SOTD : Saturday 8 th - Friday 14th |February 2020

13/02/2020
Pre: Sainsbury's Luxury Soap, Bergamot & Nectarine
Brush: Vintage Vulfix service 3 1950's
Soap: 1912 Scottish Heather
Razor: Valet VC1 Silver Tone
Blade: De-spined GEM PTFE (10)
Post shave: Alum Block, cold water splash, Homemade Witch Hazel
Balm: Bart's Balm Lavender Balm & Lotion
Aftershave: Copycat Bleu

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A very involving shave today with the Valet VC1, i find them quite mild shavers, although, i am a novice to these razors.
A very acceptable finish from 3 passes, not BBS as i usually like but a very acceptable finish all the same, the blade probably has another shave in it.
A very nice post shave routine leaving me feeling and smelling really good.
Enjoy your day All.
 
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SOTD 13 February 2020

Pre-shave: Warm shower; Kiehl's face fuel.
Soap: Phoenix and Beau Imperial Rum Shaving.
Brush: Shavemac ' The Flat Top'.
Razor: Blackland Blackbird (machined).
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (Day 1).
Post: Myrsol Balsamic Water and Bioaroma Aftershave Balm.
EDP: Captain Fawcett Booze and Baccy.

Great shave today - no, wonderful; the Blackland wth a GSB felt super smooth and efficient, a step up from the SuperMax Super Platinum - the first few strokes I was unsure whether there was a blade in the razor. As ever, I appreciate that YMMV.

All the best,

Chris
 
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SOTD Thursday 02/13/20

Thought I'd begin today's shave with some closeups of the only safety bar design LaResche ever made. The 77 model has a sharply arched top cap fitting on a narrow baseplate. The only modern razor that is similar is the Fine Marvel. Both are formidable looking razors. And surprisingly, both are smooth and highly efficient shavers. The Model 77 has a thinner top cap which is subject to bending and thus delivering a highly aggressive shave according to some of the experts on B&B. Mine delivers a smooth highly efficient shave, so I suspect does not possess a bent top cap. The blade gap is easily more than 2mm.
The shave was epic. The Viking brush generated its usual thick, yogurty,glistening lather. of which the Model 77 made good use. I kept my shaving strokes purposefully short and ended up with a bloodless, two pass BBS, albeit one thattook a great deal longer than my shaves with the Model 51. It was not irritation-free, however, as the alum block revealed some slight heat around my usual trouble spots - the Adam's Apple and middle of the back of my head - which the Fine Snake Bite reinforced. I attribute that to operator error in relearning my way around this razor. In any case, I feel clean, smooth, cool, and refreshed.

RAZOR: LaResche 77
BLADE: Wizamet Super Iridium
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA's Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell's Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brushsqueezings followed by Thayers LavenderWH and finished with FineAccoutrements Snake Bite AS Splash
 
Thursday AM 2020-02-13

Rooney 3/3 Ivory Finest (26/60)
Boellis Panama Daytona 10 shaving cream
Wolfman WR1-SB Titanium/Triad Polished-Satin Diamond Titanium
Polsilver Super Iridium (5)
Barrister & Mann Cologne Russe aftershave
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Date:- 14 February 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Declaration Grooming ~ Sellout (milksteak base)
Razor/Blade:- Rockwell 6C-R3 / Vintage NOS Gillette Super Stainless (spoiler) #13
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10)
Fragrance:- Hugo Boss (Original)
 
Friday shave

Razor: EJDE97L
Blade; Personna super
Soap: Signature soaps - Lindis Lavender
ASL; Goodfellas Sea Citrus

I use my soaps in some sort of rotation, however I sometimes forget just how good some soaps are - especially all the Signature soaps. As I was lathering up and applying today's chosen soap I actually said out-loud "wow". Seriously rich and smooth. I know there are some fans of Brian's soaps, and I'm another one. Have a good day everyone
 
Pre-shave: Cold Derbyshire Tap Water, Proraso White Pre Shave Cream
Brush: Razorock Bruce Synthetic
Cream: Trumpers Lime (sample)
Razor: Merkur Progress. Set to 2.5, then 1 for the touching up
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Post/After-shave: Shower, Cold Water Splash, Trumpers Lime Skin Food (sample)

Barely needed a shave after yesterdays near perfect and very close shave, but really itching to try out some Trumpers products I received in a sampler recently, loved the lime cream. I wish it was stronger scented though.

Another brilliant Astra SP shave, I am getting to the point of eating my hat and accepting that these are stunning blades for me, now that I'm a lot better wielding a razor.
 
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