SOS: January 2020

Nothing like a smooth face and close shave to start the decade. The Fritz Bracht DOVO did the trick.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Barristers Reserve Lavender
Savile Row 3824
Fritz Bracht DOVO #25 6/8
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

January 3rd SOTD, Enoch Shave #1!!

Finally... Both my Enoch and Occams DE arrived today. I held off shaving for 2 days for this. The Enoch is a handsome razor and well balanced.

I thought I'd give a titan mild guard blades a try in the Enoch for its maiden voyage. I hadn't noticed anyone try a guard type AC blade yet so I figured why not.

Three days of growth were no match. Considering it's efficiency despite my stiff and thick beard, I had a very smooth and comfortable shave that left me perfectly clean shaven with no irritation whatsoever. Plus, I had no alum feedback at all. That's absolutely incredible for me. I need more shaves but I'm really impressed so far.

Now I need to get a few schick prolines to try out. Happy shaves all.

Josh




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Thank you, Gary!

 

Razor Gillette Black handle flare
Brush Debonair Badger
Astra superior blade
Soap Debonair Jojoba oil
Baylis & Harding Amber & Sandlewood moisturiser
AlfredLane solid cologne
Old Spice mug

 

Birthday Shave. Made it.

Razor: Gillette 1947 Super Speed
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Super Platinum (3)
Brush: @jimjo1031 JJ-8 Marine Corps Brush w/Silvertip
Soap: Captain's Choice Sandalwood
Aftershave: Captain's Choice Sandalwood
Bowl: Suribachi Brown

Still kicking. Lot of bad weather wrecking the feed from our dish. Freezing rain, ice pellets, and snow. Had a good shave today.
I'll try and catch up tomorrow.

 

The Way It Must Be 4 Saturday:

prep-Dial 4 Men Bodywash(Max. Moisture)in shower
shave-Stoylin Soap-Baker Street
brush-Maggard 26 " Marble Handle Synth
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot DisposeABLE
A.S.-Stoylin Splash-Baker Street

 

Thanks!

 

Lovely shave Doug! Stay warm my friend! And Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday Douglas.

 

Happy Birthday, Doug!!!

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Friday
Vladimir Ferdman boar
Timeless 68
ABC soap
Sharp Star blade ⚂

Have a great night boys

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Happy birthday, Doug!

 

First SOTD 2020
Pre: Hot water & Nivea Men's Face Wash
Razor: Merkur 34c
Blade: Astra SP
Soap: Stirling Barbershop
Brush: Omega 626 silver tip
Bowl: Captain's Choice
Post: Cold water rinse, Thayer's lavender WH, Clubman Pinaud (my first bottle)

 

Great shave - Great Day
Happy Birthday!

 

January 4, 2020
Enoch
Feather Pro
DK7
SV Manna di Sicilia
Shave Soap & Aftershave

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SATURDAY'S SHAVE​

Perfumed by:
Olivier Creed


Fragrance - Creed Royal Mayfair (bottle signed by Erwin Creed)
Aftershave - Catie's Bubbles "Royal Garden" Tonic
Shave Soap - Proraso Green
Deodorant - Punkee Herbals "Rose"
Preshave Soap - Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - Cube with Dock
Post-Shave Balm - Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements "Mysterium Serum"
Razor - Antique Gillette ABC "Empire" Razor circa 1908-1912 (fully restored/re-plated in rhodium by Razor Emporium)
Blade - *2nd shave
Razor Stand - ThinkGeek Executive Knight Pen Holder
Brush - London Cutlers Modified/Restored Antique Silver Synthetic-Boar Shave Brush circa 1890
Brush Stand - Jac Zagoory's Butterfly Pen Stand
Soap Mug - Antique Northwood Dandelion Amethyst Carnival Glass Mug circa 1912

***EDIT - 2-pass + minor clean up. Paid a price for BBS. This is a razor where perhaps I should scale down expectations to "DFS" and use only 1-pass and maybe the most delicate of touch ups. It's the most aggressive/difficult razor in my collection to get a non-damaging shave from. If the shaving soap lather even ever so slightly dries and loses glide, then this razor's blade exposure can lead to a gash.....and I got a minor one. I've had worse.

This shave required me to go to my PAA Alum Block and institute my anti-irritation and enhanced-recovery protocol of products. I have a super-expensive skin gel that enhances healing speed called Neocutis....but I ran out! Empty bottle. My next trick is to apply the common acne medication benzoyl peroxide (to prevent shaving bumps) over the razor burned skin along with a good balm like the PAA balm (promote healing) I normally use, then add a very light amount of cortizone (reduce the immediate immune reaction causing redness on the skin). Within hours the skin usually settles down and the redness fades. Usually this protocol allows me to shave the next day. But without the Neocutis gel, that might not happen so I might need to skip tomorrow's shave. We'll see.

Luckily I'm pretty much staying in most of the day and probably only going out to the grocery store for a few minutes.

If I had somewhere important to go and didn't want a spectacle of red skin, there is the old-fashioned, and highly effective product called talcum powder. It effective puts a dry barrier on razor burned skin and calms it down. The down side to this trick is that the skin is not in a full state of recovery. It's 'fooled' into thinking there is a layer of skin over the injured area. So, healing doesn't fully start until you wash off the talc. So, when I am forced into using talc I usually have to skip the next day's shave so my skin can fully recover.

 

Happy Birthday young buck!!

 

fantastic shaves and pics gentlemen..

 

absolutely awesome Tim..

 

awesome shave and pic Douglas..happy birthday..