SOTD Saturday 21st September to Friday 27th September

Sunday AM 2019-09-22

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Emillion 1 Porcelain Finest (24/51)
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet shaving soap (tallow)
Weber DLC/UFO Colibri
Personna Super Platinum Chrome (7)
Penhaligon's Racquets Formula aftershave (vintage)
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Sunday, 22 September 2019

PreShave: Warm to hot water, most from the boiled kettle some from the tap
Cream: Floris 89
Brush: Kent BK8
Bowl: My recycled T&H cream bowl
Razor: The Sledgehammer (Merkur 39C)
Blade Polsilver si (2)
Post Shave: Alum

Fragrance: Floris 89


A nice end to the weekend, but next week looks like a week from hell. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and have a good week folks.
 
Sunday 22nd September 2019 PM

Pre-shave: Hot shower / Nivea Fave Wash / Nuage Men shave oil
Brush: Executive Shaving Company Medium Jock synthetic
Soap: OSP Orange and Patchouli soap
Razor / Blade: Muhle R41 / Feather (3) then Gillette 7 O'clock Green Super Stainless (1)
Post-shave: Thayers Cucumber / OSP Orange and Patchouli aftershave / Barts Balm Cinnamon and Patchouli balm

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A 2 pass shave this evening as I took the head off a little spot and there was no need to press on for a BBS finish. I also changed blade between passes as the Feather, on it's 3rd use, came to an abrupt end in performance.

the result was still a DFS and the claret stopped after a dab with my styptic pencil.

A good shave regardless of the minor mishap and the rugby score!

Have a great evening folks.
 
And at the end of this lovely day the theme for my shave this evening was 'Quick, Slick, Schick and other beautiful ladies'

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The Slick and the quick - Brass Colonial General
Chic but not shabby - Schick Proline
Schlick chick - Razorock 400
Schnick schnack schnuck - Signature Soaps Hibernian
Some bloody smelly stuff - Alvarez Gomez Barberia

What a lovely day. Spent the afternoon with the in-laws which I know should be illegal but in my case I don't mind being an offender of the unwritten rules. My mother-in-law is a top lady and my father-in-law a Muppet. But you can't have everything. Anyway a very enjoyable afternoon followed by a visit to my niece and the latest family member born yesterday. Baby Isla Grace. Welcome to the world (even though I must apologise for the mess it is in at the moment).

And the shave? Ah yes that little interlude to the day

I have always been a creature of comfort and stuck by what I know works for me. In this case I am thinking towards the Kai Captain as my chosen blade for SE shaving. Previous exploits with the likes of Prolines found me backing down and returning to my Kai safety net. However I have recently adopted 29 Prolines from a very kind forum member and well, why not? Give them a try again. Since shaving with the brass General the first thing I noticed is that it is a little more forgiving than its twisted stainless twin and probably more suited towards a sharper blade. A little pre-shave oil with it being a new blade out of the pack (dispenser, steel box, call it what you like) which is something I have always done with a first timer. My hunch was right. Given the right razor to play its part in and this shave carried real 'wow' value and the Proline producing one of the smoothest, closest shaves of recent times. Well deserving for an Oscar as best supporting actor and very highly rated here in terms of the Colonial brass.

It was also a shave with a return to the Signature Soap's Hibernian just to make sure it was all I said previously. The good news? It is indeed all that and some more. The bad news? There ain't any. @BrianH has come up with a gem here. He and all three of his other selfs.

I still highly rate the RazoRock 400 and it remains a king of the bargain bucket basement. Super duper stuff from a super duper brush. Love it

So here I am at the end of a lovely day and feeling all lovely shaven, smelling all lovely and Alvarez Gomez Barberianed. Smooth and lush. Which reminds me.......


And who said there are only chicks in America?
 
Cyril R Salter tallow soap
Shavemac custom Snowman ‘Purple Haze'
Rockwell S6 R4
Łódź Polsilver (4)
Shulton Old Spice.

Very smooth, very relaxing shave, capped off by my first real use of the wonderful Shulton Old Spice. I used to sniff and throw it around my chops in my uncles bathroom as a kid. Love the stuff. The tv ads used to scare the crap out of me with ‘The Omen' style music though.
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Date:- 23 September 2019

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Muhle Synth. v2.0 Silvertip Fibre Faux Horn 25/60mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Ariana & Evans ~ L'Orange Verte
Razor/Blade:- Rockwell 6s R6 / Vintage NOS England Wilkinson Sword #3
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10), Lavender (15) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- Hugo Boss (Original)
 
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