SOTD 22-28 December 2024

22 December, 2024

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

And the hits just keep on coming! Another phenomenal shave today. Birthday shave and I returned to Martin de Candre and their excellent "Original" shave soap. Wonderful scent with notes of lavender, mint and rosemary with super thick and slick lather built with the Paladin "Somerset" 2-Band Select Badger brush. Two passes (plus touch-up) with the '49 Gillette Milord and I finished with a splash of Quinn's Pink Grapefruit & Orange Rind witch hazel, followed by Pinaud "Clubman" aftershave lotion (decanted into an antique 19th century medicine bottle), talc and Dana "Canoe" EdC.

Hope you have a great day.

Martin de Candre / Paladin / Gillette / Wizamet / Quinn's / Clubman / Dana

Happy Birthday, Mark !!!

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22 December, 2024

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

And the hits just keep on coming! Another phenomenal shave today. Birthday shave and I returned to Martin de Candre and their excellent "Original" shave soap. Wonderful scent with notes of lavender, mint and rosemary with super thick and slick lather built with the Paladin "Somerset" 2-Band Select Badger brush. Two passes (plus touch-up) with the '49 Gillette Milord and I finished with a splash of Quinn's Pink Grapefruit & Orange Rind witch hazel, followed by Pinaud "Clubman" aftershave lotion (decanted into an antique 19th century medicine bottle), talc and Dana "Canoe" EdC.

Hope you have a great day.

Martin de Candre / Paladin / Gillette / Wizamet / Quinn's / Clubman / Dana

Happy Birthday Mark!
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22 December, 2024

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

And the hits just keep on coming! Another phenomenal shave today. Birthday shave and I returned to Martin de Candre and their excellent "Original" shave soap. Wonderful scent with notes of lavender, mint and rosemary with super thick and slick lather built with the Paladin "Somerset" 2-Band Select Badger brush. Two passes (plus touch-up) with the '49 Gillette Milord and I finished with a splash of Quinn's Pink Grapefruit & Orange Rind witch hazel, followed by Pinaud "Clubman" aftershave lotion (decanted into an antique 19th century medicine bottle), talc and Dana "Canoe" EdC.

Hope you have a great day.

Martin de Candre / Paladin / Gillette / Wizamet / Quinn's / Clubman / Dana

Feliz Cumpleanos Amigo. May it be full of good times, cheer and plenty of drink & eats…

22 December, 2024

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

And the hits just keep on coming! Another phenomenal shave today. Birthday shave and I returned to Martin de Candre and their excellent "Original" shave soap. Wonderful scent with notes of lavender, mint and rosemary with super thick and slick lather built with the Paladin "Somerset" 2-Band Select Badger brush. Two passes (plus touch-up) with the '49 Gillette Milord and I finished with a splash of Quinn's Pink Grapefruit & Orange Rind witch hazel, followed by Pinaud "Clubman" aftershave lotion (decanted into an antique 19th century medicine bottle), talc and Dana "Canoe" EdC.

Hope you have a great day.

Martin de Candre / Paladin / Gillette / Wizamet / Quinn's / Clubman / Dana

Happy Birthday Mark!!

Thank you, gentlemen!!! 

Monday, December 23, 2024 - Shave of the Day

Prep  ||  Equate Skin Cream with Eucalyptus Oil
Brush  ||  Maseto Shaving Faux Horn
Soap  ||  L&L Grooming + Chatillon Lux TSM Fougère
Razor  ||  Yaqi Sentinel / Wizamet Super Iridium (4)
Post  ||  Alum Block / Witch Hazel
A/S  ||  Avon Spicy

Mühle Classic L Silvertip Fibre/Abbate Y La Mantia Matteo 9,11/Rocnel Sailor Master Collection 2021/Gillette Perma-Sharp

Ridge X Oneblade
Feather FHS
Zenith SCNHG ‘24
H&C Steel Bowl
Cella Gel Pre Barba
Noble Otter ‘ Tis the Season
Zingari Sego Balm

Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable J3, 3rd Quarter 1964, red set
Blade: Merkur Super Platinum, #1
Shaving Brush: RasurKult "Purple Rain", 27mm 2-band SHD Silbertip "Chubby" High Mountain White Badger
Shaving Soap: ARRAN Sense of Scotland Machrie Sea Salt & Rockrose Shave Soap
After Shave: Nivea Men Protect & Care 2 in 1 After Shave

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Everything here was  sampled to me but the bowl and the brush. 

Oliworks M3teorite razor (mild) Dave in KY 
Ethos Russian Tea soap and splash SinCityAg 
Dorco Prime Blade MaineYooper 

Captian’s Choice Obsidian Bowl 
Allen Long 25mm Keyhive Brush

Just a great, mild but efficient shave.  If you are looking for a step up from the Overlander or Bison style razors - here you have it while maintaining the easy shave characteristics you already love. 

If you are worried about blades not coming out of Russia, try the Dorco Prime made in Vietnam.  Smooth and Sharp, just great. 

Have a good week everyone!

Monday December 23, 2024

Gillette Canada 1932 Tech | BIC Astor
Proraso pre-shave cream | Panier des sens soap
CC bowl / Semogue decemboar
Thayers unscented toner | Stirling balm

Schick Type G1 Dark Blue Injector Razor / Schick Injector Blade

TRC Cherry Royale 26mm Synthetic

P&B Spitfire Shaving Soap & Aftershave Splash & Aftershave Balm