SOS: March 2019

Personna PAL......now known as the paint scrapers. ...and 4X the price of the GEM SS blades we all know and love. Thankfully I only bought 10!

 

I like it on four but I've gone grey, well more white really.

 

Tonights shave was with an old 1/4 Hollow English Razor. I had a very silent, and smooth, 2 pass shave, that left me BDBS. The blade says Hollow Ground, but it is about as close to a Wedge Grind as there is. Excellent razor.

Razor- Sterling Razor Works.
Brush- RazoRock 400. WD High Mountain Badger
Soap- Arko, Stick.
Aftershave- Pinaud Clubman

 

Once again the 1941 pre-invasion Russian shows why it’s the standard by which all my other razors are measured. Smooth like a butter knife but as sharp as anything else I own. Da comrades, is glorious!

Hot water preparation
T&H Ultimate Comfort PSO
Castle Forbes Lavender Shave Cream
Romera Wengue Manchurian Badger
1941 ZTV 5/8
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Excellent picture and setup Karl.

 

Thank you Marine.

 

Thank You.

 

Thank You.

 

Thanks Andrew.

 

March 3, 2019
Brass General
Feather Pro
Shavemac ATG LE D01 2 band
Savonniere du Moulin
Myrsol Antesol

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Excellent picture and setup Amigo
I like all the colors.

 

Thank you Doug. I decided to take advantage of a rare sunny day.

 

Pils 101NL / Solingen Timor / Grizzly Bay To The Bone / Geo F. Trumper's Spanish Leather Cream

An unexpected first this evening, I've found the Timor to be a great blade in my go-to razors, Mid Aggressive, while the Pils tends to be a bit milder and tame unforgiving blades, this combo produced some ATG nicking that I've not experienced with more aggressive razors, perhaps my technique was off due to a heavy hitting session at the range today, will try it out again and see if I can rule out needing to adjust the nut holding the handle.

 

Razor: Colonial Razor The General
Blade: Feather Pro Super
Brush Handle: B-400 The Brush by Tom
Knot: APShaveCo Tuxedo
Soap: Martin de Candre Agrumes
Aftershave: Shave Ship Armada Blossom

Wonderful shave tonight! It all came together for a BBS shave. The MDC has a wonderful citrus scent with performance that's hard to beat. The mildness of the General mated to the Feather Super is a great combo. The Armada Blossom has a wonderful scent and my face feels nourished and refreshed. I'm off for a date night with my fiancee. Have a great evening folks!

 

Thanks Douglas... it’s a toss up between this and Platinum for me in the Fine line. Great products IMHO.

 

Sunday SOTD



Razor: Gillette New LC
Blade: Super Iridium (D15)
Brush: Vie-Long Pro Horsehair
Bowl: Olivewood 4"
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: Grooming Dept Unscented
Shave Soap: Calani Dubai
Post: Monster Block Alum
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Bon Vivant Toner​

 

Night out on the town with the Mrs, so I decided to reach for the Rockwell 6C. Always amazed at just how good it is but it rarely comes up in rotation. Plate 6 with a fresh Astra SS and it just carved its way quite efficiently through the beard. Today’s soap choice was RazoRock Gold which is a favourite of mine with subtle amber, leather and some spice. Wonderful three pass BBS shave.

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Rockwell 6C
Blade: Astra Superior Stainless
Brush: Simpson Chubby 2
Pre-Shave: Natural Men Shave - Sandalwood Oil
Lather: RazoRock Gold
Aftershave: RazoRock Gold
Additional Care:
B.I.G. Co. Alum Block

https://shavingbuddies.com/shave/5c7b3bdf1141ee16b084d7f7

 

Been wanting to try Calani - how do Americans get a puck?

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Sandalwood focus day: 14

14 days of the wood - [that doesn't sound good]..... And i am finishing with my favorite combo.

Fine Santal soap
Paladin 28mm hive
Mamba head Parker handle
Personna Red ⚁
3 pass

POST
Alum
Fine Santal AFS
AOS ASB Sandalwood

Etro Sandalo

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Wolf whiskers brush, Wolfman razor-Guerrilla, Alpa windsor aftershave, Gillette silver blue blades, Barbus classic shaving soap