SOTD 26 June-2 July 2016

SOTD 1st July 2016:

Razor- Darwin Deluxe
Blade- Gillette/Wilkinson Sword
Soap- Barrister & Mann Cheshire
Brush- Paladin Falstaff 28mm
EDT- Penhaligon's Castile

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Thursday 30 June

Tim Zowada 13/16 Damascus
Simpsons Duke 3 Manchurian
Stirling - Electric Sheep
Floïd Blue

Doug, fantastic razor!
This model is Hannah's Razor?

I'm on a waiting list at Tim Zowada.

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30 June 2016 shave

Razor: Gillette SS 1947 (Birth Razor)
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Brush: Simpsons CH1 Chubby Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock Don Donato
A/S: RazoRock Don Donato

Experiencing internet problems. DFS today with this combination of products.

Chiseled Face - Pine Tar | Ever-Ready 100T w/TGN Finest | 1912 Type Star | Gem by Personna (1) | Pinaud Clubman

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I recently was in the market for a brush to hold my favorite boar knot. A kind fellow wet shaver responded and wanted to deal in trade. The deal seemed fair to me, but he felt is was unbalanced in his favor, so he decided to "throw in" a surprise with the brush. The add-on item was a 1912 Type Star SE. He'd noticed an absence of vintage SEs in my SOTD pics. As a matter of fact, my only experience with SEs is with my beloved Mongoose. I quickly discovered the vintage SE is a totally different monster.

Last night, I took the Star for an apprehensive spin. I decided to do a face-only shave and save the scalp for when I had more nerve. In case things got hairy, I hedged a bit by choosing Chiseled Face's Pine Tar. I have found Pine Tar to be quite forgiving and facilitates healing better than most any other soap I've used. I was immediately confounded by how gentle and mild the Star was while being equally loud and incredibly efficient. The gentleman who gave me the Star had prepared me that it would sound like "buttering toast". That's no lie! All in all, my first vintage SE shave (face-only) was perfect. This SE did in two passes what most of my DEs would do in three.

So, tonight, I decided to do a full head and face shave using the same combo. Thus my face had one day's growth, and my head had three. I started with my face as per my usual routine. A single WTG pass resulted in a shave that would have been presentable and certainly equivalent to two passes normally. Therefore, I skipped the XTG pass and went right to ATG to get an easy, comfortable BBS. This was clearly the easiest neck shave ever. My confidence at it's peak, I went right the scalp. Two very intuitive passes, again, got me BBS. I'm truly in awe of the performance of this razor and presumably blade.

I finished with Clubman because this shave just deserved it.

I am so grateful to this kind fellow wet shaver for introducing me to this additional aspect of the wet shaving realm.

Chiseled Face - Pine Tar | Ever-Ready 100T w/TGN Finest | 1912 Type Star | Gem by Personna (1) | Pinaud Clubman

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I recently was in the market for a brush to hold my favorite boar knot. A kind fellow wet shaver responded and wanted to deal in trade. The deal seemed fair to me, but he felt is was unbalanced in his favor, so he decided to "throw in" a surprise with the brush. The add-on item was a 1912 Type Star SE. He'd noticed an absence of vintage SEs in my SOTD pics. As a matter of fact, my only experience with SEs is with my beloved Mongoose. I quickly discovered the vintage SE is a totally different monster.

Last night, I took the Star for an apprehensive spin. I decided to do a face-only shave and save the scalp for when I had more nerve. In case things got hairy, I hedged a bit by choosing Chiseled Face's Pine Tar. I have found Pine Tar to be quite forgiving and facilitates healing better than most any other soap I've used. I was immediately confounded by how gentle and mild the Star was while being equally loud and incredibly efficient. The gentleman who gave me the Star had prepared me that it would sound like "buttering toast". That's no lie! All in all, my first vintage SE shave (face-only) was perfect. This SE did in two passes what most of my DEs would do in three.

So, tonight, I decided to do a full head and face shave using the same combo. Thus my face had one day's growth, and my head had three. I started with my face as per my usual routine. A single WTG pass resulted in a shave that would have been presentable and certainly equivalent to two passes normally. Therefore, I skipped the XTG pass and went right to ATG to get an easy, comfortable BBS. This was clearly the easiest neck shave ever. My confidence at it's peak, I went right the scalp. Two very intuitive passes, again, got me BBS. I'm truly in awe of the performance of this razor and presumably blade.

I finished with Clubman because this shave just deserved it.

I am so grateful to this kind fellow wet shaver for introducing me to this additional aspect of the wet shaving realm.

I agree it is amazing how well the Gem and Star razors shave. Bravo.

Proraso Green Pre/Post
Vintage Canadian Handle with 24mm Maggards Plissoft Knot
B-M LGC
1938/39 British Gillette Popular #45
Personna Red (Shave 1)
Thayers Superhazel with Proraso Pre/Post followed with a Proraso/Osage Rub concoction
The Osage Rub adds a nice Menthol Kick to the Proraso splash without changing the scent, at all. Pretty good stuff

SOTD-01jul16:
Chatillon Lux Pre-Shave Butter
The Single Edge / Schick Ultra Platinum(Dutch)
Vintage Blades 22mm 2-Band Finest
Sapone Di Paolo Agrume
Aqua Velva Frost Lime

I stayed with Sapone Di Paolo shaving soap with the blade switch to try to keep things as much the same as I could with the different blade. That's not to say this soap is not up to the task, quite the opposite, this is a very good performing soap.

These vintage injector blades are the gold standard for me. The razor and soap were up to the challenge. I had a great shave and both the razor and the soap have moved up in my eyes with this experience! Good stuff!

Have a great day, folks!

Rocnel P SE Generic Anodized Handle
Derby 1/2 Platinum Blade
Saponificio Varesino Aromatic Fern Shave Soap
Golden Nib Best Badger
Dove Post Shave Balm
Clubman After Shave

Rubberset 400-3 w/ TGN HMW 
Wolfman / Windrose 
Gillette Silver Blue 
SV Tundra Artica 
SV Tundra Artica balm 

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