sunday shave
G7DC#2
schick g-4 "66"
schick
rr 400 synthetic
stirling sandpiper

Really good shave today

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awesome shave and pic Clint..

SOTD 9/12

Yankee w/Damaskeene blade

Thanks gary

Then...

09/12/20 Shave of the Day
Face Wash with Wood Box Soap Handcrafted Goat Milk Soap Barber Shop Tobacco and Bay Leaf
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Briar Conditioning Shampoo Puck - A True Fall Classic
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements CUBE Mentholated Preshave Soap
Dr. Jon's Flowers In the Dark Vol. 2 Vegan Shaving Soap
RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic 26mm Brush
Creative Flame Pottery Stoneware Shaving Scuttle
Whitmor Water Spray Bottle
Crown King Shavette - Bone Scales Handle
Astra Green Superior Platinum Blade - 8th Shave
Laboratoires Osma Pure Potassium Alum Block
Thayers Alcohol Free Lavender Witch Hazel Toner with Aloe Vera
Dr. Jon's Shaving Soap Co. Flowers In the Dark Aftershave Tonic
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Mentholated Mysterium Serum Advanced Fragrance & Alcohol Free Aftershave Balm
Schmidt’s Charcoal + Magnesium Mineral Enriched Natural Deodorant​

awesome set up and pic Steve....

Outstanding!!!

Saturday's Shave
#SEptember

PAL Injectomatic
Personna Blade
Semogue 820 Boar
Barrister and Mann Bay Rum Shaving Soap
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Grand Bay, Bay Rum Aftershave

thanks my friend

Today’s SOTD:





Razors: Rocnel Elite 2017 18/47 and 2018 04/55.
Blades: Gillette Swede and Rapira Swedish Supersteel.
Soap / Cream: J.F. Martin’s Pipes of Pan and Proraso uber lather.
Brush: Wild West Brushworks Cashmere.
AS Balm: eShave Almond.

I thought I’d experiment a bit with today’s shave.

The soap was gifted to me a few years ago and was, due to a manufacturing issue, quite runny. I’ve not used it is some time and the consistency has improved as a result.

I’ve generally stopped uber lathering these days as I find a mixture of soap /cream and glycerin does the job just as well. I needed to add the Proraso today as the lather was a bit too watery for my liking. The resultant scent was awesome, though.

I also decided to test a Swede against a Rapira Swedish Supersteel blade as I hadn’t used either in the Rocnels before, and Rapira are one of a small list of blades the 2017 model will take.

I started off comparing the Rapira in the 2017 model against the Swede in the 2018 razor.

Predictably there was no contest, with the Swede proving to be the smoother of the two.

One of the good things with these two razors is that the top cap from the 2018 model will fit the 2017 baseplate (it doesn’t work the other way round).

The two baseplates give a slightly different blade gap, with the 2017 model being listed at 1.90mm and the 2018 model at 1.95mm.

These sound larger than they are in practice as, instead of scalloped grooves, the Elite has what can best be described as inverted teeth. I suspect that the listed blade gap is measured from the bottom of these teeth and not from the part closest to the blade.

The result of using the 2017 baseplate with the Swede was one of the smoothest passes I’ve ever had with a razor. It was very much on a par with the best shave I’ve had from my RS-10.

It was great to use the eShave balm again after a long hiatus. I’d forgotten how much I like this balm.

Given the sad news if the passing of Toots Hibbert earlier today, there was only one choice of music to accompany this shave.

Have a great rest of the weekend guys.


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Thank You Gary!

Nice!

Sunday‌ ‌09.13.20 ‌SOTD‌
Gillette ‘32 New SC Gold Common Bar
Gillette‌ 7 O'clock SharpEdge Yellow
Yaqi Moka Express 26mm 2-Band Badger
B&M Barrister's Reserve Spice Shaving Soap
Old‌ ‌Spice‌ ‌Cologne‌ ‌Original‌

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LOVE your Rooney. I have a similar one.

Fahrenheit - masterpiece! How does that soap work with it Primo?

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I bet you smelt goot Steve!

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Day 6 with Sir Henry's :

Tobacco Musk
Merkur 34C c Gillette Rubie ⚀
Bob Quinn Cocobolo 2 band badger

Gingers Garden AFS unscented
Sir Henry ASB
L'OCCITANE Eau de Baux EDT

I must say I am a huge fan of this base.
This scent is very unique. The tobacco is not a pipe tobacco, but a fragrant leaf reminiscent of dry leaves in the fall while raking, hay, and a sweet musk. The unique aspect that i really liked about the blend - a strong black tea note! Very interesting puck. Great for early fall, warm autumn days. Residual slickness is off the charts. Rinses clean. Love this stuff.


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Thank you. Its a great brush. I love the color of the handles.

You have any idea on the age of those brushes?