SOTD 12-18 January 2020

Date:- 18 January 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Declaration Grooming ~ Massacre of the Innocents (Milksteak formula)
Razor/Blade:- Muhle R41 with iKon Bulldog / Astra Superior Platinum #4
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10)
Fragrance:- Dolce&Gabbana Pour Homme

Saturday 01.18.20 SOTD

RazoRock Essential Oil Of Lime Shave Oil

Edwin Jagger DE89.RR HD Handle

Feather Double Edge Stainless(2)

RazoRock 24mm Barrel Silvertip Badger

RazoRock "What The Puck?!" Lime Burst

Italian Barber Amici After Shaving Splash

Wolfman WR2/WRH2 handle
Astra superior platinum 
Semogue SOC finest badger
Homelikeshaving light shave soap
Nivea post shave balm
Kramperts bay rum

Saturday January 18, 2020
2020 Shave # 19 ( 439 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Rex Envoy
Blade: Wizamet (2)
Brush: The Shaving Cadre Anniversary Brush
Soap: CBL Tonsorial Fresh Lime 3017 (19)
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla
Aftershave 2: Stirling Deton-8
Fragrance: Viktor & Rolf Spice Bomb

RAW RS-10 / FEATHER / COLD RIVER / YAQI / ACQUA DI PARMA 

Saturday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Route 66 Bourbon Jungle
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (12)
Brush: Wild West Brushworks/Elite Manchurian White-24mmx54mm
Aftershave: Country Club Classic Fougere
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Route 66 Bourbon Jungle today. 20 seconds to load the Wild West Brushworks/Elite Manchurian White brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna Med Prep still in the vintage Gillette NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Country Club Classic Fougere aftershave.
 
Bob                                   
 

Razor: Wade & Butcher 6/8 in ivory
Strop: Tony Miller/Mastro Livi
Brush: Simpsons Tulip 2 Super
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: La Toja
Balm: Castle Forbes lavender
Finale: Lavanda
Coffee: Ethiopian Harrar
Music: Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 3

Saturday, January 18

Murphy & McNeil~~Mondial~~Portland 1905
Have a great day!

SOTD 01/18/20

Why does my Rex Ambassador dislike me? My Gibbs #17 Adjustable easily meets my dual criterion (cf face AND head shave proven) even with its short handle. In fact, the handle is shorter and the razor lighter than the Rex which is modeled after it! Clearly, a tool can’t harbor negative feelings. So there must be some aspect of my technique that’s the problem. I’m going to spend the next couple of shaves focusing on the Rex.
The shave today was relatively uneventful. The MWF provided its usual comfortable cushion and the Gibbs delivered a two pass DFS without incident. One point of departure between the original and its homage is that the head design is different with respect to blade exposure and cap curvature. The Gibbs has a neutral blade exposure while the Rex appears very slightly positive, at least on my particular model. Curvature on the cap is flatter than the Rex as well. That may be why a 6 on the Gibbs does provide more efficiency without a corresponding increase in aggression. Both head and face shaves on the Gibbs were completed on setting 6 leaving me feeling quite smooth. If I attempted the same setting on the Rex, I’d end up scalping myself. I can handle a face shave on the maximum setting on both razors. It’s the rear of the dome where the rubber hits the road, or in my case, the blade my scalp. I’ve always shaved the back of my head ATG in one pass. It works fine with the Gibbs, never an issue. Every time I’ve used the Rex in the same fashion it bites. This happens even on a lower setting. The Rex gets four more chances, this time WTG or XTG. If it continues to bite, it goes!

RAZOR: Gibbs Adjustable #17
BLADE: Feather
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Ariana & Evans Post-Shave Serum

Saturday AM 2020-01-18

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Stubby 1 Porcelain Finest (22/45) 
Tcheon Fung Sing Bergamotto Neroli shaving soap
Wolfman WR1-SB/WRH1
Personna P74 Tungsten (8)
Acqua di Genova 1853 aftershave