SOTD 26 January-1 February 2020

Wolfman WR1 Antique Bronze on Darwin Handle  - Wizamet  - Morris & Forndran Genuine Horn Pre Collaboration  - Aseop SS Bowl  - Grooming Dept Pre Shave  - Nuavia Blu  - Chatillon Lux Gratiot League Square AS

SOTD 01/31/20

This morning I woke up to a relatively gray day. One of the issues with having a collection of utility objects is that as it grows, certain early favorites are pushed aside in favor of the newer arrivals. What razor should I select to shave with and close out the month? I looked at my rack of 16 daily drivers And noticed that I had been neglecting one of my stalwarts, the Muhle R41 (2011) on its RazoRock SS Barber Pole handle. In addition, my shaving creams have been have seeing little use. So I selected my Kapo fresh. I like to bowl lather my shaving creams, so I also grabbed my ceramic shaving scuttle. Jayaruh’s Custom Rosewood Silvertip Badger was my choice of brush. I cold rinsed with water and applied my regular PAA Preshave soap to head and face. My shave gang over at TSD have been on a hot lather kick with a variety of shaving soaps. So I had boiled some water, and added it to my usual smidge of Kapo Fresh with 5 drops of M-Bomb. The result was a thin, white, disappointing bubbly result. So I added a bit more cream and proceeded to lather without much change. As soon as I began transferring this seemingly nothing lather to my face and noggin, however, voila, thick, luxurious, hot lather. So this is what they’re talking about! Now the thing I know about the R41 is that besides being a highly efficient shaver, it demands concentration and focus.  

My first WTG pass on my face went beautifully as I rode the cap carefully throughout. Short careful strokes cleared the whiskers right down to the skin line on my face, leaving me with an incredibly close bloodless first pass even around the troublesome Adam’s apple with only three rough spots. Now it was time for the head. I usually use long sweeping ATG strokes on the dome with my trusty Silversmith, Vector or Shake Sharp, but remembered that this never worked well with this razor. So I proceeded to use the same cap-riding short stroke technique on the gourd, with WTG short strokes, and experienced the same whisker clearing result as on the face, although it took me far longer than my usual head shave. There remained only two rough spots in the usual places, for that second pass. Usually I go ATG, but with this razor and my arthritis would be bitten. So instead I elected to go XTG, and for the first time ended up with probably one of the closest head shaves I’ve ever experienced. Returning to my face, I experienced another extremely close shave. A check with the alum block revealed heat around each of the trouble spots. Given that, I guess I would have to term the result a near BBS all around. What a great shave to end the month on. I feel clean, smoooth, coool and refreshed

RAZOR: Muhle R41 (2011) on RR Barber Pole SS Handle
BLADE: Wizamet Super Iridium
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Preshave Cube 
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Rosewood Silvertip Badger 
CREAM: Kapo Fresh 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite AS Splash

Friday, January 31

Friday, 31 January, 2020:

MÜHLE R89
Rapira Platinum Lux
Heinrich L. Thäter Finest Badger Silvertip
Haslinger Schafmilch Rasierseife
Pitralon Classic

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John

Ill snap a photo of soon.  Its a nice brush.  Seems to be breaking in easily.  It is the ivory handle.  It is strange, there is something green on the inside bottom of the handle.  It is a nice brush though, pretty soft.  I have been in a steady rotation of the Mondial, a Omega Pro 49, and a Zenith butterscotch handle boar brush, all of which are early in their break in phases.  At some point, I will write a comparison.  I am a big boar fan.  I don't why, but I just prefer a good boar brush over badger.

Friday AM 2020-01-31

Rooney 1/3 Ebony Finest (26/52)
Penhaligon's English Fern shaving soap (tallow)
Paradigm II Titanium/Stork Advoco Titanium
Gillette Super Stainless 'Spoiler' (4)
Houbigant Fougère Royale aftershave (vintage)

Wonderful.

F Reynolds SR
Semogue 610 boar
CBL Sir Fougere Tonsorial soap (28)
Witch Hazel
Aramis AS

SOTD ... GD Lemon Bay/Rooster's Nest Bourbon Bay Rum/Wolfman 1.25 Ti/Varlet Ranger XD 27mm

SOTD 1/31/2020
Brush: Omega 20102 Boar
Razor: Colonial Silversmith
Blade: Personna Red(Israeli)
Soap: Wholly Kaw Rebelle

Wolfman WR1 .86 SB w/ WRH7 in Mirror Polished SS
Gillette Platinum 
Declaration Grooming/Jeff Huck ‘Hucklaration’ 27mm B2
Wholly Kaw ‘Bare Siero’ Soap
Chatillon Lux ‘Pure Lavender’ Splash

Have A Great Day!