January 2020

January 14

Razor - Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade - (3)
Soap - Blood on Steel (Jeeves) (2017 Meet Up LE)
Brush - Stirling Pro Style Synthetic
Post - Alum

Well, it's a Tuesday evening so we're making progress. Almost halfway through January. Shocking, I know. Time to switch up the razor again and I dug out the superb Gillette Red Tip Super Speed that I acquired from @Primotenore . Absolutely mint condition and this little razor does its job flawlessly. The heaviest and most aggressive of the SS razors, it's a beauty in how it performs as well. I paired it with a Ladas blade, the super stainless from Mostochlegmash in Moscow. Pulled out the Blood on Steel, version 1, and used the big Stirling synthetic to produce the luxurious lather. Three passes and I'm a happy camper, well shaved and very satisfied with this one. Super Speeds don't get enough love, and the Red Tip seems to get even less. We'll let it shine for a few days.

Hope your week is going well. Have a great Wednesday!

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SOTD January 15, 2020

Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap
Blade: vintage Personna twin
Razor: Personna injector
Brush: JR #142 black badger
Soap: Stirling Green
Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Green aftershave

cool shave and pic Perry..

fine red tip shave Neal..

Thanks, Gary!

15 January 2020

* Blackbird Polished SB
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* Shavemac Silvertip 2-Band Black
* Mystic Water Egyptian Dragon
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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WEDNESDAY'S SHAVE​

Perfumed by:
Francois Demachy


Bath Soap - Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - Doppelganger Sauvage

Razor - West Coast Shaving Midnight Collection 84B
Blade - *2nd Shave
Suds - Van Yulay "The Gentle Sauvage" *Discontinued Vegan formulation
Razor/Brush Stand by Royal Shave
Shave Brush - Colorado Razor Designs Custom Brush
Lather Bowl by Royal Shave
Deodorant - Dior Sauvage
Aftershave - Stirling Soap Co. "Black Ice"
Fragrance - Dior Sauvage EDT

Today's Wednesday Shave;

• Rockwell 6S Jet Black (R6, R5, and R4)
  
• Derby Usta (1)
  
• Shannon's Soaps Black Magic
• VdH Bowl
• Fine Lather Bowl
• Zenith B19
• Gentleman Jon's Alum Block
• Brut AS
  
• Brut Splash On
• Brut EdC
  
• Brut Antiperspirant Deodorant
• Million Dollar Hair Tonic
• Clubman Body Powder
  
• Clubman Firm Hold Pomade

awesome..

awesome set up and pic Tim.love the Sauvage scent..

More For You is good stuff, ain't it?

I highly approve of the Brut. Not sure how Black Magic honestly pairs with it. I paired Black Magic with Creed Selection Verte, which is a black pepper-citrus. IMO, though, a shave soap doesn't necessarily have to match your fragrance of the day.....unless you tend to get some of the soap in selectively shaved beard hair. I have some facial hair, and I often enjoy scenting my beard hair with the shaving soap, so it follows that I want a solid scent match or at the very least a good pairing.

cool brut shave Mr. D..

Date:- 15 January 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Barrister & Mann ~ Nordost
Razor/Blade:- Muhle R41 with iKon Bulldog / Astra Superior Platinum #1
Post/After-shave: T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10)
Tipple:- Johnnie Walker Double Black

OMG! I LOVE my Muhle R41 attached to an iKon Bulldog handle which I haven't been using it for a very long time, almost a whole year (a real shame), the whole shave was truly magnificent giving my face feels a super smooth and a very close shave as a without any nicks or cuts or irritation and razor burn.

The B&M Nordost doesn't smell smoky or smoked enough in the background, because, I get more orange smell throughout my whole shave which isn't very strong at all.
A real shame for the B&M Nordost shaving soap with not enough smoky smell in the background to blend into the orange scent with my favourite scotch whisky throughout the shave is Johnnie Walker Double.

Johnnie Walker Double is a smoky whisky with a hint of orange, clove, caramel, spicy and vanilla, a good combination together with B&M Nordost and a very enjoyable and a magnificent shave with the Muhle R41.

As for the B&M Nordost needs to improved a bit further in the smoky orange background scent without the overpowering burning smell of charcoal wood-like similar to Stirling Texas on Fire which is pretty strong.

Wednesday 01.15.20 SOTD


Pre' De Provence Artisanal French Soap lather and rinse
Schick Eversharp Type G8 Injector Razor
Schick Injector Razor Blade (8)
Maggard 22mm Aluminum Handle 2-Band Badger
Pre de Provence shave soap
Pre de Provence Sante Green Tea

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Good Morning Everyone SOTD 01/15/20

'52 Gillette Super Speed
Gillette Nacet (3)
Erskine 31o3 Boar
Williams
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Old Spice A/S

Have A Great Day!

Wednesday 15th January


Razorock 400 Brush - TOBS Cedarwood Shaving Cream - TNNSER 3D - Pitralon Classic AS

Continuing my TOBS Binge. All of my shaves this week have been excellent. I know TOBS is a good performer......but perhaps I should consider bowl lathering more often as the shaves have been consistently good.

3 Passes for a face feeler

2020-01-15, Wednesday

As soon as I woke up I didn't realize it was such a fantastic day: an intermittent drizzle and a diffuse mist.
I had stayed in bed watching a documentary about a colleague, David Bailey, and I hadn't noticed the beauty of the 'outside'!

I felt inspired and I wanted to use a Scheermonnick pentalogy soap, which has just arrived to me: the Delftse Donderlag.
Unscrewed the lid, the intoxicating perfume rose from the tobacco-colored mass perfectly suited to a perfectly perfect day!
The mechanics are those of her other siblings and the scent is very good.

The name that its creator has given it leaves me very perplexed: I cannot, in any way, connect a perfumed and cuddling latherer with the disaster of almost four centuries ago: I cannot detect in any way gunpowder, ruins and death!
And they say I am the weird one...

An excellent and olfactory exceptional shave.
The perfection of today's pogonotomic rite ... it was written: on the stero, the first CD was one of Chet Baker.
If this is not a perfection conjuncture...





Sapone PS: Valobra Glicerolanolina
Sapone: Scheermonnick, Delftse Donderslag
Pennello: Zenith, Silvertip, 26 mm
Rasoio: Gillette, Rocket
Lametta: Personna, Blue Lab
AS: Lab Series, Razor Burn Relief Extra
EdT: Penhaligon's, Sartorial
ST: Chet Baker

January 15th
Razor: OneBlade Hybrid
Blade: Modified Gem PTFE (4)
Brush: Omega Evo synthetic
Pre-shave: PAA The Cube
Soap: PAA Gondolier
PAA Galactic witch hazel
PAA unscented Star Jelly
AS: PAA Gondolier

Good morning

Williams Wednesday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Jayaruh #380
Ever-Ready 1914 Army
GEM Stainless SE
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Williams Mug Soap face lathered well with Jayaruh #380 Brush. I did two passes and a cleanup with the Ever-Ready 1914 Army razor with a GEM Stainless SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...