SOTD : Saturday 20th June - Friday 26th June 2020

26/6/20

Brush - Yaqi Plissoft 22mm
Soap - Palmolive Menthol Cream
Razor - Souplex Bakelite
Blade - Centwin Super Platinum (1)
Post - Witch Hazel
Balm - Nivea Cooling Kick
Post - Brut Oceans

Tryed out a new blade today, not a blade that seems to get much or any attention, the Indian made Centwin Super Platinum which I presumed was comes from the same factory as Supermax but it turns out it's made by another Indian factory Malhotra, who make blades for Topaz, Vijay, Centwin to name a few and it's the first of their blades I have tried.
I had a suspicion it would be a sharp blade and paired it with my Souplex Bakelite, my mildest DE and for once it was a hunch that paid off, it was a very sharp blade and it paired well with the razor. A delight in the shave, not a million miles away from one of my favourite blades the Gilette 7 Black and I had a delightfully smooth, comfortable and close 2.5 pass shave.

Have a good day gents.
The Centwin SP,are very like the (Indian) Gillette 7'o clock blacks and pair up wonderfully with my vintage gillette techs...I've recently been shaving with DE blades that i've infrequently used or yet to try out. I'll have re-aquaint and add the Centwin Super Platinum to my blade rotation for future shaves. (y)
 
Normal service resumed after a disaster earlier in the week. Just some subtle changes made.. After a warm shower.. Todays shave.

Pre................ .Proraso white
Soap...............MWF
Brush..............Razorock 400
Razor.............Karve (c)
Blade..............Nacet 2
Post ...............Nivea 2 phase
Asl....................Hogo Boss

I'll put the shave earlier in the week down to one of driver error. Now i'm a happy bunny again..
Have a great weekend everyone, stay safe :)
Pleased to hear the bandages are off and plastic surgery was not needed! :) P.
 
This afternoon I decided to try out a few things for my Dopp bag, just in case staying over somewhere is ever allowed again...
  • Blue's soap is one of my favourites and the tin is perfect for travel...it's showing some wear and tear
  • Muhle synthetic travel brush that I will be using at home as well...only used a few times so far but it's superb
  • Mach 3 with pewter handle...I usually use cartridge blades (Mach 3 or the old Sensors) for travel
  • Tabac Original AS splash...travel size
  • Mont Blanc Explorer EDP...wanted to try this after using Tabac...left it a while before applying and it seems pretty good
For overnighters I mostly take a brushless cream, but the Muhle is so good I might just rethink that...and I do have 4 or 5 tins of Blue's still:). Happy shaving all(y)

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For the next couple of days, I'll be enjoying ...

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Pre-shave wash with Ach Brito Glyce soap
Lather up with Wickham's 1912 & AP Shave Co 'Winter' Silksmoke 28mm
Shave with ROCNEL SE-P & Derby Professioal (Green) Saloon blade
Wash off, probably some Prep Cream and cold water just to cool down ...
Witch Hazel as a face toner and astringent splash < I'm not much for aftershaves at the moment

I'm still working my way through my week of Wickham's with tonight being Club Cola (pictured, an early release with original issue artwork perhaps pre-release artwork), tomorrow Buddha Wood and Citrus Musk on Sunday.

For the next couple of days, it's a Derby in the ROCNEL SE-P and it will be my third shave with that razor having enjoyed a PermaSharp for the first and second go. You know, if you're going to leave a razor blade sticking out of a piece of metal and try to shave with it, it might as well be exciting!

I'm oddly excited to try the Derby. I don't think I have shaved with one before and being a really polarising blade, I'm interested to see which side I fall on. I hope I like it as I have a box of 100 of these saloon half blades.

Happy shaving, fellows! Enjoy your weekends ...​
 
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SOTD 26th June 2020

Razor - Gillette English flat bottom tech fitted with a SS short & fat Windrose handle.
Blade - Feather Hi Stainless
Soap - Signature Soaps - Lindis ( lavender )
Brush - Alpha Chubby Silvertip badger
Post - Signature Soaps Aftershave splash - Lindis ( lavender )
Frag - Agua Lavanda - Puig

A wonderful shave today using Signature Soaps Lindis shave soap and a matching aftershave splash that I am currently testing for Brian.
The soap just exploded into a thick creamy lather with ease and was super slick and had plenty of cushion that protected me from the fresh Feather blade that I had loaded into my Tech.
The aftershave splash ( not on sale yet ) that I am testing is very good indeed, a little sting from the splash but then quite soothing as the other ingredients got to work. ( I won't tell you what's in it just incase it's a trade secret ) but it is very good indeed
The Tech fitted with the Feather blade made short work of removing my stubble and leaving me with baby smooth skin.
To finish a splash or two of Agua Lavanda from Puig, just the job! :)

Untill the next time, stay safe and be happy :)

Paul
@BrianH
Thank you, glad you liked it. Take care and stay safe. Regards Brian
 
For the next couple of days, I'll be enjoying ...

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Pre-shave wash with Ach Brito Glyce soap
Lather up with Wickham's 1912 & AP Shave Co 'Winter' Silksmoke 28mm
Shave with ROCNEL SE-P & Derby Professioal (Green) Saloon blade
Wash off, probably some Prep Cream and cold water just to cool down ...
Witch Hazel as a face toner and astringent splash < I'm not much for aftershaves at the moment

I'm still working my way through my week of Wickham's with tonight being Club Cola (pictured, an early release with original issue artwork perhaps pre-release artwork), tomorrow Buddha Wood and Citrus Musk on Sunday.

For the next couple of days, it's a Derby in the ROCNEL SE-P and it will be my third shave with that razor having enjoyed a PermaSharp for the first and second go. You know, if you're going to leave a razor blade sticking out of a piece of metal and try to shave with it, it might as well be exciting!

I'm oddly excited to try the Derby. I don't think I have shaved with one before and being a really polarising blade, I'm interested to see which side I fall on. I hope I like it as I have a box of 100 of these saloon half blades.

Happy shaving, fellows! Enjoy your weekends ...​

That was okay ...

My first go with a Derby went well and I can absolutely understand why this is a blade that polarises opinions. While not the smoothest and certainly not the sharpest, you'd wonder why folks persist when there are so many other blades that (on paper) pip that. I enjoyed it and I don't quite know why.

That said, I don't think the Derby is quite the right match for the ROCNEL SE-P. The razor is a raw, naked lump of metal with a blade sticking out and that needs some respect. Seriously sharp blades (like the PermaSharp Super that I tried in it first) make for a really exciting shave and I think that's kinda the point of this razor; almost recapturing that very first shave with a vintage single edge razor and GEM blade.

The Derby is a significantly milder blade and ...

... I made a second pass with just Prep Cream (which can be used as a brushless shaving cream) so I could see exactly what was going on and I found the Derby to be VERYsensitive to angle. I think that is probably the crux of why it is such a polarising blade when there are so many safety razors with so many differing shaving angles in the hands of shavers that have so many different angles, yet placed into a shavette and folks have a much clearer and much more positive view of these blades. Get the angle in its very narrow sweet spot and it is indeed really nice to use!

I had hoped to try a second run with it in the ROCNEL SE-P but to be absolutely honest, running my usual test patch of thumb against the edge afterwards and I was not confident that it would be good for a second run. I think that's how these saloon blades are designed to be used and I'm going to leave it at one. The full size double edge blade may well be different.

So, I'll be switching to a half blade Treet Platinum this evening and I hope that will be just right ... PermaSharp, too exciting; Derby, too angle sensitive.
 
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