SOTD 3-9 April 2016

Maggard V3 Griest Brass Handle
Voskhod Teflon Blade
TOBS Lemon Lime Shave Cream
T&H Best Badger
Nivea Sensitive Balm
Old Spice Aftershave

SOTD
Arko
AoS Pure Badger brush
EJ DE89
Feather blade (3)
John Michael AS balm
Pitrulon Swiss AS
Have fun!
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Someone please review SV Cosmo . I'd love to know how it compares to the high end soaps in terms of performance.

I was going to ask if there was a new formula but I see from the quote below that there is. I may have to research what they've changed. Seems to be a minor change as they only went from 4.1 to 4.2. I probably won't consider another SV soap until at least 5.0, or whenever they get out of Beta testing.

[Image: 0cd4b10ecbe9e7f42f352b3ec6d7be3c.jpg]From #mitchellsmarch to a shave of completely new gear from soap to blade.
It's difficult to comment on the new SV formula since I used completely new items for every aspect of the shave. The OneBlade was very smooth and after one side of my face was done I was throwing it around my face with wild abandon. Its a bit wooly under the nose at trying to get a clear line at the sideburns. One other thing to note that I won't know until my next shave is during my 2nd and last pass the blade felt that it may have lost it's keenness.

Saponificio Varesino Cosmo Soap
BSSW Cocobolo Beehive Manchurian
OneBlade Razor
Feather SE Blade
Saponificio Varesino Aftershave

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Very likely. Might not want to use it again if you were already noticing a decline.

Muhle R89 Jet
Simpson Emperor 2 Super
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless
Martin de Candre
D.R. Harris Windsor After Shave Milk

8 April 2016

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Iridium Super
* WSP Original 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
* Mystic Water Vanilla Sandalwood
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

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I was going to ask if there was a new formula but I see from the quote below that there is. I may have to research what they've changed. Seems to be a minor change as they only went from 4.1 to 4.2. I probably won't consider another SV soap until at least 5.0, or whenever they get out of Beta testing.

I am with you Brian. I have never been wowed by the SV soaps- good but not great. Certainly worth trying but not in my top 20.

Very cool packaging on the Cosmo though!

EUFROS JabonMan Rosa Bourbon // Wacker // Epsilon LE // All Innsbruck // Creed Spice Orange

I guess I'm back on a little razor-variety kick after two stints of focus with my OneBlade and AS-D2.

Custom Shavemac 2-band silvertip
Barrister & Mann Leviathan
Wolfman WR1-OC on ATT Atlas handle
Personna "lab blue" (1)
Barrister & Mann Leviathan Tonique
Dior Leather Oud EdP

Mid-shave Switch

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• OneBlade
• Clipped GEM PTFE (1 pass)
• Smiling GEM PTFE (2 passes)
• PannaCrema Nuàvia Rossa
• Plisson Faux Horn
• Chatillon Lux La Quatrième Ville

I couldn't even force my way through a second shave with this clipped GEM blade. It does not perform near as well for me as the smiling GEM (spine removed but not clipped). Once the replacement blade was in all was good.