SOTD 12-18 July 2020

Razorock Echo
Feather 1/2 blade
Shavemac D01 Silvertip
Stirling Boat Drinks soap
Nivea Creme
Brut Splash-On

July 18, 2020
Hiram with ••• plate
Feather Pro
ŌKU Botiho
RR “The Dead Sea”
Shave Soap & Aftershave

SOTD 18 July 2020

Prep: Cold water
Brush: Declaration Grooming B5 Dark Athemyst Washington
Razor : Union Japanese near-wedge
Soap: Barrister and Mann Saguesera
After-shave: Barrister and Mann Saguesera

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SOTD SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2020

Today I had planned to originally do the entire shave with just my Seki Feather AS-D2. however, my new barber’s razor, the Monsieur Charles was beckoning me from the straight razor shelf. And quite frankly I was interested in why users raved about this quite inexpensive barber’s razor. I traded a Viking Chieftain TTO which I’d never used for it. The recipient had not used the Monsieur Charles(MC) either.

What is immediately apparent upon picking up the MC razor is its heft in the hand. The blade and tang are much beefier than the Dovo Shavette’s and a few other comparably priced barber’s razors. Heftwise, it felt almost identical to my straights, if not even a bit heavier than the Dovo Special in hand. But what I like most about this razor is that it uses injector blades of which I have many. The shave was a delight. The result was a DFS++ which I’m more than content with for a first bloodless run with a new open edge razor.

I was initially concerned with the length of the blade, but it actually works well. One of my issues when I first started down the open edge journey was the length of the blade on my Dovo Special which led to some minor nicks around the ears. The MC blade design avoids this entirely! I found that housing the blade at the toe end is quite clever. Three passes (WTG, ATG, XTG) were a breeze, and trimming around the goat a piece of cake! I like this razor, and the replacement cost is nominal.

The Feather AS-D2 sheared through my dome stubble in its usual effortless, muted manner. A shave brother who doesn’t use Feathers in his AS-D2 describes his shave experience with the razor singing the “buttered toast” song as it did it’s work. My usage is always silent due to the sharpness of the Feather blade. Itsusual two pass (WTG, ATG) always feels like I’m just brushing away the lather. This razor is definitely one of the stars of my 27 actively used safety razors. I justlove the skin feel of a freshly shaved dome after using a great safety razor! Thefeeling can only be described as refreshed, cool, clean, and oh so velveteen!

RAZOR: Monsieur Charles (Mug), Seki Feather AS-D2 (Dome)
BLADE: Schick B-20 Proline (Mug), Feather DE (2) (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Rabid Banana Preshave Cube
BRUSH: Rearden Razor 316L SS Synthetic
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Cremo Cooling Post Shave Balm.

* Shavemac D01 2-Band Ebonite Vesuv Red

In addition to the general greatness of your photos, that brush is simply legendary, and stands out every time.

Thank you for your kind words, Matthew. 

July 18th
Razor: Blackland Blackbird SB
Blade: Astra SS (1)
Brush: Grizzly Bay Rootbeer/Synbad
Pre-shave: PAA Rabid Banana Cube
Soap: PAA The Wow Signal
PAA Galactic witch hazel
PAA unscented Star Jelly
AS: PAA The Wow Signal

Good morning!



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Saturday, July 18

C.O. Bigelow~~Simpson~~RR Game Changer/Personna 74/Proraso
Have a great day!

Paradigm DB-2020/Nacet. Delightful shave all around. Loving this Proraso.

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Saturday AM 2020-07-18


Rooney 3/2 Faux Horn Finest (24/54)
Art of Shaving Rose Absolute shaving cream (vintage)
Carbon Damascus Athena
Wilkinson London Bridge (1)
Ginger's Garden Rose Petals aftershave

The brush probably has the softest tips of any of my brushes and is a favorite. This was my first use of the Carbon razor, and despite its somewhat coarse texture it was wonderful, smoother than either the regular Carbon-CX or the titanium model, rivalling even the Paradigm 17-4. Perhaps it just really likes the London Bridge blade. It will be interesting to try it with other blades.