SOS: February 2020

It’s been a long time since I’ve shaved with an SE and even longer since breaking out a 1914. I was in a hurry today and reached for this instead of my usual straight. Wow, wonderful shave. So enjoyable that it’ll bump my C3 as a travel razor on an upcoming trip.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip
American Safety Razor 1914
GEM PTFE
Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Wednesday February 19th SOTD

I just received this gently used Merkur Progress and thought I'd give it a spin - I had one some time ago and traded it to obtain a Parker Variant which never seemed to work for me.

I've had this vintage scuttle in my cabinet for some time and hadn't tried it until today. The scuttle definitely works well - the brush / lather def stayed warm! The Progress made fine work of 2 days growth but did leave me with a nick above my chin. No worries, alum took care of it. I think I'll repeat the Merkur tomorrow. Happy shaves all.

Josh




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thursday shave
brit flat bottom new
platinum
ds cosmetics tuxedo
jm fraser's lemon cream
pinaud lime sec

 

Wednesday’s Shave

 

Thank You Gary!

 

Very Nice, Very Nice Indeed!

 

Travel shave set up.

Assured Dollar razor
Voshkod Teflon
RR 24mm Plissoft
Dr. Carvers shave lather cream
Humphreys Citrus WH Astringent
Nivea sensitive splash lotion

 

Thank you.

 

February 20, 2020
Rex Ambassador
Gillette 7 O’clock Black
Mr. EE #4 with Maggard SHD
Eleven DFS 2019 LE
Shave Soap & Aftershave

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SOTD February 20, 2020

Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap
Blade: vintage Private Club Platinum Chrome
Razor: Schick G1
Brush: Surrey badger
Soap: Soap Commander Influence
Post: Witch hazel, Jeeves of Hudson Street Black Tea aftershave

 

Thursday SOTD



Razor: Ever-Ready Streamline
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (D4)
Brush: M&F 26mm 2-band Blonde
Bowl: Castle Shave 4 1/4"
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Patchouli & Mint
Shave Soap: Ariana & Evans A&E, Which One's Pink
Balm: Organic Shea Butter
Aftershave: Ariana & Evans A&E, Which One's Pink
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20 February 2020

* Blackbird Brass SB 101
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* Maseto Shaving XD 2-Band + Oscar11 Amber Barbeiro
* Mystic Water Brown Windsor
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Thursday shave

ABC shave soap
Apollo Matrix stainless steel razor
Personna Red ⚁
RR Plissoft

Amouage Reflection Man

Have a good morning boys

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February Favorites

February 19

Razor - 1959 (E4) Gillette Super Speed
Blade - (1)
Soap - Stirling 2018 St. Louis Fair Debonaire LE
Brush - Stirling 2 Band Synthetic
Post - Alum

What a day, what a day. Dance lessons complete. Yeah, I'm talented. Ok so now I can pull off a few moves Friday that won't make me look like a complete idiot. Or less of one anyway. Time to relax and shave and I moved to the 1959 Super Speed. I still consider the Flare Tip to be one of the best Gillette made and a real workhorse for the brand. It's a mild razor but does an excellent job of getting that shave done effectively and comfortably. After a few days of fighting technique and whatever else was going on I decided I deserved some just basic shaves. I chose the Rapira Platinum Lux blade because, like its other Moscow Russian brethren, it's a great blade that I don't show enough love to.

To line the runway I picked up the Fair Debonaire LE that I got back in 2018. It's a Vanilla/Tobacco scented soap that stays tan/brown even in lather form. Great scent and usual top of the line Stirling performance. It was a limited edition soap but.....you can still get it. It's now Haverford from Stirling and I highly recommend it. I went ahead and used the Stirling synthetic brush to make that great lather.

Three full passes and everything was fantastic. No blood......finally......and no irritation from the alum. Great BBS finish and I'm set for the night. Have a great Thursday!!

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fine set up and pic Andrew..

 

absolutely awesome.had "have a cigar",playing in my head since..

 

classy set up and pic T..

 

Today's Shave;

• Game Changer 84 (Jaws, OC, and SB)
  
• Dorco Prime (1)
• Colonel Conk Bay Rum
  
• VdH Bowl
• Fine Lather Bowl
• VdH Green Boar
  
• Gentleman Jon's Alum Block
• Clubman Special Reserve AS/EdC
  
• Homemade Hair Tonic
• Clubman Whiskey Woods Body Powder
• Every Man Jack Cedarwood Deodorant
• Dapper Dan Heavy Hold Pomade

My first go with the Game Changer. I was really expecting a much more aggressive shave. I was shocked on how smooth it was. The Jaws plate was perfect for the first WTG pass. The OC plate just a smidgen less aggressive than the Jaws for XTG. The final \TG pass was perfect with the SB. Just smartly engineered.