February 8, 2025

Freedom February

Razor - Fatip Piccolo
Blade - (3)
Soap - El Caballero (3017)
Brush - Semogue 1305 Boar

Saturday schedule today. Came home from work, hit the bed for a few hours, back up to spend my "day off" with my wife. And grocery shopping and other things. Yay. Anyway, grabbing a quick shave for the day with the Fatip and Sharp Star again. El Caballero on the 3017 attempt using my Semogue 1305 today. Nice lather and two passes and now to see how long I can stay awake before my Saturday night crash. Don't tell me life isn't fun!

Planning to spend some computer time consolidating all of my razor/shaving pictures and other stuff. I have managed to recover a ton of photos from past years. Now to organize them and get them up on the cloud where they'll be safe and sound forever. Have a great Saturday!

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Very nice shave and setup Barry.

Terrific shave and setup Gary. Juniper is a nice scent.

Wonderful shaves and setups Joe. I am hoping that we would not have too much snow.

thank you Joe,one of my favourite scents.this one is really close to the burberry hero scent profile.

thank you Gary

Thanks John. I am spending some time with it in Feb, I like the soap, but as you say it's hard work. I will stick at it. Trouble is I have a few pucks in storage. Oh dear. I need to get to like this more

Grazie, Joe

great shave and setup again Barry, I see you are a Nivea ambassador Lol! How do you rate the cream in relation to others?

I do like the look of that brush!

Thank you Chris...I do carry the flag for Nivea products. How do I rate the shave cream to others?.. In a nutshell I find it on par with Proraso creams. It has a mild scent, easy lather, great slickness and cushion, makes a great uber lather with the WS soap bowl the glycerin in both the soap & cream makes the lather explode! and Just feels good to use.

I have tried both the regular (blue tube) & the sensitive (White tube) It's a good solid performer, and has a non-descript scent which pairs with any post shave applications. give it a try if it's available in Oz.

9th February 2025.


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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Cien Men Energize Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Wrights Coal Tar bar Soap.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Synthetic.
Bowl Lather.
Bowl: Ikea Kalas Side Bowl.
Lather: Palmolive Classic shave cream.
Blade: King C Gillette. (D2)
Razor: King C Gillette.

Post:
Cold Water face rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's,/Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Autumn/Winter mix~) peppermint lavender, eucalyptus, + Tea Tree essential Oils Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./Brut Original ASL./Bulldog Original Moisturiser.

Greetings,

Everything in my shave set up paired together superbly making my Sunday morning shave a pleasurable experience.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Bulldog Original Moisturiser.

My face is feeling super smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe and enjoy your Sunday ladies & gentlemen.

Thanks Barry, I have seen some Nivea stuff on the shelves from time to time: might want to keep my eyes open!

another beautifully paired together shave.

Better shave than yesterdaay for the simole reason that I dunked the can under the tap to moisten it prior to the shave. I should do that A:WAYS with canned shaves. Clean and clear all over. No damage anywhere. One pass. Quite good fior a Super Bowl Sunday. As Outstanding As It Gets.

fabulous sunday affairs gents.

-The-Sunday-Shave-
no.24
rr 400
s.c bignoli
adg



good morning gents
fabulous sunday shave
lovely bignoli lather built with the rr synthetic
smooth 2 passer with the brit aluminium tech,minor pickups
adg to finish
awesome
have a fabulous sunday everyone
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February 9, 2025

Freedom February

Razor - Muhle R41
Blade - (1)
Soap - El Caballero
Brush - Jayaruh JR#456

Sunday morning shave and it was a beauty. Grabbed the Muhle R41, a razor with a lot of legend of aggressiveness around it. Honestly, it's a heavy razor, at 86 grams, has a fairly shallow blade angle and a lot of exposure. For someone who hasn't yet perfected technique I can see this being a bit intimidating. And for those who prefer milder shaves I wouldn't necessarily recommend it. For those of us who don't mind some extra blade feel and can hold angles it does a really nice job. The weight of the razor gives it a solid feel and I enjoy using it.

The Voskhod was smooth as silk today. I plan to run it three shaves so hopefully it won't dud like my last one. The El Caballero is still my soap as I'm trying to run it out and the JR456 was awesome to use. Glad I adopted it.

Two passes and a bit of touch up and it was off to the shower to do my weekly head shave with the Merkur 23C and Astra blade. The dome is chromed. Great way to spend a Sunday morning.

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SRS # 1235 - Sample Soap Sunday - Van Yulay House of Dior

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: FA Clauberg CopperKing 6/8
Brush: MrEE Limited Edition #017 Cashmere 24 mm
Lather: Van Yulay SoTG House of Dior
Aftershave: Floïd Genuine Vigoroso
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

Given the current weather overnight I think
my Ginger’s Garden Snow Bliss would have been more appropriate for this morning’s shave. However, I decided to remain consistent with my Sample Soap Sunday theme.

The Van Yulay SoTG House of Dior presented a nice slick lather with a not overpowering scent. Good for all occasions when you don’t want to draw to much attention to yourself. The scent description is as follows: “Bright, masculine freshness combines with sophistication and nonchalance to create a fresh Bergamot Pink Pepper, Netmeg, Iris, Heliotrope, yet deep and mysterious scent with notes of cardamom, Amber, Cedar, and Coumarin—a structure of contrasting forces.”

The FA Clauberg straight delivered an exceptionally close and error free shave which received the SWBO SOA.

My shoveling chores were taken care of this morning. I am refreshed with the plan of relaxing all day and enjoying the big game later today.

Have a great day gentlemen.

One classy shave Gary.

Very nice brush and cool shave Neal.

Excellent barbershop shave Gary.

Very nice Kami (pain stick) shave Neal.

Very nice shave Joe. What is the +/- in mm of the location of the weeper? Same spot?

Sweet looking shave Barry.