SOTD : Saturday 18th August - Friday 24th August 2018.

Sotd - today - Saturday - 18th of August

Razor - ATT Maria
blade - Schick Proline (5)
brush - Semogue 1305 boar
soap - Kent tallow hard soap
post - witch hazel
a/s - Floid Special Edition Mentally Vigorous
balm - Floid
scent - Creed Tabarome parfum.

Result - perfecto.

Great - taking off a four day beard - very enjoyable. I think I have a lathering problem with the Kent soap - aka stealth MWF - not in the commonly reported sense - it produces too much lather for me. You only have to point the Semogue at it and it starts spewing lather everywhere - I keep my cake of it (that description is for you K. - @Boru62 - not a puck in sight mate! ha ha,) in a stainless steel tin - the lather erupts out the tin like the experiment of a mad professor - all down your arm - the brush disappears into it. Initially too foamy and aerated to be useful - but this sorts its self out fairly quickly - problem is that by that time - the den closely resembles an Ibiza nightclub - just add some banging techno - foam party ahoy! I think I may try a drier brush - to help with this - great fun - but messy as it is. So talking of lather - I'd thought to try the technique I had seen reported here - of - when you are finished your initial shave - but before the post - of squeezing out the remaining lather from the knot and applying it to your face - while you do the initial den clean up - wash your brush out, dry the razor - wipe down the sink basin. Then wash it off before you go for the witch hazel. Does it work? - I don't know. I tried doing this for the last two shaves - they were great shaves - but they may have been great anyway - I'm experienced enough - to know what products are likely to work for me - and how to shave my face. That being said - every day is a school day for wet shavers - what I do know - is that it doesn't do any harm. Some sort of objective test might be the answer. I like the aspect of not wasting products - like - I'm going to run out? I'm going to be approaching Methuselah age to finish what I already own - my skin has been feeling fantastic after the last couple of shaves - but that might have been the case anyway? Try this yourself - see what you think. I need to go - I have just inadvertently rubbed wasabi into my eye - I had sushi for dinner - and hadn't washed my hands - I feel like a liberal demonstrator at an anti-Trump demo - very much the definition of a first world problem? Ha ha - yours all - enjoy your shaves - I.
Be careful with that excess lather Iain. You don't want to have your cake and eat it.
 
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~SOTD~

Shower, D.R. Harris Almond Oil Soap
ATT G1 ( Blademonkey Works )
Personna Gem Stainless
Penhaligons Sartotrial Soap
Brad Sears Gonzo Silvertip
Penhaligons Sartotrial Aftershave Balm
Penhaligons Sartotrial Edt

My final shave with the G1 before it gets sent up- country for testing and evaluation.
The shave using my Penhaligons Sartotrial products was wonderful as was the shave with the G1, a little bit of blade feel but not too much and a close and clean finnish.
The perfect way to start a Sunday.

Wishing you all a splendid Sunday......P.
 

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Vintage brush / Maggard synth.
Jabones by Luna “Geranio romero y clavo”.
SSSeygus 2015 SB.
Feather New Hi Stainless (5).
Cien Men ASB.

This shaving soap has a very pleasant fragrance ... ;-)
 
Date: 19 August 2018

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush:- Platypus P&C LE 2017 26mm Manchurian White
Soap/Cream:- Barrister & Mann ~ Le Grand Chypre
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Razor/Blade:- British Ever Ready Streamline SE / GEM Personna SS PTFE Coated #3
Post-shave:- Thayers Witch Hazel & Tea Tree Oil / Lucky Tiger Aftershave & Face Tonic / Lucky Tiger Face Moisturizer
Fragrance:- Hugo Boss (Original)
 
Sunday 19th August
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Heno de Pravia glycerine soap pre-wash - Vig Shaving 28mm Synth - Vitos Red Extra - GEM Micromatic Clog Pruf - GEM SSC #9 - Alum - Speick Men A/S - Dove Instant Hydration Cream

If someone came up with a modern razor in stainless steel, based on either of the Micromatic designs. And it shaved as well as this one today, I'd be on it like a shot.
 
Sun 19th Aug
Omega 11126
P & B Spitfire
Supply SE V1 + V2 no 3 plate
Schick Proline [ 2 ]
Tuff Red A/S lotion

Rather than use the Type F or "O" clone for my usual Sunday Injector Shave, I chose to use the modern
Supply SE. Though I can get a pretty good Shave with it, I prefer to use the previously mentioned Injectors which really provide a more leisurely Shave.

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Sunday 19th August 2018
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Pre shave: Warm shower and L'Oreal face wash
Razor: No name French Bakelite
Blade: Treet Black Beauty (#1)
Soap: Fine Platinum
Brush: Hans Baier Silvertip
Bowl: Korium
Post shave: Alum block, cold water splash and Thayer's Cucumber witch hazel
AS: Fine Platinum
EDT: Armaf Club De Nuit Intense
 
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