SOTD: Saturday 21st March to 27th March 2020

Wed 25 SOTD
Cream MacaRoot & Aloe
Brush Yaqi 24mm Mountain Lake
Razor Parker Semi Slant
Blade SuperMax Platinum Plus 3
Postshave
Ice Water + Thayers Cucumber
MacaRootAloe Water Gel
Aloe Gel
It was a very pleasurable face lather with the brush and nice scent from the cream. Thick and slick lather result. Shave with razor and blade was good. Not great. Smooth performance though. No tugs nor pull. 3 pass ATG, XTG/ATG & ATG. 1 weeper and DFS result.
Ice cold water immediately postshave feels so good. Further refreshed with Thayers Cucumber. The MacaRoot Aloe aftershave felt very good. Sharp, cooling and soothing. Rating today 9/10
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A Lovely Shave today with the first of the 3 soaps I received yesterday from Signature Soaps.

This one is called Valentia - For my tastes it is a wonderful scent Sandalwood , Bergamot and Vetiver Heaven, the soap performance was excellent and the Merkur Progress and Gillette Yellow seem a great combination.

One small adjustable razor rookie error , I forgot to adjust the razor up for half the first pass , so was wondering why it wasn't cutting very close :)

Preshave: Argan Oil Soap
Soap: Signature Soaps Valentia
Brush: Cadman MDM 24mm
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Gillette Yellow Sharp Edge
Splash: Proraso Red
Balm: Bart's Rosemary and Sandalwood
EDT: Dunhill Pursuit

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For a touch of escapism the theme given for this shave was '10,000 maniacs'


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Prewaffle.....

I woke up yesterday morning to find that I had 10,000 likes. Now I am not sure who these 10,000 people are as I don't think I have ever met 10,000 folk in my entire life, never mind have them all like me. To whoever you all are I really do say 'Thank you for liking me' and I am sure one day when all this is over we can have a big meet up somewhere. But I am not buying the drinks.

Other than that I am not sure why anyone would want to like me. All I do is scribble some pointless rubbish in the name of 'This was my shave' and to add to it all, delivered in exceptionally poor English. I am useless. Only this morning my granddaughter Zuzu Winter (I love her name) said 'Granddad you're rubbish'. Says it all. God bless her and have a happy birthday (three today) you little star. Yes, I am rubbish.

A rubbish razor - Brass Colonial General
A rubbish blade - Schick Proline
A rubbish brush - Cadman 30mm Tuxedo
A rubbish soap - Extro Postiano
A rubbish splash - Extro Postiano
A rubbish shaver - Me

So was it a rubbish shave? Is granddad really rubbish?

The shave was an absolute revelation after living on the edge with my previous outings and the Ikons. No longer did I have to think about my own personal safety, complete a risk assessment and a permit to work, and still manage to cut myself. This was all about how damn smooth and efficient these Generals are with end results made in shaving heaven. Three passes towards those pearly gates. Not to fret, I am not quite climbing towards the inevitable as I don't think they would let me in anyway. To steal a line from 'Going nowhere' by 'Therapy?', 'Heaven kicked you out you wouldn't wear a tie'.

I'd forgotten how bloody wonderful these Extro soaps are and how much like an upmarket toilet cleaner their Postiano smells. In a nice way that is. A kind of Harpic by Chanel. The Cadman made a bowlful of comedy lather with incredible efficiency. You know, like the chap on the Arko shaving soaps. More a bad attempt at a disguise than a shaving lather

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End results I can only describe as brilliant. Smoother than I care to think. And after seeing my little birthday girl empty her contents in to her potty, no, I am not interested in babies bottoms.

Is Granddad rubbish?



But this isn't. From my album of the week......


 
For a touch of escapism the theme given for this shave was '10,000 maniacs'


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Prewaffle.....

I woke up yesterday morning to find that I had 10,000 likes. Now I am not sure who these 10,000 people are as I don't think I have ever met 10,000 folk in my entire life, never mind have them all like me. To whoever you all are I really do say 'Thank you for liking me' and I am sure one day when all this is over we can have a big meet up somewhere. But I am not buying the drinks.

Other than that I am not sure why anyone would want to like me. All I do is scribble some pointless rubbish in the name of 'This was my shave' and to add to it all, delivered in exceptionally poor English. I am useless. Only this morning my granddaughter Zuzu Winter (I love her name) said 'Granddad you're rubbish'. Says it all. God bless her and have a happy birthday (three today) you little star. Yes, I am rubbish.

A rubbish razor - Brass Colonial General
A rubbish blade - Schick Proline
A rubbish brush - Cadman 30mm Tuxedo
A rubbish soap - Extro Postiano
A rubbish splash - Extro Postiano
A rubbish shaver - Me

So was it a rubbish shave? Is granddad really rubbish?

The shave was an absolute revelation after living on the edge with my previous outings and the Ikons. No longer did I have to think about my own personal safety, complete a risk assessment and a permit to work, and still manage to cut myself. This was all about how damn smooth and efficient these Generals are with end results made in shaving heaven. Three passes towards those pearly gates. Not to fret, I am not quite climbing towards the inevitable as I don't think they would let me in anyway. To steal a line from 'Going nowhere' by 'Therapy?', 'Heaven kicked you out you wouldn't wear a tie'.

I'd forgotten how bloody wonderful these Extro soaps are and how much like an upmarket toilet cleaner their Postiano smells. In a nice way that is. A kind of Harpic by Chanel. The Cadman made a bowlful of comedy lather with incredible efficiency. You know, like the chap on the Arko shaving soaps. More a bad attempt at a disguise than a shaving lather

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End results I can only describe as brilliant. Smoother than I care to think. And after seeing my little birthday girl empty her contents in to her potty, no, I am not interested in babies bottoms.

Is Granddad rubbish?



But this isn't. From my album of the week......


It's not you......its the Japanese Ladies
 
25/3/2020

Soap - Proraso Green
Brush - Yaqi Plissoft
Razor - Ball End Tech
Blade - Voskhod (3)
Post - Witch Hazel
AS - Bens Bay Rum Mentholated

Exactly the same ingredients for today's shave as yesterday's. Not something I have done much in my duration of wet shaving. A much better lather today than the last few days.

Anyway chaps, I hope you have a good day.
 
Decided to take a break from the CBL soaps today and reached for a proverbial favourite in Proraso Red. I enjoy sandalwood scents and this one is just so good.

Back to a SE in the Supply V2 just to flip things up. I like the heft and have the most aggressive plate on it all the time. Getting much better shaves out of it now and it will be a keeper.

Lovely three pass BBS shave today but it takes patience with the Supply SE. Slow and methodical for me pays off whereas the Colonial General is a Ferrari by comparison. Just me I guess. Topped it off with some Sandalwood balm and Guerlain Santal Royal! Well at least the cat thinks I smell nice! Stay safe!

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Supply The Single Edge V2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Yaqi 24mm Tuxedo - Sagrada Familia
Lather: Proraso Red
Aftershave: Blackstone Sandalwood - Post Shave Balm
Additional Care:
Anoru Ceramic Bowl
B.I.G. Co. Alum Block
Guerlain Santal Royal
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Wednesday AM 2020-03-25

Rooney 1/2 Ebony Finest (24/57)
Hemingway Accoutrements shaving cream
Paradigm 17-4/Bob's Razor Works Bull Mastiff
Wilkinson London Bridge (5)
Hemingway Accoutrements aftershave

Today's brush is one of my softest ones, much different than the ivory and faux horn 1/2 brushes I used a few days ago. It worked very well with the cream but probably would have struggled just a bit with a hard soap. The razor/handle/blade combination is a great one, giving me an easy BBS shave.
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Sotd - today - I'm not sure what day it is - I have almost completely lost the plot.

Prep - facial scrub
razor - ATT Calypso - the mild one
blade - Gillette - 7 O'clock - yellow (1)
brush - Chubby 1 - best
soap - MT - Black Beer No.1
post - witch hazel
a/s - Old Spice
balm - De Vergulde Hand
scent - Dior - Eau Sauvage edp.

Result - you need to read the following in a Geordie accent - alreet? Day two in the Big Brother House - and Digimonkey is starting to lose the place big style - note - never refer to yourself in the third person - not a good thing - Bono does that - and he is a total c**t - starving babies - that you seen to be so concerned about? - just put your hand in your back pocket you w****r - my new razor - famed for being a bit mild - why point it at a full seven days growth - are you mental? - at the moment - yes. It worked a treat - bbs in two passes - I like this razor - a lot. I've done a lot of hard traveling - nobody speaks your language - for extended periods - and been on the hill - alone - for weeks on end - didn't bother me at all - 48 hours of lockdown - I'm going mental. Enjoy your shaves - one and all - yours - I.

@RussellR5555 - thank you mate.

Oh - I did find out that my camera can do colour sotd pictures - who'd have thought? - who's Carmen? - that's my handwriting but I have little understanding why I wrote that - not the heroine from the Bizet opera - I'm fairly sure about that - answers on a postcard please.
 
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Sotd - today - I'm not sure what day it is - I have almost completely lost the plot.

Prep - facial scrub
razor - ATT Calypso - the mild one
blade - Gillette - 7 O'clock - yellow (1)
brush - Chubby 1 - best
soap - MT - Black Beer No.1
post - witch hazel
a/s - Old Spice
balm - De Vergulde Hand
scent - Dior - Eau Sauvage edp.

Result - you need to read the following in a Geordie accent - alreet? Day two in the Big Brother House - and Digimonkey is starting to lose the place big style - note - never refer to yourself in the third person - not a good thing - Bono does that - and he is a total c**t - starving babies - that you seen to be so concerned about? - just put your hand in your back pocket you w****r - my new razor - famed for being a bit mild - why point it at a full seven days growth - are you mental? - at the moment - yes. It worked a treat - bbs in two passes - I like this razor - a lot. I've done a lot of hard traveling - nobody speaks your language - for extended periods - and been on the hill - alone - for weeks on end - didn't bother me at all - 48 hours of lockdown - I'm going mental. Enjoy your shaves - one and all - yours - I.

@RussellR5555 - thank you mate.

Oh - I did find out that my camera can do colour sotd pictures - who'd have thought? - who's Carmen? - that's my handwriting but I have little understanding why I wrote that - not the heroine from the Bizet opera - I'm fairly sure about that - answers on a postcard please.


Started out in a geordie accent. Ended up a kind of Indian Pakistani, Welsh mix. I'm crap at accents.:(
 
Date:- 26 March 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Barrister & Mann ~ Eventide
Razor/Blade:- Rockwell 6C-R3 / Gillette Stainless (red & white) #13
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10)

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