SOTD 12/17/19

Vintage shave number 17 of Decadent December was decent, but only because of the soap, brush and AS all of which elevated the shave experience despite a very mediocre three and a half pass dome and face scraping performance by the Gillette Thick handled Tech. The Star DE that I shaved with two days ago was a much more efficient tool. American Safety Razor Corp, it’s designer and manufacturer just didn’t have the marketing muscle to compete with the Gillette behemoth. I found the Tech to be a very mild, inefficient shaver, necessitating broad scale buffing to clean up its ineffectiveness after completing my normal three pass shave. In any case the shave soap and Viking Silvertip Badger generated a thick, protective, luxurious lather. The result left me feeling clean and refreshed, but nowhere near as smooth as I like.

RAZOR: Gillette Thick Handle Gold Tech
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub of face and dome with PAAs Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Talbot Marlogue Wood
POSTSHAVE: Cold water rinse followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Marlogue Wood AS Splash

awesome stirling shave Jim..

fine shave Daniel..

cool shave Jeff.

good morning gents,nice and simple gold rocket/astra green shave ,boar brush,figaro oud soap.fine 2+ pass near bbs.figaro splash to finish,and dirty english edt..awesome.have a fine day everyone..

cool shave Clint..

fine shave Mark..cool pic..

cool shave and pic Jim..

Beautiful photo Mark.

It may be snowing outside, but that's all right when I shave with Stoylin Sandpiper. What a great scent. Course it's a cologne dupe, but Doc Ezlovan did a great job with this one. The shave was All-Star Stoylin, as I had the soap, A.S., and the "li'l brudder" brush. 2 healthy passes. No issues. Loaded for 40 seconds. Ready to go face that snow later.

fine shave Paul..watch your step in the snow..

Thanks Gary....I badly need new boots, but what I have will do for now.

Wonderful picture, Mark!

Dec 17th
Decedent December


Razor: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Polsilver (4)
Brush: Parker Silvertip Faux Horn
PS: Proraso Green
SS: Chiseled Face Bay Rum
AS: Proraso Red


I remembered to go easy after yesterday's extra close shave. Didn't apply to much pressure with the less aggressive Aristocrat. Nice 3 pass DFS with a touch of cleanup on my neck. See, I can be taught.



I keep telling myself I am going to catch up, but who am I kidding? My days are full of pre-vacation work and my evenings are spent getting ready for Christmas. I'm sure I am not the only one.

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Thanks, Gary, and good morning!

Thank you, Clint. The weeks is shaping up to be longer than expected, but it is good.

Nice shave, Jeff!

Thank you, Gary!

Cool picture, Gary!

Great shave, Evan! This time of year and busy seem to go hand in hand.