SOTD : Saturday 3rd. - Friday 9th November. 2018

Digimonkey said:
Sotd - Saturday - the third of November and today - the 5th of the month -

If swearing offends you - don't read this post. I've done my best to cover it up.

Saturday -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (16)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Squadron - Group Captain's Blend. Tallow.
post - witch hazel
a/s - Extro Tabacco
scent - Creed Tabarome parfum.

today -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (17)
brush - Yaqi - 24 high mountain white - the 'cloud on a stick.'
soap - Razorock Nomad - new formula - vegetarian
post - witch hazel
a/s - Razorock Nomad.

Result - in differing ways - excellent.

Saturday - easy enough - a relaxed morning shave - get picked up at two to go spend the night with my oldest friends just outside Perth - Scotland - not Western Australia. Time to bravely step up to the challenge of - a glut - of fine malt whiskies. Actually - I failed - stuck to red wine - felt all the better for it in the morning. I did - however - wake up in a guest room - with my head next to a tank of Amazonian - 'poison dart' frogs. I'm not joking - they were bright blue - the son of the house - apparently keeps them. Not a dynamic pet - they aren't going to fetch a stick for you. They lose their toxicity in captivity. Made me laugh - the frogs didn't react. They didn't do shit - not even blink - but - they did get me out of a plot hole recently in a made-up Sherlock Holmes story. Group Captain and Extro - ne plus ultra - tobacco wise for me at the moment.

Tonight - an excellent - but hard won shave - let me tell you about my day? So - long story short - the conclusion of a two or three week trial I have been working on - historic child abuse - what is out of the ordinary is - though - that you can legally connect it to one of the - two - main football teams in Scotland. Fair enough - the jury come back unhelpfully late. All hands to the pumps - need to get a lot of archive pictures legalled. Harsh day - conversations with idiots - Let's imagine a TV news channel - like Sky - for instance - or it might have been the BBC -

'Is that the right guy - in the picture?'

'No - I just photographed a complete stranger in the street - and branded him - a serial pedophile - for a laugh.' I thought but did not say out loud. 'Fu****g homoculus c**t.' - at this point channeling my inner Malcolm Tucker. 'Does your mum know that you aren't doing your homework? 'F**k off - fetus boy.'

So - harsh - let's look forward to a dram - put the day to bed - a nice evening shave? You would have thought so?

Go for a shave - the den light fails - not just the bulb - the whole thing nearly falls out the roof. F****ng c**t - I don't need this. So - first solution - shave by the light of a Petzl headtorch - I've done it before - but it doesn't work with a big mirror - you just blind yourself - as you check progress. Next option - shaving by candlelight. Sounds romantic? Yes - well. Actually a very good shave - I couldn't see shit properly - no glasses and a single candle. Tell you what - in my experience - it teaches you the value of of muscle memory - as close as any shave - but in the gloom. Know your face - it will be fine. The Nomad combo - helped just fine tonight. I'm less pissed off - the healing power of a good shave. Enjoy yours - all - I.

Fuc**** fuc** - fu** - 'that's an 'omni-shambles.'

Did anybody - that has got this far in this post - well done you - see the use of the same blade usage 16 & 17 referenced - no shit? It is all true - I'm not making this up.
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Quality swearing Iain. Swearing is big and it is clever.
 
Digimonkey said:
Sotd - Saturday - the third of November and today - the 5th of the month -

If swearing offends you - don't read this post. I've done my best to cover it up.

Saturday -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (16)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Squadron - Group Captain's Blend. Tallow.
post - witch hazel
a/s - Extro Tabacco
scent - Creed Tabarome parfum.

today -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (17)
brush - Yaqi - 24 high mountain white - the 'cloud on a stick.'
soap - Razorock Nomad - new formula - vegetarian
post - witch hazel
a/s - Razorock Nomad.

Result - in differing ways - excellent.

Saturday - easy enough - a relaxed morning shave - get picked up at two to go spend the night with my oldest friends just outside Perth - Scotland - not Western Australia. Time to bravely step up to the challenge of - a glut - of fine malt whiskies. Actually - I failed - stuck to red wine - felt all the better for it in the morning. I did - however - wake up in a guest room - with my head next to a tank of Amazonian - 'poison dart' frogs. I'm not joking - they were bright blue - the son of the house - apparently keeps them. Not a dynamic pet - they aren't going to fetch a stick for you. They lose their toxicity in captivity. Made me laugh - the frogs didn't react. They didn't do shit - not even blink - but - they did get me out of a plot hole recently in a made-up Sherlock Holmes story. Group Captain and Extro - ne plus ultra - tobacco wise for me at the moment.

Tonight - an excellent - but hard won shave - let me tell you about my day? So - long story short - the conclusion of a two or three week trial I have been working on - historic child abuse - what is out of the ordinary is - though - that you can legally connect it to one of the - two - main football teams in Scotland. Fair enough - the jury come back unhelpfully late. All hands to the pumps - need to get a lot of archive pictures legalled. Harsh day - conversations with idiots - Let's imagine a TV news channel - like Sky - for instance - or it might have been the BBC -

'Is that the right guy - in the picture?'

'No - I just photographed a complete stranger in the street - and branded him - a serial pedophile - for a laugh.' I thought but did not say out loud. 'Fu****g homoculus c**t.' - at this point channeling my inner Malcolm Tucker. 'Does your mum know that you aren't doing your homework? 'F**k off - fetus boy.'

So - harsh - let's look forward to a dram - put the day to bed - a nice evening shave? You would have thought so?

Go for a shave - the den light fails - not just the bulb - the whole thing nearly falls out the roof. F****ng c**t - I don't need this. So - first solution - shave by the light of a Petzl headtorch - I've done it before - but it doesn't work with a big mirror - you just blind yourself - as you check progress. Next option - shaving by candlelight. Sounds romantic? Yes - well. Actually a very good shave - I couldn't see shit properly - no glasses and a single candle. Tell you what - in my experience - it teaches you the value of of muscle memory - as close as any shave - but in the gloom. Know your face - it will be fine. The Nomad combo - helped just fine tonight. I'm less pissed off - the healing power of a good shave. Enjoy yours - all - I.

Fuc**** fuc** - fu** - 'that's an 'omni-shambles.'

Did anybody - that has got this far in this post - well done you - see the use of the same blade usage 16 & 17 referenced - no shit? It is all true - I'm not making this up.
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Great post, Iain. No one swears as adroitly as a pissed off Scotsman.
 
SOTD 20181106.

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M Keramiek / APShaveCo SilkSmoke.
Dusy Professional MEN Kabinett.
ATT S2 / Timeless "Plaid" handle.
Centwin Super Platinum (2).
Butterfly Florida Water.
 
Tue 6th Nov

Omega 11137 Boar
Lea Classic soap
Mongoose B3
Schick Proline [ 3 ]
Lea Classic A/S Lotion

After a very good close Shave yesterday, there was not much for the Mongoose to clear. A very smooth comfortable quick Shave, with an excellent close all round finish. As good as the Shaves are I still need a Daily Shave as after 30 hours the whiskers come to the fore.

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6 November

Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary
Omega 11137 boar
Parker Variant (3)
Ladas super stainless
Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary asl

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After the somewhat rough shave yesterday l swapped the Ladas blade into what is for me a notably smooth razor. The 70th Anniversary soap lathered up beautifully with the Omega brush, but, the shave was no less “rough” than yesterday's! It has to be a defective blade. The two pass shave was completed without drama, no cuts, no nicks, no weepers, and the shave was close enough, but it just felt “rough”. Finished the shave with matching aftershave lotion and felt good, for the day ahead. I will change the blade only tomorrow and see if it is the blade ...or me.
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