SOTD: April 2026

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8 April 2026
Overall Rating: ★★★★☆ (Great Shave)
Smoothness: ★★★★☆ (Very Smooth)
Irritation: ★☆☆☆☆ (Zero Burn)

Time of Day: Evening
Blade Uses: 1
Passes: 2

Razor: Above The Tie Windsor R plate
Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium
Soap: Stirling Bay Rum
Brush: Highlander Blue G5C fan
Pre-Shave: Mr Myrsol Emulsion
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Virginia Island Bay Rum

No shave talk tonight as history is in the making above our heads.
Breaking news....

NASA has released the 1st picture from the dark side of the moon .
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Wednesday 8th April 2026
ARTISAN APRIL

Pre Shave: Wash / Refinery Shave oil
Soap: PAA Clubman
Brush: Runeman Badger/Boar
Bowl: Runeman ceramic bowl
Razor: Christopher Bradley Karve SB D plate
Blade: Treet Platinum
Post Shave: TN Dickinson Witch Hazel, PAA Clubman Aftershave, Refinery Post Shave Balm

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Wednesday 8th April...

A very sunny and warm day today but I'm quite tired after a lot of walking. The Nacet #3 continues to impress with another supreme shave without issue. One oddity to report is that I'm having to reload the brush much more often than at home. The lather is very thin at times and that's with two different soaps which normally lather very well indeed. No idea why - maybe hard water rather than soft water? Anyway, the shave was excellent.

Enjoy your evening...

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Wed 8th April
Aleppo soap - Shave pre wash
Cyril Salter - MS Ed2band
Vitos Super Red
Claymore Evolution V1
Feather Pro ( 6 )
Massimo Dutti A/S Lotion

Somehow have been misidentifying my Razors, thinking that this EVo is a RR Hawk V3, and actually calling it a Hawk in mt SOTD.
Must put it down to old age.
Had a back to back Shave today, should do it more often as. It was extremely smooth with a great close

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Pre-shave; Warm shower, face rinse with MWF bar soap.
Brush; AP Shave Co, Etched Series ‘’Sea Voyager’’, Red resin handle and a 24mm AP Luxury bulb knot of mixed hair, 70% 2 band Finest Badger & 30% Pure Boar. Looks great with the Old Spice set!!
Soap; Old Spice, soap puck 3.75oz (1965-75) in a late 02 milk-glass mug ‘’Grand Turk’’ (1964-78)
Razor; Carbon, CX-Graphite (Ti), with an Original (0.68mm) webbed base plate, 49gms.
From Sean @ Carbon Razors, the razor is from 1 of 2 ‘’Small Batch’’ runs, approx 30 razors in total produced.
Blade; Gillette, Super Stainless, the SPOILER. (8)
Post-shave; Shulton, Old Spice Original, red plastic bottle, 150ml (Bottle style 1986)
Cologne/EDP;
Moisturiser;
Attar (Perfume Oil);
Shave; Vintage shave with Old Spice, not a lot else to say is there? The Spoiler is on usage No 8, bloody Classic blade highly recommend, try if you haven’t, superb.
 
Casey 1988 said:
Today's shave at 3:30 pm.

Today's shave before the shower was a 9.5/10, using dial 2 then moving to dial 3 with 1 micro mini cut. I got a BBS shave. Today was Personna USA 100 pack from 2017, day 12 top/total shaves.

Unless on a plane or similar deal where I can't deal with own luggage I will be using my Micro Touch One pre Rick Harris endorsed. So I used like always my H 2 or 1962 Gillette Adjustable 1960's era unless it breaks or starts failing for daily use, then I use my unknown year backup of Gillette Adjustable 1960's era where the current one if still usable becomes the backup


I did use Arko in a Harvey & Cavendish tin I have with the cheap Chinese Travel Bush with unbleached Boar hairs. I had 1 short hair come out and that was all. I am still thinking Domestic Boar like a Potbelly Pig for the Boar hair.

I did use the Arko on the lid of the Harvey & Cavendish tin again to build up a soap and I used less soap than I do when trying to get the soap from the stick to lather up and try to grab the lather I made on the stick. This method of Arko on the cap also made a better, still thin, but soapy lather then when using just the stick and face with brush. I did when done rinse off the lid and dry inside off when done so I do not have a sticky or lid that could leak out some soap or suction/stick the lid on that water could do as well. This is currently my shave method outside of shaving during the shower for now until I change tins to a bigger tin or use something else like a secondary bowl for normal home use. I also had again the lather perfect for the tin's lid due to where I did need to add a little extra soap but not much. I had to add to moustache and upper chin more soap as it soaked in during the shave.
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Today's shave at 8:40 pm.

Today's shave before the shower was a 9/10, using dial 3 then moving to dial 4 with 1 micro mini cut on moustache due to not enough Arko soap then going too hard on my chin to get 3 mini cuts. I got a BBS shave. Today was Personna USA 100 pack from 2017, day 13 top/total shaves.

Unless on a plane or similar deal where I can't deal with own luggage I will be using my Micro Touch One pre Rick Harris endorsed. So I used like always my H 2 or 1962 Gillette Adjustable 1960's era unless it breaks or starts failing for daily use, then I use my unknown year backup of Gillette Adjustable 1960's era where the current one if still usable becomes the backup.

I did use Arko in a Harvey & Cavendish tin I have with the cheap Chinese Travel Bush with unbleached Boar hairs. I had 1 short hair come out and that was all. I am still thinking Domestic Boar like a Potbelly Pig for the Boar hair.

I did use the Arko on the lid of the Harvey & Cavendish tin again to build up a soap and I used less soap than I do when trying to get the soap from the stick to lather up and try to grab the lather I made on the stick. This method of Arko on the cap also made a better, still thin, but soapy lather then when using just the stick and face with brush. I did when done rinse off the lid and dry inside off when done so I do not have a sticky or lid that could leak out some soap or suction/stick the lid on that water could do as well. This is currently my shave method outside of shaving during the shower for now until I change tins to a bigger tin or use something else like a secondary bowl for normal home use. I also had again the lather perfect for the tin's lid due to where I did need to add a little extra soap but not much. I had to add to everything but moustache I did first some more Arko soap as I originally did not add enough to the shave then went too aggressive on my chin due to one small spot getting a hair too much soap. Lucky the shower kept the blood to a minimum.
 

SOTD: 9th April 2026.

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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/BULLDOG Lemon & Bergamot Energize Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Fine 24mm Synthetic.
Face Lather.
Lather: Lea Shave Stick.
Blade: Dorco Prime Platinum.(D2)
Razor: Baili BD 177 Rose Gold TTO.

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's,/Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.5 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With Care+ Witch Hazel./Cien Men Aqua ASL./Nivea Men Replenishing PSB.

Greetings,

A simple, but very enjoyable shave to finish my shaving week off with no drama. I find the Lea shave stick is absolutely superb, not just for it's price tag, but most importantly for it's performance & post shave feel.

Finishing to the shave off with a few small dollops of Nivea Men Replenishing PSB.

My face is feeling super smooth & smelling divine.;)

Stay safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.:cool:
 
Thursday 9th April
Valet VC1 Patent anniversary
Valet Autostrop VC1 + Modified GEM Stainless #1 + Zenith 507 + Vitos Red Super + Benjamins Bay Rum + Aloe Vera Gel
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09/04/26
Pre - Droyt's Classic Glycerose Soap
Brush - AP Shave Co UBrush 24mm Boti SHD Fan SMF (Stone Middle Flower) Badger
Soap - 1912 Citrus Musk
Razor - Gillette King C 3Pc - Razorock Stainless Bulldog
Blade - Gillette Perma - sharp
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Tonyschin's Lime E45 / Argan oil Balm
A/S - 1912 Citrus Musk
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Enjoy your day all.
 
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Thursday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Shannon's Soaps Indigo Oud Shave Soap
Jayaruh #425 Synthetic
Schick Stick Injector Razor
Personna Injector Blade
Cold Water Rinse
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Derby Chop Shop After Shave Tonic

The Shannon's Soaps Indigo Oud Shave Soap face-lathered well with Jayaruh #425 Synthetic brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick Stick Injector Razor and the Personna Injector Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Derby Chop Shop After Shave Tonic. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
 
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Pre shave: Hot shower and Neutrogena glycerin soap bar
Razor: 1960 Gillette 195 Adjustable (7)
Blade: Feather (7)
Brush: Yaqi Sigrada Familia 24mm synthetic
Bowl: Captains choice copper
Soap: Stirling Margaritas in the arctic
Post shave: Nivea men sensitive cool post shave balm

A very nice fresh mentholated shave this afternoon with FatBeauty.
3 smooth passes with a hint of that signature Feather prickle on the third pass ATG, but no tugging, so the blade may or may not need to be banked next time.
We'll see.

Margaritas in the arctic was the perfect mix of citrus scent and a refreshing amount of menthol for this intermittently sunny day.

Finished off with Niveas cool balm.

Hope you all have great shaves and a great close to the week!
 
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