SOTD 13-19 December 2020

Thursday Shave is Plisson Shave with Thuya Wood Bowl & Stand from Morocco very nice wood and pattern of Thuya Wood. This was available at Fendrihan among with Plisson Soap.

Soap performance is good, slickness is nice and scent is decent.


Razor - Feather WS-D2
Blade - Gillette 7 o’clock super stainless 
Brush - Plisson - High Mountain 
Pre-shave Oil - Truefitt & Hill
Post-Shave - Lucky Tiger
Aftershave Epsilon Blue - Mediterranean 
Aftershave Balm - Zingary Man - Unscented

Shave Bowl - Captains Choice

Take Care & Stay Safe

Alan H

 

Thursday AM 2020-12-17
National Wright Brothers Day


Rooney 3/1 Ivory Finest (22/50)
Woods of Windsor shaving soap (vintage) + Bulgarian rose oil/hydrosol
Carbon Mokume-gane Brass/R2
Wilkinson London Bridge (7)
Brooks Brothers aftershave

Hello,
Wholly Kaw club yanka
Oku brush
The Ascension twist adjustable copper

H&S Ti PO76 & Feather Hi-Stainless

Graydog 26mm Badger Chechen

Ethos Dragonsbeard V2 shave soap

Thayers Peach Witch Hazel Astringent 

Ethos Dragonsbeard V2 skin food splash

December 17, 2020
Yates 921 H Plate
Gillette 7 O’clock Black
Rubberset 400 #3 with WSP HMW
A&E The City
Fine Absolut Santal

SOTD Thursday 12.17.20
24 hrs of stubble
Pre: Hot Water splash
Soap:  The Old Goat!
Bowl: CC ceramic
Brush: Simpson M7 Super
Razor: Henson Ti, medium plate
Blade: Personna Red (2)
Post: Fine Aquamarine AS/Cera Ve Daily Moisturizing Lotion/a bit of Cooper & French “Santa’s Workshop” balm, for the scent
Three passes, WTG/XTG/ATG; CCS
First try with the Henson Ti.  The following are first impressions, and I’ll need to get some more shaves in before reaching any real conclusions. (Also, this is my face only and YMMV...).  Beautiful machining.  The pieces fit very precisely.  The handle is very nice looking, and has good grip.   The shave with the “medium” plate seems very mild.  The design of the cap/baseplate requires a very specific angle.  Given the geometry of the baseplate/cap, even minor deviations from the designed angle lift the blade off the skin.  Also, when the angle is “right,” there’s a fair amount of metal, both cap and safety bar, riding on the skin. [The second photo seeks to illustrates this, by showing the Henson head next to a Carbon Shaving Ti head.  PLEASE NOTE, however, that these are very different razors in many respects; this photo is for the purpose of illustrating limited and particular differences in one aspect of the cap/safety bar design of these two razors.  I am not comparing the Henson to the Carbon, and am not suggesting one or the other is “better” or “worse.”  That would be a gross oversimplification, and an unfair “apples and oranges” matchup].  As a result, there’s more drag than I’ve gotten from other razors, including titanium razors.  With the medium plate, there’s not a lot of blade exposure.  Even when the angle is spot on, there’s very little blade feel and a fair amount of the whiskers remained after the WTG pass.  The plus side is that, if you get and keep the angle consistently right, and you don’t mind the level of “drag,” then the razor is very comfortable and there’s no irritation.  However, I’ve grown to like more aggressive razors that allow you to modulate aggression by varying the shaving angle in real time.  The Henson does not seem designed to allow much of this.  A more aggressive plate might allow this sort of thing, but the geometry of the cap and plate suggests even minor angle changes will significantly reduce cutting efficiency.  Every razor has its advantages and requires some degree of specific technique.  So, bottom line, I need to get more shaves in with this beautifully engineered titanium razor.  (A statement like that simply cannot be construed as a “complaint”).

Happy Shaves to All.

TGIF SOTD

Razor: 1948 Gillette Aristocrat

Blade: Feather (D2)

Brush: Thater /TSN LE beehive 26mm

Bowl: Supply Provision Marble 4.5"

Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime

Pre-Shave Balm: Grooming Dept Unscented

Shave Soap: Nobel Otter The Noir Et Vanille

Balm: Saponificio Varesino Puro Burro di Karitè

Aftershave: Nobel Otter The Noir Et Vanille