SOS: August 2025

You are very welcome and thank you for the compliment.

 

Preshave: Hot shower
Soap/Shave cream: Stirling Soap Bergamot Lavender
Brush: Simpson Trafalgar T2
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Post shave: Gillette Gel

 

-The-Midweek-Shave-
1959 brit presentation set
mr.ee custom badger
tobacco cashmere
trail tobacco

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Gillette Slim / Astra blade
Reef Point Soaps / Fougere Santal
WCS Handle / Maggards Brown Synthetic

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Thursday Shave
Gillette ‘51 W2 Gold Aristocrat / Nacet
OpusBrush 25mm Oumo EHD 2-Band Badger
Lodrino La Riviera Shaving Soap
Muelhens 4711 Original Aftershave Lotion (splash)

 

Thursday SOTD


Razor: Schick Repeating Razor C2
Blade: Schick Injector (4)
Brush: Morris & Forndran L7 Butterscotch 25mm Blonde Badger
Bowl: The Distinctive Goat Style IV 5½” Cypress Sinker Log
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Balm: Ethos First Lather
Shave Soap: Ethos Bay Rum
Butter: Inspired Naturals Bay Rum
Aftershave: Ethos Bay Rum

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SOTD: 21st August 2025.



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Shaving recipe for today.

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

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Original Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Frank Shaving 22mm Synthetic.
Face Lather.
Lather: Erasmic Shaving Soap Bowl.
Blade: Lord Silver Star Super Stainless. (D2)
Razor: Baili BD 191.

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. /Nivea Men Fresh Moisturising Gel./P&G Old Spice Hawkridge ASL.

Greetings,

Early morning shave.

Everything in my shave set up this morning worked together superbly.

An enjoyable 2 pass + pick-ups close comfortable shave with no errors to report. Finishing the shave off with a generous splash of P&G Old Spice Hawkridge ASL.

My face is feeling super smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

Thursday Afternoon 21/08/2025

• Razor : Stando Shaving Mara TI (Poland).
• Blade : Gillette 7 O’clock Black Platinum (1)(India).
• Brush : Yaqi Mocha-Marcha Tea Synthetic (China).
• Soap : Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary (Italy)
• Aftershave : Genuine Ogallala bay Rum & Sweet Orange Splash (USA).
• Weight : 62 grams. (razor).

Hi all,
I had a Nice first time shave with the Stando Shaving Mara TI.
I acquired this razor preowned. It came packed in a nice drawstring bag and then attractive tin.
From what I can see on their website it sells for $460AU plus postage which doesn’t include Australia.
Luckily for me I paid substantially less for the razor.

Also from what I read online some people say it’s deceptively aggressive I myself did not find that the case.
I also loaded it with a 7 o’clock black blade which I and others consider to be a very sharp efficient DE blade so I don’t think this was a factor.
The razor gave me a good two pass shave but I did need to do a few touch ups along the jaw line and moustache area.
(if I can’t get a two pass shave out of a DE razor I don’t rate it too. Highly This is my opinion only of course).
After using the Alpha outlaw evolution SS
with stunning results for my last shave, the Mara felt like a real step in the wrong direction in efficiency and smoothness.
Still a good shave, but not memorable excepting it was the first time I have used the razor.

The Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary soap
Is everything I was told it would be.
Great cushioning great on the face feel great aftershave feel and the fragrance beautiful.

Finished off nicely with Genuine Ogallala bay Rum & Sweet Orange Splash.
Definitely my favourite brand of Bay rum aftershave.

One pass WTG one pass ATG with some touch ups Done.

No nicks No worries.
Cheers.

 

Aug 21, 2025

Prep: Hot water
Razor: RazoRock GOAT
Blade: Gillette Platinum (Laser etched/Russian)
Brush: Brad Sears Archduke 26/50 2-Band Manchurian
Soap: Mickey Lee: The Drunken Goat
Post: Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Fragrance: Soufflot by Miller Harris

Stunningly smooth..

 

Preshave: Hot shave
Soap/Shave cream: Cella Red
Brush: Stirling boar
Razor: 1956 Gillette Super Speed Flare Tip
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (2)
Post shave: Clubman Pinaud

 

Thursday, August 21

Stirling Solidus~~Simpson Rover~~Wolfman WR2/Voskhod~~Paco Rabanne One Million Lucky
Have a great day!​

 

Thursday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Van Der Hagen Luxury Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #465 Synthetic Brush
Gillette Double Ring
Gillette Silver Blue
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Florida Water

The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shaving Soap was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #465 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Double Ring Razor and the Gillette Silver Blue Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Florida Water. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Thursday morning:

Cool shower
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/7 AM day 12
Noxzema Lather SC
Prep ASB
Booster Polar Ice AS Splash
Pierre Cardin Cologne

Ahhhhhhh did this ever feel like from the Garden of Eden - a beautiful three pass BBS shave with my number one cream followed by the Prep balm for lots of additional moisturizing and soothing. The Polar Ice aftershave went on with its awesome old school barbershop scent and finally the Pierre Cardin fragrance which I discovered when I first moved here to Canada. Wowwwwww am I ever smooth as silk and my skin feels like it’s been born again!

Wishing you all a great day - be well and stay safe!


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That's an awesome shave my Akhi!! It's too bad that Noxzema got out of the shaving cream business!!

 

The Thursday lineup:

 

As I am a descendant of Scotch-Irish, I'll have to look up these products.

 

Pete Cardin has a grat scent, and I enjoyed using it....may look into it again.

 

Aaaaaaaand...today is my favorite shaving day of the week-Throwback Thursday. Here's how it went down for the big day:

prep-Nivea 4 Men Bodywash(in shower)
lather-Sir Hare Soap Co.(Drunken Sailor*)
brush-Campbell's Badger**
razor Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot DisposeABLE
A.S.-Stephan Bay Rum ***

*-not sure when Sir Hare opened, but I'm glad the company included a Bay Rum scent, and with the title of it, you get the sense of when and how Bay Rum became a great shaving idea-these sailors used it back in the 1600's.
**-1939
***-1897

Great all-around shave. A minute at the Loading Dock with the Badger and the soap. Clean and clear shave all around. No cuts, Knicks, damage of other kinds. 2 healthy passes.. Stephan's Bay Rum has been a favorite of mine for many years. Nice mixture of ingredients, which helps weaken the clove persuasion. Smooth feel on the face and neck. As Outstanding As It Gets.

 

-Thursday-
1939 n0.15
rubberset
arlington

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I'm sad to hear that Noxema is gone. I tried their Foam a few times-liked it.