SOTD 28 February-6 March 2021

Razor: RazoRock Game Changer
Blade: Rapira
Brush: Synthetic
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: Castle Forbes
Balm: Castle Forbes
Finale: Woods of Windsor

March 5, 2021
Feather AS-D2
Feather
MrEE with SHD 2 Band
Mitchell’s Wool Fat
Myrsol Antesol

Gillette English Red Tip
Wizamet (6)
Palmolive
CC Bowl 
Ouomo 26 mm badger
CC Venture AS
DFS

Well so much for staying with the H&S N075 for a spell.  Yesterday I unpacked a new to me English Red Tip and I felt a moral imperative to experience, for my very first time, in my 62nd year, the iconic Gillette “Twist-to-Open” razor design.  Golly, it sure was fast and easy to load the blade!  The razor shaved beautifully, feeling relatively mild (compared to some of my more modern razors) and smooth, but had some blade feel and, after 2.5 passes, resulted in a great DFS shave.  I felt like I had joined the ranks of some grand subset of male human beings who have tamed their whiskers with this special type of razor.  I used the Palmolive because that’s what my Dad used, so it seemed fitting.
I mixed the soap thin to make sure the razor got through to the whiskers, and it worked great.  The Oumo badger was a $45 buy off the BST, and is a great brush.  It sports a great and dense knot, with soft tips and a splendid bit ‘o backbone.  Softer than the SV, and less floppy than a High Mt. White.  So today’s shave, all in all, was a small step for me, but still, represented my entry into an legendary club...

Happy Shaves!

Friday, March 5

Mike's Vetiver~~Rubberset 400/3~~Feather AS-D2/Sharp Star~~AoS Green Lavender
Have a great day!

This brush is too much!
Very nice SOTD.

Thank you.

SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 2021

Today is the day before our return to Tennessee to finish closing up my father-in-law’s house and to receive our final Moderna jab. For today’s shave I selected my British Gillette Gold Rocket and my Puma 88 5/8. The Puma delivered a fine, three pass mug shave, and the Rocket loaded with my preferred Feather DE, a decently close two pass ATG dome shave. I feel clean, refreshed, and acceptably smooth.

RAZOR: Puma 88 5/8 (Mug), British Gillette Gold Rocket (Dome)
BLADE: Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil 
BRUSH: MrEE Monster Tuxedo Synth 
CREAM: Castle Forbes Lime 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH.

March 5th
Razor: Blackland Blackbird SB
Blade: Gillette Winner (2)
Brush: Envy Eight Ball
Pre-shave: PAA Cube
Soap: PAA Et Tu
PAA Galactic Witch Hazel
PAA Star Jelly
AS: PAA Et Tu

Good morning!



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SOTD March 4th
W&B Sheffield 7/8ths Razor
Cowhide Strop ($10 at an event market)
CaYuen Workshop 2-Band Badger 'Abalone' Brush
Wholly Kaw - King of Oud - Soap and Splash