SOTD 19-25 January 2020

Razor: Frieder Herder 8/8 in bone
Strop: Tony Miller/Mastro Livi
Brush: Custom 24mm silvertip
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Wholly Kaw 
Balm: Castle Forbes lavender
Finale: Woods of Windsor

JJanuary 19, 2020
OneBlade Genesis
Elite Razor Desert Ironwood
A&E Dirty Ginger
Shave Soap & Aftershave

Pre: Grooming Dept
Razor: START 1.18
Blade: Personna Med Prep
Brush: AP Shave SynBad
Soap: Eufros Hoi An
AS: Eufros Hoi An

19 January 2020

* Blackbird Polished SB 101
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* Super 3-Band + ZenShave Snakewood C7
* Mystic Water Poggio dei Pini
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Sunday, 19 January, 2020:

1922 Gillette Bostonian
Rapira Platinum Lux 
Vulfix No. 2234 Super Badger
Coate’s Lavender Shaving Cream
Osma Bloc d’Alum
Geo. F. Trumper Astor Aftershave

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John

ilrasoio.com/Omega 28mm silvertip 
patchouli/flax seed
Dorko try me sir 7/8
Chatillon Lux yuzu/rose/patchouli

Sunday, January 19

Noble Otter~~Mondial~~Feather~~Gillette Platinum
Have a great day!

SOTD 01/19/20

Well, after the first of several shaves to come, the score stands, Rex Ambassador 1, Jeff 0! I can’t seem to dial this razor in. One weeper on the face and three nicks on the dome requiring styptic intervention with some serious irritation on the front of my neck and under my right jawline. I just shouldn’t have to work so hard. I’ve yet to have a comfortable shave with this razor. Three passes on the face and one and a half on the dome left me with an unsatisfactory rough shave. The caffeinated shave cream whipped up into a nice thick protective lather, but to no avail! I’ve only had one other razor treat me this way, and that was the OneBlade Hybrid, but for totally different reasons. That razor was designed for cart shavers transitioning to the single blade world, and since I never shaved with carts did not get the pressure part of that technique that went counter to every instinct developed over 50 yrs of wet shaving. In the Rex’s case I have no such excuse. I did notice that the razor did not glide smoothly through the lather. I know it was the razor because I picked up the Gibbs and tried a few strokes through the lather, and did not have the same issue. I’ll be trying one more shave, and if the issue continues, it’s off to RE for a checkup. And if things continue someone will get a great deal on a Rex. I feel like my neck and head are sore from the depredations of this razor. Hopefully, tomorrow’s shave will be an improvement.

RAZOR: Rex Ambassador
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Silvertip Badger
CREAM: Pacific Shaving Company’s Caffeinated Shave Cream
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with PacificShaving Company’s Caffeinated AS Balm

SOTD
Preshave: Grooming Department
Soap: Antica Barbieria Colla
Brush: Paladin Samurai Lavender J6
Razor: RS-10
Postshave Balm: Nordost
Great morning shave - I love this brush!

Sunday AM 2020-01-19

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney 1/1 Ivory Finest (22/45)
Coate's Almond shaving cream (vintage)
Paradigm II Titanium
Personna P74 Tungsten (9)
Ginger's Garden Almond aftershave