SOTD: Saturday 4 May - Friday 10 May 2024.

Monday (a dreich one, at that)

OSP Grapefruit and Menthol
RazoRock Disrupter 22mm synth
Face lather
Gillette RFB, England, 1934
Gillette Silver Blue
Fine Fresh Vetiver

Tragic that Mr. Fine has (afaik) ceased production of his vetiver based splashes. There are relatively few after shaves (but plenty EdTs, EdPs) that have prominent vetiver (although Ariana and Evans’ Vetiver Magnifique deserves a worthy mention).

 
As mentioned previously, a mate had a pile of these Men Advance stainless blades in his garage and gave me a handful to try. (He's a cartridge user so they were sat there for potential DIY use!). The blade is unmarked but the wrap says Dorco stainless and they are actually a very nice blade. This must be the 5th shave I've had from this one and it was smooth and close.
Enjoy your Bank Holiday.
 
06/05/24
Pre - Dove Original Beauty Cream Bar
Brush - Erasmic AP Shave Co Silksmoke 24mm
Soap - Ariana & Evans L'Orange Verte
Razor - Edwin Jagger DE86BL
Blade - Personna Med Prep
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Barts Balm Ben Macdui - Rosemary & Sandalwood
A/S - Dior Sauvage

During the shave i noticed i had started to get a skin tag just under my Adams apple, luckily the EJ only highlighted it was there, anyway after my shave and during the post shave i nipped it and pulled it off, alum rub and it looks sorted. Never had one of those before.
Enjoy your day all.
 
 
Second shave with the Professional blade.
Still getting the hang of this razor. I can't use it daily because my skin's just too sensitive but with a gap of a few days and a super-light touch I got a passable result

Rating: 4 / 5

Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2
Blade: Feather Professional
Brush: Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Amber Aerolite Stygian Synthetic
Pre-Shave: Aqueous Cream
Lather: RazoRock Barbershop Blue
Aftershave: Epsilon Mediterranean Blue
 
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