SOTD 14-20 August 2022

Prep: Dermalogica Ultracalming Cleanser used w/ a Clarisonic Mia Men

Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Razor: Gillette Gold Super Adjustable 109

Brush: Van Der Hagen Pure Badger
Soap: Stirling Soap Co. Executive Man

Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla (my favorite of the entire Pinaud line)

Monday AM 2022-08-15
The Woodstock Music Festival opened on this date in 1969, Max Yasgur farm, Bethel, NY


Rooney 3/1 Faux Horn Finest (22/48) 
Acqua di Parma Colonia soft shaving soap (original) 
Paradigm 17-4/UFO Common Bar
Wilkinson London Bridge (1)
Acqua di Genova 1853 aftershave (vintage)

Am a big fan of ADP and this silver cap ADP has always intrigued me. Is there any remarkable difference in the original silver cap vs brown colored cap. Thanks.

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I used the brown cap AdP only briefly in the past, but my experience has been that the gold cap one shown in my image produces significantly richer, thicker lather with a better scent.

    
Pre ..... CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser Bar
Brush ... Omega Boar (20102)
Soap .... Grooming Dept English Lavender (Kairos)
Razor ... Shake Sharp Gold V2, Gillette Nacet w & w/out 1 shim
Post .... None required
Finish .. Dior Sauvage for Men EDT

Two maiden voyages today:

1. Shake Sharp Gold V2.  This is my second Gold V2, which I unexpectedly won with a rather low-ball bid.  On this copy, the blade reveal is not quite parallel with the cap.  I couldn't figure a way to fix the reveal, so I went ahead and shaved with it as is.  During the shave, I tried removing the shim and eventually ditched the shim and replaced the blade, but none of these configurations fixed the reveal.  Nevertheless, when the smoke cleared, I was surprised to find the razor had delivered an excellent shave, although with notably more work and less fun than my first Gold V2.  Hopefully things will improve somehow, but if not, the sun will still rise in the east.
   
2. Grooming Dept English Lavender.  The scent was lighter today off my boar brush than the medium/heavy scent off the puck.  Even so, there was still a clean, abiding barbershop vibe to this lavender which I find both pleasant and very refreshing.  This is my second shave with Mohammad's latest release of Kairos soaps.  (The first was with Tobacco Oud.)  There's not much you can rave about with today's best artisans that has not been raved about already.  IMO the artisans have different track records regarding scent, but the top tier artisans all put big, bold checks in all the performance boxes.  After only two shaves off the latest release, all I will say is that these two soaps are checking the boxes with the best of them.  And actually, given that I was playing a bit of razor-roulette today, I was very glad to have an as-good-as-it-gets soap on my brush.
   

Thuesday, August 16, 2022.
Floïd: Pre shave oil & Masaje mentolado aftershave. Daisho, mentolado vigoroso shaving soap. Sympson Chubby 2, synthetic bristle, buttercotch handle. Guillermo Hoppe 14, Solingen, custom orange scales.

Tuesday August 16, 2022
Razor: Lupo .95
Blade: Shark Super Stainless
Brush: Trotter Handcraft/ 2 Band Badger
Soap: Van Der Lovett Dutch Blue
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: CHH Tobacco
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,379

Lupo OC Timeless Ti Handle
Voskhod Teflon blade
Stirling Bay Rum Soap
Semogue Boar
Aloe Vera
Old Spice Musk

Tuesday, August 16, 2022 - Shave of the Day

Prep  ||  Cantu Pre-Shave Scrub
Brush  ||  Paladin Chief
Soap  ||  Barrister and Mann Leviathan
Razor  ||  Blackland Blackbird / Perma-Sharp (3)
Post  ||  Witch Hazel
A/S  ||  Derby City Chop Shop Small Batch Winter Reserve
Growth  ||  34.0 Hours

Traveling

Razors: Feather SR, OneBlade Hybrid, Supply SR
Brush: Muhle travel synthetic
Soap: La Toja stick
Finale: English Leather & British Sterling

Tuesday AM 2022-08-16
National Roller Coaster Day


Rooney 1/2 Faux Ebony Finest (24/57)
Crabtree & Evelyn Lavender shaving cream (vintage) 
Wolfman WR2-SB/Darwin Copper
Wilkinson London Bridge (2)
Yardley English Lavender aftershave (vintage)