S.O.T.D. Saturday 18th October to Friday 24th october 2014

Thursday 23rd October



Warm shower
Hot towel
PPF Ciderhouse 5 bowl lathered
HMW Badger brush made by myself
Gillette New Improved Big Fellow (1925)
Polsilver Super Iridium (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Old Spice Sensitive aftershave
 
Yesterday's:
C&E sienna cream
Filarmonica sub-cero
NF tubby 2
Thayers witch hazel with rose
Encre Noire edt
 

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Prep- Hot water splash
Soap- Catie's Bubbles LPV
Brush- SOC
Razor- Valet VC4
Blade- Feather [2]
Post- Myrsol balsamica AS

Very good two passes shave, the soap is very slick and gave a slight tingle on second application, the scent is a marmite type of thing to my nose a earthy tobacco/spicy smell (ok for me )
 
After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

1964 rebranded Macys silvertip flopmeister
Schick F type injector/Schick Plus Platinum (1990 NOS)
Xpec unscented SC with lots of vintage Givenchy Xeryus EdT mixed in
Malizia Vetyver AS
more Malizia 'Vetyver' splashed like cologne

I am really enjoying this old US made blade. I think this was either shave #3 or #4 and they've all been quite pleasant. Sharp enough to whack whiskers just fine with less attention to detail needed compared to an extremely sharp blade like a vintage Personna74 or Gillette Platinum Plus. Those blades can leave a mark if you wander off during the shave, but not this Schick. Nope, extremely forgiving with no pulling.

Man, I would like to run into more of these old things. A successful blind buy for sure.

BBS results,

Martin
 
Soap - Wickham SS Bay Rum
Brush - Custom 400
Razor - Gillette Redtip
Blade - Sputnik [1]
EDT - Custom Blend PP

Wickham Soap currently available at an end of line price drop via
Gallant and Klein
Shaving Time

Another perfect shave, palm lathered, two close passes and feeling refreshed and relaxed.



D.
 
Pre barba pre shave
Midas custom silvertip
5/8 Kolibri solingen ring
Tobs rose cream
Alum
Nivea asb
Pinaud clubman

Second shave with a straight today. 3 passes, wtg, xtg and a mix of xtg and atg. Very near bbs with no nicks or cuts. Very happy indeed
 
Blighty theme tonight.

Pre: Hot wash with dove soap.
Brush: Vie Long Horse/Badger mix
Soap: Professor Blighty's Hyperion from the Keats Range
Razor: 1966 Super Speed flare tip
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
AS: Professor Blighty's Hyperion post shave tonic.

2 pass WTG and ATG left me with a nice smooth shave with no weepers, nicks or razor burn. Going back to using the straight for next shave seeing my finger is all healed. I love the Hyperion range, 20 swirls on the puck provided enough lather for 2 passes with some left over, the post shave tonic never stings, just smalls great and makes my skin feel soft.

Jim
 
RazoR'OC'k-tober (23 Oct)
Pre: RazoRock/HTGAM mentholated lime soap
Soap: Seifenglatt "Toulouse"
Brush: Certifyd #4 with 24mm silvertip
Razor: Ikon OSS
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock black (1)
Post: Thayer's witch hazel, followed by Myrsol Antesol
Got a mediocre lather from the soap. Slick, but no volume. Brush is getting very soft now.
 
Greetings

Friday 24th October 2014
Prep: Shower
Razor: Ever Ready Natural Angle (Flat Top)
Blade: GEM Blue Star Carbon
Brush: Semogue 1800 Boar
Soap: Tabac Stick Grated
Aftershave: Astral Cream (light)
EDT: Terre D'Hermes

Regards
Dick.

 
Prep: Hot shower with Speick bar soap
Soap: Irisch Moos
Razor: Fatboy
Blade: GSB (2)
AS: Clubman Special Reserve + Cade balm

Nice shave today, however the GSB blade had lost its stellar performance compared to yesterday's shave. I head shave, so 2 shaves is usually the point that blade performance starts to take a nosedive.
 
Friday 24th October:

Shower before shave
Proraso White Pre-shave
Omega 49
Proraso White Shaving Cream
EJ89
Astra SP (2)
Cold water rinse
Proraso A/S
Fonex Sportiv

Comfortable BBS shave. Does life get any better?
 
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