SOTD : Saturday 12th June to Friday 18th June 2021.

I knew you would get there, a match made in heaven that - SE50 & SF

I still love watching that video.
 
Enjoyable shave with my Lund near wedge today - I think somewhere I’d read that John & Wm Ragg made these for Lunds. I don’t know but they are wonderful razors.

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Savile Row 3824
Ethos Lisse Collection Lavender Shave Soap
Lund near wedge 11/16, er 17.4625mm
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl
 
Prep: Shower and PAA cube unscented.

Pre: PAA cube

Soap: Cowshed bullocks smooth shaving cream

Brush: Yaqi lucky dice

Razor: Pearl Flexi

Blade: Persona Viking Sword

Post: Alum, Baxter’s of California Shave Tonic and Baxter’s aftershave balm.

My first attempt at lathering this was a disappointment but I realised I hadn’t used quite enough or lathered long enough, after a longer lather and adding a little more cream created a lovely double cream like lather with a great dark citrus kick, almost verging on lemongrass, (although it supposed to have lemon and orange peel in). The Flexi just handled beautifully and it gave a fabulously efficient shave. I finished with 3 passes with my alum, Baxter’s balm and a splash of L’eau D’issey complemented it brilliantly.
 

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Fri 18 SOTD
Soap Henri et Victoria Cognac & Cuban Cigars
Brush Yaqi 24mm Atlantis
Razor RazoRock SLOC
Blade Wetell Super Stainless 4th Use
Post & Aftershaves Ice Water + Stirling Witchhazel MitA + Hyaluronic + HeV CCC Balm
Awesomely aromatic cigarish/cognac scent from this soap! Today's lather was great...creamy and very slick...
Shave with the razor paired with the blade was nice, smooth and comfortable in 3passes for a bbs/dfs result without any issues. Aftershaves were fantastic.
 

Prep: Shower, Palmolive Olive Oil Soap
Soap: Stirling Hipster
Brush: 24mm Yaqi Aqua Beaux Silvertip Premium synthetic`
Razor: Merkur 34C HD
Blade: Voskhod (3)
Post: Superdrug Sierran Breeze ASL, Baxters Balm

Another faff-free shave. I'm rather enjoying the simplicity of recent shaves, and I think this is largely driven by confidence in the components. The Merkur has been a dream to shave with since I picked it up from the Emporium, and as usual the Voskhod delivered. That's the Stirling soap just about finished - a decent run considering it was one of their sample pucks that I picked up last year. Not sure if I'll rush back to Stirling while there are so many more brands to try, but it's served me well.
 
Todays Cold Water Shave Kit - Friday 18th June 2021

Shave Score 9.85/10.0

PreShave: Hot Shower \ Baxter’s Face Scrub
PreShave: PAA The Cube 2.0 "Menthol"
Soap: P&B Wilderness Vegan Soap
Brush: Yaqi 24mm - Atlantis
Razor: FaTip Lo Storto
Blade: Gillette Perma-Sharp (2)
Post Shave ASL: Pinaud - Classic Vanilla
Post Shave Balm: Baxters
Post Shave Cologne: Geoffrey Beene - Bowling Green

Ok so today was my first ever shave with a slant, namely the Lo Storto, what an absolute delight, just took to it immediately, I was wizzing around my face on 3 passes, really noticed how much easier the ATG pass was, ended up with a FF/BBS Shave yet again.

My only question is now how to decide what razor to use out of my 4 as I seem to be a able get a great shave with all 4 of them now

The new P&B Vegan Soap was great, a stronger scent than the Lavandula one, a nice juniper scent, tons of residual slickness left after a pass, easy to face lather after 15 seconds of load up.

Have a good day all.

Joe

 
18/06/21
Pre: Shower, Cold water Face Rinse
Brush: Silver Birch Brushes - Cocobolo
Soap: Signature Soap Vectis
Razor: Pearl Flexi Adjustable #4, #4, #3
Blade: PERSONNA Platinum Chrome (2)
Post shave: Cold water splash, TC's Infused Witch Hazel
Balm: Barts Balm Lime Balm & Lotion
Aftershave: Vintage Ferd. Mülhens Vintage 4711 EDC

Getting the hang of this razor now, to finish off the Pearl Flexi week i bowl lathered the Signature soap Vectis in my Bideford pottery bowl as it suits the large SBB 26mm silvertip knot, resulting in massive amounts of the good stuff, the grapefruit seems to the fore today, very nice.
I set the razor on #4 after yesterdays success and i wanted to push it a bit, i completed the WTG pass, on this setting i am definitely getting a little more blade feel, not too much and very manageable. A quick check to find it had done a fine job, the blade feeling very smooth and comfortable, i left it on #4 to complete the ATG, again very smooth and comfortable with that hint of blade feel. I dialed it down to #3 as after a check i still required the XTG on the cheeks, chin and top lip. Very smooth. i think i have found a compatible blade for me. Very happy with that.
I know i have the Valentia splash in the photo, however, a last minute change of mind resulted in a Barts Balm Lime face massage and then i reached to the back of the splash shelf and pulled out the Vintage 4711, fantastic.
Right then, a rest for the PFA until it goes up against my other adjustable's and the Blackland shaves will resume next week.
Stay safe and enjoy your day All.
 
Thank you for your support this week, it means a lot.
 
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