real bad scraper

'Cause the shavers tried to take the field
The two edged blade and skin all peeled
Do you recall what was revealed?
Yeh, were all daft twats at times

We started singing bye-bye, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

Oh, and there we were living charades
A generation lost in blades
With no time left to start again
So come on, styptic be nimble, styptic be quick
Work your wonders on my bottom lip
'Cause Satanfriendly don’t have any friend

Oh, and as I watched him wincing in the mirror
Hands clenched around his bristle shearer
No fluff removing born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell

And as the soap climbed out of the sink
To lather faces in a wink
I saw Satan laughing cos he’d had a drink
The day that shaving died

He was singing bye-bye, So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

I met a girl who looked all blush
When I asked if I could clear her bush
But she just smiled when I said her shrubbery
I went down to the Emporium store
Where I'd bought some shite some years before
But the man there said shaving didn’t pay

And in the streets, the shavers screamed
With nicks and weepers they’d never dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The sink was fucking broken

And the one man I admire most
Palmolive fox and the swedes he host
He bought the last blade from West Coast
The day that shaving died

And they were singing So bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking, "This'll be the day that shaves die"
This will be the day that shaves die

And they were singing bye-bye, Mr smooth faced guy
Took my face in to the basin but the basin was dry
That chink in the sink kissed the water bye bye
Thinking “This’ll be the day that shaves die”


And as a passing comment. Great shave by the way.

Enjoy the remainder of your weekends you fantastic forum folk and I leave you with some beaver who seem to think it takes even less than 8 minutes. Cracking song

I read it all. You have to record this. It was brilliant , better than the American guy that done it, Donald maclone or something like that.
I'm up for two vinyl singles. If unavailable 1 cassette, if unavailable, one song at my front door with the option of telling you to bugger off if I have a date.

 

[pjgh]

Saturday 30th July

... and it's raining, but ...

Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Imperial Leather (Vintage) Shaving Bowl
Razorock 400 Butterscotch w/Plissoft Noir Synthetic 24mm
Wilkinson Sword Sticky & Wilkinson Sword (Vintage)
Imperial Leather (Vintage) Aftershave

Blissful!

Another vintage Wilkinson Sword shave, much thanks to @Mike Smart and blade of choice for the Sticky this weekend is the Gold tuck sleeved blade in a blue branded wrapper (see below) from the post-diagonal ribbon design period but packaging that I have seen with a price sticker than included a half penny, so from the 1971-1984 period. 1980s feels about right for the design, packaging and blade stamping.

Blissful!

Almost as smooth as the diagonal ribbon period blade I used last week, but certainly sharper and I got my usual single pass shave ... which I performed a second pass just because it was so enjoyable. I made some comparisons about last week's blade against the SuperMax Titanium blades which have so little blade feel that you do actually have to check that you did indeed install a blade, but you do need two or three passes to get shaved. This week, I'm going to liken the feel and sharpness to the Lord Chrome which is a nice comparison as Lord were established on former Wilkinson Sword equipment and expertise ... or so the story goes.

Lovely zero-worry shave, that. Yes, blissful ...

Fun, too, to match a period soap and splash. I don't have any period Wilkinson Sword, but do have a few generations of Boots Shaving Bowls in my collection. Those, and tonight, Imperial Leather. As ever, the glorious Sticky gave me a superb run.

 

[LeeMaz]

SOTD: 30/07/2022

Razor: Yaqi Excalibur
Blade: Feather Pro, 2nd use
Brush: Shedeleven Spalted Scottish Hawthorn AP Shave Co G5C 26mm Fan
Bowl: Captains Choice Copper Lather Bowl Standard Bowl
Preshave: PAA Cube Unscented Soap
Soap: PAA Garden of Bali Puck
Aftershave: PAA Garden of Bali Aftershave
Balm: Bart’s Balm Sample Balm
Additional Care: Osma Laboratoires Alum Block

I love the base of this PAA soap but after my 2nd use it’s off to BST as I’m just not attached to it in the way I am with my other PAA scents. I’m not sure if the standard CK base has been improved but this Kokum butter base seems great, (it may be one and the same!) regardless it just isn’t for me so I’m moving it on.

 

[udrako]

30
SR: EJDE89
Blade: Derby Extra
Brush: Semogue SOC
Cream: Nivea Original Protect
AS: Bozzano Mentolada

 

[Palmolive fox]

SOTD : 31st July 2022.



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Shaving recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Asda Tingly Mint & Tea Tree Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Anbbas 24mm Tuxedo synthetic.
Bowl Lather.
Bowl : Home Bargains Stainless Steel Side Bowl.
Lather: Real Shaving Company Age Defence Traditional Shave Cream.
Blade: Personna Gem PTFE. (D4)
Razor: Schick Type G Injector.

Post:
Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Face Rinse./ Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.3 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With 200ml of Care+Witch Hazel./La Toja ASL./ Nivea Men Fresh Moisturising Gel.

A relaxing Sunday morning shave.

Everything in my shave set up worked together excellently, resulting in a wonderfully smooth 2 pass + pick ups comfortable shave with no errors to report...A great shave to finish the month off on a high.

My introductory to injector razors this year has totally amazed me.

The shave's that I've had throughout the month from the injectors & SE razors vintage new & old have all been close comfortable,& enjoyable. No exaggeration!....I repeat myself and say if i had the choose a vintage SE razor as a daily shaver then the Schick G type injector would be it!

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Nivea Men Fresh Moisturising Gel.

My face is feeling cool, smooth & smelling divine.

Stay Safe, and enjoy your Sunday Ladies & Gentlemen.

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[mpf9ret]

Sat 30th July

Alpha Syn 28mm
Ach Brito Mogno
Claymore Evolution
Feather Proguard ( 8 )
Pitralon Classic A/S Lotion

Another day out so The Evo was the obvious choice for me, as it delivers hassle free Top Notch Shaves.

 

[MarkP]

Sunday's shave

Signature Capra Cornium
Simpson Colonel
Feather AC DX + Pro Guard
C&S No.88 ASL

 

[Crossan]

SOTD 31-July

Brush: Chubby 2 SiLVERTiP
Soap: SW Fougère Nemeta
Razor: Friodur 472
Post: SW Fougère Nemeta AS

Ah wonderful shave this morning, razor didn't need a refresh so was good to go though I will set some time aside to give them all a little touch up some time this week. Wonderfully smooth finish, could have done a couple of tidy ups rather than a full third pass but I was enjoying myself.

Wonderfully smooth and ready for the day!

Hope everyone has a cracking one!

Cheers

Marc

 

[Tony'schin]

31/07/22
Pre - Face wash
Brush - Mühle Lge Classic Silvertip Synth
Soap - Signature Soap Britannia
Razor - Pearl Blaze
Blade - Wizamet Super Iridium
Post - Cold water Rinse, TC's infused Witch Hazel
Balm - Barts Balm Lime Balm & Lotion
A/S - Body Shop Arber EDT

I can honestly say that this very reasonably priced razor punches well above its price point.
Fitted with a new Wizamet IS, It has just delivered a really smooth, comfortable shave from 2 passes WTG then ATG, there is a tiny bit of blade feel, however, it does not feel like it will bite at all. Yes its a big beast and in the hand it reminds me of the Tradere. when packing it my mind drifted to an Emporium purchase a while back :- The IKON Bulldog handle, colour wise it will match, it was packed in the Dopp bag and will be fitted for the next run out.
The Signature Britannia i know is a strange one for some Ops, i really like it. It was whipped up into a wonderful lather this morning with the Mühle Synth, easily enough for 3 passes if i needed them.
I did enjoy that.
Stay safe and enjoy your day All.

 

[Satanfriendly]

than the American guy that done it, Donald maclone or something like that.

I think you are getting all mixed up with the Star Wars film, the attack of the McLeans

 

[Vesper]

Razor: Gillette Super Speed 40's style
Blade: Vintage Rotbart
Brush: Yaqi Synthetic
Soap/Aftershave: House of Mammoth Damocles
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