SOTD 16-22 February 2020

SOTD Thursday 02/20/20

The shave today went well! I'd forgotten how efficient the Barbasol Floating Head was. Thank goodness for muscle memory! The ego dynamics are completely different. The Rex Ambassador is a hefty, short-handled razor, whereas the Barbasol Floating Head has a much longer handle and different weight distribution. My only gripe is that the longer handle makes it a bit more painful to do the back of my head. My Barbasol is an 85-90 yr old girl who knows her business, but will bite if not attended to. I loaded up with a Suneko and had a very relaxed and pleasant shave. Since it was my first outing with the old girl in several months, I decided to not push for the BBS.

My prep consisted of a cold water rinse. I then began my first pass by whipping up a rich, glistening MWF lather with my trusty Omega Pro48 Boar, the end of which had been soaking in warm water while I finished my shower. There’s something about a well-broken in boar that is just indescribable! The firm backbone builds that thick paste that is then face and head lathered and feels so good on the skin. The first WTG pass consisted of short careful strokes and reduced the whiskers pretty significantly on both face and dome. My second lather set the stage for a leisurely XTG pass that, as the Rex master of TSD is known to say, “put the baby to bed”. The third ATG pass just consisted of some very careful buffing in the usual problem areas, but I didn’t push it, as Madame Barbasol has been known to bite at this point. After rinsing off, I did feel some stinging from the back of the dome that I’d just finished buffing, but a napkin revealed no blood. The shave overall was enjoyable, but ended with some very slight roughness around the Adam’s Apple. All in all the shave finished as a DFS. Tomorrow I’ll load a Feather to see if it will get me closer to the goal. I feel clean, smooth and refreshed.

RAZOR: Barbasol Floating Head
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: Omega Pro48 Boar
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Murray and Lanman Florida Water AS/Cologne

SOTD:
Preshave - Grooming Department
Soap: CF Lime
Brush: One-off Paladin McInroy Legacy Lemon Drop
Razor: Paradigm Ti2
Postshave: A&E
Nice easy shave this morning!

WR2 1,05 COMB / FEATHER / OKU SERRANO / LA MAISON DU BARBIER / MARTIN DE CANDRE COLOGNE

Thursday, February 20

Ralph Lauren Safari~~Simpson 59~~Heljestrand MK32
Have a great day!

Thursday: 02/20/20:

REX Ambassador 
Rapira Platinum Lux 
Thäter Finest Badger
D.R. Harris Almond Shaving Stick
Lucky Tiger After Shave and Face Tonic
Stirling Unscented Menthol
Trumper Astor Cologne

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John

SOTD - 2020.2.20
Growth: 24h
Brush: ŌKU Bilbao prototype by P&P - 26mm selected silvertip XD
Soap: PAA Gondolier
Razor: Carbon Cx
Blade: Voskhod
Post: lather face wash, alum, concoction (*), PAA mysterium serum
Passes: 2 - WTG, XTG
Rating: 4.5/5

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

Continuing the tests drives with our Bilbao prototype and our selected silvertip XD. Lovely.


Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA

WR2 1,05 COMB / FEATHER / OKU SERRANO / LA MAISON DU BARBIER / MARTIN DE CANDRE COLOGNE

Lovely companions for the Serrano. Love it.


Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA

Thursday AM 2020-02-20

Rooney 3/1 Ebony Finest (22/48)
Woods of Windsor shaving soap (tallow)
Gillette New Long Comb/Bob's Razor Works Amboyna Burl
Polsilver Super Iridium (12)
Woods of Windsor aftershave