SOTD : Saturday 26th May - Friday 1st June 2018.

SOTD 28.05.2018..... Bank Holiday afternoon shave
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Pre: Shower, Bulldog face wash
Brush: 24mm Yaqi Sagrada Familia Synthetic
Soap: Wickhams 1912 Cashmere
Razor: EJ89 Lined Handle
Blade: Nacet (3)
Post: Cold water splash and Thayers unscented Witch Hazel
AS: Myrsol Agua De Limon
Cologne: ADP Bergamotto Di Calabria

Continuing with the cold water shaving this afternoon. 1.5 pass shave WTG face and neck, ATG face. Only the one pass on the neck today as it's still recovering from my stupidity on Saturday! Hopefully will be back to normal for tomorrows shave. Lovely sherbet lemon finish to the shave leaving me cool and refreshed, finished off with a few sprays of ADP - Nice!

Enjoy your Bank Holiday evening gents
 
Shave from Monday. Soap Le Père Lucien abricot, brush white badger two bands vielong 75 anniversary, razor Boker silver steel 6/8, refreshing lotion old Vetiver, eau de toilette Vetiver de Puig.
"Never hate your enemies, affect your judgment."
The Godfather. Mario Puzo
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Sent from the Wolf's Den
 
~ SOTD Monday 28th May 2018 ~

Pre
- Face Wash / Proraso Green Pre Shave Cream
Razor - Merkur Progress 510 Setting 3
Blade - Perma Sharp Super (3)
Brush - Simpson Commodore X3 Best Badger
Cream - Proraso Green Shaving Cream
Post - Rinse / Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel
Aftershave - Proraso Green Aftershave Lotion
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(Polished) Rex Ambassador (on loan)
Polsilver
Thater 4125/2
Saponificio Varesino Felce Aromatica
Pitralon Classic aftershave

Rex on loan from James McGraw AKA @Seamus1981
I've been speaking with James and the other James AKA @Acer89 about the drag issues I've had with the Rex. James (Mcgraw) very kindly offered to send me his Rex, which has the top cap and safety bars polished by @Acer89

Well I don't think the polishing has helped with the drag but the shave was definitely less harsh. I'll need another shave with it but the polishing has improved the shave but not they way I thought it would.

Thanks to both for they advice and sorting the loan out.


Cheers
Rob
 
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Two Pass Shaving Routine..:cool:

Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil
Herder Constant Solingen Full Hollow 6/8th
Fitchard Pure Badger
Valobra Tallow Soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel
Logona Mann Balm

I Had a Wonderful Shave Today with My Stainless Herder Solingen 6/8th..I Feel that I Can Do No wrong with the Herder.This Auld Herder has One Keen Surgical Black Arkansas Edge...Not Shaved for a While & this Big Blade Ate My Whiskers for Breakfast..:eek:

I Am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed..:D:D

Billy
Mine's still going strong too Billy. Such a good razor.
 
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Superb 3 pass shave with my Friedrich Herder 77. It has a beautiful edge from @Fergiebilly and has left me truly BBS tonight. Maybe its because I usually use my DE's when I'm in a rush, but i always admire the complete lack of irritation from a good straight shave. Havent had that many recently and tonight really reminded me of how enjoyable and relaxing it can be. Mentally de-cluttering maybe - its all i think about for the duration of my shave.

Omega Pro49
Phoenix and Beau Oberon Soap
Friedr. Herder 77 square point
A little alum, and
L'OrealMen Expert Birch Sap Balm
 
Bank Holiday shave

Razor - Schick Canadian E
Blade - Schick (3)
Cream - Arko Fresh
Brush - Vulfix 404 with synthetic knot
Post - Proraso menthol balm

After a morning of generally lift and moving stuff in a warm garden; wanted some menthol action. Really enjoying the Vulfix 404 with a synthetic knot. Then time to catch up on some live music:



 
Sotd - Monday 28th May -

Razor - Schick vintage I(1)
blade - Schick Japanese twin (1)
brush - Simpsons Chubby 1 best
soap - Vreto Mandarin
post - witch hazel
a/s - OSP Orange and Patchouli
balm - Barts Bergamot and Vanilla
scent - Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte edt.

Result - just lovely -

It's still unusually warm here - I was out early to try starting to take pictures for a new psycho-geography project in Glasgow but it was a waste of time - I had scouted out a few locations beforehand but the light was just 'all in the wrong place.' This may sound an absurd thing to say - 'how can light be in the wrong place?' - but any photographer will understand this. So give up - return home foot sore, weary and sweaty. A nice restorative afternoon shave ahoy. A cold shower - given the weather it might have seemed obvious to go full on 'mentally' menthol but I find a good citrus shave can be just as remedial for me. The Vreto Mandarin is a wonderful soap - it really is top end. Scent, slickness and post shave face feel are amongst the best I have used. Lordy - it is thirsty though. Once you understand that - there's no looking back. Used together the OSP Orange and Patchouli and the Hermes edt dovetail beautifully. OSP tonics - for me - have an unusual scent longevity for an aftershave - and where that leaves off the Eau d'Orange Verte picks up. A lovely earthy, masculine patchouli - forget the nasty hippy joss stick perfume of your youth - well mine anyway - I can't speak for yours. A spot of the unfailingly excellent Barts balm in between. Job done. After a bit of a de razor binge for the last couple of months - it was nice to go back to using the I type Schick - effortless. I even treated my self to a fresh twin blade as I had absolutely no idea how many times the previous one had been used. So - I'd find it hard to imagine how that shave could have been better - well I possibly could - but what springs to mind is indecent, immoral and very probably illegal. The view out the window could be improved - rather than Govanhill - what about the Savannah, the flow of countless wildebeest - engaged in their epic annual migration - drifting in and out of the heat haze like a river and its tributaries? Or watching a lammergeier ascending on the first thermals of a Himalayan morning - a lazy spiral upwards without a single wing beat. Perfect economy in motion. The shrill whistles of warning from the marmots as they notice the eagle high above them. No - its always going to look like a not particularly fashionable - but quite Bohemian - part of Glasgow from my bathroom window. A man can dream though. Ha ha. Enjoy your shaves one and all - yours - I.
 
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Sotd - Monday 28th May -

Razor - Schick vintage I(1)
blade - Schick Japanese twin (1)
brush - Simpsons Chubby 1 best
soap - Vreto Mandarin
post - witch hazel
a/s - OSP Orange and Patchouli
balm - Barts Bergamot and Vanilla
scent - Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte edt.

Result - just lovely -

It's still unusually warm here - I was out early to try starting to take pictures for a new psycho-geography project in Glasgow but it was a waste of time - I had scouted out a few locations beforehand but the light was just 'all in the wrong place.' This may sound an absurd thing to say - 'how can light be in the wrong place?' - but any photographer will understand. So give up - return home foot sore, weary and sweaty. A nice restorative afternoon shave ahoy. A cold shower - given the weather it might have seemed obvious to go full on 'mentally' menthol but I find a good citrus shave can just as remedial for me. The Vreto Mandarin is a wonderful soap - it really is top end. Scent, slickness and post shave face feel are amongst the best I have used. Lordy - it is thirsty though. Once you understand that - there's no looking back. Used together the OSP Orange and Patchouli and the Hermes edt dovetail beautifully. OSP tonics - for me - have an unusual scent longevity for an aftershave - and where that leaves off the Eau d'Orange Verte picks up. A lovely earthy, masculine patchouli - forget the nasty hippy joss stick perfume of your youth - well mine anyway - I can't speak for yours. A spot of the unfailingly excellent Barts balm in between. Job done. After a bit of a de razor binge for the last couple of months - it was nice to go back to using the I type Schick - effortless. I even treated my self to a fresh twin blade as I had absolutely no idea how many times the previous one had been used. So - I'd find it hard to imagine how that shave could have been better - well I possibly could - but what springs to mind is indecent, immoral and very probably illegal. The view out the window could be improved - rather than Govanhill - what about the Savannah, the flow of countless wildebeest - engaged in their epic annual migration - drifting in and out of the heat haze like a river and its tributaries? Or watching a lammergeier ascending on the first thermals of a Himalayan morning - a lazy spiral upwards without a single wing beat. Perfect economy in motion. The shrill whistles of warning from the marmots as they notice the eagle high above them. No - its always going to look like a not particularly fashionable - but quite Bohemian - part of Glasgow from my bathroom window. A man can dream though. Ha ha. Enjoy your shaves one and all - yours - I.
With an imagination like your's who needs a view from their bathroom window ! :) P .
 
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Yaqi Mysterious Space
Rockwell 6S
Voskhod (2)
The Traditional Shaving Company Sensitive Shaving Cream
Nivea 2 Phase

A few days off shaving and decided to have a pick me up shave today after being riddled with flu this week and the football last night (gutted but still a proud red). I used to love Voskhod blades but recently have gone off them, I much prefer Supermax these days. A great shave without incident and lovely and smooth and feeling a bit better.

I may need some shaving retail therapy to perk up a bit ;)
The Traditional Shaving Co cream, is a new one to me. A good performer?
 
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