Christmas SOTD:
Razor: Smart Helix Apollo Light
Brush: ATT Synbad 28mm
Soap & Aftershave: Black Ship Peg Leg Nichols
AS Balm: B&M Terror
Blade: Feather
I finally got around to using my shaving related Christmas presents this evening as the last 48 hours have been a maelstrom of activity.
The Apollo was recommended to me by a couple of people and, after watching a You Tube review, it was clear that this would make the perfect Christmas present from my wife.
I started with the aggressive plate and it took down 7 days of stubble with ease and felt pretty smooth in the process. I then moved to the mild plate for the second pass and it was incredibly smooth. Based upon my first use, it seems as though this razor is up there with the Raw RS-10 and Rocnel Elite in terms of smoothness.
I’m a big lover of Black Ship soaps and only tried the aftershave splash for the first time when this set arrived (it was also a present along with the soap). I’ve never been a great lover of splashes or EDT’s, however, I must say that I do enjoy the menthol kick this splash gives, and I can see myself exploring some mentholated splashes in due course.
I really like using menthol and usually will include it somewhere in most shaves (either at one, or all, of the pre-shave, soap or ASB stages) and following the splash up with B&M’s Terror seemed like a natural progression.
All in all, this was a great shave that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Have a great rest of the Christmas Bank Holiday weekend guys.
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