SOTD: Saturday 15th to Friday 21th of 2020

Pre-shave: Cold Derbyshire Tap Water, Proraso Green pre-shave cream
Brush: Razorock Bruce Synthetic
Cream: Proraso Green Cream - Face Lather
Razor: Merkur Progress. Set to 2.5, then 1 for the touching up
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Post/After-shave: Cold water, Trumpers Eucris Skin Food

Today was supposed to be a day off shaving after yesterdays nightmarish blotchy mess, but news of an important client visiting the office meant I had to look mildly presentable today.

Took it very slow and a light touch, a much better shave and no redness. The mysteries of this weird hobby continue to baffle me.
 
18/02/20
Pre: Sainsbury's Luxury Soap, Bergamot & Nectarine
Brush: Vintage Butterscotch Culmak Plus
Soap: Arran Lochranza
Razor: Rex Ambassador #2
Blade: Rapira Super Stainless (1)
Post shave: Alum Block, cold water splash, EO Infused Witch Hazel
Balm: Arran Lochranza
Aftershave: Arran Lochranza

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Early shave this morning, 3 passes, no issues, feeling and smelling really good, then out with the other Half to do some running about.
Errands done and back home.
Enjoy your day All
 
Tuesday‌ ‌02.18.20‌ ‌SOTD‌ ‌

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Taylor‌ ‌of‌ ‌Old‌ ‌Bond‌ ‌Street‌ ‌Sandalwood‌ ‌Pre‌ ‌Shave‌ ‌Oil‌ ‌
Schick‌ ‌Type‌ ‌E‌ ‌2nd‌ ‌Variant‌ ‌Injector‌ ‌Razor‌ ‌
NOS‌ ‌Schick‌ ‌Eversharp‌ ‌Injector‌ ‌Blade‌ ‌USA‌ ‌(3)‌ ‌
Frank‌ ‌Shaving‌ ‌24mm‌ ‌x‌ ‌53mm‌ ‌Finest‌ ‌Badger‌ ‌ ‌
Taylor‌ ‌of‌ ‌Old‌ ‌Bond‌ ‌Street‌ ‌Sandalwood‌ ‌Shaving‌ ‌Cream‌ ‌
Taylor‌ ‌of‌ ‌Old‌ ‌Bond‌ ‌Street‌ ‌Sandalwood‌ ‌Aftershave‌

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Tuesday 18th February
Yaqi Sagrada Familia - OSP Spice Road soap - Ever Ready 1924 - GEM SSC #3 - Old Spice A/S - Aloe Vera Gel
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SOTD 02/19/20 Tuesday

All right, I'm sold on this razor! For whatever reason, I originally bought a lemon, but the good news is that Matt Pisarcik is a standup guy who honors his lifetime guarantee! I thought I would share the diagnostic photo that led Matt to request that I return the razor to Razor Emporium. As soon as he saw it, he asked that I send it back to him on his dime. He sent me a return label; informed me of the top cap issue, replaced it and returned the razor to me, a very satisfied customer. If you look at the side view of the attached before photo you can clearly see the faulty cap fitting. The blade is well clamped on the right and left ‘free floating on the left'.

As a result Matt replaced the top cap and adjusted the baseplate, and my Rex now seats the blade properly, and shaves as it should! You can imagine my confusion as I tried to use my original defective Rex over a series of months and kept doing damage to myself. I've been wet shaving with a safety razor for a very long time (50+yrs), and was unable to shave effectively with it.

After the repair I now understand why people love this razor, because I do now as well. My shave today was the polar opposite of my former experiences with this shaving tool. I did my head at 2 and my face at 4 today. Yesterday, I described myself as approaching the shave with “trepidation”. Today I was much more confident, and decided to just dive in. The result was a bloodless, leisurely, three pass BBS that I thoroughly enjoyed! There's really not much more to say. I'm joining the mass of Rex fans. This is an excellent razor that shaves every bit as well as any of my favorites! I feel clean, cool, very smooooth, and refreshed!

RAZOR: Rex Ambassador
BLADE: Voskhod
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA's Cube Preshave Soap before each pass
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell's Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with the brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Cremo Cooling AS Balm
 
18/2/2020

Soap - Tabac
Brush - Yaqi Rainbow Faux Horse
Razor - Old Type
Blade - Gillette 7 Black (8)
Post - Witch Hazel
AS - Eyup Sabri Tobacco

I thought I had over hydrated my Tabac lather this morning, with a lot less cushion than normal, great slickness though but unexpectedly it seemed to suit the OT more and I might have had the best shave I have had with the razor. It's a razor I owned for quite a few years now but never quite got to appreciate it until recently, mainly down to not having quite the technique to get the best out of it. I'm coming to appreciate more and more the importance of technique, opposed to dismissing a product for not being suitable for my needs.
 
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