SOTD: Saturday 4th - Friday 10th. May 2019.

SOTD: 08/09/19

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Razor: Rolls
Brush: Razorock Aluminium with TGN 2band
Soap: WSP Sandalwood
Aftershave: BBA Balm
EDC: Tabac


This photo was taken before I removed the "So Called" Safety Bar. I find it much easier to operate and to be perfectly honest its function is very minimal anyway. If you are going to cut yourself you are going to cut yourself.
:)

This Rolls is very sharp and true and with a little practice can provide you with a supershave. In my opinion its a very underestimated bit of British engineering and I highly recommend that everyone should at the very least give them a try. They are cheap as chips and I have found that by buying a couple you can in general make up a mint example just make sure you are buying the same model.
Another great bit of hardware is the brush with a fantastic TGN 2band knot. Great flow through with excellent splay and lovely soft tips with a little scritch that i sometimes enjoy.
Great lather as expected from WSP. A note on the lather: I tend to mix the lather on the watery side to increase slickness while using this particular razor. Its the same consistency as that of straight razor shaving.
Finished off with the awesome BBA Balm and a generous splash of Tabac.

Enjoy your shaves.
:)

As a fan of the black and white sotd pic - nice mate - pin sharp - where it ought to be - in my opinion - 'This photo was taken before I removed the "So Called" Safety Bar' - I misread this sentence initially - your camera has a safety bar? - mine ought to - what a great idea - I think I need stabilisers too - my favourite cameras are the slant ones - ha ha ha - yours - I.
 
As a fan of the black and white sotd pic - nice mate - pin sharp - where it ought to be - in my opinion - 'This photo was taken before I removed the "So Called" Safety Bar' - I misread this sentence initially - your camera has a safety bar? - mine ought to - what a great idea - I think I need stabilisers too - my favourite cameras are the slant ones - ha ha ha - yours - I.
I could use a safety bar with everything I do these days. ;):D
 
  • QShave Futur clone (3)
  • Triton R3 (6)
  • NOM Black Fibre
  • Chinese wooden shaving bowl
  • The Bathhouse - Cuban Cedar & Lime
  • Stirling - Margaritas on the Arctic After-shave Balm

BBS & DFS, quick and smooth, the Triton at it's end of life, into the blade bank. The Cedar & Lime is great soap, smells very nice also, buit for me it could have been a bit more punchy. That punch is now the MitA, love that smell, of to Hospital, a long long day ahead by four specialists..
Hope all goes well

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The theme for tonight's 'am I glad to be back home' shave was 'The Shaving Book of Genesis'

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Again a belated entry here, but with the football last night the rest of life could quite simply go to f@*k.

On the first day let there be - A razor - OneBlade Genesis V1
On the second day let there be - A blade - Kai FHS-10 (as Chesney Hawkes sang 'I am the one and only')
On the third day let there be - A soap - D R Harris Arlington (not to be confused with DR Harris Arlington as featured elsewhere)
On the fourth day let there be - A brush - Razorock 400 Plissoft
On the fifth day let there be - Something for afterwards - The Bath House Spanish fig and nutmeg aftershave balm
On the sixth day let there be - Something to spray after using the other something - The Bath House Spanish fig and nutmeg EDC

And then on the seventh day it was decided that a shave would be the order of the day. Hey, if you are going to have a rest then be clean, refreshed and feeling awesome. And then write a book about it. Or even a chapter in a big book.

It is always good to be back home and have choice. Working away as always been a way of life with me, but being a seaman there isn't really the choice of having choice and a restricted life style comes with the package. Similar to serving time, but as someone once said 'Going to sea is like being in prison except we can drown as well'. Thank my lucky (black)stars I appear to have avoided that fate to date.

It is always a pleasure to get back home, open the bathroom cabinet and think 'Mmmm, what is choice?' So on this particular occasion, being driven by a 'I'm a lazy sod' frame of mind it was going to have to be something easy, something quick, something efficient and something where I couldn't be arsed having to put too much effort in to. Indeed something lazy for the sod I am. Other than giving it all a big miss and deciding that may be our bearded brethren do have a very valid point, the weapon of choice was that stealth of the razor world, the OneBlade. Designed in an air base for keeping Grumman B-2 pilots well shaven without attracting the attention of enemy pilots.

Other than all that rubbish it just happens to deliver one secure and close shave with minimum fuss and maximum results. And it really does it all in a stealth like manner. Initial strokes have one thinking 'is anything happening here?', and by golly it most certainly is. After the pondering disappears one just gets on with the fact that something not happening actually is happening. The FHS-10 blade is absolutely fine and it has to be as there is naff all else. You remember that thing I said about choice? Well there isn't any.

Dr Harris Arlington certainly does a spiffing job with his shaving soap and the Razorock does an equally spiffing job of frantically whipping it up in to a brilliant lather. A superb duo worthy of the stage in an old music hall.


So a superb close 'how's your father?' shave and other than smelling as fresh as a Spanish fig I went away from the bathroom as smooth as a well oiled latex catsuit. Which goes a long way to say how I spend my spare time.

Be well chaps and may your shaves be equally as satisfying,. A great shave for a lazy sod on this particular occasion


As a finishing note. For all its minus points (no fun, too easy, too damn perfect etc etc) the OneBlade is very much a class act in the right context. It is not always the case that one wants to extend either the time and energy in to having a shave and this is where the OB really hits the spot. The idle man's razor. A very happy member of Satan's team shave and the original shaving sin.

The Blackstar amp? Because it's loud
 
  • QShave Futur clone (3)
  • Triton R3 (6)
  • NOM Black Fibre
  • Chinese wooden shaving bowl
  • The Bathhouse - Cuban Cedar & Lime
  • Stirling - Margaritas on the Arctic After-shave Balm
BBS & DFS, quick and smooth, the Triton at it's end of life, into the blade bank. The Cedar & Lime is great soap, smells very nice also, buit for me it could have been a bit more punchy. That punch is now the MitA, love that smell, of to Hospital, a long long day ahead by four specialists..

And I wish you all the best
 
Date:- 09 May 2019

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush:- Muhle Synth. v2.0 Silvertip Fibre Faux Horn 25/60mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Valobra (4 shaving sticks press into a 250 ml plastic tub)
Razor/Blade:- Karve CB 'C' / Vintage NOS Gillette Stainless #9
Post-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10), Lavender (15) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- Proraso Wood & Spice

I'm very impressed with the Karve C base plate that can manage to shave off 4 days growth without any issue or any cleanup after a complete 3 pass shave, my skin is very soft and smooth as a baby bare bum and my skin feels shiny at the same time while is soft and smooth. Also, the blade is still holding its edge very strong mowing down 4 days growth without any issue as well using the C base plate, I'm still very impressed with the Karve razor, I wish they could bloody hurry up with the stainless steel very soon, so I can place my order ASAP.
 
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SOTD : 9th May 2019.


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Shaving recipe for today.


Prep: Warm shower:/ L'OREAL ~ Mountain Water Shower Gel.


Pre:

warm wet flannel to my face.

Pears ~ Transparent Soap.

Brush: Chinese Synthetic.

Bowl Lather.

Cream : Kiss My Face. ~ Soothing Patchouli.

Blade: Euromax ~ Platinum Coated .(3)

Razor: Parker 99R.

Post:

Cold Water Face Rinse./Homemade menthol crystals +Eucalyptus peppermint,+ Tea Tree Oil Witch Hazel Mixture./ Brut ~ Splash-On Lotion + ASL.

L'OREAL~ Soothing Birch Sap Post Shave Balm.


Greetings,

Another early morning shave...

It's been a while since i last used my Parker 99R which was the first along with the 22R that i purchased not long after i'd ventured into the wonderful world of traditional wet shaving,and got the 'Shaving Bug' purely because it looked excellent and had great reviews, after that i developed a fondness for parker razors, i now have a grand total of nine, which each and everyone are a joy to shave with, once you've adjusted to a steeper shaving angle.

Last use of the euromax p.c. blade which throughout the week has performed wonderfully,a great blade which has matched up excellently with my parker razors.

The KMF Patchouli shave cream is another item that i've hardly gave any attention to, with only two small squirts, it created a superb luxurious slick protective lather for the shave.

A comfortable 3 pass + pick ups silky smooth shave with no errors to report.

The post shave feeling from this shave cream is superb.
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Finishing to the shave off with a generous dollop of L'OREAL~ Soothing Birch Sap Post Shave Balm.

My face is feeling super smooth & smelling devine.
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Enjoy your day, ladies & gentlemen.
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