SoS: May 2022

DE SOTD, Sat, May7th 2020

Razor : Yaqi Mercury chrome head with a Rocket handle, Great mild>tame mid range, well built and designed head, good chrome coating, easy to find sweet spot angle, good for buffing & overall accuracy of blade centered is good & I bought on a recent sale whim. Very little blade feel but very efficient from audio feedback + results where excellent IMO.
Blade : Gillette 7oclock SP(1) sharp & smoooth with reasonable longevity. Top tier blade.
Soap : Tabac, nice mild flowery clean scent with excellent lather qualities. This soap has been around for some time.
Brush : Yaqi Goblin 24mm synthetic, excellent lather generator, cloud like soft tips, nice scrubber + excellent lather painter.
Pre shave : (Dedicated Cashmere synthetic)Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser with a dollop of clear Aloe Vera on the cleaned beard area.
Prep : Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. WTG + ATG + pickups.
Post shave : Pinaud Clubman with witch hazel + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizing lotion(scentless).
Results :CCS,DFS,BBs + no irritation + no weepers= excellent comfortable shave with my new Yaqi chrome Mercury razor with a Gillette 7oClock black.


Have some great shaves!

 

Gillette Flare Tip (black handle) Feather Blade
Soap Commander / Honor
Hotoffthelathe Silvertip

8/19/1942

 

SATURDAY'S SHAVE​

Perfumed by:
Thierry Wasser


Razor - Merkur Futur
Blade - *3rd Shave
Razor Stand by RV Shaving
Shave Brush - Omega Hi-Brush 20mm Synthetic
Brush Stand by Desire Metal Works
Shave Soap - Ginger's Garden "Vanilla Almond Musk"
Lather Bowl - Durance de Provence White Ceramic
Aftershave - Humphreys Organic Distilled Witch Hazel *mentholated with PAA "Chill Mill" menthol crystals
Deodorant - Nourish Organic "Almond Vanilla"
Fragrance - Guerlain - L'Homme Ideal Cologne

The Merkur Futur is still the best shave in my den overall with the BiC CP blade on the lowest aggression setting.

 

Stellar shave with big Napoleon - ready for Mother's Day

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Baume.be Shaving Cream
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
John & Wm Ragg Napoleon 7/8
Shulton Old Spice After Shave



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Sunday’s Shave


Stando Single Edge “Rod” / Schick Proline
Rearden Razors Stainless Steel 26mm Silvertip
Noble Otter Neon Sun Shaving Soap & Aftershave
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Thanks, Gary!

 

Sunday SOTD


Razor: Noonan & Son Domino 5/8 Half Hollow
Brush: Yaqi 26mm Timber Wolf
Bowl: Creek Road Pottery 5½”
Pre-Shave Scrub: Holy Black True Grit – Coffee
Pre-Shave Balm: Grooming Dept Mandarin and Cardamom
Shave Soap: Tallow + Steel Sàsq’ets
Balm: Saponificio Varesino Puro Burro di Karitè
Aftershave: Tallow + Steel Sàsq’ets



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Razor: Schick Type C
Blade: Twin Injector
Brush: PAA 400
Soap: Caties Bubbles Tonsorial Parlour
Post: Lemon Witch Hazel
A/S: Pinaud Citrus Musk

Fantastic Shave. I dont know if its the razor or the blade or both, but what a shave. I love this scent its just so fresh with citrus and the lather I make from it is awesome.


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SOTD : 8th May 2022.



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Shaving recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Lynx Africa Body Wash.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Chantry Lavender Goat's Milk Bar Soap.
Brush: Omega 49.
Mug Lather.
Lather: Williams Mug Shaving Soap.
Blade: Personna Gem PTFE. (D1)
Razor: Ever-Ready 1914. (US) (Brass)

Post:
Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Face Rinse./ Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.3 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With 200ml of Care+Witch Hazel./Brut Attraction Totale ASL./Cien Sensitive ASB.

A relaxing Sunday morning shave.

The Ever Ready 1914 performed with smooth efficiency, mowing through my stubble with ease, making the shave a pleasurable experience.

A enjoyable 2 pass + pick ups comfortable shave with no errors to report...Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Cien Sensitive ASB.

My face is feeling cool, smooth & smelling divine.

Stay Safe, and enjoy your Sunday Ladies & Gentlemen.

 

sunday
brit rfb
platinum
simpson
fendrihan lemon soda
fine



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Mühle R41
Bic Chrome Platinum (4)
RazoRock Keyhole
Palmolive Sensitive SC
The Veg

Have a great day!

 

Sunday morning:

L’Oréal Men Expert Facial Wash
Yaqi 30mm Barber Pole
Junjie/Shark day 12
Lea Menthol SC
Prep ASB
Floid Vigoroso AS Splash

The last time I used this Lea Menthol cream was two years ago and I must use it more often because it’s so good. The scent is lovely, it’s so easy to lather up with, the menthol sensation is pretty strong but not overwhelming, and the skincare is good. The Prep felt so delightful when I massaged my face and neck with it, while the Floid Vigoroso aftershave gave me a terrific menthol kick along with its gorgeous barbershop scent. A three pass BBS work of art - in other words a shave fit for a king!

Have a good Sunday - be well and safe!



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Focus Razoblique slant
Voskhod teflon
Frank Shaving silvertip
Captain's Choice lime shave cream
Aloe vera
Ogallala bay rum

 

Lather Catcher Sunday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Mitchell's Wool Fat Shave Soap
Jayaruh #433
Ever-Ready Lather Catcher
Personna GEM SS PTFE
CWR
Aqua Velva Iced Blue

The Mitchell's Wool Fat Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #433 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Ever-Ready Lather Catcher Razor with a Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Iced Blue AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 2022

Well the rain’s stopped. It’s an unseasonably cool 45°F with a 10° improvement in the offing. My geriatric cat, 18 yr old Mitten, the last remaining of my wife’s original three, had no interest in going out. He spends his days lying on the various heat vents around the house or sharing a warm sunny part of the carpet with Gromit, his dachshund buddy. They used to be rivals, as the Grom was very close to his littermate, Cassie, leading to conflicts for her attention. When she passed two months ago, they made up and now are apparently best buds. Gromit sits to my right as I write this, and Mitten to my left on the couch.

The mug shave was awesome. Although the Filarmonica Novodur 13 was well honed, I still decided to touch it up on the Suehiro Gokumyo 20k last night. The edge was immaculate under the USB microscope, but did have some very faint striations. Nine laps of a new technique polished the striations away leaving a mirror bright edge. Just out of curiosity, and from having heard others talk of stropless shaves following a Gokumyo 20k session, I decided to give it a whirl. My son had shared with me an advanced finishing technique he learned at a traditional Japanese Kamisori Honing workshop he attended in Seki City when he was in Japan on business a few years ago.

This combination honing/stone stropping technique was apparently developed for the final stage of sword honing/polishing using a jnat finisher, and demands a very fine finishing/polishing stone. After sword making was outlawed in Japan, the technique transferred to Kamisoris. It consists of five edge forward strokes followed by three spine leading strokes, and is completed with one edge forward stroke. Now in all fairness the edge was already great, but the mug shave that followed was “divine” to quote a green tea drinking, highly experienced, limey member (@palmolive fox) of our wet shaving fraternity. Just an incredible, buttery smooth, two and a half pass mug shave was the result that left yours truly in a state of blissful
velveteen facial smoothness.

I am fortunate to have collected all three handle colors of the Durham Enders Speed Shaver, although it did take three years to locate the final butterscotch handled example. My first Durham Enders Speed Shaver was the green handled model which I selected for this morning’s noggin shave. My friend, Jeff (@jmudrick), our intrepid Shave Den Safety Razor historian, put me on to these beautifully crafted tools as superb noggin shavers. His credibility couldn’t be any better, since he also, along with Ryan (@PLANofMAN) through his writings and exhaustive thread knowledge at the Den, introduced me to my beloved Shake Sharps and the two DE blade stacking method for their optimal use. In any case two ATG passes with the Schick Proline B-20 injector adapter-equipped Speed Shaver left your happy narrator velveteen smooth from neck to noggin.

RAZOR: Filarmonica Novodur 13 (Mug), Durham Enders Speed Shaver (Dome)
BLADE: Schick Proline B-20 Injector Blade Adapter
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JT LE Sapele/Resin Handled Omega Pro48 Boar Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys WH. Finished with Royall Lyme AS/Cologne.

 

Great write-up. I'm going to put my MWF to work for a couple days this week.

 

Razorock Game Changer / Vikings Sword
Captain's Choice / 45th Parallel
Simpson T3

8/19/1942

 

SOTD Sunday May 8, 2022

Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper Bowl
Pre: None
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts Druantia
Razor: Henson Mild
Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium
Razor: Gillette Styler
Post: Omega Alum Block
Post: Southern Witchcrafts Druantia
Have an awesome Sunday!

 

monday
brit tech hybrid/nacet
yaqi badger
tfs corte sabauda
lea



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Nice Tech.