SOTD 12-18 January 2020

Wednesday, January 15

Hemingway Accoutrements~~Simpson~~Gillette~~Polsilver
Have a great day!

Wednesday January 15, 2020
2020 Shave # 16 ( 436 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Occam O.R.E.N.
Blade: Schick Proline (2)
Brush: Stirling Badger Fan
Soap: CBL Tonsorial Fresh Lime 3017 (16)
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla
Aftershave 2: Dragonsbeard Skin Food Splash
Fragrance: CK Euphoria Amber Gold

iKon 3X slant
Kai stainless blade
Gillette Pure shave cream
Zenith boar
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman bay rum

Razor: Meister 36, 6/8
Strop: Tony Miller/Mastro Livi
Brush: Thater 22mm travel
Pre-shave: Proraso white
Soap: Provence Sante Verlaine
Balm: OneBlade lavender
Finale: Fine American Blend

Well the maiden voyage of “The General” was so throughly enjoyed that I have been waiting to give it another go. The Rockwell 6C came up first though and did an exemplary job on Monday.

Soap of the day was Stirling Gatlinburg which is just fantastic. I can’t get enough of this scent! Though I normally keep this manly a scent away from the office...not today!

Two wonderful passes and wow! The General is a confirmed RAD killer! Well in the SE realm anyway....

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Colonial General SS
Blade: Schick ProLine
Brush: Rocky Mountain Barber Company - Best Badger
Lather: Stirling Gatlinburg
Aftershave: Stirling Gatlinburg
Additional Care:
B.I.G. Co. Alum Block

SOTD 01/15/20

Spent last night in our condo in Philly. I’d like to acknowledge Dave Saco (ECWS) from my Meetup for the inspiration to pull out my Colonial Silversmith. I keep forgetting what an incredibly great razor design it is! Kudos to Kyle and Kirk Evans of Colonial Razor here in Birdsboro, PA. I’d thought I had a tuck of Feather blades here in Philly. I did, but it was empty! So I had to settle for a Polsilver. Woe is me!! (Just kidding!) In any case, I do really like the Occam’s DE, which I’ve shaved with over the last week, but for me, the Silversmith edged it out in smoothness. One of my favorite shaving creams, Kapo, out of Bulgaria, provided a lovely protective cushion enhanced by the Grooming Dept’s Unscented Preshave Gel.
The Polsilver was fresh and sharp enough that I again experienced the total lack of auditory feedback associated with this razor. If I didn’t see the plethora of whiskers at each rinse, I would have thought there was no blade in the Silversmith. A bloodless, beautiful two pass face shave coupled with a single pass noggin scrape left me feeling clean, smooooth, cooool, and refreshed.

RAZOR: Colonial Silversmith
BLADE: Polsilver
BRUSH: WCS Best Badger
CREAM: Kapo Classic
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Dickinson’s WH and finished with Fine Snake Bite

Masamune Nodachi

Personna Comfort Coated

Shave Forge Boar 29x51mm

Dapper Dan

TOBS

Wednesday AM 2020-01-15

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Polo 2 Ivory Finest (28/60)
Boellis Panama Daytona 10 shaving cream
Gillette New Long Comb/Bob's Razor Works Amboyna Burl
Personna P74 Tungsten (5)
Barrister & Mann Cologne Russe aftershave


The Boellis has a woodsy, musky, citrus fragrance, and it made excellent lather, but my skin was left slightly red and burning, so perhaps there is an intolerable ingredient.  I'll give it at least one more try to see.  A very close, smooth shave for the first session of a Tai Chi class my wife and I are taking.