SOTD 26 April-2 May 2020

Monday‌ ‌04.27.20‌ ‌SOTD‌

Gillette ‘79 Z3 Black Handle Super Adjustable 109 PV

Feather‌ ‌Hi-Stainless‌ ‌Platinum‌

Semogue‌ ‌Owners‌ ‌Club‌ ‌Cherry‌ ‌Wood‌ ‌Boar‌

Barrister and Mann Barrister's Reserve Spice Shaving Soap

Old Spice Cologne Original

Monday AM 2020-04-27
Babe Ruth Day


Rooney 3/2 Faux Horn Finest (24/54)
Crabtree & Evelyn Lavender shaving cream (vintage)
Wolfman WR2-SB/Bob's Razor Works Bull Mastiff
Personna 74 Tungsten (3)
Yardley English Lavender aftershave (vintage)

SOTD MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020

I’m grateful that I learned yesterday that the Broman razor was not for me, because the cleanup allowed me to reexperience my favorite razor. What I discovered is that it remains my favorite SE. The two stacked Feather DE blades used in this unique shaving tool feel every bit as stiff and unyielding as my favorite AC blade, the Feather Super and deliver as good a shave. The only drawback is the weight, but the quality of the shave delivered more than makes up for the latter deficit! 

The GE Jones Shake Sharp is a very unique SE that uses DE blades. One of my shave mentors here at TSD and elsewhere, Jeff (jmudrick), introduced me to the razor, his favorite as well, and I’m forever grateful. I now own three, one of which, the nickel plated Mark 2.0, resides in Philly, my favorite, the Bakelite Mark 1.5, is here in the Philly burbs with me, and another, a gold plated Mark 2.0, is at our place on Tybee Island. I used to own five, but PIF’d two to friends at TSD.

My friend Jeff taught me about stacking two SS DE blades in the Bakelite version. I just extended the technique to the metal handled versions. The razor was originally designed in the late thirties during the carbon steel blade era, but wasn’t produced until the mid to late forties on into the mid fifties when production ceased. A SE self sharpening razor, with its own built-in hone, developed during the thrifty late depression days just prior to WWII, allowed for a person to literally ‘Shake’ their carbon blades - which were thicker than the new SS blades - ‘Sharp’. It was designed to use the cheaper carbon steel DE blade. The carbon steel blades were thicker than the then new SS blades. Stacking two SS blades works beautifully to provide a sharp edge, yet one not so prone to biting.

For today’s shave I again used the Nancy Boy Signature shave cream only this time with 6 drops of M-Bomb, my Viking Silvertip Badger brush, Fine Accoutrements Lavender Pour Homme AS Splash, and A&E Post-Shave Serum. The shave, after my shower, proceeded exactly as anticipated following my regular cold water rinse prep. Two and a half, leisurely, relaxed passes (WTG, ATG, ATG) with this spectacular new shaving cream followed by Thayers Lavender WH, Fine Lavender Pour Homme AS Splash and a finish with A&E Post-Shave Serum ended a very slow, luxurious shave. Your very happy narrator was pleasantly led to bloodless BBS land. I feel clean, smooth, cool, and refreshed.

RAZOR: Bakelite handled Shake Sharp Mark 1.5 SE
BLADE: Two Stacked Feather DE Blades
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
CREAM: Nancy Boy Signature Shave Cream salted with 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Thayers Lavender WH and Fine Accoutrements Lavender Pour Homme AS Splash. Finished with A&E Post-Shave Serum

1924 Shovelhead on Asylum RX handle.

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Monday, April 27, 2020:

Wilkinson Sword Razor “Sticky”
Wilkinson Sword Blade
RazoRock 400 Aluminum Plissoft
Williams Mug Soap
Chas. H. Baldwin & Sons Bay Rum Toilette Water

-- 
John

1924 Shovelhead on Asylum RX handle.

Nice one.
How do you match the handle with Gem head?

Merkur Futur/Dorco Titan

TSC 24mm Synthetic

Stirling Sandalwood shave soap

Proraso Red Lozione Dopobarba (Sandalwood Locion)

Really impressed with this Vector.

April 27, 2020
OneBlade Genesis
Feather FHS
Mr EE #4 with Maggard SHD
Rocky Mountain Barber Company
Fine Santal Absolut