SOTD 26 June-2 July 2016

Razor: BlackBird in black oxide
Brush: Simpson's Ch2 black marble
Soap: OSP Lavender
AS: Yardley

An extraordinary experience. The more I use the OSP shaving soap, the more it impresses me. I find the lavender scent very delicate, yet pronounced; it has some resembles to the C&S O&C, which I like a lot.

Friday, 01 July, 2016:

Razor: Rotbart Mond-Extra No.15
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Zenith Ceramic Silvertip
Pre Shave: Proraso Green Tea and Oatmeal
Soap: Proraso Green Tea and Oatmeal
A/S: Proraso Green Tea and Oatmeal
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John

Razor: BlackBird in black oxide
Brush: Simpson's Ch2 black marble
Soap: OSP Lavender
AS: Yardley

An extraordinary experience. The more I use the OSP shaving soap, the more it impresses me. I find the lavender scent very delicate, yet pronounced; it has some resembles to the C&S O&C, which I like a lot.

Lovely pic, Alex. I used an OSP soap for the first time, this morning, and have to say that first impressions are very good. I felt I could have done with a bit more water in the mix which I shall do, tomorrow, with another scent. Can't believe it's taken me so long to try another UK artisan soap after Wickham's.

Planned SOTD 07/02/2016

The Make my Day Affair

Gillete New Standard

Rudy Vey Lapiz CH2 with Shavemac Two Band Silvertip

WM. Newmann & Co. 1911 Cream and AS Balm

Excellent setup Hector!

Thanks my friend.

Blackbird / UFO / Voskhod

Paladin

MDC Scented

Floid Blue

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The Bunny's Maiden Voyage in Southern Colorado
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Razor: The Bunny V3
Blade: Chick (1)
Lather: Stirling Barbershop
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Well this shave was very close. 2 XTG passes then an ATG pass. No cleanup was needed whatsoever and I'm as smooth as can be. I found that I need to choke up more on this razor compared to my other injectors or razors in general. This may have caused me to use a bit more pressure than I should have and it resulted in a fair amount of irritation on the neck and chin. I have a scar on my chin and despite the slickest I have ever had Stirling to get, I still nicked it pretty good. I think for my next attempt I'll skip ATG and just really work on the angle and light pressure. I was just going through my usual shave routine to see how I faired. May have to skip tomorrow's shave to let the neck settle. Stay tuned

Saturday AM 2016-07-02

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney 2/1 Faux Horn Finest (21mm/53mm)
Williams Rose shaving soap (tallow)
Feather AS-D2/Triad Titanium Blue Aristocrat
Gillette Platinum 'Swede' (3)
Azzaro aftershave

Saturday, July 2, 2016

iKon OC DLC w Triad Helix Hex Ti
Feather HS #2
Simpson Captain 2 Manchurian
Knockout Cotton
Witch Hazel
Mystic Water Whipped Shea Butter
Fine Platinum

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Um, ouch.
Worst cut yet, and it's too bad because this was shaping up to be a great shave. I got 1.5 passes in before my stupidity ended that. I also have to be careful how much oil to use, the MWF lather was dissipating before my first pass, I just added water and it worked great. That thing bled for quite a while. I was finally able to stop it with pressure and Proraso liquid coagulant.
Anyone know how to get blood off an alum block? Should I pitch it and get another one?
I am undeterred. I feel that I'm getting better despite the cool new scar. Stopping went very well, and I obviously got a great edge.
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2 July 2016

* Wolfman WR1-SB + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Iridium Super
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 Amber Barbeiro
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Thayers Witch Hazel Unscented
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Oakmoss EO

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