SOTD 17-23 January 2021

SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 2021

This morning’s dome shave featured my too long neglected Le Coq Cagehead safety razor. This French Safety razor has a fixed non-adjustable Cagehead, unlike the French Famex and Razvite. It is a very efficient shaver that requires the user’s total attention to the process as I found out this morning. I was listening to the Traveling Wilburys “Handle With Care” during the shave, and should have done so.  

The blade feel on this French safety razor is exquisite, and I was really enjoying myself on the second ATG pass of my normal two pass noggin shave when I found myself unconsciously shaving in rhythm to the beat. Not a good practice for shaky old men as I discovered, nicking the top of my left ear and removing a very small piece of epidermis. It required both styptic and direct pressure to stop the bleeding. Pure operator error and a well deserved admonishment from the shave gods put me in my place.

The mug shave was an entirely different story! Simmons Hardware of St. Louis, was founded in 1874 by Edward Simmons. The company's stock consisted of many items, including ammunition, knives, mincers, wires, and even dog collars. They defined its products saying, "If you can't eat it, and it don't pour or fold, it's hardware". Their well-respected ‘Keen Kutter’ brand of straight razor was but one of 800 products under that label. 

The Simmons Hardware 4/8 selected for this morning’s mug shave has a German Solingen blade. The original horn scales on this sleek little razor were badly chipped and insect eaten. So they were replaced. The trend in modern straight razor design is toward shave hatchets greater than 8/8. I’ve never shaved with anything wider than 8/8. But what I do know is that this petite 4/8 blade is a delight to shave with and the Solingen steel has really retained the Naniwa 12k/jasper stone edge I put on it. Three buttery smooth passes left me feeling chastened, clean and velveteen smooth!  

RAZOR: Simmons Hardware 4/8 (Mug), Le Coq Cagehead (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil 
BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Pure Badger 
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Williams Aqua Velva (Spanish Version)

January 20, 2021
Blackland Tradere OC
Gillette 7 O’clock Black
Omega Evo Synthetic
Speick Shave Stick
Agua Balsamica Aftershave

SOTD 20210120 V3nom
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Liojuny Shaving Tampa
Finest Badger 3-band, 23x54x114mm
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PLshaving by Paky33@ilRasoio
Schola Medica Salerni
Giardino d’Inverno & Homme Bioemulsione Prototype (sample)
in Superlathering
Tcheon Fung Sing Linea Intenso Zagara & Gelsomino Forte
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FrankenRazor V3nom
(Maggard V3 Standard Plus Closed Comb * / Maggard Razors MR14 Aluminium Handle)
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Wilkinson Sword by Gillette India #2
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Bottega Verde Uomo Legno Marino EDT Vapo
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
#DErazor #StandardPlus #Test



Full size:
https://imgur.com/DGvW5JV
Soundtrack:
Set It Off - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
https://youtu.be/VM6bPbOnK9w

* Grazie a Klopp@ilRasoio

01.20.21
GD Spa
Wolf Whiskers tortoise 26mm 2-band
CC Ceramic
H&S N075 Mixed Metal (Thanks Dan!)
Wizamet SI (5)
Cera Ve Daily Moisturizing Lotion
Cooper & French Santa’s Workshop balm (for scent)
2.5 passes-DFS-BBS

This month marks my one-year anniversary for this wet-shaving hobby.  Thanks to all the upstanding members, here on DFS and on B&B and on The Shave Nook, who hooked me up with a lot of excellent shaving gear, at fair prices, with full and honest disclosure, prompt & courteous communications, good packing, and fast shipping.  You guys have been great.  I have have the genuine pleasure of dealing with a lot of gentlemen who actively promote this terrific hobby without trying to profit or mislead.  

As for the few real duds I’ve run across (you gentlemen all know who I’m talking about, the guys that don’t follow the simple rules or who claim after the fact they didn’t really notice this or that about what they were selling, or who are just ...not gentlemen), well they surely know who they are and I’m pretty sure others do too.  Plus, they get to look at themselves in the mirror each time they shave. 

Happy Shaves to All the Gentlemen!

RR Mamba .70 & Gillette Nacet
APShaveCo. 30mm Tux Rose Gold Flake/White
Asylum Shaveworks Frankincense & Myrrh
La Toja a/s Locion
Lacoste L'Homme Intense

Wednesday, January 20

Santa Maria Novella~~Simpson Rover~~2011 Mühle R41/Feather~~Nasomatto Nudiflorum

Have a great day!

SOTD January 20
Brush: Paladin Kanorado Indigo
Razor: Blackland Sabre Lvl2
Soap and AS: PAA First Night on Planet Earth - odd one for sure but very nice scent - off the puck, I smell only raspberry, but as promised, the raspberry cedes to other scents (don't ask me what they are but the sweetness is tamed)

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Have a great day!

Finally finished the 3P, my friend?

Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts "Valley of Ashes" 28mm B9A

Razor: Charcoal Goods Level 2

Blade: Gillette Nacet (1)

Lather: Declaration Grooming: Hindsight

Post: Declaration Grooming: Hindsight