SOTD 21-27 January 2024

21 January, 2024

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Great shave to start the day. I had been looking for a couple of extra pucks of the old, tallow formula Fat, but none of my searches proved fruitful. So I finally broke down and got a puck of the new, non-tallow soap to try (Kent label). Used it this morning and I was pleasantly surprised! Guys, this stuff is still great! I could detect no drop in quality of either lather slickness or cushion. If anything, it seemed a little easier to build the lather compared to the original version. Shavepocalypse averted? Possibly. The mere presence of tallow doesn't guarantee a great soap (Czech & Speake's shave soap proved that). At the same time, the absence of tallow doesn't mean that a soap is bad / not as good (Martin de Candre & Saponificio Varesino have proven that).

Two passes (plus touch-up) with the '56 Gillette Super Speed and I finished with Lustray "Blue Spice" after shave splash.

Hope you have a great day.

Kent Shaving Soap / Zenith B33 Boar Brush / '56 Gillette Super Speed

Gillette Platinum / Alum / Lustray "Blue Spice" After Shave Splash

Razor: Schick E1 Butterscotch handle
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Rubberset 203 in Super Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Truefitt & Hill Apsley
Aftershave: Shannon's 25th Street Lime splash
Additional Care:
  Nivea Post Shave Balm
  Imperial Leather Talcum Powder

SOTD 1.21.24


Feather AC SS 1st pass
Shield ADSE Final pass
Feather Pro Guard
GDMG G5 brush

Excellent outcomes today. A wonderful BBS was achieved thanks to the combination of the Paradigm Salient, a new to me DG B15, and the always performant MacDuff's. I am definitely beginning to understand the appeal of Declaration Grooming knots. Look forward to completing the break in for this one, although it performs well with less than a handful of shave sessions.

RAZOR: Paradigm Salient SS
BLADE: Wizamet Super Iridium [2]
BRUSH: Declaration Grooming Jefferson [28mm B15]
LATHER: MacDuffs Kananaskis Explorer
POST: MacDuffs Black Rock Aftershave

Monday January 22, 2023
Razor: Gem Micromatic
Blade: Gem SS
Brush: Graydog Quilt / Synthetic
Soap: Ethos Vanilla Safi
AS : Witch Hazel + DCCS Smal Batch Shave Tonic
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,902

SOTD January 21, 2024 -- Sunday Evening Edition

<>WSC/Yates Winning<>Suneko Amorphous Diamond<>Zenith 506BC Manchurian<>B&M Paganini's Violin<>

  
Brush .... BSSW Arley Finest Badger (26mm)
Soap ..... B&M Nordost (Omnibus)
Razor .... Timeless Aluminum
Blade .... Wizamet Iridium Super
Post ..... Fine L'Orange Noir AS Splash
Post ..... CeraVe Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Post ..... Seven Minerals Aloe Vera Gel
Finish ... Hermès Terre d'Hermès Eau Tres Fraiche Cologne

Menthol Monday SOTD

Razor: iKon DLC Slant/Jurgen Hempel Ti

Blade: SuperMax Sunrise (D1)

Brush: Semogue 2040 HD

Bowl: Supply Provision Marble 4.5"

Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Ice Cube 2

Pre-Shave Balm: Vitos

Shave Soap: Barrister & Mann Terror

Balm: Nancy Boy Cooling

Aftershave: Barrister & Mann Terror