Paul L
Chief GOW
- Joined
- Friday April 14, 2017
Happy birthday Tony. We share the same birthday!
Happy birthday gentlemen
Happy birthday Tony. We share the same birthday!
Happy birthday Shubs! Somehow I managed to miss the bit of text that said 'Birthday Shave'. Maybe my wife is right....View attachment 59048
Crikey that is a terrible picture, I have a lot of respect for the fine SOTD photos but mine isn't one of them!
Onto the shave
4/9/20
'Birthday Shave'
Razor - Flat Bottom Tech
Blade - Treet Black Beauty (1)
Soap - Lea Menthol
Post - Witch Hazel/Nivea Balm
AS - Signature Soaps Danum Splash
The theme of my shave today was to use items I've sent here, including the Flat Bottom Tech sent by Paul @pjgh, a Treet Black Beauty sent by Paul @Blademonkey, the Lea Shaving Cream from Chris @Boycie83 and finished the shave with Danum Splash sent as a tester by @BrianH.
A really great shave, with each additional shave with the Flat Bottom Tech I'm growing to appreciate it more and more and I'm understanding why it's so highly regarded, it paired incredibly well with the Treet Black. Not a bad lather with the Lea Menthol/Yaqi even if I loaded too much water to begin and had a sloppier lather than I usually like, seemed to work well enough.
Have a good start to the weekend gents.
04/09/20
Birthday Shave
Face rinse with tepid water
Brush: Alpha Outlaw Titanium G4 Synth
Soap: Arran Soap Co. Lochranza
Razor: Osborne, Garrett & Co Ltd 1899 - 1923. The Kropp 6/8th #1
Blade: See Above
Post shave: Cold water splash, TC's Bay Rum Splash #1
Balm: Arran Soap Co. Lochranza
Aftershave: Arran Soap Co. Lochranza
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A memorable Birthday shave for all the right reasons.
a wonderful face lather from the Alpha TI and Arran soap.
The razor feels very comfortable in the hand and my grip seemed to be quite natural today.
I completed 3 confident passes being mindful throughout, WTG, WTG & then XTG/ATG mix.
I completed the XTG from ear to centre top lip both sides and ATG on the neck & over the jaw and chin.
I am very happy with a DFS+ result.
A very nice post shave with the matching balm and aftershave leaving me very refreshed and smelling pretty darn good to boot.
I am so glad i have these razors and Andrew from SD has put a lovely edge on the 1st one i have tried, a very smooth shave today.
So,
Stay Safe and enjoy your Friday All.
I've been trying to find one of those Omega S-brushes with the green acrylic base but I can only find pure bristle, not synthetic...where can I get one in the UK with a synth knot?Day 4 of Signature September
Razor- Rex Ambassador
Blade- Super Shave X
Brush- Omega 10077 Synthetic
Soap- Signature Coria
Post- Thayers Cucumber & Barts Balm, Amber and Moroccan Jasmine
An easy 2 pass shave on setting 2 today.
Seen plenty of good reviews on this blade and got a pack when I bought the razor so gave them a go. Smooth enough blade but not as sharp as some big name brands. In that price range they rate a very good purchase in my eyes.
Got the lather just right today with a synthetic brush so an all round decent shave.
To the men whose birthday is today, many happy returns.
Happy Friday one and all.
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I've been trying to find one of those Omega S-brushes with the green acrylic base but I can only find pure bristle, not synthetic...where can I get one in the UK with a synth knot?
Yup...I reckon Yaqi are making some of the best brushes out there atm...but I'm a bit OCD when it comes to 'green' stuff. Add 'green' to 'shaving' and I get the shivers!Its not going to challenge the Yaqi in terms of quality but it does the job.
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Yup...I reckon Yaqi are making some of the best brushes out there atm...but I'm a bit OCD when it comes to 'green' stuff. Add 'green' to 'shaving' and I get the shivers!