SoS; January 2018.

SOTD 20180114.



Cadman / finest.
Jabones by Luna "Azahar".
TImeless titanium razor with stainless steel base plate 0.95 mm.
Kai Stainless (4).
PeReJa Lavender EdC.

Borrowed the stainless steel base plate to find out which blade gap.

 

Hi folks, I was feeling a bit decadent this morning, so for today's SOTD I used a 1909 Gillette ABC Pocket Edition Razor set, and achieved a fantastic DFS in one full pass. God Bless, and have a great Sunday-





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Nice set there............

 

SUNDAY'S SOTD
GEM MICROMATIC BULLET TIP
MAGGARD 24MM SYNTHETIC BRUSH
LANCASTER RAZOR WORKS RETRO BARBERSHOP
SOAP & AFTERSHAVE



First time using the GEM bullet tip and what a smooth shave it was, two pass with minor touch up for a near bbs. I am really loving these vintage GEM razors. This one came in the case with paperwork etc, seller told me it had never been used .. well it has now, no way can i leave it just set in the case!
Have a great Sunday everyone​

 

Thank You Jim!

 

Good Morning Everyone SOTD 01/14/18

'66 Gillette Super Speed
Wilkinson Sword (7)
Barbasol Pacific Rush
Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S

Have A Great Day!

 

Sunday 14th January



Olive Oil Soap and RSC Facial scrub
Proraso Sensitive Preshave Cream
P&B Obsidian Soap
Rooney Super Badger Brush
Giles Shaving Co Bowl
Junker 13/16 Razor
Alum Block and Rinse
BBA PS Balm
Oud 24hrs EDP

A beautiful 3 pass Sunday Shave
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

 

Pre: Warm water face wash
Brush: Omega 11137 Boar
Soap: Proraso Sandalwood
Razor: Colonial General Brass
Blade: Feather Pro
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Proraso Sandalwood AS

A very relaxing shave on what I hope turns out to be a very relaxing Sunday....

 

Prep: Hot water, b&bw lavender and sandalwood body oil massage
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Flic 6/8
Brush: RR Synthetic
Post: Hot water rinse followed by cold water rinse.
Aftershave: Witch hazel/Nivea face cream topped off with Tabac ASB & EDC

Sunday favorites. This razor has a very hollow grind, and had an edge Lila a laser. Tabac lather and scent. Well....

 

Great shave despite the Astra being just about finished. The Tibet cream lathered like mad and felt very cooling. The Lucky Tiger balm and Rubby Dubby Doo soothed and really froze me!

Have a nice Sunday!

 

January 14, 2018
Brass General
Feather Pro (7)
Thater Beehive White Boar
Nuàvia Rossa

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SHAVE OF THE DAY


Prep: Occams Crushed Lime
Razor: Razorock Hawk
Brush: Maggard 30mm synthetic
Soap: First Canadian Maximo Gomez Cuba
Post: Stirling Arkadia balm, Fine L'Orange Noir


Drama free shave this morning. Excellent lather from the Maximo Cuba and the scent is a bright fresh citrus tobacco. The Maggard 30mm Brush whipped up lather nicly in the copper bowl. Finished off with Akadia balm and L'Orange Noir to keep the scent going all day. Hope everyone is doing well and getting great shaves!

 

SS General & Feather Pro Super #6/7??
RazoRock F-400 XXL
GD Voyage
Humphreys Alcoholado Maravilla
Nivea 2in1 lotion
CH Sport edt by Carolina Herrera
CH Sport A/S Balm by Carolina Herrera

Felt red today, Ferrari Red to be exact (close enough). A quick 2 pass relaxing morning shave. The SS General and Feather Super were meant for each other. Just a magnificent shave. And the scent from CH Man Sport just put a sweet bow tie on it. Have a great day and shaves Gents..... ​

 

14 January 2018

Really breaking with my "tradition" (read habit) this morning. For several years, I've rotated between two razors and 4 or 5 brands of blades that work well in each razor. Load in a new blade after Saturday's shave and start off Sunday with a fresh blade. Consistantly get 7 DFS+ to BBS shaves all week. Starting this month, I was trying various blades that I retired for one reason or another and my 7 shave rotation is out of whack. Got only 1 shave out of a Wilkinson Sword blade on Sunday. Got 3 lousy shaves from a Voskhod. But on Thursday, I loaded a Polsilver SI intending to use it for 3 shaves and get back to my normal rotation this week. Not gonna happen! This blade, in this slant is giving me some of the best, if not the best shaves ever. So, I'm going to ride this horse until it starts to falter. Stayed with the same set-up as yesterday and will continue using it as it's a perfect match for me.

Soap: RazoRock Classic
Brush: Omega 10086 - black handle not shown in pic as I'm not going to take another pic
Razor: RazoRock German 37 slant
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium (4)
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman

 

January 14, 2017

Paladin El Dorado
CRSW Lavish Soap and AFB
Colonial Razors The General with UFO TiTan Fine
Feather Pro Super
Chatillon Lux Champs de Lavande

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What a photo!!

 

Great setup amigo!

 

Thank you Mark.

 

Sunday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Baker Street
Soap: Route 66 Sweeney Todd
Razor: Gillette “Black Beauty” Super Adjustable
Blade: Vintage Schick Plus Platinum (Shave #17)
Brush: oscar11/TGN 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Burberry Brit EdT

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Route 66 Sweeney Todd today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11/TGN 2-Band Finest brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Schick Plus Platinum still in the Gillette Black Beauty. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Burberry Brit EdT.

Bob

 

Prior to starting my journey to review 40+ soaps in this thread, Catie’s was one of my favorite soaps. Now, having sampled some of the best of the best today’s artisan soaps, it’s dropped down the list a bit. Still a good soap, but the slickness, protection, and latherability of some other artisans really outshines it for me.