SOTD 3-9 January 2021

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Cherry Wood 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Whispers from the Woods (Australian made) ~ All Things Nice "Spiced Sandalwood & Honey"
Razor/Blade:- RazoRock Mission / Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow #3
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)

Razor: Wade & Butcher 6/8 in horn
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Custom 24mm silvertip
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: Castle Forbes
Balm: Castle Forbes
Finale: Spanish Leather

Thursday January 7, 2021
Razor: N1 Schick Injector
Blade: Schick twin blade (2)
Brush: Turn and Shave/Fanchurian
Soap: Zingari Man The Healers
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Avon Cool Sage
Fragrance: Tom Ford Grey Vetiver

Thursday, January 7

3P Almond Shaving Soap~~dubl duck #4~~2011 Mühle R41/Gillette Platinum~~Vintage Givenchy Gentleman

Have a great day!

EndGem 3D Printed Gem
Gem PTFE Blade
Shavemac D01 Silvertip
MWF
Proraso Vitamin E Balm
Don Marco Splash

Thursday, January 7, 2021 - Shave of the Day

Prep  ||  Cantu Pre-Shave Scrub

Brush  ||  Vulfix

Soap  ||  Barrister and Mann Arctique

Razor  ||  Blackland Blackbird / Wizamet Super Iridium (4)

A/S  ||  Barrister and Mann Arctique

Growth  ||  37.0 Hours

SOTD 20210107 Vanilla
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Bottega Verde Buon Natale
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Omega 90081 Beehive
Syntex Synth Gen1, 22x50x104mm, Fanshape
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Kell's Original Ultra Aloe Blend Vanilla Bean
in Superlathering
Cella Milano Crema Sapone Extra Extra Purissima
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FrankenRazor Ghost Trotter
(Spectre CC / Yaqi Globe Trotter)
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Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow Sharp Edge #1
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Clubman Pinaud Vanilla Classic Aftershave Lotion
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Lacoste Match Point
EDT Vapo & Deo Spray
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
#Test #3017 #ShavingSoap



Full size:
https://imgur.com/42vOXh4
Soundtrack:
Maurice Jarre - Keating's Triumph (Dead Poets Society, Soundtrack)
https://youtu.be/a708Dtc0FCc

SOTD        THURSDAY MORNING,  JANUARY 7, 2021

I know I’ve complained in the past about my shaving tools collection getting out of hand, but one of the pluses of such an event are that we can enjoy the variety provided by such a collection.  I’m one of those folk who initially became caught up in the modern artisan safety razor hysteria, but of late have come to realize that the old adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” really makes sense when it comes to shaving tools.  This is not to say that I’ll be ditching all my modern safety razor acquisitions.  They’ll take my Karve, Blackland, and Colonial safety razors away only after I move to the other side of the grass!  But, my vintage razors, both straight and safety, deliver every bit as good, if not better a shave as my modern artisan offerings.  In fact, starting this Sunday, the 30DC crew at TSD will be hosting a week long Gillette focus featuring safety razors that are 50 or more years old.  I would invite all my shave brothers and sisters to join us starting this Sunday!  My handle there is [USER=21513]Jgreenepa[/USER].

Today’s shave featured two of my favorite vintage shaving tools, my C-Mon Special straight razor for the mug, and my nickel-plated Shake Sharp Model 2.0 for the noggin.  The new Naniwa 12k/jasper edge on the C-Mon Special is just so incredibly buttery smooth and sharp.  It feels like I’m just sweeping the facial lather away.  The same held true for my noggin shave as well.  As many may know, I think the Shake Sharp razor is one of the best shaving vintage razors around.  I used to own 6 but have sold two and gifted one to a good friend.  The three that remain are all great shavers, but my favorite is the earliest model Bakelite handled 1.5 that was just recently featured in a shave report.  Loaded with two stacked Feather or Kai DE blades it is easily the equal or superior of most modern artisan offerings. Today’s nickel plated metal handle model delivered as good a dome shave as I had on my mug. It is a SE safety razor designed for DE blades.  One of the mainstream Gillette shaving products that deserves more press is Gillette Pure shaving cream.  My JT custom Pro48 boar generated the two types of lather I enjoy, which when removed left me feeling cool, refreshed, clean and smoothly velveteen.

RAZOR:  C-Mon Special 11/16 (Mug),  G.E. Jones Shake Sharp SE Model 2.0 (Dome)
BLADE:  2 Stacked Feather DE 
PREP:  Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil 
BRUSH:  JT Custom Sapele/Resin Pro48 Boar 
CREAM:  Gillette Pure
POSTSHAVE:  Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Humphreys Lilac WH.  Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash.

Thursday 01.07.21
Warm water splash
Yaqi Mocha 26
CC Ceramic
GD Cascade 
Karve E Plate w/Personna Red (5)
Fine/WCS Aquamarine AS
Three passes; DFS-BBS

Happy shaves to All.