SOTD 14-20 January 2018

MLK Day Of Service
My students and I are doing a day of service today to honor Revered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We are going to a food pantry and working in the warehouse.
Solid shave with Ginger's Garden. The lather did seem to dry out a bit, perhaps I needed to load the brush more. By the end the lather was plenty thick. Overall a close and comfortable shave.

Razor: Timeless
Blade: Feather
Brush: Synthetic 24mm BOSS
Cream: Baum.Be
Balm: Institute Karite
Finale: Dior for Men

Prep: Hot towel
Pre shave: Prep
Razor: Sensor Excel
Blade: N/A
Brush: New Forest Tubby 1 Finest
Soap: Skaneateles Soap Company: Lemon Ice
Post: Cold water rinse / Witch Hazel / The Sudsy Soapery: Lavender & Peppermint Aftershave Splash

A lamb tallow, lanolin and goat's milk soap from Skaneateles Soap Company, a soapmaker that I discovered on Etsy... Well, colour me impressed... the lather took a bit of work, being a thirsty beast, but boy oh boy what an impressive lather... a very lush lather, offering excellent protection and slickness, providing the base for a faultless shave.. Yeah, that really was an outstanding shave.

RV Boxelderburl Tulip with SHAVEMAC SILVERTIP
MdC
Mach 3

Leather Week Day 1:

Chiseled Face Midnight Stag
Semogue 830
NDC Gold Gillette Tech
Gillette Platinum
Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber

I'm calling this "Leather Week", where I'll be going through this as well as Declaration Grooming (L&L Grooming label) Cuir et Épices.

January 15, 2018
OneBlade Genesis V2
Modified Gem PTFE
Thater Beehive White Boar
Fine Platinum

Menthol Monday
January 15, 2018

Colonial Razors 'The General' with Stork Aristocrat Ti
Feather Pro Super
Thater Boar
Krampert's Finest Frostbite Soap & Aftershave
Pino Silvestre

15 January 2018

* Blackbird Machined SB 85
* Iridium Super
* MS 2-Band + Doug Korn Amber Taca
* Jabonman/Eufros Tobacco Tallow
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

Merkur 38C / Astra blade
Omega Hi-Brush
Tabac shaving soap
Vi-Jon version of Skin Bracer aftershave
Lagerfeld edt (which I like much more than I should, maybe)

Apologies for the terrible picture. I was going to skip it today, and this is a quick last-minute photo.

Monday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Baker Street
Soap: Cold River Soap Works Glide-Olfactory Hue
Razor: Gillette “Black Beauty” Super Adjustable
Blade: Vintage Schick Plus Platinum (Shave #18)
Brush: Thater 2-Band Silvertip-26mmx55mm
Aftershave: YSL M7 Absolu Oud EdT

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

CRSW Glide Olfactory Hue today. 15 seconds to load the Thater Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Schick Plus Platinum still in the Gillette Black Beauty. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with YSL M7 Absolu Oud EdT.

Bob