SOTD 2-8 February 2020

Menthol Monday SOTD

 

Razor: Supply Provision The Single Edge

Blade: Personna Injector (D1)

Brush: Turkish #1 Horsehair

Bowl: Junichi Tanaka 5"

Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime

Pre-Shave Balm: TSD Iced SubZero

Shave Soap: Beaver WoodWright Shiver Me Timber's

Balm: Organic Shea Butter

Aftershave: Krampert’s Frostbite

Date:- 03 February 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mike’s Natural ~ Lime
Razor/Blade:- Karve CB Matte SS 'D' / Wizamet Polsilver Brown Stainless #13
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10)
Fragrance:- Acqua di Gio Giorgio Armani

Pre: Hot shower
Razor: Wolfman WR1,SB Standard Gap, WRH2 Handle
Blade: Astra Superior Stainless Double Edge Blade
Bowl: Handmade bowl, Mk3
Brush: RazoRock Silvertip Synthetic
Soap: Australian Private Reserve (APR) Lixiviant
Post: Australian Private Reserve (APR) Lixivant Splash
WTG, ATG, touch up with adjusted angles for my beard.

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements / Sangre De Drago

Timless Ti 0.68 / Wizamets Super iridium

La Maison du Barbier

Monday 02.03.20 SOTD

Shugar Soapworks Oatmeal & Verbena Soap lather and rinse

RazoRock Satin Silver Hawk SE.V2

Schick Proline AC (1)

Yaqi Barber Pole Two Band Badger

Proraso Red Tub

Old Spice Cologne Original

Monday February 3, 2020
2020 Shave # 36 ( 455 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Home Like Shaving Taiga Adjustable Prototype Setting # 6
Blade: Wizamet (2)
Brush: Semogue Excelsior 830
Soap: CBL Tonsorial Fresh Lime 3017 (36)
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla
Aftershave 2: Aqua Velva
Fragrance: Encre Noir Lalique

Monday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Catie’s Bubbles La Terre Verte
Razor: Vintage Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Blue Super Platinum (6)
Brush: Wild West Brushworks/Elite Manchurian White-24mmx54mm
Aftershave: Country Club Southern Oud
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Catie’s Bubbles La Terre Verte today. 20 seconds to load the Wild West Brushworks/Elite Manchurian White brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette Blue Super Platinum in the vintage Gillette Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Country Club Southern Oud aftershave.
 
Bob     
 

Yaqi Knight Helmet
Gillette Silver Blue
Omega synthetic boar
Homelikeshaving light shave soap
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman brandy spice aftershave

TATARA / FEATHER / WICKHAM / MORRIS & FORNDRAN / THAYERS / ARAMIS EDT

Artistic filters don't usually do it for me, but this one really stands out. Very nice.

SOTD 02/03/20

Today is SWMBO’s birthday and tomorrow is mine. She is 10 yrs younger - I know; I’m a cradle robber! To launch things off, I decided to shave with one of my two all-time favorite safety razors - the GE Jones Shake Sharp. I own three versions - the Mark 1.5 and the Mark 2/3 in nickel and gold plate respectively. I do not own the original Mark 1.0. This is a unique design that was launched in the mid 40s and ended in the early 50s. It is a SE that uses DE blades and was introduced at the very end of the carbon steel (CS) razor blade era. CS blades were thicker than the then newly produced stainless steel (SS) blades and did not hold an edge as long. The Shake Sharp was designed during the depression and included a built-in hone to allow one to sharpen their CS blades by literally shaking the razor back and forth. For whatever reason, the launch was delayed and they lost their marketing window. SS blades were thinner and just didn’t sharpen in the way CS did. A friend at TSD (jmudrick) who’s probably shaved with just about every safety razor variant in existence acknowledges this razor as a favorite and introduced me to it. He uses his Mark 1.0 and loads two stacked SSblades into it. This technique works brilliantly because two stacked SS blades are roughly equivalent to a single CS blade.

We are both head and face shavers. And this razor is amazing with a very wide sweet spot! I do not use the hone function, but others havewith vintage CS blades.With two stacked SSblades the shave is smooth and highly efficient. I loaded two stacked Wizamet Super Iridiumsand had at it! Truly a perfect shave with my favorite soap, MWF and 5 drops of M-Bomb,complemented by PAA’s Cube Preshave Soap. This is a razor that thrives on long sweeping strokes that clear the whiskers right down tothe skin line! Two passes (WTG and ATG) andthat’s all she wrote - bloodless BBS all around. The alum block revealed no heat anywhere. Mywife left early for work, so I broke out the Florida Water to celebrate and liberallysplashed both noggin and face - lovely burn! Ifeel clean, smooooth, cooool, and very refreshed on this bright, sunny day in southeastPA.

RAZOR: Shake Sharp Mark 1.5
BLADE: 2 Stacked Wizamet Super Iridium 
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrubwith PAA’s Preshave Cube Soap 
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger 
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brushsqueezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Florida Water AS/Cologne