SOS: February 2020

Today's Sandalwood Saturday Shave;

• Rockwell 6S Model T Gunmetal
  
• Dorco ST-301 (2)
  
• Proraso Red
  
• Q Shave Bowl
• Captain's Choice Heavy Copper Lather Bowl
• Zenith S6
  
• Gentleman Jon's Alum Block
• Proraso Red AS
  
• Proraso Red Pre/Post Shave used for Post only
  
• Stirling Soaps Sandalwood Deodorant
• Million Dollar Hair Tonic
• Dax Short and Neat Pomade
• Gold Bond Body Powder

 

A saturday shave
SOC boar brush
Lord Tech razor Egypt
7oclock green blade
Old spice AS lotion

Have great shaves

 

Tonight's shave


Razor. San Kan 1074 japanese straight razor


Strop. Dubl Duck 700c


Brush. Yaqi high mountain white 24mm badger


Soap. Long rifle soap co. 1776


Aftershave. Long rifle soap co. 1776


Lather bowl. Captains choice lather bowl

 

Saturday‌ ‌02.22.20‌ ‌SOTD‌



Shugar Soapworks Oatmeal & Verbena Soap lather and rinse
Muhle‌ ‌R41.iKon‌ ‌OSS‌ ‌Handle‌ ‌
Astra‌ ‌Superior‌ ‌Platinum‌ ‌(1)‌ ‌
Yaqi Barber Pole Two Band Badger
Proraso Red Tub
Old Spice Cologne Original

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Good Morning Everyone SOTD 02/22/20

Ming Shi 2000s (set on 5)
Wilkinson Sword (11)
E-Shave Badger
Arko
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Gillette Cool Wave A/S

Have A Great Day!

 

awesome sandalwood shave Mr.D..

 

fantastic set ups and pics gentlemen..

 

Thanks Gary

 

Saturday 22nd February



New Forest High Mountain Badger - MWF Soap - PAL Injectomatic/Personna - Gotas Frescas Hombre

Great shave.....and I can actually see the sun today! Enjoy your weekend

 

fine shave and pic Brian,have a great weekend..

 

Saturday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Sandpiper
Soap: Stirling Sandpiper
Razor: Vintage Gillette NEW Long Comb
Blade: Vintage Gillette “Spoiler” Super Stainless (9)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip-24mmx52mm
Aftershave: Stirling Sandpiper w/Menthol

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Stirling Sandpiper today. 20 seconds to load the Whipped Dog Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette “Spoiler” SS still in the Gillette NEW Long Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Stirling Sandpiper aftershave.

Bob

 

Thank you, sir.

 

Soap : Stirling Soap Co - Satsuma
SotD : 22-02-2020
Razor : Rex – Ambassador
Blade : Astra - Superior Platinum (groen) (2)
Brush : Omega - EVO Silvertip fibre - Special Veteran
Score : 88 (review on Instagram : shavingexperience)

 

Thank You Gary!

 

SOTD Saturday, February 22, 2020

This will be my third and final shave with the Barbasol Floating Head. The problem with having too many vintage razors is that some of them are just exemplary shavers. The Barbasol Floating Head is one, but tomorrow I’ll be shaving with another, the Cooper Monobilt. The Barbasol has delivered two great shaves, the first a DFS and the second a BBS. After waking up to a beautiful sunny morning in Philly, I decided to enjoy a leisurely three pass shave with no goal in mind other than a pleasurable shave. The pieces were all in place.

The Omega Pro48 Boar is just a wonderful shave brush! Great backbone along with well-broken-in feather soft brush ends generates a thick paste from the scuttle that is then applied to both face and noggin. I really enjoy the luxurious face and head brushing that also exfoliates as the lather builds. My barber who I see about once a month for a straight razor head and face shave taught me the method. I had complained to him about being unable to generate a decent bowl lather with MWF. I’ve found his approach - building that initial rich, glistening, yogurty MWF lather on the shaving surfaces instead of in the scuttle - and then wetting the brush in hot water from the faucet as needed and adding it to the paste on the face and dome leads to the cat’s meow of lathers! It’s never failed, regardless of water type, and the process just feels great!

The shave was a joy this morning. I began with my usual cold water rinse. I have stopped using PAA Preshave Cube soap about five days ago. It had been a regular part of my shave routine, but 22 days of MWF has done away with the need for it. After lathering up, I enjoyed a very comfortable first WTG pass with Madame Barbasol who swept away the 24 hrs of whisker growth with aplomb. The second XTG and third ATG passes left me with a bloodless, baby-smooth, face and dome. Three great shaves, and it’s time to return Madame Barbasol to her case and box after a good cleaning. After a wash of my face and noggin with the MWF brush squeezings, Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite completed what turned out to be a perfect Saturday morning shave, leaving me feeling cool, smooth and refreshed!

RAZOR: Barbasol Floating Head
Blade: Feather
PREP: Cold Water rinse
BRUSH: Omega Pro48 Boar
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite

 

Thanks very much, Gary. I appreciate the kind words.

 

Saturday morning’s Grand Freeze:

Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/new Shark
Bundubeard Kameelperd’s Kick SS
Prep ASB
Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash
Bleu de Chanel EdP

A few years ago I received these Egyptian made Shark blades and they’re actually pretty good - they’re similar to the Derbys although perhaps a bit rougher, but not enough to be problematic. Now that I have two Kameelperd soaps I don’t mind using my started one more regularly and I enjoyed it so much - that awesome scent, that unbelievably thick lather, and that bitter cold menthol sensation which gave me tearing eyes from the beginning of my shave to the end. I had such a nice postshave massage with the Prep and a couple of splashes of the Krampert’s Frostbite aftershave prolonged the freeze. The scent of this aftershave is lovely but it never disrupts any fragrance I wear, especially the Chanel Bleu which is currently my favorite. I opted for three passes so I could enjoy the frigid lather to the max, and I ended up mega BBS!


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That brush slays me every time.

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Top shelf there Tim

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