SOTD : Saturday 20th June - Friday 26th June 2020

Saturday AM 2020-06-20
Summer Begins
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Rooney 3/2 Faux Horn Finest (24/54)
Art of Shaving Rose Absolute shaving cream (vintage)
Wolfman WR1-OC/WRH7
Gillette Super Stainless 'Spoiler' (3)
Ginger's Garden Rose Petals aftershave
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20 June

Meißner Tremonia Dark Limes
Simpson M7 Manchurian
Feather AS-D1
Feather Hi-stainless
Fine Snakebite asl

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An excellent shave this morning with the Feather accompanied by an equally spectacular lather from the Meißner Tremonia soap and M7 brush. This Simpson brush is an exceptional lather machine and definitely a favourite brush.
 
Saturday 20th June
Prep: Cold face wash Wilko
Soap: Sample from Bazz (thought i lost it thank god i found it bloody excellent soap)
Brush: Yaqi 26mm Moka Express 2 band
Razor: Rockwell 6C Plate 5
Blade: Gillette Platinum (1)
Post: Cold water rinse
AS: Paco Rabanne Pour Homme
ASB: Creightons Sensitive
 
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Sat 20th June

Omega 11126 boar
P & B Spitfire
Personna Super S/S Inj.
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P & B Spitfire A/S Splash

This is one of the Two Injectors that took me a long time to master, and apparently I am not the only one. I solved the problem by using a Personna blade which was not actually a favourite of mine. However ,I now get good Shaves with it not always top tier but pretty good.
The other Injector that troubled for a long time was The Supply V1, and even now with a V2 No3 plate I find it to be too mild for me.

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NatJag said:
Pre - Shower / Face wash
Cream - GFT Eucris
Brush - RazoRock Bruce
Razor - Merkur 34
Blade - Personna Red (4)
Post - Alum followed by GFT Skin food. Some moisturiser with SPF about 30 mins later.

A nice three pass shave with a few pick-ups. I don't usually bother doing pick-ups unless I've a long day ahead, which I haven't. No feedback from Mr Alum. Still managed to find a few rough patches 30-60 mins later. Anyone else find that?

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Sotd - which day? - answers on a postcard please.

razor - Gillette Slim (4)
blade - Lodz Polsilver (Polaroid camera - 5)
brush - Yaqi 22mm Cola synth
soap - Extro - Egyptian Oudh - vegan
post - cold water
a/s - RazoRock - Santa Maria del Fiore
balm - none needed
scent - none used.

Not sure where to start - lets change three variables at the same time - as you are told not to do - but hey - f**k it - rules are made to be broken. Who can resist new shaving porn? In reverse order - I own other RazoRock aftershaves - this one was - as I might expect of the brand - a nice 'ooft' from the alcohol as it went on - I notice it has castor oil in the ingredients - as said before - always works for my skin - good longevity of scent - tobacco forward - very good indeed for me - I can still smell it some 6 hours on. I'd definitely consider the soap to match. My first use of an Extro soap - it was not a disappointment - I now realise it deserves the high praise it mostly gets - I'd buy another - without doubt. Stupidly easy to lather - nice heavy glass jar - fits well in the hand as you load - although you wouldn't want to drop it on your foot accidentally. I don't own any other product that is described as oudh - so I have no benchmark - but it comes across as woody (he -he heh heh heh - sorry - Beavis and Butthead moment - he said woody) - resinous, musky and exotic - if that makes any sense. Very much a masculine scent. Finally - yes - finally - the Yaqi brush - was a revelation to me - on first look the handle is - obviously - gorgeous - ergonomic in my big hands, but I had little expectation of the knot - too soft for face lathering - or so I thought - how wrong was I? - it performed spectacularly well - the short loft really saves it - feels amazing on the face - lather like I seldom see - it won't replace my badgers but - the second synth knot - after an AP Shave SilkSmoke - I have actually enjoyed using. Combined with the Extro soap - and the Santa Maria - no need for any post balm - my skin - still - feels amazing. Job done. Take care - one and all - lets not take our eye off the ball - safety wise - yours - I.

@Boycie83 - cheers - what is the type of synthetic knot in that brush? I tried to look it up - but my browser - Firefox - which is ramped up to the nines with security stuff - script and ad blockers, anti-trackers etc - has a fit when I point it at Ali Express - as they do with me. They won't let me into or reset my account. Possibly somewhat ironic - as I use a Huawei phone.
 
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My bathroom time today included a shave with the theme 'Enochs, Eunuchs and Ewoks'.

The remainder of my bathroom time was spent Brushing my teeth which didn't carry a theme.

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Methuselah, who's ya daddy? - Enoch the SE razor
Castrato - Kai the sharp object Captain
Wicket W. Warwick - Razorock 400
Thomas 'Boston' Corbett soap - Extro Arancia
Chuckha Trok - Nivea moisturiser

All over the place today when it came to a theme.

Do I go with Ewoks? A Steiff with anger management issues. Collectively known as the 'Bright Trees Village Firm'

And what do Ewoks know about shaving?

Or was it to be Eunuchs? A load of no bollocks.

Or back to Enochs? But I do recall among the forum rules 'no religious or political topics'. Being as the name Enoch covers both sins I decided again another load of Eunuchs.

Nae baws as our Glaswegian contingency would say


'And so I simply removed his testicles. We don't tend to smile too much these days. I don't know why?'

Another day out for the Enoch and another day risking fingers. It is odd that it is a razor with more danger attached pre-shave than it is using it. The blade retaining pins are incredibly shallow and so positioned for maximum awkwardness and hence the blade keeps falling out. 15 minutes loading a blade for a 5 minute shave. Much like sex according to Mrs Satanfriendly.

Whatever the frustration may be it is still turning out to be one great little razor. I am starting to really get the hang of this thing. The angle, preferred blade and general all round shavabilityness. Certainly a change of Blade to the Captain has made a world of difference, even if it remains a traumatic experience to change the damn thing.

Throw some wonderful and brilliant Extro Arancia in to the mix somewhere and hey presto a super Bristle removing exercise. Damn it, this is good. Damn it this is one smooth face and damn it because you can damn it for damn it sake.

Have a great Sunday and week ahead everyone and wish everyone and their families good health.

A few friends over here so must go join them
Can't say the missus and her sisters are too chuffed about it
Damn it! That's a NO NO

 
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Sotd - which day? - answers on a postcard please.

razor - Gillette Slim (4)
blade - Lodz Polsilver (Polaroid camera - 5)
brush - Yaqi 22mm Cola synth
soap - Extro - Egyptian Oudh - vegan
post - cold water
a/s - RazoRock - Santa Maria del Fiore
balm - none needed
scent - non used.

Not sure where to start - lets change three variables at the same time - as you are told not to do - but hey - f**k it - rules are made to be broken. Who can resist new shaving porn? In reverse order - I own other RazoRock aftershaves - this one was - as I might expect of the brand - a nice 'ooft' from the alcohol as it went on - I notice it has castor oil in the ingredients - as said before - always works for my skin - good longevity of scent - tobacco forward - very good indeed for me - I can still smell it some 6 hours on. I'd definitely consider the soap to match. My first use of an Extro soap - it was not a disappointment - I now realise it deserves the high praise it mostly gets - I'd buy another - without doubt. Stupidly easy to lather - nice heavy glass jar - fits well in the hand as you load - although you wouldn't want to drop it on your foot accidentally. I don't own any other product that is described as oudh - so I have no benchmark - but it comes across as woody (he -he heh heh heh - sorry - Beavis and Butthead moment - he said woody) - resinous, musky and exotic - if that makes any sense. Very much a masculine scent. Finally - yes - finally - the Yaqi brush - was a revelation to me - on first look the handle is - obviously - gorgeous - ergonomic in my big hands, but I had little expectation of the knot - too soft for face lathering - or so I thought - how wrong was I? - it performed spectacularly well - the short loft really saves it - feels amazing on the face - lather like I seldom see - it won't replace my badgers but - the second synth knot - after an AP Shave SilkSmoke - I have actually enjoyed using. Combined with the Extro soap - and the Santa Maria - no need for any post balm - my skin - still - feels amazing. Job done. Take care - one and all - lets not take our eye off the ball - safety wise - yours - I.

@Boycie83 - cheers - what is the type of synthetic knot in that brush? I tried to look it up - but my browser - Firefox - which is ramped up to the nines with security stuff - script and ad blockers, anti-trackers etc - has a fit when I point it at Ali Express - as they do with me. They won't let me into or reset my account. Possibly somewhat ironic - as I use a Huawei phone.
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loving you SOTD picture, great image looking through the brush handle, thinking outside of the box. :cool: P.
 
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Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap, Myrsol Emulsion
Brush: Tony Forsyth P&C LE 2017 Platypus High Mountain White Badger
Soap: Squadron Group Captain's Blend
Razor: Wolfman WR1
Blade: Vintage NOS English Wilkinson Sword (1)
Post: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel; Myrsol Agua De Limon Aftershave Splash
Scent: GFT Eucris

The approach of the winter solstice called for a warm and comforting soap - Group Captain's Blend was just the ticket.
A light touch is paramount with the very sharp vintage English Wilkies - resulting in me being a happy chappy and BBS :).
 



SOTD : 21st June 2020.



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Shaving recipe for today.



Prep: Warm shower / Original Source ~ Tingly Mint & Tea Tree Shower Gel.



Pre:


Cold wet flannel to my face.


Wilko ~ Men's Face Wash + Nuage Menthol shaving Oil.



Brush: Wilkinson Sword Boar.



Bowl Lather.


Tesco's Ceramic 'Cosmo' Side Bowl.



Soap : Williams Mug shaving soap.



Blade: Indian Gillette Wilkinson Sword ~ Saloon Pack .(2)


Razor: Merkur ~ 37C.


Post:

Cold Water Face Rinse./Homemade peppermint eucalyptus, Tea Tree , lemon essential Oils + menthol crystals Witch Hazel Mixture./ Old Spice ~ Swagger ASL.

Aloe Vera Gel.


A relaxing father's day / summer solstice sunday morning shave.

This morning i used some scrapings of williams pressed into my mixing bowl which created a slick protective lather for the shave.

Another comfortable 3 pass + pick ups BBS with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a generous dollop of Aloe Vera Gel.

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

Stay safe , and enjoy the father's day / sunday summer solstice ladies & gentlemen.:cool:



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