SOTD: April 5 - April 11, 2020

Semogue SOC shaving brush

Gillette 7 o'clock yellow blade
Timeless Razor
Williams aqua velva aftershave
Phoenix and Beau's Imperial Rum

Sunday, Aprii 5, 2020.
* Floid oil pre shave
* Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements (PAA), Meta-Nectar.
* Paladin, chief two bands badger 26 mm arlekin.
* Koraat, full hollow, 7/8, kirinite scales
* Varon Dandy, lotion aftershave & EdC.

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Sunday, April 5

Mike's Bay Rum~~Simpson "The Hive"~~'47 Super-Speed/Sharp Star~~St. Johns Bay Rum

Have a safe day!

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Razor: Asylum Evolution – Polished SS
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Brush: H.L. Thäter Premium Boar
Soap: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet (tallow)
Post Shave: Dickinson's Witch Hazel
A/S: Myrsol Emulsion

Max Sprecher 7/8" Takefu
Barrister and Mann Sunny Lane
Hucklaration B2 Knot

Razor: Wade & Butcher 6/8 in ivory
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Custom silvertip
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Wholly Kaw
Balm: Castle Forbes lavender 
Finale: Spanish Leather by Geo F Trumper
Coffee: Ethiopian Harrar
Music: Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”

Vintage Tungsteel Razor Blade, Twinplex stropper, Darwin Deluxe razor.  After stropping the Tungsteel roughly 200 times, I loaded the blade.  Initially, the blade pulled but soon settled into a semi smooth shave.  It wasn't Feather smooth but relatively so.  I'll try again tomorrow.  I don't know if Tungsteel is a tungsten blade like the Personna 74.  Hopefully, it is.  

April 5, 2020

Blackbird Brass SB

Feather

DK7

WSP Barbershop

Floid Blue

Sunday SOTD

Razor: King Cobra

Blade: Kai Captain Titan Mild (D7)

Brush: MS Faux Horn Memphis 24mm

Bowl: Symmetrical Sheet Metal

Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime

Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Unscented

Shave Cream: Xpec

Balm: Xpec

SOTD 20200405 Honey
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Vielong Edición Especial 2019 Foro Afeitado Sintético 24x54x110mm
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Catie's Bubbles “Honey Noir” French+ Soap
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TNNSER3D V3 Tannhäuser 2.3 Clear Resin
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GEM by Personna SE Stainless Steel PTFE Coated #8
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Catie's Bubbles "Honey Noir" Toner
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan

                                                                              Joserra Noir // SinFix Manchurian // Paradigm SE

SOTD 04/05/2020


Learned a new shaving lesson today about my Rex Ambassador, at least for me! It’s definitely blade dependent, YMMV. I’ve been shaving very successfully with the Rex since it’s repair at Razor Emporium. My usual settings are 5 and then 3 with a Voskhod blade, not with a Nacet blade. It appears that I need to adjust the settings that worked so well with the coated Voskhod blade. Nacets are really sharp, second after Feather, according to tests conducted at Refined Shave. A setting of 5 which worked so beautifully for me with the Voskhod was just too much blade exposure with the Nacet. After nicking myself three times within the first two strokes, I stopped, applied styptic, and swapped out the blade. I put the Nacet into my Feather SS, and loaded the Rex with a fresh Voskhod. It was like night and day. After the swap, I had the razor I remembered so fondly.

The Viking Silvertip Badger brush did an excellent job generating a nice thick pre-mentholated MWF paste which I then face and head lathered into that nice yogurty coating that works so well for me. After the initial blade faux pas, I proceeded to complete the first WTG pass, albeit gingerly on my injured right cheek. The rest of the pass was business as usual. After relathering, the second ATG pass was completed leaving me with a more than acceptable DFS++. Witch hazel followed by Fine Snake Bite AS Splash and Pre de Provence Bergamot and Thyme AS Balm completed a great shave leaving me feeling cool, smooth and clean.

RAZOR: Rex Ambassador
BLADE: Voskhod
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and Fine Snake Bite AS Splash. Finished with Pre de Provence Bergamot and Thyme Aftershave Balm

Sunday AM 2020-04-05

Rooney Polo 2 Ivory Finest (28/60)  
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet shaving soap (tallow) 
Paradigm Titanium II
Schick Plus Platinum (4)
Penhaligon's Racquets Formula aftershave (vintage)

(04-05-2020, 04:52 AM)Jasjr1970 Wrote:

Súper nice! Lovely art work on the coin. Very much from Spain of the 8th till 15th century. Now a days, artisans in central Spain still do it, specially in Toledo.


Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA

It finally felt like Spring today.