SOTD 14-20 August 2016

8/15/16

J.W. 6/8
Shavemac Two Band D-01
Antica Barbieria SC and Almond Oil AS

15 August 2016

* Wolfman WR1-SB + UFO Colibri 12mm
* Iridium Super
* WSP Manchurian + Doug Korn Amber Taca
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

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Monday AM 2016-08-15

élan bowl
Rooney 1/1 Porcelain Finest (22mm/45mm)
XPEC Unscented shaving cream (original) + a couple sprays of Creed Original Santal EdT
Delta Echo Feather AS-D2/UFO Colibri
Perma-Sharp Super (3)
Creed Original Santal aftershave (homemade)

RazorGuy, that entire setup, especially the razor, is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen.

Agreed - beautiful and thanks for sharing!

A boring, quick, and unsatisfying shave this morning.
Only the Pe Re Ja aftershave splash was worthwhile.

Monday
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Razor: Personna Injector w/ Chick blade
Lather: Bump Patrol Gel
Brush: Shave Revolution Synthetic
Post: Proraso Green

Yet another superb BBS shave with the Personna Injector. This thing is easy to maneuver and shaves like a dream.
Used to use this Gel back when I shaved with carts. It was my preferred shaving cream.. err Gel. Noticed the supermarket carried some that came with a Boar shave brush and thought maybe they see marketing it as a lather cream...I mean Gel.... So thought I'd give it a shot. Put a small dab into the brush and started face lathering. It lathered very easily and only needed a small amount of water. Performed very well. It was very slick, definitely the slickest cream, I mean Gel, I have ever tried. As you can see it's hard to say Gel to describe this. It does come out of the tube clear and looking like a Gel, but it lathers like a cream that costs 10x what this does. I picked up this tube for only 2 bucks and I'm glad I did, this stuff rocks

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- Merkur Slant 37C+Gillette Sharp Edge
- Whipped Dog VigShaving 2 Band
- Speick stick (sample)
- Tüff lotion+Babaria gel

This shave had a notorious German background, with my Merkur razor gliding over the Speick's lather and finishing off with the Tüff lotion, and it was great. This soap is one of those "best bang for your buck" out there, pretty much like Cella. It's quite protective, though not the slickest one of my lot. Nonetheless, being a tallow based soap, the blade glides effortlessly and it does a really good job at softening my hard whiskers. I will definitely purchase it. I like it better than the Lea stick, both performance and scent wise. Same good sensations with the brush. These VigShaving knots are worth trying.
Three passes (WTG, XTG, ATG) as per the manual, for a BBS, incident free shave. Had anyone told me one year ago that I was gonna enjoy shaving and be able to do it every day, I would have laughed hard at it.

iKon x3 + Feather
Whipped Dog 30mm synthetic
Abbate y la Mantia Vegano wasn't sure how I'd feel about his one but it is a wonderfully scented soap. Herbaceous and green offset with a very pleasant sweet note from the carrot. Performance on these soaps is elevated as well.



iKon x3 + Feather
Semogue 1305
PAA The Beach great scent as reported by others with a clean, yet complex combination. Very refreshing and the formula does not disappoint



iKon x3 + Feather
Proraso [Omega] 28mm x 60mm Boar
Soapy Bathman Crisp Bay Rum
Royall Bay Rhum