Saturday 26th December to Friday 01th January 2021

Sunday 27th December

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Wash with L'Oreal Men Expert Hydra Energetic Ice Cool Face Wash
Lather up with Wickham's 1912 Citrus Musk & hjm Professional w/Blonde Boar 25mm
Single pass (2 day) shave with Gillette Hybrid Tech w/RazoRock Radio Handle & Silver Star Super Stainless (1)
Hot rinse, cold rinse, skipped the alum ... and Pinaud Citrus Musk*​

I'm taking a run through the Lord stable and tonight it was the turn of the Silver Star Super Stainless. There is a school of thought that says that all Lord blades of the same type (so, all the Platinums or all the Super Stainless) are the same blade, but I'm finding anywhere between subtle and considerable differences between them. The Shark Super Stainless is a completely different beast to the Lord Classic Super Stainless, again completely different to the Big Ben Super Stainless and this blade is no exception. I do wonder how they are materially different and think some of it comes down to blade thickness (the Big Ben is reputedly thicker, the Silver Star reputedly thinner) or whether the blade is single or double stropped, or perhaps coating as some blades claim a double coating of PTFE.

With the first couple of strokes on each side of this blade I know I was thinking, "Ha! It's just the Lord Classic", but that was just stropping off the edge and from there it was an entirely different blade. Sensationally smooth! Sensationally! It put me a lot in mind of the Super Shave X blade, which is platinum. Platinum AND chrome ... AND polymer ... and presumably PTFE. The Silver Star is stainless. With PTFE. Stainless.

I had one of those shaves where I felt I could happily just wash off and walk away ... and so I did just that. Hot rinse to get the soap off, cold splash, skip the alum and pat dry. I did enjoy a splash of Citrus musk on chest, shoulders and back of neck, running the rest off through my hair. Immediate post-shave feel was actually more like a carbon blade. I really enjoyed the feel of regrowth from the Lord Classic and I have high hopes for this blade. I rated the Lord Classic at an 8.5 as it's not quite up there with my 9s and 10s. From one shave, I rated this blade at 8.6 but expect that to rise. It is a definite cut above the Lord Classic, itself a top-tier stainless blade, this is certainly a top-tier stainless blade if not simply just a top-tier blade. It's a stainless that plays like a platinum. If Gillette is BMW, Lord is SAAB ... and this blade is the 9-5 Aero. If the subsequent shaves are as consistent and good, it'll be a 9 or 9.5 in no time.

Still lovin' the hjm mop! It really suits the Wickham tubs, which suits me because Wickham 1912 suits me, which suits me because I have a good number of them. Shame that Citrus Musk has been discontinued because I think it's my favourite.
 
Micromatic Mon 28th SOTD
Soap The Goodfellas Smile Italian Orange
Brush Yaqi 24mm Sagrada Familia
Razor GEM Junior
Blade GEM Stainless 6th
Post & Aftershaves
Ice Water + Thayers + Hyaluronic
The Goodfellas Smile Chronos AS
Super nice lather from the soap. Creamy, slick, and nice orangy scent!
Shave with razor paired with a blade was good. The blade is still smooth and comfortable for 3passes except during atg on the chin abit jumpy. DFS++ to CCS result. Excellent post & aftershaves. Rating 9.5/10
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MarkP said:
Boxing day shave..

Soap - L'Occitane
Brush - Simpson Colonel
Razor - RazoRock BBS-SS
Blade - Personna Platinum
Balm - TOBS Jermyn Street

This was the first time I've ever used soap, it's always been cream for me. Other than having waaaaay too much lather(!) it went well, with an extremely comfortable & close shave. That was until I put balm on, when I got some stinging which I never usually get. It was also the first time I've tried this razor/blade combo, so I'll go back to cream tomorrow to see if it was the soap. Probably my skin getting used to it.

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Gotta be honest I love the tobs jermyn street scent and have never tried the balm but the shave cream gives me a stinging sensation and to say it's supposed to be for sensitive skin have heard quite a few getting reactions. It was my first tobs cream and I've avoided them ever since, real shame as the scent is amazing
 
Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Taj Resin 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Noble Otter ~ Barrbarr
Razor/Blade:- Merkur 34C / Gillette Nacets #1
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- Dolce&Gabbana Pour Homme
 
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