SOTD : Saturday 24th July to Friday 30th July 2021.

[culcreuch]

Never had a Contour, is it pretty much a Featherweight with a different handle?

To be honest....I think it is milder. I bought it some time back just because you don't see many of them around. Nice as part of my collection.....but I won't reach for it very often

 

[Dazednconfused]

SOTD 26th July
Pre - PAA Cube
Soap - TDS Rose
Brush - Yaqi Butterscotch 22mm Cashmere
Razor - Merkur 37c Slant
Blade - Super Shave X #3
Post - Bayliss & Harding Ginseng & Black Pepper

So glad I revisited this cracking little Slant. 3 great passes resulted in a defo DFS!
Have to say this soap also impresses the more I use it! Great rose scent but the performance in terms of ease of lathering, protection and slickness is right up there with PAA, A&E and B&M. It can also take a ton of water.
Stay safe people and enjoy your shaves

 

[TobyC]

To be honest....I think it is milder. I bought it some time back just because you don't see many of them around. Nice as part of my collection.....but I won't reach for it very often

Thanks man, you're right I've only seen a few, GEM was winding down at that point.

Come back, been too long,

tost3

 

[TobyC]

Monday 26th July


Simpson 'The Colonel' - Wickham Shamrock Tweed - GEM Contour/GEM SS - The Essence Vault 411

The Contour is a very mild razor so I needed 3 passes and a touch up to get an acceptable result. Nice shave though!

Is that the 1972?




.

 

[culcreuch]

Thanks man, you're right I've only seen a few, GEM was winding down at that point.

Come back, been too long,

tost3

To be honest....I never got my head round re registering with the new site. I must give it another go! Thanks for the reminder!

 

[TobyC]

To be honest....I never got my head round re registering with the new site. I must give it another go! Thanks for the reminder!

You posted 3 times!

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[churchilllafemme]

Monday AM 2021-07-26
National Aunt & Uncle Day

Rooney 1/2 Ivory Finest (24/53)
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet shaving soap (tallow)
Carbon Mokume-gane Brass/R2 Copper
Wilkinson London Bridge (5)
Penhaligon's Racquets Formula aftershave (vintage)

 

[dkpw]

On a blistering hot day, I’ve just enjoyed a very nice cooling shower shave with the tropically scented Stirling Soap Coconut Lime. As I’ve mentioned before, I get the coconut but there’s also a pineapple scent going on, so I paired it Captain’s Choice Venture balm.

As usual the ASD2 worked a treat with the Feather blade. You have to get your angle right and maybe go over tricky areas a couple more times but it feels so good in the hand.

Stay safe and enjoy your shaves!

Razor: Feather ASD2
Blade: Feather (3)
Soap: Stirling Soap Coconut Lime
Brush: Yaqi Purple Haze
Pre-shave: PAA Cube
Post-shave: Captain’s Choice Venture Balm
Bowl: Face Lather

 

[Boycie83]

You posted 3 times!

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[culcreuch]

Is that the 1972?


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That would seem to fit the description

 

[Mike Smart]

Razor = Timeless Bronze
Blade = Gillette 7 o’clock Sharp Edge ( Yellow ) 3
Brush = Shavemac Beehive 3 Band Badger
Soap = The Merchant By Zingari Man with matching splash & balm.

Another cracker for me.
i’m loving this Merchant
it reminds me of walking through a market in Turkey which is quite Bizarre
excuse the pun
as iv never been to Turkey or a Bizarre lol
Anyway brilliant shave
starting to like this razor a lot better although i’ll still stand by what i said it’s not a patch on the ASD2 although it certainly looks class.
Stay Safe Lads
Onwards & Upwards

 

[Boycie83]

26/07/2021

Razor: ATT Windsor Pro SB90
Blade: GSB (2)
Brush: Shavemac TSR 2015 LE
Soap: Stirling Glacial Black Cherry
ASL: Proraso Green
ASB: Proraso Green

 

[TobyC]

Razor: Vintage Gillette New SC with common bar handle
Blade: German Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Vintage Ever~Ready boar with original hair
Soap: Stirling Bay Rum
AS: Skin Bracer Original

 

[Crossan]

Nice looking brush you have there, Marc

Cheers, chuffed to bits with Robs work, now I have to exert some self control and not keep hitting his fortnightly drops!

 

[isaiah53]

Muhle rocca r94
English Wilkinson Sword
Proraso pre
Simpson Trafalgar T3
Proraso green shaving cream
Myrsol emulsion
Azzaro pour homme edt

 

[pjgh]

Monday 26th July

Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
TDS Lilac Shaving Soap
Semogue SOC Butterscotch w/24mm Boar
Yaqi AC V2 w/KCG Handle
Feather Professional (1)
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal Aftershave

Back on the Yaqi AC with a Feather ...

After a short break from a near-on month with the Yaqi AC, I decided to try it again. Much more intuitive this time (the little grey cells must have knitted some muscle memory into the long-term dexterity banks) and I flew through my single pass routine even with a surgically sharp Feather strapped into a cheapo Chinese piece of tat and gained my standard of shave easily. Very good indeed!

Ahhhh ... vintage Veg. Just lovely. So much more, well, Lilac-y than the modern bottle and much less astringent. A genuine pleasure! For folks thinking that the Veg was an old lady scent that has somehow found its way into traditional shaving for men, you can read some of the front of the bottle (which I love the hyphenated "be-fore"). It is indeed intended for fellows (Dandies and Rogues, perhaps?) and is indeed intended as aftershave, as one of its many benefits. Splash on face, neck, chest, top of head, done!

Yeah!