SOTD: Saturday 22th to Friday 28th of 2020


@Tony'schin Hi, I found a steep angle worked well with the Dart; much smoother and comfortable. As ever YMMV

Chris
 
Friday AM 2020-02-28

Rooney 1/3 Ivory Finest (26/55)
Penhaligon's English Fern shaving soap (tallow)
Paradigm Titanium II
Gillette Platinum 'Swede' (3)
Houbigant Fougère Royale aftershave (vintage)

Another excellent shave. My initial impression is that the overall shave quality of the 17-4 and that of the Titanium II are quite close, with the 17-4 having just a very slight edge, probably due to its greater weight adding to the stroke smoothness. The lighter Titanium II seems to be a bit more comfortable for me because I have a mild tremor in my dominant, razor-holding hand. I'll use the 17-4 again tomorrow with vintage Floris Santal cream.
 

Prep: Bath
Pre: Proraso red
Soap: MWF
Brush: Moka Express 2 band badger
Razor/Blade: Feather ASD2/Feather (3)
Post: Alum and cold water splash
ASL: Proraso green
Smooth 3 pass evening shave. The Moka Express was new out the box and apart from soaking in water whilst I bathed it had no preparation. I was very impressed with its lathering ability on its first outing. It has good backbone and was easy to hold, however it did pong a bit!
 
Ferry-shave said:
@Tony'schin Hi, I found a steep angle worked well with the Dart; much smoother and comfortable. As ever YMMV

Chris
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Honestly Chris, I have tried everything with this one. He just seems to want to rule the roost with me. I am more confident with a straight?
I do love the look of him though so he gets to stay. I suppose that as I change razors a lot he is not getting my attention. I have many "Wild" razors that I can pick up a go. No worries.
The Dart seems to be my lifetime challenge, pair it with a Polsilver and I am in deep trouble. He is a handsome boy though.
8 hrs later and I am still real smooth from 2 full passes.
My shave angle with him is laterally a razor blades thickness between heaven and hell.
That's what you get when you are still shaving bumfluff at 57. This fella needs stair-rods.
T
 
Soap PAA Solstice
Brush Yaqi 26mm Moka Express
Razor Gillette Tech
Blade Gillette Wilkinson Sword 2nd use
Post & Aftershave
Omega Alum + Thayers Lemon
Clubman Whisky Woods
Face lather. Slowly add water and turns out to be a blooming creamy thick and slick lather.
Shave with razor and blade pairing was good. Not overly sharp but smooth. Good 3+1 pass of wtg, xtg/atg, atg and pickup atg. BBS 80% above jawline but below was just DFS. Rating 9/10 no weepers nor irritations.

 
For my final shave of this SOTD week I give you my themed shave 'Scribble'



My granddaughter aged two was in the house the other day drawing away and I asked 'Oh that is nice what are you drawing?' She replied 'Don't be silly granddad I can' t draw I am only a baby. I'm scribbling'. So I dedicate my shave to her.

Zuzu's granddad's razor - Ikon SB in proprietary black
Zuzu's granddad's blade - Polsilver Lodz
Zuzu's granddad's brush - Razorock 400
Zuzu's granddad's soap - James Riley No.8

God bless the little people

Not the best of shaves but not because of the accruttements as they were all damn fine but more down to being tired at work, rushing, bad lighting in my cabin bathroom and piss poor excuses. A kind of scribbled shave. Influences and sympathy I think.

One nick and a few weepers but it is what I would expect from the Ikon with a new out of the packet blade. Being tired, rushing bad lighting etc etc etc. Did I mention piss poor excuses?

Still the razor was great, the soap brilliant and the brush very brushy. @James Riley has done a nice job with this 'aren't I a lucky bugger?' soap which is going to be my soap of the week through to Thursday.

So tomorrow we have the job of being the standby tug on the Navy's finest which rolled in to Liverpool this afternoon. HMS Prince of Wales.



And more than likely another below par shave so I'll probably give it a miss.

Smoother than a sheet of sandpaper and smelling divine on diesel fumes.

https://giphy.com/E1nmJB4tbsGUo
Have a great weekend you most wonderful forum folks and keep on scribbling your way through it all. My granddaughter knows it makes sense even if I don't.

I leave you with some more beavers

 
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