SOTD 23-29 August 2020

[b]SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 2020[/b]

Excellent shave today with two of my favorite razors on this beautiful sunny day in the Philly burbs. After a touch up on the Jasper stone, and 30 strops to the Feather FAS carbon steel blade for the VC4, both the CKBA Damascus straight and my Valet VC4 were ready for business. The CKBA Damascus straight razor seemed to almost brush away the slick MWF lather delivering a perfect VBBS above the jawline and a DFS++ below. The freshly stropped Feather FAS carbon steel blade in the Valet VC4 cleaned up the rough spots remaining on my neck and sheared my noggin stubble right down to the skin line opening the bloodless door once again to VBBS land. I feel cool, refreshed, clean and velveteen! 

RAZOR: CKBA Koa Wood Scaled Damascus (Mug), Valet Autostrop Model VC4 (Dome)
BLADE: Feather FAS-10 (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Rabid Banana Preshave Cube 
BRUSH: Alpha Shaving T-400 Tribute w/ 26mm Two Band Badger Ferrule
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Royall Lyme AS Splash

Seygus Zeppelin/Kai (4), MWF

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Date:- 25 August 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Yaqi Sagrada Familia Tuxedo Synth. 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Declaration Grooming ~ Unconditional Surrender
Razor/Blade:- Merkur 34C / Voskhod #3
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (5) / The Stray Whisker Aftershave Balm (Australian made)
Fragrance:- Burberry London for Men

Noble Otter Northern Elixer set/ Druida Sun Manchurian/ Raw RS-10/ Iridium Super/ SC Integrity balm

Tuesday AM 2020-08-25

Rooney 1/1 Faux Horn Finest (22/45)
Knightsbridge Aloe Water shaving cream
Carbon Damascus Athena/R2
Personna Titanium (3)
Roger & Gallet l'Homme aftershave

The shaving cream was a blind buy, just out of curiosity, and it is excellent. It has a light citrus scent and made great lather, easily as good as any of my other soaps or creams, and it left my skin soft and moisturized.

Charcoal Goods Antique Brass LvL2 // Voshkod // Omega Evo // A&E L’Orange Verte // Floid Mentolado Suave AS

SOTD Tuesday 8-25-2020
Pre: Hot Water Splash
Bowl: Captain’s Choice ceramic
Brush: Semogue Excelsior 830
Soap: Grooming Department “SOAP”
Razor: WR2 1.15
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless (2)
Post: CC Venture AS - Nivea Cooling Post-Shave Balm
Result: Three-passes with with unnecessary user injury due operator recklessness.  The WR2 1.15 felt so smooth yesterday I assumed I could shave on “auto-pilot.”  The razor immediately notified me that “the operator must be present and in full control at all times.”  Sure enough, I checked the manual, after cleaning up, and right there on page 637, in 6-point boldface typeface, I found that all-too-familiar language about, you know, how “death and/or serious bodily injury [and other stuff too] may result” from unrestrained user idiocy.  I’m telling ya, this thing is deceptively smooth.   Gosh, it must’ve been the blade or sumpin’ ....
Happy Shaves to All.

P.S., Jus’ kidding folks!

Blackland Tradere SB & Feather Hi-SS

Knothead 28mm Tux African Blackwood/Blue Resin

Ethos Succes shave soap

Ethos Succes skin food a/s splash

Dunhill Icon Eau de Parfum 

Prep: Saponificio Varesino Monoi de Tahiti
Bowl: Ceramiche di Sicilia
Brush: Pardus TGN 2-Band
Soap: Saponificio Varesino Opuntia
Razor: Seygus Zeppelin V2 TI 0,7
Blade: Gillette Nacet
Post: Alum Rub
AS: Myrsol Agua Balsamica
AS: Saponificio Varesino Opuntia


Best Regards