SOTD 2-8 July 2017

Thursday, 6 July, 2017:

Razor: Goodfella
Blade: Feather
Brush: Vulfix
Cream: Ingrams
A/S: Geo. F. Trumper Extract of West Indian Limes

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John

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Tallow + Steel "Boreal"
Island Bladeworks "Bullwinkle" | TGN Finest
Star 1912 | Gem PTFE (1)

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Simpson Tulip 3 in Two Band
Desmond's Barrow Mossy Lime
Mach 3

Another great multiblade shave with this Mach 3, which is as gentle as a kitten. I find it a tad less efficient than the Sensor 3, but much milder on the skin. This is helpful in order to fully recover my skin from some past excesses.

So nothing too exciting in a shave with a not so exciting razor, and a brush with almost no backbone and the softest tips I've ever tried, which whips ups a top quality lather in nanoseconds. For all those virtues I appreciate both of them and they have a place in my rotation. The Plisson is the best synthetic I have tried, period. All the others are imitators that got somehow close, but that failed in their attemp to surpass her.

Speick, in its two variants, is a splash that goes along pretty well with florals, with an outstanding performance. A drop of balm and... DFS .

Thursday, July 6

Tabac~~Mühle~~Stirling~~Polsilver
In my search for the best blade/soap combination with my '11 R41 I am turning to the time-tested Tabac and a fresh Polsilver SI.
Yesterday, I was extremely disappointed with a FRESH Personna 74 Tungsten (one of the smoothest blades I know). Talk about rough!
I have a few tucks of Perma-Sharps underway, as well as a bottle of AOS Lavender Pre-shave oil. (Crazy, I had long abandoned pre-shave oils, but I had some eBay bucks to spend and scored a bottle of the original formula for $14 shipped.)
I guess it can't hurt.
Have a great day!

Lovely colours!  

Thx Celestino . . . like this time of year as lots of sun and bright colours

This might be the best summer/weather I have seen in my 22 years in Vancouver! It is just lovely, right now and we deserve it after last winter.

6 July 2017

* Blackbird Machined SB 85
* Iridium Super
* MS 2-Band + Doug Korn Amber Taca
* Mystic Water Lilac
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

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Thursday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath-Gentleman
Soap: Stirling Gentleman
Razor: Gillette Black Handle Flare Tip Super Speed
Blade: Vintage Wilkinson Sword “Light Brigade” NEW Chromium (Shave #29)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip-24mmx52mm
Aftershave: Stirling Gentleman w/Menthol

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Stirling Gentleman today. 20 seconds to load the WD Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Wilkinson Sword “Light Brigade” in the Black Handle Flare Tip SS. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Stirling Gentleman aftershave.

Bob

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