SOTD 16-22 February 2020

Saturday‌ ‌02.22.20‌ ‌SOTD‌

Shugar Soapworks Oatmeal & Verbena Soap lather and rinse

Muhle‌ ‌R41.iKon‌ ‌OSS‌ ‌Handle‌ ‌

Astra‌ ‌Superior‌ ‌Platinum‌ ‌(1)‌ ‌

Yaqi Barber Pole Two Band Badger

Proraso Red Tub

Old Spice Cologne Original

Dragonsbeard Soap
Everset BH1
Wolfman WR2
Wizamet
Farmacia SS. Annunziata
Black Afgano

Razor: Meister 6/8
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Synthetic
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Martin de Candre
Balm: Trumper Coral Skin Food
Finale: Dior for Men
Coffee: Ethiopian Yirgacheffe
Music: J.S. Bach — Suites for Cello Solo

Saturday, 02-22-2020
Taylor of Old Bond Street , Gel Herbal pre shave
Firts Line Shave (FLS), Star Odyssey, shaving soap.
El Druida, barber two bands badger
Mastro Livi, damasco CarboInox rayas.
Versace, Eros: Lotio, balm aftershave & EdT.

Saturday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Sandpiper
Soap: Stirling Sandpiper
Razor: Vintage Gillette NEW Long Comb
Blade: Vintage Gillette “Spoiler” Super Stainless (9)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip-24mmx52mm
Aftershave: Stirling Sandpiper w/Menthol
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Stirling Sandpiper today. 20 seconds to load the Whipped Dog Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette “Spoiler” SS still in the Gillette NEW Long Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Stirling Sandpiper aftershave.
 
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RR Hawk V2
Proline P-30
Omega boar
Clubman Shave Cream
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman Lilac Vegetal aftershave

SOTD Saturday, February 22, 2020

This will be my third and final shave with the Barbasol Floating Head. The problem with having too many vintage razors is that some of them are just exemplary shavers. The Barbasol Floating Head is one, but tomorrow I’ll be shaving with another, the Cooper Monobilt. The Barbasol has delivered two great shaves, the first a DFS and the second a BBS. After waking up to a beautiful sunny morning in Philly, I decided to enjoy a leisurely three pass shave with no goal in mind other than a pleasurable shave. The pieces were all in place.

The Omega Pro48 Boar is just a wonderful shave brush! Great backbone along with well-broken-in feather soft brush ends generates a thick paste from the scuttle that is then applied to both face and noggin. I really enjoy the luxurious face and head brushing that also exfoliates as the lather builds. My barber who I see about once a month for a straight razor head and face shave taught me the method. I had complained to him about being unable to generate a decent bowl lather with MWF. I’ve found his approach - building that initial rich, glistening, yogurty MWF lather on the shaving surfaces instead of in the scuttle - and then wetting the brush in hot water from the faucet as needed and adding it to the paste on the face and dome leads to the cat’s meow of lathers! It’s never failed, regardless of water type, and the process just feels great!

The shave was a joy this morning. I began with my usual cold water rinse. I have stopped using PAA Preshave Cube soap about five days ago. It had been a regular part of my shave routine, but 22 days of MWF has done away with the need for it. After lathering up, I enjoyed a very comfortable first WTG pass with Madame Barbasol who swept away the 24 hrs of whisker growth with aplomb. The secondXTG and third ATG passes left me with a bloodless, baby-smooth, face and dome.Three great shaves, and it’s time to return Madame Barbasol to her case and boxafter a good cleaning. After a wash of my face and noggin with the MWF brushsqueezings, Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite completed what turned out to be aperfect Saturday morning shave, leaving me feeling cool, smooth and refreshed!

RAZOR: Barbasol Floating Head
Blade: Feather
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 Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite

Saturday February 22, 2020
2020 Shave # 56 ( 474 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Weck Sextoblade/Rockwell 6s Plate 5
Blade: Personna (?) / Wizamet (4)
Brush: Ebonite Shavemac 2 Band Silvertip
Soap: Strike Gold Old Hickory
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
Aftershave 2: Aqua Velva
Fragrance: Tom Ford Noir Extreme

Pottery handle handmade by PM 24
DG & Chatillon Lux Nefertiti, soap and post shave toner
Cobra classic black chrome, feather proguard 

Myrsol Blue

Barbus Classic

OUMO | Stork Razors

Personna Comfort Coated

WR2 1.05 oc | Stork Razors