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How are you going to make AUgust your gold medal month?

  1. I am going to choose only the gear that gives me my best shaves.

    4 vote(s)
    20.0%
  2. I am going to experiment with different gear to discover my gold medal shaves.

    4 vote(s)
    20.0%
  3. I am going to use any gear I want, because I can get a gold medal shave from anything.

    14 vote(s)
    70.0%
  4. I am actually allergic to gold, so I am going to go for platinum medal shaves.

    1 vote(s)
    5.0%
  5. I am going to use Gold Medal flour and bake cookies, which have been noticeably absent recently.

    7 vote(s)
    35.0%
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  1. Thanks Joe.
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  2. SOTD 20200809 Cera Una Volta
    by IschiaPP @ Forio
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    Bat71 “PP73”
    Prugno (Plum), Abalone, Oumo Mother Lode, 28x53x115mm
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    Saponificio Varesino 1945 "Asylum Colonia"
    Limited Edition 2018 Bullgoose Shaving
    Beta4.3 Shaving Soap / After Shave Lotion
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    Colonial Razors "The General V1"
    Aluminium 6061, Black Anodized B1, 44g, 50x96mm
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    Sapphoo Red #31
    Kai Captain Titan Mild MG ProTouch Replica
    Sample by klopp@ilRasoio
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    Farmacia Vaticana "Acqua di Colonia"
    EDC Vapo (sample, repack)
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    #Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
    #ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
    #WaxUponATime #CeraUnaVolta
    #ShavingSoap #AUgust #Test
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    Full size:
    https://i.imgur.com/VEzLwTS.jpg
    Soundtrack:
    Simple Minds - This Is Your Land
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  3. lovely shave and pic Pierpaolo..
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  4. Thanks Gary
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  5. Very nice Pierpaolo.


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  6. Thanks Clint
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  7. Great photography with an excellent shave kit, PierPaolo!
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  8. Thanks Jeff
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  9. 2521C6F2-75F1-4EF8-ADE3-16B4872DD467.jpeg SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 2020

    Today I shaved with a straight I haven’t used before. It’s a NOS A. Witte complete with an enclosed note saying “honed by Henrey 1939”. I swapped a brand new EJ89 I’d purchased as a gift for my 15 yr old grandson which he had returned to me for it. Despite the note, Ben reset the bevel with his honing toys. It shaved beautifully, with the usual results, VBBS above the jawline and DFS on the neck. My Type I Hydromagic Injector cleaned up the neck and delivered a good clean VBBS to the noggin. All in all an excellent way to start the day! I feel refreshed, cool, clean and acceptably velveteen!

    RAZOR: A. Witte Copperhead 6/8 (Mug), Hydromagic Type I Injector (Dome)
    BLADE: Schick B-20 Proline
    PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Rabid Banana Preshave Cube
    BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Badger
    SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb
    POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Cremo Cooling Post Shave Balm.
  10. Excellent shave setup and photo, Pierpaolo! Another great sunrise setting.
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  11. Excellent shave setup and report, Jeff! I believe you got the good end of the razor trade!
    Superb choice today of the Type I HydroMagic!
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  14. Beautiful straight razor and shave, Jeff!
  15. Sunday shave: Herr Razor with a big smile.

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  16. Wow! Excellent setup and stunning photo, Keith!
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  17. August 9, 2020

    OneBlade Genesis V1
    Feather FHS
    Heritage Collection Shaving Merit 99-5
    Savonniere du Moulin
    Barrister and Mann Reserve Cool
    Brooks Brothers Blue

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  18. Terrific shave and photo, Mark! Beautiful brush!! It has the look of summer vacation at the beach.
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  19. Real nice shave this morning. I bloomed the soap a little too much though. Let's see how it is the next time I use it. It's hard to describe the scent of this Down At The River, from Central Texas Soaps. I'd say, picture yourself taking in the lovely scenery of a Texas river, perhaps doing some fishing. The water of the river is always warm-uh mean we're talkin' Texas after all. Anyway, the usual ultra-moistness(for me anyway)showed during pass 1. I should back up a bit to say that due to the overblooming, my usual 30 seconds of swirling brought quite a bit of moisture to the soap. Yet I covered all the bases needed. Second pass drier again. Porcupine Alley looked very good after each pass, as did Cactus Nation. The rest did, as well. No cuts/Knicks/weepers. The only thing I should have done to improve the shave some was to add some Stoylin Frost Drops, yet I figured by closing with Aqua Velva, perhaps I didn't need to. Was very pleased overall. Top Of The World Excellent.
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  20. You're really rockin' the ASW Colonia, Pierpaolo.
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