SOTD 25 April-1 May 2021

Razor: Hawk V3
Blade: Feather 
Brush: Synthetic
Pre-shave: Proraso white
Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street
Balm: OneBlade
Finale: Terre D’Hermes

Stirling HA SS Razor with Timeless Crown Ti Handle
Voskhod Teflon
CBL Barbershop Soap
Omega Synthetic
Harry's Post Shave Balm
RR Puros Splash

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SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, April 30, 2021

End of the Month Reflections

Welcome to Mitchell’s Wool Fat Fatboy Friday! It’s a bright sunny day here in the western Philadelphia burbs, and the perfect day for a great dome shave, albeit with the bulky Gillette TTO FB head design. Fortunately, for me, my goatee gets me an upper lip pass, so no issues! I also do enjoy shaving the mug with the Boker & Co. French Point. This little razor just works for me, particularly in the toe down neck pass that can be tricky with a larger blade. One of my good shave buddies is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new Kravchenko shave hatchet. This will be his second, the first came from another artisan. 

There is no question that they’re beautifully crafted. I prefer the traditional 19th century vintage lines and blade sizes of a classic straight razor like my little cast steel Boker French Point. I can’t attribute this shave hatchet, cleaver-looking aesthetic trend to millennial tastes, as my son, a fifty something and a very well-respected almost eighty something straight razor forum admin are fans as well. But that kind of variety of taste is why I enjoy this hobby of ours so much. I expect at some point, I’ll attempt a shave with one of these whisker cleavers, but until then I have more than enough traditionally sized straight razors to keep me well-occupied.

The shave this morning to the background refrain of my favorite super group, all musicians of my age, the Traveling Wilbury’s “End of the Line”, was uneventfully superb. The key to a great straight razor shave is taking one’s time and really “being there”, focused and involved. It’s almost a form of meditation for me in the mornings. It’s one of the two times of day for this old retiree that’s all mine! The ‘Honey Do’ list disappears. My favorite shave soap, the variety of shave tools that change each day, and that wonderfully smooth, clean, cool, and refreshing result set the tone for the rest of the day. The other time is when I’m working on my TR6.

RAZOR: Boker & Co. Sheffield Cast Steel French Point (Mug), Gillette Fatboy
BLADE: Kai DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rearden Razor 316L SS Tuxedo Synth
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with L’Occitane Cade AS Balm.

April 30th
Razor: Paradigm Diamondback 2020
Blade: Ladas SuperStainless (3)
Brush: Heritage Collection dubl duck/ gelled boar
Pre-shave: PAA Cube
Soap: PAA Astra Planeta
PAA Galactic Witch Hazel
PAA Astra Planeta Star Jelly
AS: PAA Astra Planeta

Good morning!



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Friday, April 30

XPEC~~Simpson CH2 Synthetic~~Fatip Lo Storto Originale/Gillette Spoiler~~Creed Green Irish Tweed
Have a great day!

Late-night shave

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Ash Wood 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Noble Otter ~ Rawr
Razor/Blade:- Gillette Red Tip (0.66mm) E1 1959 US / Vintage NOS England Wilkinson Sword #2
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- N/A

SOTD 20210430 Kakashi
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Liojuny Shaving Tampa
Finest Badger 3-band, 23x54x114mm
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Kakashi Soap Calendula *
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Riccardo Tonarini Kakashi *
RTL18, 21x65mm (⅞”), 85g, Spine 6mm, Quarter Hollow, French Point,
No Jimps, Shoulderless, Brown Water Buffalo Horn Scales
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
#ShavingSoap #Test



Full size:
https://imgur.com/9A76Q4M
Soundtrack:
Ashes Remain - On My Own
(Kakashi Hatake AMV by Uchiba)
https://youtu.be/6_ldGD9ZHVs

* Grazie a Vincenzo Pitrelli

SOTD 4/30/21:
Henson AL13
345 Soap Bel Air
Astra SP (3)
Geoff Anderson Shavemac 2-band
Captain's Choice Bowl