SOTD 24-30 January 2021

Ethos Greenfresh
Paladin Tut
Paradigm SE
Feather Professional
SMN Acqua di Erba

Lupo .95 Razor
Tatara Platinum Blade
CBL Barbershop Soap
PAA Solar Flare Synthetic
Proraso Vitamin E Balm
Paul Sebastian

- Elite Razor Manchurian White, Amboyna Burl (24mm)
- Hub City Red Cabin in the Woods
- Blackland BlackBird, Personna Prep
- Hub City Red Cabin in the Woods AS
- Leather Private Reserve

Razor: Luna 6/8
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Synthetic
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Catie’s Bubble
Balm: OneBlade
Finale: Halston Z-14

Carbon Cx-Ti & Gillette 7O’Clock SP (Black Ninja)

Maggard 30mm Tux Black Resin

Deluxe Shaving Doo-Wop Barbershop Citrus

Dior Eau Sauvage a/s Lotion

Dior Eau sauvage eau de toilette

Razorock Mamba 70
Wizamet SI (2)
Zenith boar
MdC Agrumes
Nivea Post Shave Cooling Balm

Smooth, close and cool

SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 2021

Yesterday morning’s mug shave with the new-to-me H. Hobson Sheffield wedge was a delight. For this morning’s shave I selected my Thistle Cut 5/8, a visually unassuming vintage razor, and one of two I own at the recommendation of a Master Honer who feels the brand and the steel used in the blade represents one of the best values in vintage razors today. At his recommendation and the loan of my son’s Shapton progression I took the blade all the way to 30k. I then stropped it on 0.25 and 0.1 pasted linen and finished it on Horween leather. While yesterday’s mug shave was great, this little Thistle is in a whisker-meltin’ class by itself. Velveteen smooth after only two passes (WTG, ATG).  

My dome shave yesterday featured Fine’s “World’s Finest SS Safety Razor”, an assertion I would take issue with. It represented an homage to the vintage Gillette New LC. Frankly, as I said yesterday, I prefer the original Gillette. My dome shaving selection for today was my favorite AC safety razor. I also own a Vector which is without doubt also an excellent razor, but can be a pain in the petoot with random blade sticking issues. The Colonial General V2 has a narrow head profile, not as exaggerated as the Vector’s, is a bit heavier, but more importantly, doesn’t suffer from the Vector’s random blade sticking issue. I usually use the Feather Super, but ran out, so I loaded a Feather Proguard, a blade I enjoy in my Feather DX. It delivered an excellent shave and left me feeling refreshed, clean, and dolphin smooth.

RAZOR: Thistle Cut Co. 5/8 (Mug), Colonial General V2 (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Proguard AC
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil 
BRUSH: JR Boar #374
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with A&E Post-Shave Serum.

January 24th
Razor: Gillette Red Tip A3
Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
Brush: SOC Boar
Pre-shave: PAA Cube
Soap: Proraso
PAA Galactic Witch Hazel
PAA Star Jelly
AS: Proraso

Good morning!



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