SOTD : Saturday 3rd October to Friday 9th October 2020.

04/10/20

Razor: ATT S1
Blade: Gillette Platinum (1)
Brush: AP Shave Co 24mm SynBad
Soap: Tabula Rasa Abraka Barber
Pre: Proraso White
ASL: Floïd Vigaroso
ASB: LEA

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An excellent shave tonight with a soap kindly gifted to me by @patw - it's really really good. There was enough secondary slickness for me to go for another pass. The secondary slickness wasn't required though as a I had enough lather for 4 passes from a 10 second load.
 
Boycie83 said:
04/10/20

Razor: ATT S1
Blade: Gillette Platinum (1)
Brush: AP Shave Co 24mm SynBad
Soap: Tabula Rasa Abraka Barber
Pre: Proraso White
ASL: Floïd Vigaroso
ASB: LEA

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An excellent shave tonight with a soap kindly gifted to me by @patw - it's really really good. There was enough secondary slickness for me to go for another pass. The secondary slickness wasn't required though as a I had enough lather for 4 passes from a 10 second load.
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Thanks for the tag, Chris. Good to hear that you enjoyed the soap. ;)
 
Monday‌ ‌10.05.20 ‌SOTD‌
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I‌ ‌Provenzali‌ ‌Olive‌ ‌Oil‌ ‌Artisan‌ ‌Bar‌ ‌Soap‌
Gillette ‘32 New SC Gold Common Bar
Gillette‌ 7 O'clock SharpEdge Yellow
Yaqi Moka Express 26mm 2-Band Badger
Barrister‌ ‌and‌ ‌Mann‌ ‌Cheshire‌ ‌Shaving‌ ‌Soap‌
Barrister‌ ‌And‌ ‌Mann‌ Cheshire‌ ‌Aftershave‌​
 
Mon 5 Gem SOTD
Soap Stirling Orange Chill
Brush Yaqi 26mm Orange Black Synthetic
Razor GEM Push Button
Blade GEM Stainless 3rd
Post & Aftershave
Ice Water & Thayers Mix
Hyaluronic + Aqua Velva Musk
Excellent soap with quality creamy and slick lather. Really nice orangy scent and cooling sensation
3rd shave with this SE razor and blade was kinda uncomfortable. Can feel the blade is not sharp resulting in some not so smooth passes especially atg. Still managed 3passes but with 2 tiny dots of creepers...not too bad. DFS++ result. Excellent post and aftershaves. Rating 9/10
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Mon(savon)day 5th October
Alpha Outlaw - Monsavon - Ever Ready 1924 (Alpha handle) - GEM SSC #5 - Williams Aqua Velva A/S - Aloe Vera Gel
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5/10/20

Soap - Tabac Stick
Brush - Zenith B07 (bleached boar, 24mm/55mm)
Razor - 1972 Sportsman Tech
Blade - Treet Platinum (5)
Post - Witch Hazel/Nivea Balm
Splash - Signature Soaps Danum

My Zenith B07 is another boar brush I seem to neglect. To begin with I found the brush would eat lather, and it's definitely improved on those grounds but I find it's complete lack of backbone I imagine would lead to be a better brush for bowl lathering opposed to face lathering, like I do myself. For today's shave, I found the brush was a little less floppy than I last remembered it being, but still required a slightly different technique to build a lather with, and I managed to get enough lather for 2.5 passes which is a sign of a success using this brush! It lost quite a few bristles during the shave, and a few more when I was drying the brush a little with my towel at the end of the shave. It may be unfounded but I find bleached bristles to be a bit more brittle/break more than their unbleached counterparts. I'm going to try to give the brush a bit of an extended use to see if I can develop a greater appreciation for it.
The blade was definitely finished on the shave before, it had degraded for today's shave and was incredibly rough and uncomfortable, I really should have changed the blade mid shave but couldn't muster the energy to do so.
Not one of my best shaves, my face wasn't feeling fantastic at the end of the shave so I finished the shave with the Signature Soaps Danum splash which has quickly become my go to post shave option if I've had a bad shave, and as always it did a superb job.

Have a good start to the week chaps.
 
donnie_arko said:
Blade - Treet Platinum (5)

The blade was definitely finished on the shave before, it had degraded for today's shave and was incredibly rough and uncomfortable, I really should have changed the blade mid shave but couldn't muster the energy to do so.
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You done well, I can only just manage 3 shaves from those blades, sometimes 2.

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Mitchell's Monday

Pre - Shower / Face wash
Soap - MWF
Brush - Trad Shave Co Badger
Razor - MÜHLE R89
Blade - Personna Red (7)
Post - Kouros AS followed by Moisturiser

My first batch of lather today wasn't great, I started again and got the lather I expected. A decent two and a bit pass shave. although feeling my face now, I seem to have a rough spot just above my chin.
 
Date:- 05 October 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- RazoRock Plissoft Bruce Synth. 24/57mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mike's Natural ~ Bay Rum
Razor/Blade:- Karve CB Matt SS 'SB-C' / Vintage Gillette Aussie Spoiler #1
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- YSL L'Homme
 
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