SOTD 11-17 September 2016

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Razor: Merkur 34C HD
Blade: Personna Blue
Brush: Thäter 4376/2 Finest Badger Silver
Soap: Klar Seifen Klassik
A/S: Klar Rasierwasser Klassik

--
John

Sunday

Sunday 11 September 2016



Getting Ready to Go Back Home

I am getting ready to go back home and before leaving it is always my custom to shave. As this Club Razor has been the only one I brought with me in this month's trip, I used again this Mastro Livi's masterpiece for today's shave. Smooth and velvety, giving a very close shave, the privileged ones who own this beauty know what I am talking about. As for the rest, I used my own homemade shaving soap - in my opinion one of the very best soaps I have ever used in my life - as well as the luxurious and fragrant ending touch of one my favorite aftershaves: Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve.

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
  
• Soap: RazorGuy Shaving Soap
  
• Brush: Omega Bristle #10275
  
• Bowl: Chinese Bowl
  
• Strop: Mastro Livi Travel Loom Strop and Hand Palm
  
• Razor: Mastro Livi Club Razor 2016 CarboInox, 7/8 Full Hollow, Spanish Point
  
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
  
• Post-Shave: Umbrian Extravirgin Olive Oil
  
• After Shave: Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve
  

soap: mickey lee soapworks the kraken
brush: morris + forndran + boucher discolo
razor: wolfman wr1-oc on wrh7 handle
blade: gillette silver blue
aftershave: mickey lee soapworks the kraken

Prep - Noxzema / Hot towel
Pre shave - Proraso
Razor – Barbaros TR-1
Blade – BIC Chrome Platinum
Brush - 'Papa Chub' (Chubby 3 Manchurian)
Soap – Mike's Natural
Post - Witch Hazel

WOOP WOOP, the Bic provided a wonderfully comfortable shave with the TR-1. Yeah, I'm pleased with that. RESULT!

11 September 2016

* Muhle DE89 + Stork Aristocrat 1 Titanium
* Iridium Super
* Epsilon 2-Band + Doug Korn Rootbeer Translucent Taca
* AoS Sandalwood
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

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Patriot Day Shave

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Welcome Back NFL!

Custom Seahawk's Superbowl XLVIII Brush
I Coloniali Soap
Schick '66 Injector
Schick Platinum (Made in Holland, still going strong from last NFL season)
Proraso Green Splash

Sunday AM 2016-09-11

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney 1/2 Faux Horn Finest (24mm/58mm)
Acqua di Parma Colonia soft soap + AdP Colonia shaving cream
Delta Echo Feather AS-D2/Weber Bulldog
Perma-Sharp Super (5)
Acqua di Genova 1853 aftershave

9.11.2016

Never Forget...

A very difficult day for all Americans, and especially New Yorkers. Many people in this area were touched by the tragedies that occurred 15 years ago. A good friend and co-worker lost his brother, a FDNY Firefighter from Squad 18, in the North Tower that day. I remember the rites of laying him to rest like they were yesterday ... very emotional. May we never forget the souls that were lost ..

On to the shave ..

Warm Water Splash
Martin de Candre Shave Soap
Simpsons Colonel X2L in 2-Band Super .. The Ehsan
Tanifuji's Cape 2000 .. For Barber's Use
Scrupleworks Vegetable Tanned Horse .. 30/50
Witch Hazel
Hugo Boss EdT

The mighty Oaks are beginning to drop their crop of acorns, and many of my wife's plants are going to seed. The Fall cannot arrive soon enough for me!

This was an extremely close and comfortable shave .. So impressive that I had to go back to my notes to see which stone this razor was finished on. As suspected, it was the Nakayama Kiita .. A stone I will need to revisit!

Have a great week, everyone!

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