SOTD 7-13 May 2017

Thursday AM 2017-05-11

Georgetown Pottery G20 Scuttle (Hamada and Purple)
Rooney 3/2 Faux Horn Finest (24mm/54mm)
C&E Sweet Almond Oil shaving soap (vintage) + Coate's Almond shaving cream (vintage)
Delta Echo Black Chrome-Nickel Feather AS-D2/Triad Copper Aristocrat
Gillette Platinum 'Swede' (5)
Caswell-Massey Almond aftershave balm

Guerrilla Razor
Feather Platinum
L&L Grooming Trismegistus
Paladin Chief in Butterscotch Marble

Jueves 11 Mayo 2017

• Edwin Jagger Pre Shave Lotion
• Paladin Chief 26mm Butterscotch
• PAA Coconut Oud
• ATT Kronos SE1
• Kai Captain Titan Mild Pink
• Floid MS

SOTD-11may17:
'55 Gillette SS Red Tip / Wizamet Polsilver Stainless
Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Finest
Desmond's Barrow Mossly Lime Shaving Soap
Pinaud Lime Sec

This was one of those shaves where everything just came together for an effortless, comfortable shave.  Nice!

Very few changes from yesterday's shave to this evening's, yet enough changes to have a few conclusions drawn. First one, there's (for me, that is) no need for such a sharp blade in this razor. It takes advantage from less sharp blades (like the Astra SS) and the less aggressive edge seems to be gentler on my skin. I feel the Edwin Jagger works better with sharper blades, but this 37C is at its best with milder ones. Not that I ended up irritated, but I could spot three red dots on my second pass, that I had not seen while I had been using the Astras. So let's keep the yellow Gillettes for the EJ, from now on.

The other change is the brush. I have been confronting my Omega 31052 and the Semogue 1305 in successive shaves with the same soap, face and bowl lathering and I'm almost ready to reach my final conclusions in this particular "battle of the boars". I'll share it as soon as I'm done. Of course it's just an opinion, but as long as it's helpful to somebody, I'll be happy with that. Three passes and some touch-ups for a BBS outcome. Excellent shave.

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DORCO :: RAZOROCK/ITALIAN BARBER :: LEA
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Friday Planned SOTD
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Razor: British Ever-Ready 1912
Blade: Feather FHS-10 (06)
Brush: ThatDarnRob Navy 24mm BOSS
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Pre-Shave Scrub: Lisa's Sunny Citrus
Pre-Shave Butter: Mickey Lee Lime
Shave Soap: Barrister & Mann Bay Rum
Post: HTGAM Coconut Bay Rum
Aftershave: B&M Kyovu Bay Rum

Thursday 5.11.2017

Eufros Premium Tallow Rosa Bourbon :: Morris & Forndran 2XL Finest :: Stork Ti RWD/Above the Tie SE2 :: Swiss Pitralon