SOTD 17-23 November 2019

SOTD - 2019.11.18
Growth: 24h
Brush: ŌKU Ykarus by P&P - 20mm best badger travel brush
Soap: Frankincense almost Valobra
Razor: Leaf
Blade: Personna
Post: lather face wash, alum, concoction (*), PAA mysterium serum
Passes: 2 - WTG, XTG
Rating: 5/5

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

Spectacular shave.

South Lake Tahoe



Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA

Monday AM 2019-11-18

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Polo 1 Ivory Finest (24/54)
Eufros Sandalo shaving soap (tallow)
Wolfman WR1-OC 0.61/Triad Polished-Satin Diamond Titanium
Gillette Platinum 'Swede' (14)
Floris Santal aftershave

SOTD Nostalgic November 18th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
Eveready 1912
Gem SS PTFE (?)
WWB Green Pearl (26mm Maggard SHD fan, Frigate Class)
Stirling Sharp Dressed Man Soap and AS

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Monday, November 18, 2019 - Shave of the Day

Prep  ||  Grooming Dept Mojito Pre-Shave

Brush  ||  Vulfix 2235

Soap  ||  Barrister and Mann Latha Limon

Razor  ||  Mühle R41 (2013) / Perma-Sharp (3)

A/S  ||  Stirling Lime

Growth  ||  46.0 Hours

Monday NOvember 18

No Repeat (mostly) NOvember. No repeats so far except for scuttle, blades, and alum. Up today is one of my Eclipse Red Ring razors.

Bowl/Scuttle - GP12
Soap - Stirling Dirty South Shavers 2019
Brush - M&F
Blade - Gillette Platinum (6)
Razor - Eclipse Red Ring
Post Shave - OSMA Pierre alum, Stirling Dirty South Shavers 2019 A/S

Shave rating 5 of 5

I find the Red Ring to be a very mild shaver with almost no blade feel. Shaved today on 3 days growth after not shaving over the weekend. Quite a few misses on first pass but 2nd pass picked up everything. Overall a very good BBS shave. This is an excellent soap, very slick and a nice thick lather. A/S smells nice too. The alum was quiet.

Happy NOvember and great shaves everyone.



- Ken

Mail call!



Grabbed the Admiral from Maggard's, everything else came from a buddy, and that led to this:



Was 3-4 days, can't remember, been weirdly busy. BB/Astra mowed it down.....these aren't as good as the G Plats but damn, they're closer than I remember and I'll keep em in mind for the future. I'll finish this pack and probably grab some more.

Admiral smells great, and I'm glad it's thicker/denser than the Milksteak....which by the way, isn't a thousand times better than Icarus. Icarus works just fine, no issues.

First outing with the TNS boar.....reeeeaaaallllly not sure if I like it or not. It's a lather hog for sure, I loaded up like I hated it and got thru one pass, had to go back for more. I'm definitely going to use this thing to down the WSP and stuff I don't like as it eats soap like no other. After that though, I might rip it and chuck an SHD knot in there....I really dig the handle, just don't know about the boar-ness just yet. I'll keep at it the rest of the week, maybe next week too....I'm experienced enough now to know that I can't make snap decisions on this stuff, it takes time.

CL YRP AS had to go on.....damn I love this stuff. It's just a really great rich scent.

10/10, awesome shave.

November 19, 2019
Colonial Razors Brass General
Feather Pro
Heritage Shaving C-MON
Eleven DFS LE
Shave Soap & Aftershave

Wolfman BBS-1
Gillette Platinum
Mozingo Brushworks 28mm ‘Opal’ ZT1

Wholly Kaw ‘Bare Siero’ Siero Base Soap

PAA ‘Space Nog’ Aftershave Splash

Have A Great Day!

Occam’s SS DE Razor/Gillette Platinum/RR 24 Plissoft/ToBS Cedarwood/Thayers Medicated WH Astringent 
Stetson Cooling Moisture aftershave splash/Perry Ellis 18 Intense Eau de Toilette