SOTD 9-15 February 2020

12 February 2020

* Blackbird Brass SB 101
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* WSP 2-Band + Oscar11 Aquamarine C7
* Mystic Water Egyptian Dragon
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

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Pre: Hot Shower
Razor: Wolfman WR2, SB 0.95 Gap, WRH7 Handle
Blade: Feather
Bowl: Handmade bowl, Mk3
Brush: RazoRock Silvertip Synthetic
Soap: Squadron, The Warden
Post: Squadron, The Warden Aftershave
WTG, ATG, touch ups with adjusted angles for my beard.

Wednesday 02.12.20 SOTD

Pre' De Provence Artisanal French Soap lather and rinse

Gillette 1954 Z1 40s Super Speed

Gillette Nacet (3)

Maggard 22mm Aluminum Handle 2-Band Badger

Pre de Provence shave soap

Pre de Provence Sante Green Tea

Razor: Art-Razor Capitaine 8/8
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Simpsons M7 Super Badger
Pre-shave: Proraso white
Soap: La Toja
Balm: Proraso white
Finale: British Sterling

Ikon OG1 razor
Derby premium blade
Cremo bourbon shave cream
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman brandy spice aftershave

Wednesday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Sandpiper
Soap: Proraso White Tub
Razor: Vintage Gillette NEW Long Comb
Blade: Vintage Gillette “Spoiler” Super Stainless (2)
Brush: Plisson #12 European White Badger-22mmx56mm
Aftershave: Country Club Southern Oud
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Proraso White Tub today. 20 seconds to load the Plisson #12 European White Badger brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette “Spoiler” SS in the Gillette NEW Long Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Country Club Southern Oud aftershave.
 
Bob
             

Williams Wednesday, February 12

Tallow Williams~~Mondial 26mm~~Heljestrand MK 32~~Vintage Willams Aqua Velva
Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!

SOTD 02/12/20


Well it’s lucky seven with this amazing razor. This is day seven. Seven consecutive two pass, bloodless BBS shaves. Where do we go from here? Some might be content to shave with their grail razor for the rest of their days. What does one do if he’s just reached the US actuarial maximum of his mathematically allotted days of life eight days ago? I’ll tell you! He switches off to assess whether his last week of perfect shaves may be attributable to the use of his favorite soap, MWF over the last 12 days. In any case, I still have 358 actuarial days in this leap year remaining to enjoy my favorite pastime before I go to my actuarial reward! LaResche is acknowledged to have designed two superb superb safety razors - one open comb design (cf LaResche 51) and one safety bar design (cf LaResche 77). The 51 presents as my grail razor, after seven perfect irritation-free shaves. I will admit that I’ve only shaved with the 77 a few times, but they were also great shaves. Tomorrow I’ll begin a week of shaves with the LaResche 77 for comparative purposes. I will continue my focus on MWF.

RAZOR: LaResche 51 Luxe
BLADE: Wizamet Super Iridium 
PREP: Cold Water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Cube Preshave Soap 
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger 
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Aqua Velva Sensitive 5 in 1 AS Balm

BLACKBIRD / POLSILVER / CZECH & SPEAKE / SIMPSON CHUBBY 1 / CHATILLON LUX