SOTD 17-23 January 2021

GC .68 SB
Wizamet SI (4)
Brad Sears Tigris Perla 28mm
MdC Agrumes

Happy Shaves to All

SOTD January 19 Tabac Tuesday
Brush: Dean Markwalter Ivory Acrylic
Razor: Apollo Ben Hur
Blade: Apollo Ben Hur (in a cool green color!)
Soap and AS: Tabac
Working from home and smelling like grandpa. What could be better?

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Tuesday, January 19

Fine L'Orange Noir~~Simpson 57 "Douglas"~~2011 Mühle R41/Feather~~Terre d'Hermès Parfum

Have a great day!

Shameless plug shave 

      

 

     

SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 2021

Yesterday’s mug shave met my output requirements, but as we used to say in the sixties, the process was a “bummer”! That shave involved my Riga razor, but I've found the razor itself to be bulky and awkward since acquiring it a few months ago! I know a lot of our younger member’s and even some of our older like these chunky blades, but I'm not one of them! So, for today’s shave I selected one of my three Japanese razors, a silver steel Tanifuji Airi 11/16. This sleek little razor is a pleasure to shave with, and easily whisked away my mug whiskers in two very slow luxurious passes with the Traveling Wilburys’ “End of the Line” playing in the background.

Good things are said to come in threes, and just as I have three Japanese silver steel straight razors, I also have three Shake Sharp SE safety razors. These little beauties were originally designed in the mid to late thirties to work with the thicker carbon steel blades of the era. As the name indicates, they were also designed to be self sharpening and work with DE blades, the thinking being they could extend the usage of said blades. Unfortunately, WW2 intervened, and they weren’t released until 1945, at which time thinner, more corrosion-resistant SS blades were the thing. In any case two stacked SS blades allow for single edge focus and do, as a result, for me, provide a doubling of blade life. In any case the Wilburys, “Handle with Care” again left me refreshed, clean and quite velveteen!

RAZOR: Tanifuji Airi 11/16 (Mug), Shake Sharp SE Nickel Plated Model 2.0 (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE
PREP: Cold water rinse and a scrub with Argan Oil 
BRUSH: MrEE Knurled Aluminum Handle Hybrid Knot #007
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Cremo Cooling Post Shave Balm.

SOTD January 19
W&B Sheffield
Heirloom Razor Strop Co. - Old No2 Horsehide
WCS - Silvertip Badger 26mm 2 Tone Tall Brush
Wholly Kaw - King of Oud soap and splash

Tuesday AM 2021-01-19
Edgar Allan Poe Birthday


Rooney 1/3 Ebony Finest (26/52) 
Crabtree & Evelyn Sweet Almond Oil shaving cream (vintage) 
Schick Krona
Polsilver Super Iridium (9)
Ginger's Garden Almond aftershave

An easy BBS shave, even with the mild Krona. The shaving cream is one of the very best ever made.

Prep: Cella Gel pre barba
Bowl: Ceramiche di Sicilia
Brush: Simpson Emperor 3 Manchurian
Soap: Acqua di Parma Collectione Barbiere
Razor: Carbon Shaving CX-Anubis
Blade: Kai Stainless
Post: Alum Rub
AS: Acqua di Parma Colonia intensa
AS Balm: Acqua di Parma Collezione Barbiere





Best Regards