SOS: February 2025

SOTD: 23rd February 2025.


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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/ Cien Men Energize Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Wrights Coal Tar bar Soap.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Boar.
Bowl Lather.
Bowl: Ikea Kalas Side Bowl.
Lather: Wilkinson Sword Soap Bowl.
Blade: King C. Gillette. (D2)
Razor: King C. Gillette.

Post:
Cold Water face rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's,/Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Autumn/Winter mix~) peppermint lavender, eucalyptus, + Tea Tree essential Oils Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./Brut Splash-On Lotion./Cien Cocoa Butter Body Lotion.

Greetings,

Everything in my shave set up paired together superbly making my Sunday morning shave a pleasurable experience.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Cien Cocoa Butter Body Lotion.

My face is feeling super smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe and enjoy your Sunday ladies & gentlemen.

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Hi Friends,

Here my Shave of the Day (23.02.2025)


Razor: 1954 Gillette withRazoRock UFO // Blade: Gillette Bleue Extra (20) // Soap: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum // Brush: Maggard´s Marble // Aftershave: Witch Hazel - St. Johns Bay Rum

A wonderful shave. 3 passes to a complete BBS finish. The soap had tons of glide and cushion and the scent is really amazing. The Maggard 24mm Marble brush did an outstanding job. A really fantastic brush which i love deeply. Last but not least i let the Witch Hazel work it´s magic, followed by the St. Johns Bay Rum Aftershave which smells awesome. Just a little zinging to it before the scent filled the bathroom.

A very delightful shave.

10 out of 10

Have a great time, enjoy your shaves and stay safe and healthy.

Greetings
Thorsten

 

Lather Catcher Sunday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Archaic Eureka Shave Soap
Tom's 3D Tuxedo Brush
1902 Kampfe Brothers/Star LC
Star Wedge Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Pinaud Citrus Musk EDC

The Archaic Eureka Shave Soap lathered well with Tom's 3D Tuxedo Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the 1902 Kampfe Brothers/Star Lather Catcher razor and the Star Wedge Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Pinaud Citrus Musk EDC. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Sunday morning:

Long hot shower
Yaqi 30mm Barber Pole
Super Speed/Wilkinson day 5
PAA Cold Spices SS
Lubriderm Moisturizer
PAA Cold Spices AS Splash

Damn, I definitely misplaced my Shulton Old Spice soaps (I have one in an Old Spice mug plus three NOS backups as well as the aftershave and cologne) so I decided to go with this PAA version that to be perfectly honest I’m not too gaga about. Yes, the scent is definitely very close to the Shulton stuff but the menthol sort of has a bit of an adverse effect on it. The soap is very good at lathering if you leave your brush relatively wet, it’s extremely slick, but the postshave care is not as good as I like. The Lubriderm moisturizer made up for that, and the Cold Spices aftershave went on really chilly - again the menthol doesn’t fit in with the scent. All in all a very easy and enjoyable three pass BBS so I can’t complain so much!

Wishing you all a great Sunday - be well and stay safe!


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Thanks for your post. I usually use Derby blades no more than two shaves, but more often, just one shave. I think their first time use is good, but not so much after that first use. On the other hand, I think Feather blades are best on the 2nd through 4th shaves.

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Thanks for your post. That looks like a great shave. I have two or three 1954 (my birth year) Gillettes. I have the very good PAA Bay Rum soap in the stick form also.

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23 February 2025
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* Weber DLC
* Super Iridium
* ZenShave Snakewood + 3-Band Super
* RazorRock Red Label
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

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Preshave: Hot shower
Soap/Shave cream: Stirling Soap Coniferous
Brush: Jequil & Corenveo 24mm
Razor: 1953 Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Post shave: Gillette Gel

 

Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 SS Razor
Astra SP Blade (2)
WCS Synth Brush 24/53

Gibbs Shaving Cream

Latha Le Petit Chypre Post-Shave Splash

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Gillette Slim / Feather blade
Yaqi Synthetic
Stirling Sandalwood

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-The-Sunday-Shave-
no.15
yaqi silvertip
1805

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Sunday, February 23

Antica Barbieria Colla Almond Oil Cream~~Simpson 57~~RazoRock Game Changer .84OC/Personna 74~~I Coloniali ASB
Have a great day!​

 

Sunday February 23, 2025
Brush: Simpson Berkeley
Soap: TOBS Sandalwood
Razor: Henson
Blade: RK Stainless
P/S: Osma Alum Block
P/S: Thayers Witch Hazel
P/S: Tabac

 

Monday Shave
RAZOR: Mergess Adjustable Razor @3
BLADE: Personna Lab Blue
BRUSH: Rudy Vey Butterscotch 20mm Silver Tip Badger
LATHER: Czech and Speake No 88 (vintage Valobra)
POST: Saponificio Bignoli Sandalo Indiano Aftershave

 

Menthol Monday SOTD


Razor: 1958 Gillette Super Speed T.V. Special
Blade: Gillette 7 O’clock Yellow (1)
Brush: Shavemac 82 handle Synthetic 31mm
Bowl: Doug Smith 5"
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Balm: 3P
Shave Soap: Chiseled Face Cryogen
Balm: Nancy Boy Cooling
Aftershave: Chiseled Face Cryogen

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24 Feb 2025

Hot water prep, T&H No 10. Cyril R Salter Solid soap. Pura Setola. Gillette Red Tip BRG replated B4. Derby Premium (day 2). Imperial Leather. Prada Ocean Luna Rossa
Score = 9.9 / 10
Damage: none

Same lathering technique as with the MWF. Soaked brush in water ~ 5 min. Shook dry. 50 swirls from the dry puck. Slowly adding 7 cc water. Perfect glossy lather that held its composure and structure throughout the shave. Nice subtle scent, sort of nutty scent to my nose anyway

So this Tallow soap lathers well
But the Fat can't, well not for me anyway, not yet!
I will be back!

 

Monday 24th February
Ever Ready Natural Angle HFT + GEM Stainless #4 - Yaqi Red Marble + Vitos Red Super + Williams Aqua Velva AS + Aloe Vera Gel

 

Menthol Monday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
PSC Caffeinated Shaving Cream
Jayaruh #424 Synthetic
Tourqued Slant Razor
Gillette Nacet Stainless
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
CWR
PSC Caffeinated ASB

The PSC Caffeinated Shaving Cream lathered well with Jayaruh #424 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Tourqued Slant Razor and the Gillette Nacet Stainless Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and PSC Caffeinated ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Oh boy that Cryogen soap and aftershave are bona fide menthol atom bombs!

Great shave my friend!


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