Blade... rapira platinum lux
Brush... wolf whiskers synthetic
Razor... shavecraft 101
Soap... mystic waters pompelmo&fiori
Splash... thayers lavender
Aftershave... fine platinum

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After being on the road and enjoying a little Schick love I went back to perhaps my favorite straight. The 1941 Russian from the ZTV factory. It spent a little time on a white Arkie first. I may have overdone it a little bit as it was a touch harsher than usual.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike's Natural Soaps Barbershop
Savile Row 3824 Silvertip
1941 ZTV 5/8
Osma Bloc d'Alun
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm


Happy shaving comrades - Karl

SOTD - 19, 20 June 2017



Have a great evening!

June 21, 2017
Jamie's Night Shave
Williams Wednesday
1. acho Brito Glyce pre shave soap
2. Razor Emporium Connecticut Yankee (tribute to williams mug soap)
3. Crown king tali wood rook 26mm synthetic brush.
4. schick type L , vintage plus platinum blade 2nd shave.
5. thayers lemon
6. Vintage aqua velva lime frost.
7. aqua velva after shave balm.

Thanks. This new base is a cut above. Highly recommended.

Are you keeping a database, taking notes? This is the kind of Project that would make an interesting thread.

Probably a good idea. Had planned a blog but haven't gotten off the dime on that.

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Williams Wednesday
Got home from night shift and had a shower and loaded the big Comet brush with Williams Mug and face lathered to make loads of lather. The chick in the E3 Canadian Schick made short work of the previous days whiskers. Rubbed on some Nivea Cool Kick ASB and went to bed.
Have a great evening gentlemen.


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Very nice injector shave today. BBS in 3 passes, but did get a couple of weepers. Going to use the injectors for a little while to get the technique back, it's been too long.

Thanks Steve!

Date: 22 June 2017

Brush: - Semogue Special Edition 2012 Badger/Boar knot 24/55mm
Cream/Soap: - Stirling Island Man
Razor: - Colonial General Aluminum Head with the iKon Bulldog Handle
Blade: - Schick Proline P-30 #8
Post: - Thayers Witch Hazel 'Lemon' / Bulldog Original Aftershave Balm

I really enjoy the Stirling Island Man shaving soap the color of the soap is light blue when you open the lid and the scent smell soft sweet and relax on my nose, not too sweet that you might hate it straight away and it does smell very similar to Palmolive Classic European shave stick with a mixture of Bay Rum together. I can only smell the bergamot, lime, mandarin, ginger, sugarcane, musk, and rum, this Stirling Island Man shaving soap is worth it to have this in your den.

June 2017!!!

Trials and Tribulations

June 21

Razor - 1959 (E4) Gillette Fatboy (6)
Blade - (2)
Soap - Arko
Brush - Jayaruh #46
Post - Alum

First of all, yes, the dead pig was delicious. A full rack of ribs with grilled corn, homemade potato salad followed by fudge swirl ice cream on angel food. The fact I'm not in a diabetic coma right now is a bit of a miracle.

The trial shave turned a bit into a tribulation shave tonight. The Blue Diamond is not, from what I can tell, the same as the SM Titanium blade. I'm not sure whether the steel is different, the grind, or just the coating, but it is not as sharp as the Titanium blade. And, the Titanium isn't exactly the sharpest blade you'll find. This one, however, is showing its lack of edge pretty quickly.

Normally on the 6 setting I expect a dull blade to perk up from its trial at 3. This one did not pick up much if any. I got to DFS but the cost was irritation. Rather warm alum and the after-effect of that little bit of heat on my neck and face. Add some dragging to the shave even at the prime setting for me and you have a blade that is underwhelming. I'm not really looking forward to finishing this one out but I will. I'm nothing if not thorough. No blood or other issues, just an unacceptable feel and finish to the whole thing.

I received a special delivery from Canada today. Thanks to @Screwtape who sent me the following:



He asked me to try the Topaz Platinum while I was trialing Indian blades (Super-Max of course) and I readily agreed. We both are a bit puzzled by the description of "platinum sputtered edges". What exactly is a sputtered edge?! We'll find out in a few days. He was also generous and sent some Pal blades along that I wasn't expecting. Old timers, these, and I look forward to taking one for a spin. In a suitably vintage razor, of course.

SOTN 06-21-17
Cream o melhor, Horse brush Manu Montalvo, Razor X 6/8 , after shave Christian Dior. Good evening friends.


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Thursday SOTD:



Fragrance - Tommy Hilfiger EDT
Aftershave - '95 Liquid Labels Post Shave Toner (Not pictured)
Shave Soap - Catie's Bubbles '95 Liquid Labels Luxury Formula
Deodorant - Lucky Girl Boutique's Pure Body Delights "Tommy Boy"
Pre-Shave Oil - Lather & Wood "Unscented"
Post-Shave Balm - Nicci Marie Hyaluronic Acid Anti-Aging Serum
Razor - Merkur "1904"
Blade - BiC Chrome-Platnium
Razor Stand - ThinkGeek Executive Knight Pen Holder
Brush - London Cutlers Antique Silver Modified Synthetic Boar
Brush Stand - Jac Zagoory's Butterfly Pen Stand
Soap Bowl - Paul Revere silver plated replica sugar bowl

A few lineup changes with this kit today. Going with the modern Tommy Hilfiger EDT fragrance instead of the expensive and uncommon vintage cologne....AND....going with the '95 Liquid Labels post-shave toner instead of the vintage and rare Tommy Hilfiger aftershave that took some time to find and procure. I'm going with the Merkur "1904" razor as the stunt double stand-in in place of my prize Gillette antique ABC Empire razor.

Good Morning Everyone! SOTD 6/22/17

'62 Gillette Slim (set on 6)
Wilkinson Sword (4)
Synthetic
Col. Conk Lime
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Old Spice A/S

Have A Great Day Everyone!

SOTD 20170622



Brush: J&T® black walnut / Maggard synthetic 24 mm.
Shaving soap: Jabones by Luna "Limón" (sample).
Razor: ATT SE1 (aluminum).
Blade: Kai Titan Mild (6).
After shave: Osage Rub.

Travel SOTD
Arko Shave Stick
AoS Pure Badger Brush
Tuckmar Razor
Mennen Skin Bracer After Shave
Have fun!

June 22, 2017
Damaskeene Open Comb
Gem PTFE
“Amgios” Simpson CH2 Synthetic
Czech & Speake Cambridge and Oxford
Fine Lavender

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Thursday 22 June 2017



How the Ugly Duckling Became a Beautiful Swan​

Last month, in a forum about shaving, have been published a series of very negative comments about Mastro Livi razors and quality. It has evidently been a deliberate act of bashing without proving a word of what these persons were saying. I do not want to talk about this here: those who want to know more can read Mastro Livi's response in his website. I want to talk about this fabulous and beautiful straight razor instead. Let me say this is the straight razor the former owner was complaining about in this shaving forum and returned it to Mastro Livi and asked him to discard it. The razor was severely damaged by an improper and very bad honing. Mastro Livi reground it, fixed the bad geometry this person caused with his very unskilled honing skill and gave this razor a new life. Because of the regrinding, the razor has now an extra full hollow ground - this makes it quite a great singer - the blade is unavoidably a little shorter than the original one, it is however a fabulous shave. This razor, before Mastro Livi fixed it, was a Club Razor 2016 and the former owner deliberately destroyed it and then tried to blame Mastro Livi for that. He returned it to Mastro Livi and asked him to discard the razor. Mastro Livi magnificently repaired it and - as he did not think selling this razor would have been honest because it is a used razor - he gave it to me. And I am very very happy - and proud - to own this beautiful masterpiece. Welcome to my collection, beautiful and singing swan! Forget about the ugly duckling you were and how the former owner badly mistreated you and reduced you in that shameful condition!​

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
• Soap: RazorGuy Almond Oil Shaving Cream
• Brush: Mühle Modern 281 H 23, Fine Badger, Pine - 21 mm - Size M
• Bowl: Chinese Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Medium Loom Strop "Coramella Italiana" and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi Grey CarboInox, 13/16 Full Hollow, Spanish Point, Green Poplar
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
• Post-Shave: Argan Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Thyrrenus