SOTD: Saturday 30th November- Friday 6th December 2019.

04/12/2019
Pre : Pears Original Transparent
Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Synth
Soap: Proraso Red
Razor: Rockwell 6S #3
Blade: Polsilver (2)
Post Shave: Alum Block, cold water splash, Homemade Witch Hazel with added oils
Balm: Proraso Red
Aftershave: Proraso Red

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I decided on a face Lather today and it worked very well. i am liking the very reasonably priced Proraso (i got 4 tubs for a tenner) it is performing very well for me.
The Polsilver blade was very smooth on all 3 passes with the 6S which makes me a happy shaver.
BBS smooth, comfortable and smelling very nice.
Have a great day All.
 
4 December

Since Saturday:
Speick shave stick
Edwin Jagger black fibre travel brush
Fatip Piccolo
Personna med prep
Clinique post-shave soother​

Today:
Wickham Cashmere
Semogue 1250
Gillette 195 Fatboy (4)
Gillette Nacet
Proraso white asb

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A few days away necessitated a travel kit that worked very well. The Piccolo seems to prefer med preps to Feathers. Today's shave was a cracker. The Gillette combo mowed down two days of growth with no trouble at all leaving a smooth result.
 
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Noxzema "Protective Shave".
OUMO Brush / OUMO Brush imitation finest 2-band synth.
TDS "Cream: notes of native lilac" shaving soap.
Homelikeshaving "START" 1.18 SB razor.
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (3).
Novaya Zarya "Red Moscow" EdC.
 
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My 91 yr old Gillette New Standard delivered a comfortable three pass DFS to both dome and face today on day four of Decadent December. This is a reliable, well-balanced razor that I can always count on for a good shave.

RAZOR: Gillette New Standard
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse of dome and face followed by a scrub with PAA's Charcoal-Menthol Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48
SOAP: Grooming Dept Unscented Donkey Milk
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash of face and dome w/ brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Snake Bite AS Splash
 
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Razor: Gillette 102 1907 Gold Splined Knob(G 84363)
Blade: Perma-Sharp Super
Brush: Star Ivory Handle Restore w/16mm TGN Finest
Pre-Shave: Georgetown Pottery G12 Scuttle
Lather: PdP No. 63 Puck
Aftershave: Pre de Provence No. 63 Balm
Additional Care:
Penhaligon's Halfeti EDP
Penhaligon's Halfeti Bath Soap

A nice Wednesday shave this morning. Good wintery scents and smooth shave have made for a good day thus far. About to leave to meet up with some friends for lunch.
Hope everyone is having a stellar day as well.
 
And for today the theme for my shave was 'A shave for the Prince of Darkness'

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The Archfiend of bristles - Lord Blackbird of Blacklands
Hellion the remover of follicles - Prince Polsilver of Lodz
Beelzebub the berserking brush - Count Cadman and his 30mm Tuxedo
The dark Shaving Cream - The twisted Marquess Tonic de Gentleman
The Djinn in the bottle - Earl Prada and his carbon black magic

And yet another shave influenced by that evil enabler @Blademonkey being as the razor is one of his ex's (one of many no doubt) and the blades came highly recommended.........by him. I want to 'hate him, hate him, hate him', but I can't. I guess it's all in the name. As my wife once said 'You are a very nice man with a most twisted mind'. I like my wife.

As a pairing the Blackbird and the Polsilver are absolutely awesome. It is another one of those 'handle with care' razors being (to be politically correct) very efficient. In another word 'aggressive' and in an even lesser term 'One nasty fucker'. Treat with kid gloves the same as for any other razor out there and the rewards are wonderful.

Three passes to shaving Hell and feeling smoother than a Brimstone make over. And 'Yes' the Devil does wear Prada


Have great shaves you forum folk and I leave you with the usual. @culcreuch the Vice Squad may just be waiting....

 
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Sotd - this evening - Wednesday the 4th of December -

Prep - facial scrub
razor - Ikon X3 - on Rockwell s/s handle
blade - Super Max Titanium (6!)
brush - Kent BK2
soap - Valobra stick - tallow
post - rose water toner
a/s - Floid - the mentally vigorous
balm - Floid
scent - Gotas Frescas cologne.

Result - muy bien.

Shit day - good shave. My partner got me some rose water to try instead of my normal witch hazel toner - fair enough - it worked fine - it smelled like a 'whores hanky' - nice enough - but a bit like having a 'bufty' dug instead of a proper one - good luck - with that phrase - if you don't speak Scot's vernacular English. One is reminded of the great philosophers - AC/DC - for instance - almost reminiscent of Swift - with his rapier like subtlety - or Rousseau - but then - considered - he was a fanny. The 'noble savage' - let European culture in the 18th century - create a pretext - if not certainly - an argument - to underpin colonialism - and enslave a bunch of people that weren't white - and might have had slightly different ways of living life. Fud - so -

'Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
See me ride out of the sunset
On your color TV screen
Out for all that I can get
If you know what I mean
Women to the left of me
And women to the right
Ain't got no gun
Ain't got no knife
Don't you start no fight
'Cause I'm T.N.T. I'm dynamite
T.N.T. and I'll win the fight
T.N.T. I'm a power load
T.N.T. watch me explode
I'm dirty, mean and mighty unclean
I'm a wanted man
Public enemy number one
Understand
So lock up your daughter
Lock up your wife
Lock up your back door
And run for your life
The man is back in town
Don't you mess me 'round
'Cause I'm T.N.T. I'm dynamite
T.N.T. and I'll win the fight
T.N.T. I'm…'


Yours - enjoy your shaves - I.
 
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