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SOTD SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2020
Today marks the fourth shave with the new-to-me SS Supply V2 razor, and my final shave of the month. Although I usually like Schick B-20 Prolines in my injectors, I’m now on my third shave with a modified AC blade, a Feather Super in it. And to tell the truth, the prior two shaves with it have been spectacular. I’m really growing to like this razor as a head shaver, and the face shaves are every bit as good. If I weren’t such a creature of habit, I could get away with shaving every other day with this gear. I just enjoy shaving too much to ever do so.
For today’s shave I selected the special synth knot ferrule for my Alpha Shaving T-400 Tribute brush. It should probably be renamed as the Alpha Shaving T-400 Tribute Handle, as I have four different knot ferrules for it - a 24mm Synth used this morning, a 26mm Boar used yesterday, a 26mm Two Band Badger and a 24mm Hybrid Badger Boar. It’s like having 4 brushes in one. Software consisted of Stirling Glacial Obsidian Soap enhanced with 3 drops of M-Bomb along with its matching AS Splash.
The shave began with my usual cold water rinse following an early shower. The Synth knot ferrule on the Alpha Shaving handle whipped up a thick, glistening and slick lather from the Glacial Obsidian soap generating a delightful anise scent that brought back pleasant childhood memories of my Italian grandmother’s fresh anisette cookies. The Supply razor’s modified Feather Super blade swept away the minimal stubble remaining from yesterday’s shave with its usual aplomb. One pass (ATG) was all it took along with some selective buffing to return me to velveteen cue ball smoothness. I feel clean, cool, velveteen smooth and pleasantly refreshed.
RAZOR: SS Supply V2
BLADE: Modified AC Feather Super (3)
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: Alpha Shaving T-400 Tribute w/ 24mm Synth knot ferrule
SOAP: Stirling Glacial Obsidian enhanced w/ 3 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Humphrey’s Lilac WH and Glacial Obsidian AS Splash
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