SOTD 26 January-1 February 2025

Saturday SOTD

Razor: OneBlade Hybrid

Blade: Feather FHS-10 (6)

Brush: Oumo Exceed-3 Starlight M2 Manchurian 27mm

Bowl: Junichi Tanaka 5"

Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Machine Cube 2.0

Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Unscented

Shave Soap: Ethos Succès

Butter: Saponificio Varesino Puro Burro di Karitè

Aftershave: Ethos Succès

Saturday February 1, 2025
Razor: Occam O.R.E.N.
Blade: Feather Pro
Brush: Knothead "Kentuckian" /Timberwolf
Soap: MacDuff'sBack Country Bourbon
AS : Witch Hazel + DCCS Small Batch Shave Tonic
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 2,278

Fridays with Frank ...


  
Brush .... Tatara Muramasa Adjustable (Synthetic)
Soap ..... ETHOS Bay Rum
Soap ..... ETHOS Vanilla Safi
Razor .... Tatara Amakuni
Blade .... Kai Titan Mild ProTouch MG
Post ..... ETHOS Bay Rum SFS
Post ..... ETHOS Vanilla Safi SFS
Finish ... Les Indemodables Vanille Havane EDT

Today's shave was like out of a really sweet dream.  I borrowed a page out of dtownvino's playbook and scraped some ETHOS Bay Rum and Vanilla Safi together into a bowl, using a roughly 2 to 1 ratio.  Swirling some hot water over the soap softened it, and setting the brush to 1 - the lowest, stiffest loft - made quick work of picking the softened soap up and out of the bowl grooves.  Working the suds for a couple of minutes produced a beautiful lather.  FWIW I set the brush to 2 for a little scrub on the first pass, and to about 2 1/2 thereafter.  The Amakuni and ProTouch MG also worked beautifully.  Again FWIW, I have gradually gone from "on the fence" to thoroughly sold on this razor.

Fridays with Frank ...


  

Lovely colours, Mike. 

Thanks very much celestino.

Razor: Tatara Amakuni Razor
Blade: Kai razor Captain Blade, #6
Shaving brush: Alexander Simpson Trafalgar T3 Sovereign Fibre, Faux Horn
Shaving Soap: Declaration Grooming Dirtyver
After Shave: TABAC Original Black Edition After Shave Lotion

Saturday, February 1, 2025.
Rasocero, Barbacco, prebarba. Geo F. Trumper, Spanish leather, shaving cream. Epsilon, synthetic hair, buttercotch handle. Cherub 2500, full hollow, 6/8, swedish steel, Tokio. Bonté, loción y bálsamo aftershave.

Windy & cold day but, it didn’t impede the excellent results that were attained. Just an amazing shave that leaves me in awe with this razor and how it performs. Simply stellar.
Great shaves to all….

Apex-Ti/Lord Platinum/RR 24mm Plissoft B&C/Stirling Executive Man soap & splash/Supremacy Silver by Afnan

Amakuni is an absolute delight - smooth, comfortable, and sneaky efficient 

Preshave: Hot shower
Soap/Shave cream: Stirling Soap Ramblin' Man
Brush: Maggard 24mm
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
Blade: Treet Carbon Steel (1)
Post shave: Gillette Gel