SOTD 12-18 January 2020

Date:- 17 January 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:- Arko (4 shaving sticks grated into a 250ml plastic tub)
Razor/Blade:- Muhle R41 with iKon Bulldog / Astra Superior Platinum #3
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10)
Fragrance:- Tommy Hilfiger for Men

I don't normally shave every day with the Muhle R41 and I don't know why I'm doing it again, however, my skin still feels super smooth and completely free from irritation, nicks & cuts.

Friday 01.17.20 SOTD

RazoRock Pre Barba Pre Shave Gel

Fine Accoutrements Marvel DE razor

Astra Superior Platinum (1)

Yaqi Moka Express 26mm 2-Band Badger

RazoRock XXX Italian Shaving Soap

Old Spice Cologne Original

Friday, January 17

Hemingway Accoutrements~~Simpson CH2 Synthetic~~1947 Gillette Super-Speed~~Polsilver
Have a great day!

Friday,  17 January, 2020:

1922 Gillette Bostonian
Rapira Platinum Lux 
Simpson Colonel X2L Best Badger 
Coate’s Lavender Shaving Cream
Osma Bloc d’Alum
Geo. F. Trumper Spanish Leather Aftershave

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John

Blackland Brassbird
Gillette Platinum
Muhle 25mm Synthetic Fibre/Doug Korn Custom
Grooming Dept ‘Nirvana 1.6’ Soap
PAA ‘Atomic Age Bay Rum’ Aftershave

Have A Great Day!

As I make preparations to attend the Maggard meetup this May, I’m reminded of the 2018 gathering, where I was able to meet Paolo from Eleven and have a nice chat.  This LE for DFS is a very pleasant scent and the performance is equally nice.  Have a nice Friday, everyone!

Soap/Splash: Eleven “2019 DFS”
Brush: Mozingo ZT1
Razor: Karve SS D plate

SOTD 01/17/20

Friday greetings to all! I so enjoyed my shave yesterday, that I decided to repeat it! I usually fall back on my favorite MWF, but that wonderful Anise scent from the Stirling Glacial Obsidian reminds me of a favorite gum from my childhood, Blackjack, which my grandfather, a WWI Marine vet always used to always carry! Blackjack chewing gum finally returned in 2018 and is as delicious as it has ever been. This old-fashioned gum established multiple “firsts” upon its invention in 1884 in the United States. With its black licorice taste, Blackjack was the first flavored gum available in America. I realized that it stoked very good memories of fishing with him as a small boy! As it turns out, I ‘m now a grandfather and have outlived him by a decade and a year.
Anyway, back to this great shave! BBS all around as yesterday! I’m really enjoying the new Jayaruh Custom Silvertip Badger with the extended Rosewood handle. It whipped up a generous lather allowing that lovely Anise scent to waft around enhancing what turned out to be a luxurious, thick, glistening, protective lather! I don’t know whether it’s half a century of wet shaving experience or just the razors, but I’ve never cut or nicked myself with either the Lupo or Silversmith. I feel clean, smooooth, coool, and refreshed. I’m really looking forward to spending time with my grandson this afternoon.

RAZOR: Razarock DLC Coated SS Lupo 
BLADE: Feather
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap 
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Silvertip Badger
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Stirling Glacial Obsidian AS Splash

Lovely looking brush. Love it.


Greetings from Santa Rosa, CA

Friday AM 2020-01-17

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney 3/3 Ivory Finest (26/60) 
Penhaligon's Lords shaving soap (tallow)
Wolfman WR2-SB 0.95/Stork Advoco Titanium
Personna P74 Tungsten (7)
Penhaligon's Lords aftershave (vintage)

SOTD - 2020.1.16
Growth: 48h
Brush: ŌKU Botiho by P&P - 25mm two band finest extra density
Soap: B&M Seville
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Feather
Post: lather face wash, alum, concoction (*), PAA mysterium serum
Passes: 2 - WTG, XTG (4, 3)
Rating: 5/5

(*) 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