SOTD 8-14 December 2019

Great start to a Thursday.

LASSC BBS-1 (could use a polish!)
Feather Hi Stainless
Martin de Candre Fougere
Rudy Vey White Zebra Tulip with TGN Finest Bulb
Stirling Sandpiper

Thursday, December 12

Boellis Panama 1924~~Simpson PL10~~Heljestrand MK 32
Have a great day!

This 12th shaving day of Decadent December will kickoff with a brief story to introduce the vintage razor selected for today’s shave. James Neill, developer and manufacturer of the famed Eclipse Red Ring Safety Razor in Sheffield, England, sent his son Fred to New York City in the 1930s to explore business opportunities. One lasting result was a contract with the 400 Company which led to the development of the Neillite 400 (Patent 1936), a Bakelite DE razor with a storied history of shaving effectiveness. The razor was designed with a mild side and an aggressive side, although both sides are highly efficient. The Stirling Glacial Obsidian soap used this morning produced an anise scented cooling, thick, protective lather with the help of my new Jayaruh Custom Boar brush. Although lighter than I’m used to, this little Bakelite razor was amazingly efficient and mowed down that lather, and delivered a surprisingly close (comparable to my Rex Ambassador at setting 5) two and a half pass face and dome BBS. Today I feel smooth, cool and refreshed. Superb shave!

RAZOR: Neillite 400 Bakelite DE
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a face and dome scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Boar
SOAP: Stirling Glacial Obsidian
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash of dome and face with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Stirling Glacial Obsidian AS Splash

Mitchell's Wool Fat

Shavemac Colonia No.1 Unique 2 Band

Koraat 8/8

Tony Miller Plain Vanilla

Floid Blue

Thursday AM 2019-12-12

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Emillion 1 Porcelain Finest (24/51)
Floris Verbena shaving soap (tallow)
Wolfman WR1-SB 0.61 Antique Bronze/Darwin
Schick Plus Platinum (8)
Guerlain Vétiver aftershave

As from its fragrance, which is OK but not my favorite, the Floris soap makes the best lather of any of my vintage soaps.  A very easy BBS shave.

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Razor: RS-10
Handle: TiBam Timascus New York
Blade: Kai
Brush: 29mm Varlet Alpine "XD" Knot in Ebony - Nice Gel Tips
Soap: Grooming Department Nai

SOTD - 2019.12.12
Growth: 24h
Brush: ŌKU Klyx by P&P - 25mm two band finest extra density
Soap: B&M Seville
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Gillette Yellow
Post: lather face wash, alum, concoction (*), PAA mysterium serum
Passes: 2 - WTG, XTG (4,3)
Rating: 5/5

(*) witch hazle 50ml, 5ml glycerin, tea tree (10), Argan (25), bergamot (10), pachuli (5), Cocunut oil + CBD (5), menthol crystals - (drops)



Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA

GENERAL V2 / FEATHER PROFESSIONAL / VALOBRA / YAQI  / SEBUM GOLD SERUM / TOM FORD