SOTD 22-28 September 2019

Its our national Heritage Day today

Gillette Bottom Dial / Gillette Minora
Alpha Brush Titanium Outlaw
Simply Bee
Prep

RR Eco
Crown Salon 1/2 DE
Soap Commander Courage Shave Soap
Omega Synthetic Boar
Harry's Post Shave Balm
Kramperts Finest Bay Rum

Tuesday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Maggard Limes & Bergamot
Razor: Vintage Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Vintage Gillette Platinum Plus (7)
Brush: Maggard 2-Band Badger -24mmx56mm
Aftershave: Stirling Barbershop w/Menthol
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Maggard Limes & Bergamot today. 20 seconds to load Maggard 2-Band Badger brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Gillette Platinum Plus in the Gillette NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Stirling Barbershop aftershave.
 
Bob
 

Tuesday September 24, 2019
2019 Shave # 269 ( 322 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Gillette Nacet
Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
Brush: Boar Brush that shall Remain Nameless
Soap: @LNHC Haute Leather
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla
Aftershave 2: Avon Leather

A Chilling Tabacstag!
The cube and terror bookended this Tabacstag is a pleasing way. My face still feels cold. I made the first pass wide open, then dialed it down for the rest. The shave was comfortable and close, but I did get some late appearing weepers, small and quickly closed up.
Rating: 5 / 5
Razor: Merkur Vision
Blade: Rapira Super Stainless
Brush: Lutin Chubby Lightning
Pre-Shave: PAA Cube 2.0 Menthol
Lather: Tabac Original
Aftershave: Tabac Original
Additional Care:
  B&M Terror Splash

Tuesday, September 24

???~~Rubberset 400/3~~'11 Mühle R41~~Personna 74~~Brut
The ultimate test, imo, of any shave soap is how well your skin is protected from the blade. Today, I put the test soap to my ultimate challenge:
Drum roll, please....2011 Mühle R41. That's right, considered by many to be the most aggressive DE razor known to mankind, or must I now say humankind?
In the wrong hands, this razor will de-glove your face faster than you can say "Jack Robinson".
I once again used Nathan's method for creating the lather with excellent (again) results:

The shiny lather was then applied and, with extreme trepidation    I made the first pass. Riding the cap and focussing on removing the lather, not the stubble,
the WTG pass was...wait for it...uneventful. No issues. The blade glided without hesitation. No epidermal removal. 
Re-lathered and made an XTG pass from ear to chin. Again, paying particular attention to my angle, the blade did its job flawlessly. 
Final pass was an ATG. Now, friends, an ATG pass with an '11 R41 is for experts only, so only perform this pass with extreme caution. 
Boom. BBS. No nicks, cut, irritation. 
Alright, it's time to do the soap reveal.

This is Fortis, by Grooming Department.
I was asked to test this lather and give my honest feedback. I did not pay for this soap and I am not receiving any remuneration for my comments.
This is an excellent product. Period. The lather is slick; the scent (unscented) is unobtrusive; the protection is excellent; the post-shave is well above-average.
I want to congratulate Mohammad for creating such a quality product and express my thanks for trusting me to test it and respond with my opinion.
Have a great day!

Ebonized Tech/BIC. GD Fortis soap base makes good first impression, superb post shave.

One poster suggested shimming the Tech top and bottom, works for me . Very apparent increase in efficiency. More blade feel but certainly not a problem.


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Tuesday AM 2019-09-24

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney 3/2 Ebony Finest (24/54)
Art of Shaving Rose Absolute shaving cream (vintage)
Paradigm II Titanium/Stork Advoco Titanium
Personna Super Platinum Chrome (9)
Guerlain Habit Rouge aftershave