SOTD 30 August-5 September 2020

H&S PO76 Ti & Dorco Titan

APShaveCo. 28mm Silksmoke Winter

Ethos Succes shave soap

Ethos Succes skin food a/s splash

Razor: Meister 6/8
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Silvertip
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: Speik
Balm: OneBlade lavender
Finale: Pinaud Clubman

Wolfman WR2 OC 1.55 WRH (hollow)
Feather
Haslinger Seaweed Soap
Razorock Silvertip
Nivea Creme
Clubman Lilac Vegetal

[b]SOTD SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020[/b]

What a glorious morning for an old school shave! I’m really beginning to like this Lush Prince shaving cream. It leaves my mug feeling incredibly good post shave, and I think it’s going to become a keeper for all my straight razor shaves. Unfortunately, it’s too thick for my dome shave with the Colonial General V2. In fact, I wouldn’t recommend it for any safety razor shaver, particularly, cart shavers as it has the consistency of cold cream. But that’s never a problem because of the wonderful MWF lather built with my Jayaruh #372 Boar. I’ve swapped handles between my Silversmith and General, and think I’ll keep things that way. 

My son, Ben, gave me two beautiful CKBA Damascus Straight razor’s for Father’s Day this year. He’s an amateur bladesmith who had them made by a master bladesmith operating out of Arizona. The steel measures only a 58-59 on the Rockwell scale, and as the smith himself admitted won’t hold an edge as long as a Sheffield, Solingen or Silver Steel blade will, but since I regularly touch up my straight razors biweekly on my jasper finishing stone, it’s not an issue for me. They both yield a lovely edge that’s a pleasure to shave with.

My shave this morning was awesome. I’ve dedicated a cheap synthetic brush tospread the Lush Prince cream on my mug. It does a much better job than my fingers since it doesn’t lather up as there's no soap in it. My slow three pass (WTG, ATG, XTG) face shave left me firmly ensconced in VBBS land. My one and 1/2 pass (ATG, ATG) noggin MWF shave delivered me to the same destination. When I began my straight razor journey it was with a great deal of trepidation given my mishap 5 yrs ago, but now I’m glad I did. There’s a leisurely, exactingquality to a good straight shave that I’ve really come to enjoy. I feel refreshed, clean, and really velveteen this morning! I wish all my shave brothers and sisters a great day today!

RAZOR: CKBA Damascus Koa Wood Scales 6/8 (Mug), Colonial General V2 Head mounted on Colonial Silversmith Handle (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Rabid Banana Preshave Cube (Dome)
BRUSH: JR Custom Boar #372
SOAP/CREAM: Lush Prince Cream (Mug), Mitchell’s Wool Fat (Dome)
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings (Dome) followed by Humphrey’s Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Cremo Cooling Post Shave Balm.

SEptember 5th
Razor: Occam's Enoch
Blade: Feather AC Pro (2)
Brush: MrEE Monster
Pre-shave: PAA Rabid Banana
Soap: Stirling Piacenza
Stirling Orange Chill Witch Hazel
Stirling Glacial Balm
AS: Stirling Piacenza

Stirling SEptember

Good morning!



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SOTD September 5th






Morris & Forndran 2XL eclipse blonde badger 

Dorko 1150 

Soap and As Meißner Tremonia Pink Grapefruit

Saturday AM 2020-09-05
National Beard Day


Rooney Stubby 3 Porcelain Finest (26/54) 
Ralph Lauren Safari shaving soap (tallow)
Henson AL13
Schick Plus Platinum (2)
Ralph Lauren Safari aftershave balm (vintage)

This was my first use of the Henson razor. It held the blade quite firmly, and there was no chatter and very little auditory feedback. The shaving angle was shallower than with my other razors, but I was able to adjust quickly. The shave was very smooth and close. Sort of paradoxically, I found that due to the extremely light weight (38g), I felt like I had to work a bit harder with it than with my other heavier razors. 

Scentless Saturday, September 5

Strop Shoppe Unscented~~Thäter 4125/2~~Portland 1905

Have a great day!