SOTD 22-28 November 2020

Wednesday, November 25

Acqua di Parma~~Simpson Harvard 4~~Barbasol FH/Wilkinson Light Brigade



Have a great day!

SOTD November 25
Brush: Dean Markwalter Onyx Acrylic Boar
Razor: Tatara Massamune Nodachi Open Comb
Blade: Perma-Sharp (1)
Soap and AS: SV Desert Vetiver

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SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 2020

SWMBO and I have a condo in Philly we had not visited since February of this year. My daughter visited it yesterday to report on its condition, and also retrieved my nickel plated Shake Sharp Model 2.0 safety razor. This morning’s dome shave featured it with two stacked Feather blades. I own three Shake Sharps. Used to have 5, but gifted one to a friend at TSD and the other to a friend in one of the FB wet shaving groups. They are remarkable head shavers, and this morning’s dome shave was incredibly close and velveteen. My mug shave featured my Frederick Reynolds which never fails to deliver a great shave. The JR Custom Rosewood Silvertip Badger generated great MWF lathers leaving me refreshed, clean and velveteen smooth.

RAZOR: Frederick Reynolds 5/8 (Mug), Nickel G.E. Jones Shake Sharp Model 2.0 (Dome)
BLADE: 2 Stacked Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Custom Rosewood Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub.

SOTD 11.25.20
Brush: Elite Razor Irish Bog Oak w/Motherlode synthetic knot (Thanks Nat!)
Razor: SS WR2 1.15 OC w/Darwin handle (Thanks Joseph!)
Blade: Med Prep (6)
Soap: Grooming Department
Post: Captain’s Choice Venture AS & CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion
Result: DFS-BBS.  The Motherlode is so plush I thought it would be tough to lather the SOAP and would be floppy.  Not so. Yes, it has less backbone than a badger, but if you adapt to it then it works fine.  Good flow and plenty of lather to work with.  SUPER plush.  The tips are like the air off of butterfly’s wings (I’m guessing here, since I’ver never actually felt the air off of a butterfly’s wings; but you get the idea, I hope).  The razor has good blade feel is smooth, and is nice and light thanks to the Darwin handle.  The handle is narrow at the grip point, and will take some getting used to, but it’s more grippy than expected.  Today’s lesson/insight/approach was “don’t try to get it all done on the first pass.  Leave some skin cells for passes two and three.”  It seemed to work.  A couple of tiny weepers, probably due to the fact that this was shave number 6 on the blade.  Tight, right, and smooooth at the finish, though.

Happy Shaves to All.

GartBnx.....

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Wednesday AM 2020-11-25
International Hat Day


Rooney Stubby 3 Porcelain Finest (26/54)
XPEC Original shaving cream (vintage Forester Milan version) 
Carbon Mokume-gane Brass/R2
Polsilver Super Iridium (9)
Aramis Tuscany aftershave

Ariana & Evans
Wild West Brushworks / Declaration Grooming B9 Bravo
Wolfman Guerilla
Wizamet

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SOTD Nov. 25
William Elliot and Co. no. 85
Tony Miller’s old no. 2 in Notovan
Yaqi barber pole tuxedo
Stirling soap co. Ozark Mountain
Aqua Velva