SOTD : Saturday 12th May - Friday 18th May 2018.

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RazoRock Santa Maria Del Fiore Sapone Da Barba soap
Schick I 2 injector razor
Personna Mini Hair Shaper blade (#1)
RazoRock cut down black fiber 24 mm brush
Barbasol Brisk AS ( a better & far cheaper version of Mennen)

Incredible soap & incredible shave!! The later & milder Schick injectors tame the sharp Personna blade IMO.
 
I confess at getting a tad worried about recent developments in Sapone land: the demise of Vitos Red: no more tallow in Haslinger, and so on. I hope there isn't too much more fannying around. Don't get me wrong, I do like and respect many non-tallow soaps; but I wouldn't like our choices to be increasingly limited.

What you said mate - does anybody know why this is the case? Is it that tallow has been appropriated by another industrial process that can pay higher prices than soap makers for it - or are the compliance rules for using fat of an animal origin becoming uneconomic? Have the companies done their market research and decided that people want vegetarian soaps? If the latter was the case - why would Salters have reintroduced a tallow soap into the market recently? In American artisan soaps - there seems to be no end of tallow used - be that cow, sheep, pig, bison, duck, otter and marmoset - okay I just made the last two up. You take my point though. Like you I enjoy a choice in my soaps - I have some very good vegetarian soaps but I would miss the tallow ones dearly. Perhaps a couple of experts here could shed some light on it? Yours - I.

@OSP @Fox
 
What you said mate - does anybody know why this is the case? Is it that tallow has been appropriated by another industrial process that can pay higher prices than soap makers for it - or are the compliance rules for using fat of an animal origin becoming uneconomic? Have the companies done their market research and decided that people want vegetarian soaps? If the latter was the case - why would Salters have reintroduced a tallow soap into the market recently? In American artisan soaps - there seems to be no end of tallow used - be that cow, sheep, pig, bison, duck, otter and marmoset - okay I just made the last two up. You take my point though. Like you I enjoy a choice in my soaps - I have some very good vegetarian soaps but I would miss the tallow ones dearly. Perhaps a couple of experts here could shed some light on it? Yours - I.

@OSP @Fox
Mmm otter tallow :p P.
 
What you said mate - does anybody know why this is the case? Is it that tallow has been appropriated by another industrial process that can pay higher prices than soap makers for it - or are the compliance rules for using fat of an animal origin becoming uneconomic? Have the companies done their market research and decided that people want vegetarian soaps? If the latter was the case - why would Salters have reintroduced a tallow soap into the market recently? In American artisan soaps - there seems to be no end of tallow used - be that cow, sheep, pig, bison, duck, otter and marmoset - okay I just made the last two up. You take my point though. Like you I enjoy a choice in my soaps - I have some very good vegetarian soaps but I would miss the tallow ones dearly. Perhaps a couple of experts here could shed some light on it? Yours - I.

@OSP @Fox
Quite. It starts to sound like those periodic reviews of fragrances; where elements like oak moss get dropped and other fiddling. It might be imaginary, but I feel that tallowate soaps give me better shaves when using more assertive razors; the Feather AC, for instance.

Best,

S.
 
@Blademonkey P. - otters - no go - protected species in Europe - much like badgers - what about seal or penguin tallow? There are loads of them - we might have marketing issues though? The public - are for some reason - a bit squeamish about the animals that are killed in their name. Never understood why. What about walrus? There is a load of blubber going on there? Again marketing problems. Or maybe not? - we could all do it together - do a crowd funding thing - the honest shaving soap tallow company - who's with me? - ha ha - I.
 
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Razor: Rex Ambassador (on loan)
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Brush: Simpsons Manchurian Captain
Soap & Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Manna di Sicilian

Second outing of the Rex Ambassador on loan from @Acer89

A very similar shave to the first. I tried changing the angle and adjusting the pressure but there was still some drag.
Although I don't think it's a heavy razor, it shaves like it's much heavier. Had to explain but there it is. Maybe the drag?

The end results were still very good. After three passes I did need some touch-ups on my neck but this was due to having it on setting on 2 on the third pass.

Cheers
Rob
 
Tuesday 15th May

Cella
Rockwell 6C plate 3
SuperMax Super Stainless (2) **
Lavender witch hazel (home mix)
Old Spice AS (and plenty of it)!

I find this (not very super) SuperMax blade to be truly hateful in every razor I've used them in. It could be that they're just too sharp for my skin to feel at ease with them, as they do cut whiskers very close. Tonight's shave wasn't comfortable despite the lather being very good.
Finishing with Old Spice. the real deal. .

** I have two packs of SuperMax Super Stainless which I will not be using.
Drop me a line if you would like them. . .
 
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Razor: Rex Ambassador (on loan)
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Brush: Simpsons Manchurian Captain
Soap & Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Manna di Sicilian

Second outing of the Rex Ambassador on loan from @Acer89

A very similar shave to the first. I tried changing the angle and adjusting the pressure but there was still some drag.
Although I don't think it's a heavy razor, it shaves like it's much heavier. Had to explain but there it is. Maybe the drag?

The end results were still very good. After three passes I did need some touch-ups on my neck but this was due to having it on setting on 2 on the third pass.

Cheers
Rob

Hi Rob,

I love the Rex Ambassador; when I read your SOTD your experience of some drag made some sense to me, occassionally I feel that I get some drag, but can't put my finger on it.

Whatever it is, it does not take away from the quality shaves with the Rex.

All the best,

Chris
 
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