SOTD 1-7 March 2020

04-MAR-2020 SOTD
(F3M2 shave #2)

[font=Courier New]......PRE ....... Hot water
......BRUSH ..... Omega EVO Marble Ovale (E1855)
......SOAP ...... Wholly Kaw Rebelle  (Siero Tallow)
......RAZOR ..... Supply V2, Schick Proline B-20 (2)
......POST CARE . Brickell AS
......SCENT ..... Jack Black Blue Mark EDP EDP[/font]

Pre: Hot Shower
Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley, C plate
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum Double Edge
Bowl: Handmade bowl, Mk3
Brush: RazoRock Silvertip Synthetic
Soap: Australian Private Reserve (APR) Fenchurch
Post: Australian Private Reserve (APR) Fenchurch Splash

Date:- 05 March 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Barrister & Mann ~ Reserve Spice
Razor/Blade:- Rockwell 6C-R3 / Gillette Stainless (red & white) #7
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10)
Fragrance:- Hugo Boss (Original)

Thursday March 5, 2020
2020 Shave # 69 ( 486 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Rockwell 6s Plate 5
Blade: ???? (6)
Brush: Yaqi Moka Exress
Soap: CFG Ghost Town Barber
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
Aftershave 2: CFG Ghost Town Barber
Fragrance: CFG Ghost Town Barber EdP

Yaqi Knight Helmet
Gillette Silver Blue
Semogue SOC finest badger
Homelikeshaving light shave soap
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman bay rum aftershave

Razor: Frieder Herder 6/8 in bone
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Simpsons Tulip 3
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: Castle Forbes
Balm: Castle Forbes lavender
Finale: Woods of Windsor
Coffee: New Guinea
Music: Manuel de Falla — Nights in the Gardens of Spain

SOTD Thursday, March 5, 2020

Another excellent BBS shave on what is rapidly becoming one of my favorite razors. It’s the second and final shave on this vintage Polish Wizamet. I never use any DE blade for more than two shaves. I’m quite curious as to how the Russian manufactured version will compare. I may order a tuck or two in the future to check them out.

There’s really not much to say about the technical shave itself - another bloodless, two pass (WTG, ATG) relaxing shave. It’s the soap, PannaCrema Nuavia Blu, that I really enjoyed. Rather than wax on about hints of this and layers of that, and in staying true to my olfactory barbarian ways, let’s just say it has a strong smell. Perhaps a bit too strong, as SWMBO complained about it. 

It does provide a wonderful post shave feel, one that is quite comparable to MWF. My only concern is the softness of the soap. It’s clearly not triple milled. MWF never lets me down. My only concern would be the soap’s staying power. It’s strong smell, however, moves it out of regular use category, since SWMBO can’t tolerate it. So it’s back to my faithful MWF tomorrow. Today I feel clean, smooth and refreshed!

RAZOR: Rex Ambassador (5,3)
BLADE: Vintage Polish Wizamet Super Iridium (2)
PREP: Cold water rinse 
BRUSH: RazoRock 400 Special Edition Black Synthetic
SOAP: PannaCrema Nuavia Blu 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Dickenson’s WH and finished with Fine Accoutrements’s Lavender Pour Homme AS Splash