SOTD 2-8 February 2020

Razor: Ralf Aust 6/8
Strop: Tony Miller/Mastro Livi
Brush: Simpsons 57 Best
Pre-shave: Proraso white
Cream: Esbjerg
Balm: Proraso white
Finale: Taylor of Old Bond Street Victoria Lime

Saturday February 8, 2020
2020 Shave # 41 ( 460 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Occam OC
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Brush: Yaqi Moka Express
Soap: CBL Tonsorial Fresh Lime 3017 (40)
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
Aftershave 2: Proraso Green
Fragrance: Tiziana Terenzi Ecstasy

Saturday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Sandpiper
Soap: Ghost Town Barber Summer Storm
Razor: Vintage Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Blue Super Platinum (11)
Brush: RazoRock/Zenith Chubby Extra Silvertip-28mmx51mm
Aftershave: Clubman Whiskey Woods
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Ghost Town Barber Summer Storm today. 20 seconds to load the RazoRock/Zenith Chubby Extra Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette Blue Super Platinum still in the vintage Gillette Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Clubman Whiskey Woods aftershave.
 
Bob
             

Ikon OG1 razor
Derby Premium blade
Semogue SOC finest badger
Gillette Pure shave cream
Nivea post shave balm
Kramperts bay rum aftershave

Saturday, February 8

Baume.Be.~~Simpson "The Hive"~~Heiljestrand MK 32~~Floïd Blue
Have a great day!

Hell of a way to start the day!

Wolfman WR1 61 Antique Bronze - Wizamet Iridium - Morris & Forndran Genuine Horn - Nuavia Rosa - Art of Shaving Sandalwood EDT

February 8, 2020
Rex Ambassador
Gillette 7 O’clock Black
Mondial Boar
Eleven DFS 2019 LE
Shave Soap & Aftershave

SOTD 02/08/20

I have to admit that this razor is truly amazing! My third bloodless two pass BBS in a row! Today after cleaning up after the shave, I closely examined the baseplate! I always disassemble and clean and dry each razor after use. I’ve already commented on how the end bars sit slightly above the inner teeth on this OC design, but what I hadn’t noticed that first time was the very slight concave bowing of the baseplate. It is so subtle that it only came to my attention after careful observation. The top cap is also similarly bowed. The efficacy of the slant design is well known. Now I’m no razor designer, but I wonder if this slight bowing of only a few degrees produces a slight dual guillotine effect. I guess I’m grasping at straws trying to figure out how one razor can be so smooth and yet so incredibly efficient. My other 51 was not the Luxe model, and it was a smooth shaver, but it didn’t compare efficiency-wise. Now it was from the 30’s according to the guy I bought it from, and this one represents 40 more years of incremental improvements. So I’ll just attribute it’s efficacy to that! In any case, my third bloodless BBS with no heat anywhere! Is it possible to fall in love with an inanimate piece of metal? If so, I’m there! Hope SWMBO doesn’t sense my divided affections. I feel clean, smooth, cool and refreshed!

RAZOR: LaResche 51 Luxe
BLADE: Wizamet Super Iridium
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Preshave Cube Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48 Boar
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite AS Splash

SOTD:
Preshave: Grooming Department
Soap: Declaration Grooming Massacre of the Innocents
Brush: DG Dark Amethyst Jefferson B5
Razor: Enoch SE
Postshave: Nordost
Nice easy shave this morning! Hard to capture the beauty of this brush indoors - here's another pic as well