SOTD 1-7 March 2020

Razor: Ralf Aust 6/8
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Simpsons Tulip 3
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: Baum.Be
Balm: OneBlade lavender
Finale: Dior for Men

Wolfman sb 1.55 TBam ti handle
Astra superior platinum
Semogue SOC finest badger
Homelikeshaving sandalwood shave soap
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman brandy spice aftershave

Wednesday March 4, 2020
2020 Shave # 68 ( 485 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Gillette Red Tip
Blade: ????
Brush: Stirling Badger Fan
Soap: A&E Cafe au Lait
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
Aftershave 2: Skin Bracer

SOTD Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Well, here I am, back again after a brief 6 day health blip with 6 days of whisker growth to remove. And ironically, the razor chosen for the job was my Rex Ambassador, my former nemesis, until Razor Emporium worked their magic and sent me back what to all intents and purposes is now an entirely different razor. So much so, that I found myself shaving with it every day upon its return. The Gibbs #17 used to be my favorite adjustable, but no more! Rexie’s my boy, and he sure knows his business. Back to today’s shave!

This being the first day of the month, I opened my new PannaCrema Nuavia Blu and followed their directions for bowl lathering, which is not my normal approach, but when in Rome! They recommend 3 grams of soap to 7 grams of water. I have the RazoRock 400 Special Edition Black Plissoft Synthetic here in the condo, and it did a spectacular job whipping up a very rich-looking, glistening lather. Which I then applied, following my customary cold water rinse, after inserting a vintage Polish Wizamet Super Iridium, 

I set Rexie on 6 and had at it! My customary setting is 5 for my face and 3 for the noggin, but given the density and heaviness of the whiskers, I stepped up one level for that first pass. It was the right decision. 6 and 4 did the trick! Those old Polish Wizamets - I’m down to my last 70 or so blades - are amazingly smooth and quite sharp. Rexie swept through those whiskers like the Romans through Gaul. That bloodless WTG first pass left me at the DFS+ level. Amazingly, an Alum check revealed minimal, if any, heat, so I decided to go for it.

For my second ATG pass, I set Rexie at my regular 5 and 3 for an uneventful, bloodless BBS finish to the first shave of March. An adjustable razor is the perfect tool for six days of growth. This new soap has an incredible post shave feel. My post shave cold water wash with the Nuavia Blu brush squeezings left me with the same luxurious skin softness I have after a MWF shave. I do think I’m going to like this soap. I feel smooth, clean and refreshed. 

RAZOR: Rex Ambassador (6,4; 5,3)
BLADE: Vintage Polish Wizamet 
PREP: Cold water rinse 
BRUSH: RazoRock 400 Special Edition Plissoft Black Synthetic
SOAP: PannaCrema Nuavia Blu 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by T.N. Dickenson’s Witch Hazel and finished with Fine Accoutrements Lavender AS Splash

SOTD - 30mm Wiborg Flagon Lemon / Polished Timeless Ti .95 with Tibam handle / GD Preshave / A&E L'Orange Verte

SOTD - 2020.3.4
Growth: 48h
Brush: ŌKU Klyx by P&P - 25mm two band finest XD
Soap: Eufros Lignvm
Razor: Carbon Cx
Blade: Permasharp
Post: lather face wash, alum, concoction (*), PAA mysterium serum
Passes: 2 - WTG, XTG
Rating: 4.8/5

(*) witch hazle 50ml, 5ml glycerin, tea tree (10), Argan (25), bergamot (10), pachuli (5), Cocunut oil + CBD (5), menthol crystals - (drops)



Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA

4/3/2020
Morris Forndran 2XL Imi Ivory/ABB/Rockwell #5 + Stork Aristocrat + Gillette Bleue Extra/Tüff
Sensitive

Felices afeitados.
All the best.

Wednesday AM 2020-03-04

Rooney 3/2 Faux Horn Finest (24/54)
Harrods by Floris shaving soap (tallow)
Paradigm 17-4/UFO Goliath
Gillette Platinum 'Swede' (8)
Calvin Klein Obsession aftershave

Another very easy BBS shave.  However, the combination of the 17-4 head and big UFO handle was uncomfortably heavy in my hand.  I have thought about trying the 17-4 head on a titanium handle, but I think it might be unbalanced.  I might give it a try in the future, perhaps with a Triad titanium handle that is not quite as light as some others.  After a week of comparison using a vintage Gillette Swede blade, I really like both the Titanium II and 17-4, for different reasons.  Both gave me wonderful shaves.  The Ti II is quick and nimble, very comfortable to use, and gives me blade feel and lots of auditory feedback.  The 17-4 feels a bit smoother and perhaps more stable during the strokes, and I think it may give me a slightly closer shave.