SOTD 19-25 January 2020

Pre: Hot Shower, Pre shave oil (Nico's home brew)
Razor: Wolfman WR1,SB Standard Gap, WRH2 Handle
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum Double Edge
Bowl: Handmade bowl, Mk3
Brush: RazoRock Silvertip Synthetic
Soap: Squadron, The Warden
Post: Squadron, The Warden Aftershave
WTG, ATG, touch up with adjusted angles for my beard.
A thoroughly enjoyable shave with the WR1. I found Astra blades work best for me in this machine. The Squadron soap and splash always a joy to use.

SOTD 01/24/20

Up very early this morning after my infusion yesterday, so why not have a relaxing shave. I decided to break with tradition; so I broke out the Grooming Dept’s Donkey Milk Unscented (instead of my usual MWF) which has always worked well for me. After salting it with 6 drops of M-Bomb to bring it to the Cryogen level, the soap was ready! 

Yesterday I received my new H&S No75 polished SS razor. The razor was designed with a .75 blade gap with neutral blade exposure. Friends on a number of different dedicated razor forums had posted very positive reviews of its incredible efficiency and smoothness. Deep in the throes of RAD, I succumbed and ordered my own. A fair bit of time passed after my order with only the infamous ‘label created’ message showing in my USPS app. So after a week of this, I emailed the company which resulted in my order being dropped off immediately. The company’s in MD, so it only took two days to get to Philly.

The handle is longer than I’m used to at 3.74” and the entire razor weighs in at 126 grams. It’s hefty, but very well-balanced in the hand. I loaded it with a Feather blade and proceeded to have at it. The soap whipped up into a glistening, yogurty, cooling lather complemented by my Cube Preshave soap. It didn’t take long to find the sweet spot, and to echo others that have used the razor previously, must say that the shave was very smooth and efficient. What I discovered was that the longer handle enhanced the dome shave, particularly in the center of the back of my head, one of my regular trouble spots. The face shave was effortless leaving me with an easy two pass DFS all around. There were still some healing areas from my encounter with my defective Rex Ambassador, so I decided to happily settle for the DFS. I really enjoyed this shave, and am looking forward to continuing to shave with it over the course of the next few days. I feel clean, smoooth, cool and refreshed! Now off to make the coffee for SWMBO.

Yaqi Knight Helmet razor
Personna super platinum
Gillette Pure shave cream
Zenith boar
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman bay rum aftershave

SOTD 1/24/2020
Brush: Turn N' Shave "Angled Potluck", 28mm v4 knot
Razor: Bob's Razor Works(R.I.P) Custom Bullmastiff
Blade: Voskhod
Soap: Stirling Varen, Mutton Tallow Base

Friday, January 24

C.O. Bigelow~~Simpson~~Feather~~Personna~~Proraso
Have a great day!

Razor: OneBlade Genesis
Blade: Feather FHS
Brush: Simpsons Persian Jar 2 Super
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: St. James of London
Balm: Penhaligon's Endymion
Finale: Dior for Men

No time for a pic today.

I gave the Dead Sea another chance.

Brush || Omega Pro 49 soaked in one of my trusty Marvy hard rubber mugs
Razor || Fat Boy dialed to 7
Blade || Personna MedPrep on second shave
Lather || RazoRock The Dead Sea
Post || Nivea Sensitive Cooling Balm

A 3 pass WTG, XTG, WXTG shave resulted in a DFS finish.

I think I am going to hang on to The Dead Sea. I am going to transplant it to a different container. First, I don't like having glass because of the little ones. Second, the container it is in makes a mess. If anyone might be interested in the empty glass container, let me know.

Friday, 24 January, 2020:

1922 Gillette Bostonian
Rapira Platinum Lux
Thäter Butterscotch Beehive Premium White Boar
Meißner Tremonia Himalayan Heights
Speick Aftershave Lotion

--
John

Friday, 24 January, 2020:

1922 Gillette Bostonian
Rapira Platinum Lux
Thäter Butterscotch Beehive Premium White Boar
Meißner Tremonia Himalayan Heights
Speick Aftershave Lotion

--
John

That Thater is a beauty.

Happy Friday all! Just a simply good shave on tap for today with the inclusion of Musgo Real Lavender SC, Dr Jon’s Flowers in the Dark and the iKon Standard (Tech).

Lovely two pass shave and smooth as can be. The iKon Standard or Tech really only has one purpose...to annihilate three or four days growth. It melts away stubble better than my Muhle R41 and that is saying a lot.

Happy Friday all! 

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: iKon Standard / Tech
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L
Lather: Musgo Real Lavender
Aftershave: Dr Jon’s Flowers in the Dark
Additional Care:
  B.I.G. Co. Alum Block
  Issey Miyake - L’Eau D’Issey Pour Homme