SOTD 18-24 April 2021

Friday April 23, 2021
Razor: Gillette Raised Flat Bottom SE
Blade: Astra SP (?)
Brush: Klenzo Boar
Soap: Los Jabones de Joserra Brihuega
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Skin Bracer
Fragrance: BVLGARI Man in Black Essence

April 23, 2020
Supply Co SE V2 ●●
Schick Proline
Brad Sears Disco
Mitchell’s Wool Fat
Grand Bay Rum Aftershave

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Muhle GS R41 SS / Timeless Crown Ti Handle
Astra Superior Stainless Blade
MWF
PAA The Solar Flare Synthetic
Harry's Post Shave Balm
Canoe

Cold Water Splash
M&M Claddagh
SOC Butterscotch
RR GC68P
Gillette Permasharp (2)
M&M Claddagh AS
Cera Ve Daily Moisturizing Lotion
Three Passes: CCS

Happy Shaves to All the Gentlemen

ROCNEL SAILOR 2019 / ASTRA / SIMPSON THE DUKE 3 / EUFROS / NIVEA / TOM FORD

SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 2021

I thought I might have to spend all night on this Shumate 5/8 Tungsten steel wavy old edge! That is some hard steel! The 1k scratch pattern just didn’t want to polish away! The Norton 4/8k finally made some progress, then the Naniwa 12k smoothed out most of the roughness. It was three sets of successively diluted slurries on the jasper, however, that left me with the mirror bright, styrofoam popping bevel I like. Two rounds of pasted and one leather stropping delivered whisker melting perfection, in the prior process requiring a variety of strokes on the stones that one well-known honemeister refers to as hone gymnastics.

Nevertheless, despite all that, the result was an epic buttery smooth three pass mug shave for the history books. I sometimes wonder if there are some steels one could continue to shave with without maintenance stropping. It’s just that when one gets the kind of edges I’ve managed to coax out of the stones lately, you feel like you’re on a roll! My friend, Bill, tells me that I wouldn’t have to go through all the hone gymnastics I currently do, if I were willing to learn bumpy hones (ie convex hones). Given how well I do with flat hones, the jury’s still out. There’s really not much to say about my noggin shave. All I’ll say is I used the Nickel-plated Shake Sharp model. All my three Shake Sharps deliver flawless, dolphin smooth dome shaves, and this morning’s was no exception.  

RAZOR: Shumate Tungsten Steel 5/8 (Mug), Shake Sharp Nickel Model 2
BLADES: 2 Stacked Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil 
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger 
CROAP: A&E Kaizen 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash.

Friday AM 2021-04-23
William Shakespeare birthday, 1564


Rooney 3/3 Porcelain Finest (26/59)
Eufros Tobacco shaving soap (tallow) 
Haircut & Shave P076-SB Copper/Triad Aristocrat Brass
Wilkinson Sword 'New' (24)
Cigar Aficionado aftershave

I have only used one of the 'New' blades, but this one clearly did not have quite the durability of the P74 or Light Brigade, giving me 20 smooth, easy shaves rather than their 24. But an excellent blade nonetheless. The tobacco soap is getting toward its end, so I'll need to order some more soaps from Manuel. I have completely given up on the idea of using up all my soaps and creams before I die, so I may as well buy what I like and enjoy it while I can.