SOTD 18-24 April 2021

SOTD THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 2021

Intrigued with the edge on the Thistle Cut Persian 4/8 yesterday, I ran my second Thistle Cut 5/8 through the same Shapton progression last night, ending on the 30K and this time blunting the square tip before running it through the two pasted and third leather stropping. Well, boys and girls, the result was an edge directly comparable to the Feather Super edge in my Feather DX barber’s razor. The styrofoam peanut test was identical. 

The only difference this time was I used Howard Schlechter’s edge killing trick on the corner of the 30K before restoring it with a final polish on the jasper stone before stropping. The result was a fabulous, porcelain smooth three pass mug result with no red fluid. My trusty little Ronson safety razor delivered its usual two pass noggin result, in the process putting the baby not just to bed, but into a veritable coma. Deciding to live dangerously, I broke out the Florida Water to cap off a truly epic shave.

RAZOR: Thistle Cut 5/8 (Mug), Ronson Safety Razor
BLADE: Schick Proline B-20 Injector 
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil 
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger 
CREAM: Baume.BE
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac. Finished with Murray & Lanman Florida Water and Cremo Cooling Balm.

Stirling soap
Zenith shaving brush
Wolfman razor - Guerilla
Wilkinson sword blade
Proraso aftershave

Thursday AM 2021-04-22
Earth Day


Rooney Polo 2 Ivory Finest (28/60)
Ethos Grooming Succès shaving soap
Wolfman WR1-SB 0.74/WRH3
Wilkinson Sword 'New' (23)
Ethos Grooming Succès aftershave

Brush:  Paladin

Soap:  Declaration Grooming

Razor:  Titanium Carbon using the standard web baseplate

Razor Blade:  Vintage Schick Plus Patinum...super sharp...super smooth!

Aftershave:  DR Harris Windsor

Serum:  Sebum Lime

SOTD: 04.22.2021

Lovely photo.