SOTD 24-30 November 2024

Wednesday November 27, 2024

RR Cyber | BIC Astor stainless
Proraso pre-shave cream | Speick cream
SonnCeramics bowl / Stirling brush
Thayers unscented toner | Fine balm

Preshave: Hot shower
Soap/Shave cream: Stirling Soap Bay Rum
Brush: Maggard 24mm
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
Blade: Treet Carbon Steel (1)
Post shave: Pinaud Clubman

Blutt BR-1 • Wizamet • Longshaving Res IV on Trotter • MacDuffs

27 November, 2024

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Great shave this morning. Returned to Soap Commander and their excellent "Goodwill" LE shave soap. Great scent with notes of fir, citrus and berries. Incredible lather built with the Paladin "Falstaff" 2-Band Select Badger brush for two passes (plus touch-up) with the '58 Gillette Super Speed and I finished with a splash of Quinn's Pink Grapefruit & Orange Rind witch hazel, followed by Pino Silvestre Original Moisturizing Aftershave and Ralph Lauren "Polo Modern Reserve" EdT.

Hope you have a great day.

Soap Commander / Paladin / Gillette / Wizamet / Quinn's / Pino Silvestre / Ralph Lauren

27 November 2024

* Weber DLC
* Super Iridium
* ZenShave Snakewood 3-Band Super
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

Alpha Spirit
Shick Proline
Semogue TSN Final Edition Mixture
HC&C Bowl
Proraso Barbe Dure
WestMan Bronce Note (SCNHG 2024)

- Werewolf Project Copper Edition
- Israeli Red
- Long Shaving Reserve VI
- Ethos Dragonsbeard V4

Brush - Wald Shaving
Razor - Carbon Shaving CX Graphite
RS, AS, AS-Lotion - Grooming Cult Signature

DAY BEFORE TURKEY DAY SHAVE-VERY DECEPTIVE

I decided to use the M3teorite razor with the Aggressive plate and the most aggressive blade I have, the Accurthrive.  The shave was a 3 pass shave.  All the passes were very smooth and comfortable, so I didn't think anything about applying a little more pressure and a little extra buffing.  I'm an idiot.  The result was still a great shave with this razor, but it is so deceptively efficient with that plate that I didn't realize how close I was getting.  BBS shave but with an unusual amount of alum and a/s burn.
Moral of the story is:  if you are going to use the M3teorite aggressive plate, just go light on the touch and don't overdo it.

PRE:         PRORASO PRE SHAVE GREEN (MEH, I PREFER BLUE).
BOWL:     HC&C STAINLESS
BLADE:    ACCUTEC ACCUTHRIVE
RAZOR:   M3TEORITE - AGGRESSIVE PLATE. (THIS RAZOR IS A MUST-HAVE)
SOAP:      ETHOS VETIVERT (WONDERFUL SOAP)
POST:      HOT/COLD RINSE, LATHER WASH, ALUM, WITCH HAZEL
A/S:         ETHOS VETIVERT

SCORE:  9/10.  BBS  (THE ONLY REASON FOR IT NOT BEING A 10/10 WAS ME)

Wednesday, November 27, 2024.
Claus Porto, Musgo Real: Oil pre shave, Shaving soap, Lotion, Balm aftershave & EdT. Vie Long, 15004, synthetic hair, tulip. J.P. Alcamisi, Schienectady, N.Y., made in Germany, General Nobile, carbon steel 11/16.