SOTD: Saturday 12 July - Friday 18 July 2025.

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Mike Smart said:
Razor = Ikon B1 with OSS Head
Blade = Gillette Winner Platinum ( 2 )
Brush = Yaqi Lucky Nice 26mm Synthetic
Cream = The Body Shop Maca Root & Aloe
with matching cooling gel
EDT The Body Shop Activist
View attachment 137440Fantastic 3 pass shave.
Only 1 or 2 more shaves & this cream is done.
i really like it so will probably get another.
Very underrated.
Start travelling home on saturday so a huge brucey bonus That’s Africa Done
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Safe journey.
 
Johnny Bravo said:
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My 31st Wedding Anniversary Shave today consisted of...
Prep Hot shower.
Bowl Japanese Sori Yanagi bowl.
Brush Highlander LE2023 Boar.
Soap 80th Anniversary.
Razors Osprey and ATT S1.
Blades Feather and Timor.
Post shave 80th Anniversary edt
Aftershave 80th Anniversary Edp.

As it's my wedding anniversary today I wanted the best shave I could get and nothing disappointed me.
It was a superb relaxing and perfect shave with a two pass and once over my perfectly formed head making it a stupendous
10/10 score.
Until the morrow.

See Ya Goodbye GIF by SWR3
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SOTD: 17th July 2025.

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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Cien Men Kenya Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Naturalé aloe Vera & olive oil bar soap.
Brush: Fine 24mm Synthetic.
Bowl Lather.
Bowl: Tesco's Ceramic 'Cosmo' Side Bowl.
Lather: Proraso Blue shaving cream.
Blade: Lord Shark Super Stainless. (D2)
Razor: 1950's Gillette Ball End Tech. (US)

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, /Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./.Aloe Vera Gel./ Superdrug Sierran Breeze ASL.

Greetings,

Early morning shave,

Another wonderful performance from the 1950's (US) Ball End Tech to finish my shaving week off wonderfully.

The Proraso Blue shaving cream created a nice creamy slick protective lather with only a small amount in a short space of time The residual slickness is excellent leaving a superb post-shave from the addition of the Aloe Vera and vitamin E making my mature skin feel soft & moisturized after the shave.

what I love about the Gillette tech design is they are such mild smooth efficient shavers especially the earlier models, it would be hard for me to choose a favourite because each one that i own is a joy to shave with...However, i find the 40's & 50's models are slightly more assertive with the right blade choice.

A close comfortable 2 pass + pick ups silky smooth shave with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a generous splash of Superdrug Sierran Breeze ASL.

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

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.:cool:
 
Thursday Morning ...

Decided to have another go with the Fatip this morning and I think this razor is definitely amongst the more aggressive I own if not the most aggressive. It takes a little longer than normal to align the blade but then it gets going nicely. Fancied trying an Indian Astra Green today with it which certainly mows through the growth easily enough. What I like about this razor is that when you have the angle wrong you get open comb style teeth marks on the shaving soap which helps me as a beginner sort my angle out.

Today's soap comes kindly from @Sandpaper (Cheers Abs) and is the Goodfellas Smile Royal Lime. These soaps for anyone who has not used them give great lathers and superb slickness. Their consistency is almost a mush - neither hard not soft - but they are absolute winners. I enjoyed the lime scent here today and have been wanting to try this for a while.

The alum block said in a loud voice that cutting had taken place today and so will rest the face now for a couple of days and switch to a milder razor for a day or two.

Enjoy your Thursday...

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