SOTD 04/09/2020
Another glorious shave with the new Colonial General V2 blade holder equipped with a Feather Super (4) on its last use. Rather than bore you with continuing paeans to the latter glories, I’ll instead focus today on some of the changes in software I made for this shave. Many of us look to our milled soaps - Martin de Candre, Mitchell’s Wool Fat, Creed’s Green Irish Tweed etc - as the platform for our shaves, but doing so neglects the shave creams. In Italy shave cream is the preferred latherer, according to Sharpologist. Some of my current favorites are Palmolive, Kapo, Gillette Pure, Proraso and Cella. I’ve always enjoyed a good variety of different shave creams, but one of my favorites is Bigelow. It always generates a great thick protective lather. The beautiful Boar brush Jayaruh crafted with its great backbone did an excellent job whipping it up beautifully in the scuttle. This lather seems every bit as good as that generated using my regular MWF. One and a half passes with this razor again put the baby to bed. I really enjoyed the shave; I feel clean, cool, and refreshed. What I most enjoy about using this razor, though, is that wonderful, soft, velveteen feel to the shave surfaces, and that wonderful smell from the Chatillon Lux Post-Shave Toner.
RAZOR: 316L SS Colonial General V2
BLADE: Feather Super AC
PREP: Cold water rinse
SOAP: C.O. Bigelow salted with 6 drops of M-Bomb
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Boar #343
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Chatillon Lux Pure Lavender Post-Shave Toner
09-APR-2020 SOTD
[font=Courier New]......PRE ......... Hot Water
......BRUSH ....... Omega EVO Marble Ovale (E1855)
......SOAP ........ Wholly Kaw Rebelle (Siero Tallow)
......RAZOR ....... RazoRock Hawk V3-A, Feather Pro (2)
......POST CARE ... skin felt great, but I used Hyaluronic Acid Serum anyway
......FRAGRANCE ... Leather Private Reserve EDC
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Technique Trumps Tools
Skin Care Trumps Skin Repair
Be Cool, be Kind, and be Well
-- Mike --
Skin Care Trumps Skin Repair
Be Cool, be Kind, and be Well
-- Mike --
(This post was last modified: 04-10-2020, 12:23 AM by fmalpartida.)
SOTD - 2020.4.9
Growth: 48h
Brush: ŌKU Jerte by P&P - 26mm two band finest XD
Soap: Eufros Lignvm
Razor: Carbon Cx 316L/Ti
Blade: Treet
Post: lather face wash, alum, Tabac, good oleo
Passes: 2 - WTG, XTG
Rating: 4.9/5
Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA
Growth: 48h
Brush: ŌKU Jerte by P&P - 26mm two band finest XD
Soap: Eufros Lignvm
Razor: Carbon Cx 316L/Ti
Blade: Treet
Post: lather face wash, alum, Tabac, good oleo
Passes: 2 - WTG, XTG
Rating: 4.9/5
Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA
Friday SOTD
Razor: Supply Provision The Single Edge Jet Black
Blade: Schick (D5)
Brush: Black Eagle Rhino Black Feather 25mm
Bowl: Castle Shave 4 1/4"
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Unscented
Shave Cream: Chiseled Face/Zoologist - Rhino
Balm: Handmade Soap Co. Soothing
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Gratiot League Square Toner
Blade: Schick (D5)
Brush: Black Eagle Rhino Black Feather 25mm
Bowl: Castle Shave 4 1/4"
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Unscented
Shave Cream: Chiseled Face/Zoologist - Rhino
Balm: Handmade Soap Co. Soothing
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Gratiot League Square Toner
Guy
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