SOTD 12-18 January 2020

Groomig Dept / Valencia

MÜHLE R41 / Stork razors / Wizamets Super iridium

Brad Sears / Moon Java Knight 28 mm 2-band

Aqua Velva / Musk

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Monday January 13, 2020
2020 Shave # 14 ( 434 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Gibbs Adjustable Setting 4.5
Blade: Polsilver (2)
Brush: Paladin 26mm Highrise Beehive Disco
Soap: CBL Tonsorial Fresh Lime 3017 (14)
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla
Aftershave 2: Nivea 2 into 1 Splash
Fragrance: Tom Ford Grey Vetiver

Milksteak Monday
Excellent shave today. Very close and comfortable. The WSP tobacco scent is darker than the US, so I'll keep looking for a good pairing in my den.
Rating: 5 / 5
Razor: Rockwell Model T
Blade: Rockwell Swedish
Brush: Lutin Chubby Lightning
Pre-Shave: WSP Tobacco Beard Oil
Lather: Declaration Grooming Unconditional Surrender
Aftershave: WSP Tobacco Balm

Homelikeshaving Start
Astra superior platinum
Zenith boar
Homelikeshaving light shave soap
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman brandy spice aftershave

Monday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Coate’s Lavender Cream
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (7)
Brush: Turtleship Silvertip-24mmx55mm
Aftershave: Country Club Highlands
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Coate’s Lavender Cream today. 10 seconds to load the Turtleship Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna Med Prep still in the vintage Gillette NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Country Club Highlands aftershave.
 
Bob                                   
 

Razor: Bartmann 504, 15/16
Strop: Tony Miller/Mastro Livi
Brush: Simpsons Emperor 3
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Balm: Alvarez Gomez
Finale: Albany by D.R. Harris

Monday, January 13

I Coloniali~~Rubberset 400/3~~Dubl Duck Goldedge
Have a great day!

SOTD 01/13/20

This morning I decided to shave with my Eclipse Red Ring, whose baseplate reminded me of my Occam’s DE aggressive plate for comparative purposes, which turned into a bit of a fool’s errand, with me as head fool. The head geometries are different. Apples and oranges are both somewhat round and fruity and the Eclipse and Occam’s are both safety razors designed to shave whiskers. That’s about as fair a comparison as I can make. Both are great razors, but the Eclipse demonstrates more blade feel. I really like both razors, and that’s about where I’m going to leave it. The Eclipse delivered its usual two pass BBS and shaved through my usual trouble spots with smooth, bloodless aplomb well cushioned on a slick, shiny, highly-mentholated MWF lather. I will say that I do like the additional heft of the Occam’s more, but the end product is identical. I feel smooooth, cooool, clean and refreshed.

RAZOR: Eclipse Red Ring 
BLADE: Feather 
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap 
BRUSH: Omega Pro48 Boar 
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat salted with 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Old Spice Fresh Lime