SOTD 6-12 October 2019

Friday, October 11

MWF~~Simpson~~Wade & Butcher~~Old Spice Leather
Have a great day!

SOTD OCtober 11th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
Blackland Brass Blackbird OC
Gillette Super Thin (5)
WWB Talleyrand (26mm, Frigate Class)
MWF
B&M Fougere Angelique AS

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Friday AM 2019-10-11

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Stubby 3XL Ivory Finest (30/52)
Penhaligon's English Fern shaving soap (tallow)
Wolfman WR1-SB Antique Bronze/Darwin
Personna Super Stainless (2)
Penhaligon's English Fern aftershave (vintage)

Yikes.  Three nicks yesterday and a couple more today.  I had only a few of these blades and don't know where I got them, but they're thrown out now.  It amazes me that a company that made some of the best blades ever, the P74s, could also make some that are terrible for me.

Prep: Southern Witchcrafts - Necromantic bar
Brush: Declaration Jefferson Matte Unicorn Bone B7
Razor: ATT S1 on MR11
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Lather: LA Shaving Soap Co. - Blackfern - Soap (Vegan)
Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Ozymandias - Aftershave
Fragrance: Australian Private Reserve - Ozymandias - Eau de Parfum

Finally got around to using LASSco blackfern today. Way slicker than I thought it was going to be, to be honest. Scent was not for me. On the other side of the scent coin, first time i've pulled out Ozymandias since the spring, it's one scent that I just can't do in the heat of summer, which is sad, because it's definitely my favorite of Dan's creations to date. I have high hopes for both Carnivale and Raconteur.

Friday, October 11, 2019
- Geo F Trumper's, Coral skin food pre shave
- Ariana & Evans, Monte Carlo, shaving soap & lotion aftershave
- H.L. Thater, 49125/3, plexi silvertip
- Amost S.K.: Pioneer, 6/8.

Friday OCtober 11

Continuing my shaves through Europe, today I'm using one of my aesthetically favorite razors, the LeCoq Caged Head. I've read that LeCoq may have made multiple versions of this razor; an aggressive version and a milder version. True or not, I've only got one and mine has a lot of exposed blade and is pretty aggressive. With the right shave angle, this shaves really well. Wrong angle, well, its like pealing a peach. Along with my normal picture of all my shave HW and SW, I'll include a profile picture of the caged head with the blade in so you can see the blade exposure. Hopefully this picture turns out ok.

Bowl/Scuttle - PantaRei Starry Night (Sicily, Italy)
Soap - MWF (it's Friday after all)
Brush - PantaRei Starry Night Wood Ed, Silver Tip Badger (Sicily, Italy)
Blade - Feather HI SS (8)
Razor - LeCoq Caged Head (France)
Post Shave - OSMA Pierre alum, Baum.BE A/S balm

Shave rating 4 of 5

My hand is still bothering me so shaving is still a bit of an issue; I'm not shaving every day. I get my stitches out next Friday, maybe that will help - I can't get it wet, movement is still compromised, and there is still some pain. I can't stretch my skin in my neck area so I am having some problems shaving properly there. I do get to remove my bandages and wrapping tonight and replace with new bandages/wrapping.

I did a 1 pass shave today, WTG and was DFS. I used a very light touch on the razor and there was a lot of blade feel and the shave was very efficient, and my DFS was nearly BBS. Eighth shave with this blade and maybe it's done or near done. The MWF lathered up well but I'm not sure I like this scuttle for bigger brushes. It's a shallow scuttle and I really had to work to keep the lather in the scuttle which seems counterproductive. This scuttle is better with smaller brushes like the Duke 1 or smaller. I had no weepers but the alum was very vocal particularly at my jaw line and in my neck area. Felt the Baum.BE was the best choice to satisfy my skin.

Overall, a pretty good shave. Have a few more French razors that will be the razors for my next few shaves this weekend and next week.

Happy OCtober and great shaves everyone.



- Ken

Friday October 11, 2019
2019 Shave # 286 ( 339 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Schick E 300 Mag Injector
Blade: Schick (4)
Brush: Graydog Custom Synthetic
Soap: Declaration Grooming Dirtyver
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla
Fragrance: Tom Ford Grey Vetiver

-Extro Tabacco shaving cream

-Tzimidin coffee burlap / SynBad 24 mm

- Karve OC (brass ) E plate / custom brass handle

-Concord Super stainless blade ( #3)

-Lavish Care "Exotic Spices" ASL