SOTD: Saturday 9th February - Friday 15th February 2019.

12 February

P&B Imperial Rum
Plisson size 12 synthetic
Rockwell 6S plate R4
Rockwell Razors Swedish steel
Lucky Tiger face tonic

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Wonderful shave this morning with the P&B Imperial Rum and Plisson providing a rich and fragrant lather. The Rockwell Razors Swedish steel blade is proving to have a respectably long life and remains sharp and smooth. A most enjoyable, easy, close shave.
 
Date: 12 February 2019

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush:- RazoRock Plissoft Synth. 24/57mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Arko (4 shaving sticks grated into a 250ml plastic tub)
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Razor/Blade:- Rockwell 6C 'R6' / Vintage NOS Wizamet Polsilver Brown #9
Post-shave:- Thayers Witch Hazel & Tea Tree Oil / WAHL Bay Rum Aftershave Splash
Fragrance:- L'eau D'issey Pour Homme

It's been 12 days straight using the Arko shaving soap and it's making my skin slightly drier throughout the night, which isn't too bad in the summer season as I said before we'll always sweat sooner or later so it doesn't dry out soon. However, I'm starting to get bored using the same soap of Arko, over and over for 12 days straight is about to rip my bloody hair out, I've only got 16 more days to go and I don't think I'll be able to keep going
In the " Olden Times", you probably would have been confined to using one soap only, as there was not a great choice .I remember using Erasmic, and then I Discovered Yardleys Black Label which I used daily for years, with no After Shave etc.
 
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J&T® purperhart / Hebei Oumo synth.
Oatcake "Lavender Melt" shaving soap.
Timeless Ti 0.68 OC / Stork Ti "Taipan" handle.
Kai Stainless (2).
Novaya Zarya "Russian Lavender" EdC.
 
Tuesday 12th February



Pears Glycerine Soap
Clubman Shave Butter (preshave)
Yaqi Heavy Metal Synthetic Brush
Creighton's Ultra-Rich Sensitive Shaving Cream
MingShi 2000S (3,3,4) with a Gillette Super Thin Platinum
Turkish Copper Bowl
Alum and Rinse
Simple Facial Toner
Palmers Unfragranced Moisturiser
Al-Rehab Dakar PO

3 Passes for a super shave
 
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Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap, Myrsol Emulsion
Brush: Semogue Owners Club Boar
Soap: Haslinger Ringelblumen (Tallow)
Razor: ATT SE1 / UFO Tornado
Blade: Schick Proline P-30 (2)
Post: Thursday Plantation Tea Tree & Witch Hazel, CRSW Alcohol-Free American Barbershop Moisturising Aftershave
Scent: Acca Kappa 1869 EdP

First shave with Haslinger Ringelblumen. It has a light, pleasant scent, which to my uneducated nose has some similarities to the Palmolive Classic Stick.
It is an adjective I don't think I've used before for lather, but the tallow version of the Haslinger Ringelblumen soap produced gorgeous lather. Like the Schafmilch and Honey Haslinger soaps that I have used, the Ringelblumen lathers very easily, and produced large volumes of thick creamy lather with excellent mobility and lubricity.
Three passes and I am absolutely BBS.
I'm really digging a run with the Semogue SOC boar brush - it is getting very soft indeed, but still has good backbone and fast loading characteristics.
Finished with the delightful Acca Kappa 1869 EDP.
 
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Soap: Stirling BarberShop
Brush: Stirling Boar
Razor: Taylors Eye Witness 6/8
Post: Alum & Cold water rinse
EDC: Alvarez Gomez barberia

A lovely smooth 2 pass shave with the Taylors Eye and the Stirling as usual performed brilliantly. The only let down for me was the continued shedding of the Stirling brush. It is such a shame because I really like the design.
I am thinking of a re-knot with this brush

Enjoy your shaves. :)
 
Tue 12th Feb.
Simpson Chubby 1 / Maggards 2 band
Speick Active soap
PAL Injecto-Matic de Luxe
Schick S/S- japan [ 4 ]
Pitralon Original A/S Lotion

I just had to follow a great E2 Shave by one with The "Schick Buster" -a PAL Injecto-Matic. Both razors are fitted with Japanese Schick Injector Blades. Another Smooth and Comfortable Shave, the PAL being better when working ATG, so todays Shave slightly better than yesterday. Maybe things will even out as the blade ages.

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Pre: Hot Shower
Cream: Dettol Fresh Shave Cream
Razor: Blackland Blackbird
Blade: Gillette Nacet (3)
Brush: Semogue 610
Post: Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel
A/S: 4711
Balm: Myrsol Emulsion

A real surprise with the Dettol shaving cream. Very good, great slickness and cushion. Scent is a wee bit meh, but I can live with that.

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Good afternoon Arthur, hope you are well.
May I ask, do you know the diameter of the knot in the Yaqi please?
I really like the brush design.

Many thanks,
Wayne
Hi Wayne
It's a solid aluminium handle and appears turned. It weighs in at 95g. It's the same 24mm knot as my Sagrada Familia (76g). The glue bump is slightly lower and very comfortable in the hand. I think Yaqi do the same handle with a Timber Wolf knot.
Here's a comparison pic of mine.
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