SoS: February 2022

GEMonday, Feb 7th 2022

Razor: Gem Pushbutton -Mfg 1958-65, excellent tame mid range, I always like the look of this razor, carefree shave this morning.
Blade: Gem Personna SS PTFE-(5) Very sharp blade, great longevity, smooths out nicely + predictable.
Soap: Cyril R Salter Indian Sandal wood cream, nice sandalwood scent + excellent lather qualities.
Brush: Yaqi 24mm Mountain lake 2 band badger, excellent lather generator, pillow like soft tips, nice scrubber + great painter.
Pre shave: Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of Aloe Vera gel on the cleaned beard area.
Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups.
Post shave: Proraso red Sandalwood with witch hazel + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizing cream + scentless.
Results: CCS,DFS,BBs + no irritation + no weepers = Excellent shave with my Gem push button + a Gem coated blade.

Have some great shaves!

 

Some unscented soaps have no smell at all, or just a "soapy" smell. The Southern Witchcrafts soap base does have a distinctive smell, I'm guessing it comes from the shea butter. I got some plain shea butter once, and the aroma was similar to this. It's not unpleasant or strong, it is a natural organic veggie kind of smell. But there is a mild smell.

 

Thank you Mike. The one I shaved with today (Carpathia) is the strongest form the four I've tried so far. I'll likely purchase Incorporeal for those days where I prefer an unscented soap.
Paul

 

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Maybe I'll do better for tomorrow's(Tuesday)shave, because the

Brush-Stoylin "No-Name" Synth

will be different, otherwise all else is same as today. You'd like to think a Stoylin brush working with a Stoylin soap should be great. I sure can use a break after this morning's nonsense of a shave,.

 

Tuesday SOTD



Razor: Schick Type F
Blade: Schick (D2)
Brush: Shavemac Extra Stuffed D01 24mm Flattop
Bowl: Corbell Pedestal 4"
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGLO Lavender
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Spa
Shave Soap: Nobel Otter The Noir Et Vanille
Balm: Organic Shea Butter
Aftershave: Nobel Otter The Noir Et Vanille
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TUESDAY'S SHAVE​

Perfumed by:
Douglas Smythe


Razor - West Coast Shaving Midnight Collection 84B
Blade - *4th Shave
Shave Brush - Satin Tip "The Purest"
Razor/Brush Stand by Royal Shave
Shave Soap - Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Sangre De Drago
Aftershave - Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Sangre De Drago
Deodorant - Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Sangre De Drago
Fragrance - Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Sangre De Drago

 

Razor: Schick Type A
Blade: personna injector
Brush: Jayaruh synthetic
Soap: Vintage English Leather
Post: lavender witch hazel
A/S: Vintage English Leather


Awesome shave with great gear. Smooth shaving razor and bbs with very little effort. Hot damn!


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SOTD : 8th February 2022.



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Shaving recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Asda Sea Salt & Fennel Extract 2 in1 Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Transparent Bar Soap with Mint Extracts.
Brush: Omega S10018.
Face Lather.
Lather: Nivea Men Body Shaving Stick.
Blade: Ted Pella PTFE SS. ( D3)
Razor: Gem Featherweight.

Post:
Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Face Rinse. /Homemade (~Autumn/Winter mix~) peppermint lavender, eucalyptus, + Tea Tree essential Oils Mixed Together With 200ml of Care+Witch Hazel./Giorgio Beverly Hills Ocean Dream ASL./Nivea Men Fresh Moisturising Gel.

Greetings,

Early morning shave,

Everything in the shave set up this morning worked wonderfully...the Featherweight & Ted Pella PTFE SS continued to perform with smooth efficiency, making my early morning shave a pleasurable experience.
A enjoyable 2 pass + pick ups close comfortable shave with no errors to report...Finishing the shave off with a small dollop of Nivea Men Fresh Moisturising Gel.

My face is feeling smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

#SOTD February 8, 2022
Pre-shave: Van Der Hagen Shave Butter
Lather: Declaration Grooming "Fake Yellow Light"
Brush: Jayaruh 347 Boar Bristle
Razor: Henson Razors AL13 Medium
Blade: Tatra Platinum (5)
Post-shave: Omega Alum Stick and Nivea Sensitive Balm



This was my first shave with a Henson. I went with the medium, assuming that the mild was too mild for my taste. I found this to be mild as well although it was efficient enough to provide a good shave. The Tatra blade is well worn in now and continues providing excellent shaves.

This is my first use of a Declaration Grooming product and, while I definitely liked it, I found "Fake Yellow Light" to be very similar to Stirling "Gentleman" in both fragrance and performance, and am not sure I know what paying over double the price per ounce gets me. That's not meant as an admonishment of Declaration Grooming, more of a personal value call.

The shave was uneventful, dare I say boring. It's an hour or so later and I have a 9.5/10 BBS shave so it's nothing to sniff at but it was almost too easy if that makes sense. I can see this easily being an everyday razor that wouldn't cause irritation and would be easy to use drinking coffee and shaving with one eye open early in the morning.

 

That's a fine Brush.

 

Gillette Mach 3
Personna Cartridge
Williams Mug Soap
Semogue Boar
Aloe Vera
Dana Canoe

 

Tuesday February 8, 2022
Razor: Firmblade vs Kenyon
Blade: Half a Shark SS vs Injector
Brush: Sorrentino Orange Crush/Cashmere
Soap: Tabac
AS 1: Humphreys Maravilla 70
AS 2: NiveaDeep
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1189

I bring you the Firm Blade with half a Shark SS Blade. It looks intimidating and the curved blade had me wondering as I'm sure others would. Is this for ladies armpits or guys shaving. Well if you check the Waits Compendium it will tell you it's a just a razor design basically. Waits is wrong sometimes so checking the Patent US2421205 of 1947 you find that it doesn't distinguish what gender it was made for but does layout the reasoning for the design and their goals. Feel free to read if you want but it wasn't designed specifically for women.

So snapping a DE blade in half and some snipping with some scissors gets a blade sat where it was designed to be.

How's the shave ? VERY.................mild and barely cutting whiskers even with added pressure, but it did clip some as seen in the photo. It was leaving tone of lather behind on a stroke which is a clear indication of none successful shaving strokes.

This necessitated calling in the Kenyon for pass 2 and 3 to get a quality shave. Some more research and playing with a way to get the blade secured more forward for some cutting will be played with. I'm off for some coffee and homemade Apricot Cinnamon Pecan Biscotti....... Have a stellar day folks !!

 

SOD Tuesday February 8, 2022

I have a bunch of samplers to try from Southern Witchcrafts so I'm starting with: Carpathia.
I estimate I can get four shaves out of each sampler. This is my second shave. The strongest note to me is the evergreen. I really like it and wouldn't mind a full size puck in my den.
Lather, glide, and cushioning are all excellent!

Carpathia is a tribute to Bram Stoker’s Dracula: a dark and brooding masculine scent centered around accords of black tea, exotic musk, and evergreen balsam.
Please refer to the following for more details on this soap:
https://southernwitchcrafts.com/product/carpathia-vegan-shave-soap/

Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper Bowl
Pre shave: None
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts Carpathia
Razor: Henson AL13 Mild
Face WTG-XTG-ATG
Head WTG:XTG-ATG
Blade: Feather HI Stainless (3)
Razor: Gillette Styler
Post: Omega Alum Block
Post: Thayers Witch Hazel
Lotion: None
Balm: Southern Witchcrafts Carpathia

Have a great day!!

 

The Doc doesn’t make Snake Bite but I’m sure he’s happy I used the Meeter!


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Tuesday morning’s Grand Freeze:

Stirling Mentholated Pre Shave Soap
Yaqi 30mm Barber Pole
Super Speed/Gillette Platinum day 7
Stirling Glacial Strawberry Lemonade SS
Prep ASB
Stirling Glacial Strawberry Lemonade AS Splash

This Strawberry Lemonade is one of the newest Glacial scents and IMHO it’s magnificent - wow, Rod really nailed it big time. The soap has such awesome lather, the tallow formula gives it such fantastic slickness, the menthol sensation is killer cold, and the skincare is numero uno. The Prep always delivers wonderfully on the postshave care, and the Glacial Strawberry Lemonade aftershave left me with a frozen face as well as its gorgeous scent. Smoother than silk from three glorious passes!

Enjoy your day and your shaves - be well and safe!



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Tabac Tuesday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shave Soap
Jayaruh #425 Synthetic
Schick J
Chinese Schick Injector
CWR
Tabac AS

The Tabac Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #425 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick J Injector Razor with a Chinese Schick Injector Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Oh that's right.....SB is a Fine product. Ahhhhh, one outta two ain't bad.

 

DE SOTD, Feb 8th 2022, Birthday shave!

Razor: Gillette Fatboy E4, Year I was born on this day, excellent adjustable, some tab overhang, great daily driver for some and many generations prior.(settings 7,7, & 8 for pickups.)
Blade: Gillette Nacet(5) excellent blade, sharp & smooth.
Soap: Cyril R Salter Indian Sandal wood cream, nice sandalwood scent with excellent lather qualities.
Brush: Yaqi 24mm Artic sky synthetic, Excellent lather generator, heavenly cloud like soft tips, gentle scrubber + excellent painter.
Pre-shave: Brush wash my whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of clear Aloe Vera Gel on the cleaned beard area.
Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups.
Post shave: Witch hazel face cleanse + Ogallala Bayrum with sandalwood + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizing lotion + scentless.
Results: CCS,DFS,BBs + no irritation + no weepers = excellent shave with my Gillette Fatboy with a Gillette Nacet. blade.


Have some great shaves!