SOTD Saturday 11th November 2017 - Friday 17th November 2017

Date: 13 November 2017 "SOTM"

Pre: - Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush: - RazoRock Plissoft "BEEHIVE" Synth. 28/63mm knot
Lather: - Route 66 ~ Bay Lime Twist
Bowl: - Captain's Choice
Razor: - Colonial Razors ~ General SS
Blade: - Feather Artist Club Professional #14
Post: - Speick Aftershave Lotion / Bulldog Original Moisturiser
Fragrance: - Hugo Boss (Original)
 
Very nice.
 
Sunday's shave.

Pre-shave - Warm shower, hot water splash
Razor - Hone 15a.
Blade - Gillette Silver Blue (Day 1).
Soap - Essence of Scotland Sweet Gale Traditional Shaving Soap.
Bowl - Little Wren.
Brush - Omega Barbour Pole Synthetic.
Post shave - Myrsol Formula K, followed by Kiehl's Creme de Corps.

Away for the weekend, good to shave with the Hone 15a again. A very enjoyable 2 pass shave.

Forgot to take a moisturiser, nicked some of the Mrs Kiehl's Creme de Corps, which worked out very well - good stuff, although, it took some time to absorb into the skin.

All the best,

Chris
 
Sotd - 12/11

Razor - Gem MMOC brass
blade - ER Corrux (lost count)
brush - Semogue 1305
soap - RazoRock Puros tallow
post - Witch hazel
a/s - Extro Tabacco
balm - BBA
scent - Creed Tabarome.

Result - lovely. Everything a shave should be and nothing it shouldn't.

This razor has quickly become one of my favourites. I'd got the impression that - and indeed been directly warned by the seller - it could be a little 'feisty.' This has not been my experience of it. I have never felt concerned using it. It's heavy - so let gravity and the blade do their thing. I'm used to using a Cobra so maybe that's a factor - now, the old model R41 - there was a razor that scared me. I have brushes of different types - badger, horse, boar and mixed - at widely differing price points but I think I will always keep a 1305 in rotation. Mine is now properly broken in - split tips aplenty - took a while. It's as effective and enjoyable in use as brushes that cost me well over a £100 more. The Extro Tabacco and the Creed work well together for me. Where one scent leaves off the other picks up. Enjoy your shaves gentlemen - cheers - I.
 

+1 on the R41 :-o
 
OSP Barber Shop soap
RazoRock 400
Ever Ready 1912
Gem Stainless (1)
Lime witch hazel mixture
4711 Aftershave

This was my first shave with the 1912
I took it easy not knowing quite how the shave would go. Finding the right angle was easy so I gained confidence quite quickly
The shave wasn't as smooth as I had expected it to be but I blame this partly on my lather not being as good as it could have been and the lack of prep.
Even so, two days growth was removed with three passes and the result is BBS.
I'll make sure I prep before my next shave with this razor.
 
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