SOTD 11-17 April 2021

Monday, April 12, 2021 - Shave of the Day

Prep  ||  Cantu Pre-Shave Scrub

Brush  ||  Heritage Collection dubl duck

Soap  ||  Barrister and Mann 42

Razor  ||  Homelike Shaving CT✫PT / Perma-Sharp (2)

A/S  ||  Avon Cool Seas

Growth  ||  51.5 Hours

Very nice mix of textures in your picture.

Thank you!!

Tuesday: April 13, 2021

RazoRock SS Lupo 95
Rapira Platinum Lux
Truefitt & Hill Pre-Shave Oil
VP Leonhardy 700030 Premium Three Band
Murphy & McNeil Nil Shaving Soap
Truefitt & Hill 1805 Aftershave Balm
Truefitt & Hill 1805 Cologne

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John

WR2 1,15 / FEATHER / SIMPSON CHUBBY 2 SYNTHETIC / ANTIGA BARBERIA / CLUBMAN 

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Thuesday, March 13, 2021.

Geo F Trumper's, Spanish leather: Skin food, pre y post shave, crema afeitar y EdT. Zen shaving: Pink Baltic Birch Laminate shaving brush. Cowboy, first-class, carbon steel, 6/8, Solingen

April 13th 
Razor: Karve brass widecap & SB C Plate, with Triad brass Pineapple handle
Blade: Gillette Permasharp (5)
Brush: Zenith boar
Pre-shave: Cold water
Soap: Home brew mix of Van Der Hagen, Mysore Sandal, & GD Maleki  (approximately 80 grams/50 grams/5 grams, respectively)
Post: Nivea Cooling post-shave balm and a small bit of Cooper & French Santa’s Workshop (for scent)
Face: one pass WTG; Neck Two passes WTG-ATG
Result: CCS


Added a little of the newer GD Maleki to tone down the scent of the VDR. (It’s “floral-sweet” in a “baby wipes” kind of way.  The Mysore helped, but the GD Maleki finished the job).  Heated the VDR-Mysore Sandal mix in the microwave, (10 second bursts, and checking each time). Did this just enugh to soften it but without liquifying it.  Then added the GD.  Needed only 5 grams or so of the GD to knock back the VDR scent.  That amount of the GD also noticeably improved the lather structure and post-shave feel of the mix.  This also had the beneficial effect of adding some of the wonderful Maleki scent, but toning that down too; I had found the scent of the brand new Maleki too strong by itself.  (The older GD Maleki tubs, which I had previously purchased off the BST, are more mellow, perhaps from aging).  The Maleki compliments the Mysore Sandal very nicely.  Overall, for my nose, it seems a nice outcome.  It was a fun experiment too.  [I’m pretty sure I will try some more of this kind of mad scientist stuff].

Happy Shaves to the Gentlemen

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Butterscotch 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Noble Otter ~ Rawr
Razor/Blade:- Merkur 34G / Treet Platinum #2
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- Jean Paul Gaultier Ultra Male

Tuesday April 13, 2021
Razor: Rockwell 6s Plate 5
Blade: Rockwell (3)
Brush: Sorrentino Clown Puke
Soap: T&S Sicily 1508.5
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: T&S Sicily Trotter Handcraft Post Shave Sample
Fragrance: Penhaligon's Lothair

Razor: Vector
Blade: Feather Pro
Brush: Synthetic
Cream: One Blade
Finale: British Sterling