SOTD : Saturday 14th April - Friday 20th April 2018.

Cold water shaving is the way forward, Paul.
 
Wednesday evening

Phoenix and Beau Spitfire
RazoRock Plissoft 24mm
Face lather
ER 1924 on iKon OSS steel handle
Gem SS PTFE
Thayer's Cucumber and Aloe Vera
Proraso M&E after Shave

A great shave tonight. The iKon handle gives a lovely weight and balance to the 1924 head. The Spitfire gave out its usual thick, slick, protective tallowy goodness and I was rewarded with a tremendously efficient 3 pass shave.

I still think the Proraso M&E is one of the best after shaves in that price range: bracing eucalyptus with a smashing cool menthol burn; and a great post-shave feel.
 
Every collection deserves a 1912 or two, Wayne
 
Sotd - Wednesday - 18/4/18

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Polsilver SI (2)
brush - Simpsons Wee Scot LE - tortoise shell handle
soap - Haslinger Sheep
post - witch hazel
a/s - Nivea 2 in 1.

Result - bbs but a face feeling like a well skelped arse. Good luck with that phrase if you aren't Scottish.

Thanks to K. for minding me to pick up the Wee Scot - quoting - 'The Wee Scot has quite a bit of prickle and scritch' when new - yup - in my experience the prickle goes but the scritch doesn't. It's one of the reasons I like this brush so much. I only face lather - and find the Wee Scot beautifully precise in use. The very opposite of a wall of silver tip badger. In addition it is perfect for using with the diminutive Haslinger pucks. I notice that Simpsons are doing a super badger version at the moment - I'm not sure if that would help the brush - and the rod stock for the handles is just plain ugly - bright garish colours. The price of them? Not for me. So - even - a couple of shaves into my comparison of the Mergress and Rockwell - I know what the result will be - with the former - `i know I have shaved - I can feel it on my face - with the latter - you are thinking - did I put a blade in the razor? Yours - one and all - I.

@Boru62
 
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Pre: Baby Dove Head To Toe Wash
Razor: Muhle Rocca R96
Blade: Perma-sharp (1)
Soap: ABC
Brush: Unbranded Chinese 24mm Synthetic
Post: eShave Lavender Aftershave Soother



Better late than never... I'm really getting into this razor (report to come). Efficient sums it up in one word. I thought the baby wash with a high glycerine content would make an ideal pre-shave. Unfortunately not as it doesn't leave sufficient residual slickness, so it's now heading to the shower.​
 
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