SOTD 10-16 November 2019

Razor: Wacker 6/8
Strop: Tony Miller/Mastro Livi
Brush: Custom 24mm silvertip
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: Castle Forbes 1445
Balm: Castle Forbes lavender
Finale: Pecksniff’s 

Monday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: La Toja Cream
Razor: Vintage Gillette Fat Boy
Blade: Vintage Personna 74 Tungsten (3)
Brush: oscar11/TGN High Mountain White-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Stirling Sandpiper w/Menthol
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
La Toja Cream today. 10 seconds to load the oscar11/TGN High Mountain White brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna 74 Tungsten in the vintage Gillette Fat Boy. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Stirling Sandpiper aftershave.
 
Bob
 

CG L2 SS (on loan)/Gillette Platinum/Yaqi 28mm Tux Barber pole/Grooming Dept Tao
Lea aftershave Locion/Parfums de Marly Darley Eau de Parfum 

Somewhere in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, 1967-68. Here is to all my fellow Vietnam veterans:

11 November 2019

* Blackbird Brass SB 101
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* Shavemac D01 2-Band Marble Blue
* Mystic Water Cedar/Sage
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

Beautiful!  Thank you.    

Thank you for your kind words. 

Monday AM 2019-11-11

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Stubby 3 Porcelain Finest (26/54)
Tcheon Fung Sing Tabacco Verde shaving soap
Wolfman WR1-SB Titanium 0.61/UFO Little Titan
Gillette Platinum 'Swede' (7)
Cigar Aficionado aftershave

First use of the (Chinese) Suneko blades (not sure where I got these), stacked two in the Shake Sharp, first pass not particularly sharp or smooth but they got better and by the end of the head shave I was perfectly content, Best Shave A Man Can Get Even With Unknown Chinese Blade. Love the Proraso also.

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SOTD - 2019.11.11 (Veteran’s day)
Growth: 24 h
Brush: ŌKU Botiho by P&P- 25mm two band high density
Soap: B&M Cool
Razor: Rex
Blade: Gillette yellow
Post: lather face wash, alum, concoction (*), PAA mysterium serum
Passes: 2 - WTG (2.5), XTG (1)
Rating: 4.7/5

(*) witch hazle 50ml, 5ml glycerin, tea tree (10), Argan (25), bergamot (10), pachuli (5), menthol crystals - (drops)

Still dialing in the Rex. With this setup it gave me a nice overall shave though the alum block was a bit vocal in some areas under the chin.
Raiding the cap do make a difference. Though it is a bit odd finding the angle.


Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA