SOTD 6-12 September 2020

Thursday SOTD

Razor: OneBlade Hybrid
Blade: Feather FHS-10 (D4)
Brush: VP Leonhardy 700040 Tortoise 25mm
Bowl: Yuzu Tenmoku 4-3/4"
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Chamomile & Lemon
Shave Cream: Al’s Auguri
Balm: Luxx Jasmine Lime
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Colonia Balsamica Toner

Colonial Razors / The Silversmith / Feather

Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic

EUFROS / Fougère

BLEU DE CHANEL

Thursday‌ ‌09.10.20 ‌SOTD‌

Gillette ‘40s Gold Fat Handle Tech Set

Gillette‌ 7 O'clock SharpEdge Yellow

Frank Shaving 24mm Silvertip Badger

TOBS Sandalwood Shaving Cream

TOBS Sandalwood Aftershave

Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Iridium Super
Brush: Synthetic
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Martin de Candre
Balm: OneBlade lavender
Finale: Paul Sebastian

Chiseled Face Groomatorium | Pine Tar
Ever-Ready 100T | Elite Razor Manchurian
Star 1912 | Gem PTFE
Phoenix Shaving | Creosote
Christian Dior | Fahrenheit

Yates 921 H
Astra SP
Razorock Lime Shave Soap
Semogue OC Finest Badger
Nivea Creme
Brut

Thursday September 10, 2020

Razor: Paradigm Diamondback
Blade: Wizamet (2)
Brush: Wolf Whisker Black Wolf
Soap: Strop Shoppe Russian Tea
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla
Aftershave 2: Skin Bracer
Fragrance: Guerlain Vetiver EdT

Great way to start the day!!

[b]SOTD THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020[/b]

And the great shaves just keep on coming. Touched up my new Manhattan Cutlery 13/16 French Point last night on the jasper stone and diamond sprayed felted strop. This Sheffield Steel razor is the oldest that I own, dated to between 1861 and 1900. I was initially a bit intimidated by the French Point, but I took my time and ended up with a velveteen smooth three pass (WTG, ATG, XTG) shave. I used the Prince shaving cream for my head shave as well and avoided the gumminess issue by selecting one of my best noggin shavers, the Valet Auto Strop VC4. The beauty of this razor is that its clever design allows for the FAS-10 blade-holder to be released for hot water rinsing of both sides of the blade. It made short work of the 24 hr dome stubble and in one and 1/2 passes (ATG, ATG) put the baby right to bed. Although the Lush Prince shaving cream doesn’t lather as it has no soap in it, it is amazingly slick and leaves my skin feeling so good, that I believe I could easily go without any aftershave product. I never thought I would say this, but the aftershave skin feel is superior to any lathering product I’ve ever used. Despite that, I do enjoy lathers, and will probably continue to use them on my dome in the future. I feel refreshed, clean and smoothly velveteen!

RAZOR: Manhattan Cutlery 13/16 French Point Turtle Shell Scales (Mug), Valet Auto Strop VC4 (Dome)
BLADE: Feather FAS-10 Carbon Steel
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Pure Badger
CREAM: Lush Prince Soap-less Shaving Cream
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Royall Lyme AS.

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