SOTD 31 January-6 February 2021

SOTD 20210204 Picasso
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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BSB2 by Dr Dulcamara
Barcelona Shaving Brushes, Polished Aluminium, Finest HD, 25x50x90mm, 84g
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Picasso Antiage
Crema, Sapone, Balsamo
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Wilkinson Sword Quattro Titanium Sensitive #3
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#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan



Full size:
https://imgur.com/yzSO2HC
Soundtrack:
Howard Shore - The Grace of Undómiel
(feat. Renée Fleming, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
https://youtu.be/PEDEdrz8Okc

February 4, 2021
Tatara Masamune
Feather
Tatara/Semogue Boar
AOS Lavender Shave Cream
Fine Lavender Pour Homme Aftershave

February 4th
Razor: Karve Aluminum C
Blade: Personna Red (1)
Brush: Grizzly Bay Veratrum
Pre-shave: PAA Cube
Soap: B&M Terror
PAA Galactic Witch Hazel
B&M Unscented Balm
AS: B&M Terror

Good morning!



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Thursday, February 4

AoS Sandalwood~~Simpson X3 SiLVERTiP~~RazoRock GC OC .84/Astra SP~~Michael for Men

Have a great day!

Lupo 95
Tatra Platinum Blade
CBL Barbershop Soap
PAA Amber Aerolite Synthetic
Proraso Vitamin E Balm
Brut

Timeless Bronze 78 OC w/Timeless Ti handle
Wizamet SI (4)
CC ceramic
MdC Agrumes
Knothead Brush Works “Rook” w/22mm SHD Badger Bulb
CC Venture AS
Nivea Post Shave Cooling Balm
Two patient, caring and sensitive passes with some gentle touch ups.  Result? DFS-BBS

The Timeless 78 OC is sort of like a Sumo Wrestler against the “90 pound weakling” in the old Jack LaLanne adverts.  The .78 just needs patience and TLC to avoid totally crushing and bloodying its opponent.  Then, it’s just a big old Teddy Bear.

Happy Shaves People.  That’s an order!

SOTD THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Today is my birthday and this morning’s shave is dedicated to my lovely second wife, Lauren, whose birthday was yesterday. Lauren and I lost our respective first spouses to cancer during November and December of 2012. Lauren had been married for 28 yrs and I’d been married for 42 years. We will be married for five years this June. In her honor I selected two incredible shaving tools. My very early Cast Steel H. Boker French Point and my refurbished Schick F Type injector were the perfect razors for my mug and dome shaves respectively. I do love the way this old Boker feels in hand, and after two pasted and one leather stropping easily swept away my mug whiskers in three, easy passes with the Traveling Wilburys “Handle with Care” playing in the background.

The huge MrEE Monster Aluminum Handled Tuxedo Synth is a lathering beast that easily generated the thin, slick facial lather that the old Boker glided through on its three pass whisker obliteration mission. The following bowl lathering exercise could have kept three barbers supplied, but resulted in the overly generous, thick, protective lather carpet I prefer for my dome shaves. The old F Type used for the dome shave accompanied my neighbor’s Marine Officer father through the Pacific. It saved his life on Bougainville where it along with the rest of his mess kit was severely damaged blocking shrapnel from a Japanese grenade. It was restored for me by the very able Tom White (Twhite) and now delivers an excellent shave again. I'm grateful to be a cancer survivor pushing three quarters of a century. The Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash was the perfect ending, leaving me feeling cool, clean, and velveteen smooth on this beautiful, cold, sunny Philadelphia day! I wish the Lord’s Grace and health to all my shave brothers and sisters!

RAZOR: H. Boker Cast Steel French Point (Mug), Schick F Type
BLADE: Schick Proline B-20 Injector
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Aluminum Handle Monster Tuxedo Synth
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash.

February 3, 2021 SOTN

Prep: Cold water

Brush: Peregrino synthetic

Razor: Carbon original plate

Blade: Wizamet (1)

Lather: T&S sample Yakushima

Lather Bowl: Symmetrical Pottery

Post Shave: Ethos success splash

Notes:

I love this Carbon. I may need to get some of CarbonShavingCo. 's other plates. Thanks pork for the T&S Sample. Dragonsbeard Ethos splash worked great. I did not even need balm, which I usually use.