SOTD 9-15 February 2020

Thursday 02.13.20 SOTD

Shugar Soapworks Oatmeal & Verbena Soap lather and rinse

Gillette Post War Ball End Tech gold

Vintage Gillette Blue Blade (1)

Simpsons Commodore X3 Best Badger

Barrister and Mann Cheshire Shaving Soap

Barrister And Mann Barrister's Cheshire Aftershave

Date:- 13 February 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Declaration Grooming ~ Gratiot League Square (milksteak base)
Razor/Blade:- Karve CB Matte SS 'SB-C' / Vintage NOS English Wilkinson Sword #4
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10)
Fragrance:- Hugo Boss (Original)

Wolfman WR2 1.55 / Timeless Ti handle
Astra superior platinum blade
Omega boar
Homelikeshaving sandalwood shave soap
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman bay rum aftershave

Thursday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Sandpiper
Soap: Route 66 Bourbon Jungle
Razor: Vintage Gillette NEW Long Comb
Blade: Vintage Gillette “Spoiler” Super Stainless (3)
Brush: Wild West Brushworks/Elite Manchurian White-24mmx54mm
Aftershave: Country Club Highlands
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Route 66 Bourbon Jungle today. 20 seconds to load the Wild West Brushworks/Elite Manchurian White brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette “Spoiler” SS in the Gillette NEW Long Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Country Club Highlands aftershave.
 
Bob
             

3017 of CBL Tonsorial Fresh Lime is Completed
Thursday February 13, 2020
2020 Shave # 47 ( 465 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Game Changer .84
Blade: Wizamet (2)
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: CBL Tonsorial Fresh Lime 3017 (46)
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
Aftershave 2: Vintage Brut
Fragrance: Vintage Brut Cologne

SOTD Thursday 02/13/20

Thought I’d begin today’s shave with some closeups of the only safety bar design LaResche ever made. The 77 model has a sharply arched top cap fitting on a narrow baseplate. The only modern razor that is similar is the Fine Marvel. Both are formidable looking razors. And surprisingly, both are smooth and highly efficient shavers. The Model 77 has a thinner top cap which is subject to bending and thus delivering a highly aggressive shave according to some of the experts on B&B. Mine delivers a smooth highly efficient shave, so I suspect does not possess a bent top cap. The blade gap is easily more than 2mm.
The shave was epic. The Viking brush generated its usual thick, yogurty,glistening lather. of which the Model 77 made good use. I kept my shaving strokes purposefully short and ended up with a bloodless, two pass BBS, albeit one thattook a great deal longer than my shaves with the Model 51. It was not irritation-free, however, as the alum block revealed some slight heat around my usual trouble spots - the Adam’s Apple and middle of the back of my head - which the Fine Snake Bite reinforced. I attribute that to operator error in relearning my way around this razor. In any case, I feel clean, smooth, cool, and refreshed.

RAZOR: LaResche 77
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 brushsqueezings followed by Thayers LavenderWH and finished with FineAccoutrements Snake Bite AS Splash

Razor: Meister 6/8
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Simpsons Tulip 3
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: Cyril Salter sandalwood
Balm: Penhaligon's Endymion
Finale: Stetson

BLACKBIRD / POLSILVER / GROOMING DEPT / YAQI / CHATILLON LUX 

Thursday, February 13

Old Spice~~Simpson D3~~Heijestrand MK 32~~Old Spice Burley
Have a great day!

Thursday AM 2020-02-13

Rooney 3/3 Ivory Finest (26/60)
Boellis Panama Daytona 10 shaving cream
Wolfman WR1-SB Titanium/Triad Polished-Satin Diamond Titanium
Polsilver Super Iridium (5)
Barrister & Mann Cologne Russe aftershave