SOTD : Saturday 8 th - Friday 14th |February 2020

Prep: Bath
Pre: Proraso Red
Brush: Big Jock silvertip
Soap: MWF
Scuttle: QShave
Razor/Blade: Merkur Progress (3,3,1)/Astra (1)
Post: Alum and cold rinse.
ASL: Tabac
Balm: 1912 classic

A very enjoyable 3 pass + cleanup shave for a BBS finish. It was a first outing for the Progress and I found that in combination with the Astra blade to be very smooth and much less aggressive than my Futur, yet giving the same close finish. 6ED19A76-CD84-47A7-8F6A-D8AA1D96E536.jpeg
 
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SOTD 02/14/20 Valentines Day

RAZOR: LaResche 77
BLADE: Wizamet Super Iridium
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA's Preshave Cube Soap
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell's Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite AS Splash
 
14/02/2020
Pre: Sainsbury's Luxury Soap, Bergamot & Nectarine
Brush: JR 355 Maggards Knot
Soap: 1912 Citrus Musk
Razor: Razorock Gamechanger OC 0.84
Blade: Polsilver Lodz (4)
Post shave: Alum Block, cold water splash, Homemade Witch Hazel
Balm: Bart's Balm Rosemary and Sandalwood Balm & Lotion
Aftershave: Mäurer & Wirtz 4711 EDC

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A very Close & Comfortable shave with the GC-OC, also this Polsilver has smoothed right out.
BBS finish feeling and smelling really good.
I am now wondering if i have been replacing the Polsilver blades before they have had a chance to settle, my beard is Fine to Medium and this may have a bearing on the running in of the blades, i have always had a good finish from them, its just they did not seem smooth.
Enjoy your day All
 
Friday 14th February
Alpha T400 - OSP No.8 Test Soap - Ever Ready Natural Angle 'HFT' - GEM SSC #2 - OSP No.8 Test A/S - Aloe Vera Gel
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Friday AM 2020-02-14

Rooney 3/3 Ebony Finest (26/66)
Acqua di Parma Colonia shaving cream
Gillette New Long Comb/Wolfman WRH7 Titanium
Polsilver Super Iridium (6)
RazoRock XXX aftershave

The brush is not floppy despite its very high loft, but it definitely has less backbone and softer hair tips than my other Finests. The Gillette head is quite light in weight, which makes it a very good match for the titanium Wolfman handle.
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