S.O.T.D. Saturday 11 th June to Friday 17th June 2016

15th June 2016

Cold Water Shave

Bulldog Face Wash
Wickham's Imperial Trevor
Omega 10015 Pure Bristle
Face Lathered
AutoStrop 7 O'Clock & GEM Stainless (7)
Single Pass - WTG (Slide)

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Cold Rinse & Alum Wash
Balenciaga Portos Cologne (as Aftershave)
Al Afdal Black Leather Attar (Wrists)
Pinaud Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic​

First go with one of those Czech-made Tiger blades and it was not fun! What a tuggy blade! Two or three strokes ... and I finished off with a GEM blade in a pre-Valet AutoStrop 7 O'Clock. Fun shave!

The Al Afdal attar is a soft, creamy, almost suede leather, like rich Italian leather furniture. Lovely!
 
NSS Signature Ice & Slice
RazorRock Barber Plissoft
Cobra Classic
Feather Pro [1]
4711 EdC
DKNY EdT

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First spin with the Cobra! Thanks @Nico1970 ;)

Not sure where to start.. It is a damn pretty razor.
Yeah, it's aggressive, I'd say similar in face feel to a Schick E type, but it never felt like it was going to bite... Angle is easy to find, it is heavy, but easily manoeuvrable. No grip issues. Blade loading is simple. 3 passes and I have pretty much BBS. I was expecting lots of AS sting, but there wasn't a lot TBH. At this stage - would I buy one? Probably not as I can get similar if not better results with Injectors and NOS blades. If the NOS blades dried up then I may well look to the modern SE and this is the best modern I've tried (others being Mongoose and Aluminigoose)
Let see what shave 2 brings...
 
Thur 16th June

Omega 11126 boar
MWF
Star-Kampfe Bros Lather catcher
Gem S/S [ 1 ] + 1/2 Spine shim
Alum Rub/Rinse Off
Jaguar Prestige A/S lotion

Have not used this razor for a while , so perhaps should not have used a fresh blade. Found it to be quite aggressive , and was not at all comfortable with it. I managed by trying too hard to get a good finish to draw blood in a couple of places. Overall a very patchy shave was achieved.

I think that this handsome razor is best left to those who are able to condition the original blades made for this razor. Think for me, it is one for show only !

PS Will give it a try with worn in Blade & No Shim,when face has recovered. Not been like this since my early days .

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