SOTD 30 October-5 November 2022

Thursday November 3, 2022
Razor: 1921 Gillette Big Fellow
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: Spartan Custom/Cashmere
Soap: HCSC Friday Night Lights
AS 1: Alcoholado Eucaliptino 70
AS 2: CHH Tobacco
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,458

ERA OC L5 Razor
Kai
Barbasol Aloe Shave Cream
Aloe Vera
Clubman Bay Rum Aftershave

HSOTD/SOTD 11/3/22

Well, I finally did my "Mother of All Mail Calls" post. Forgive me, its taken me a bit to get there. Travel, work, all that stuff. Anyhow...

Shower: Stirling Deep Blue Sea
Preshave: Proraso preshave
Razor: Rex Konsul
Blade: Nacet, day 2
Soap: Razorock Mudder Focker
Bowl: Timeless
Brush: Meggard's cheapy
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block, Thayer's aloe and witch hazel
Aftershave: Nivea Deep Vanilla and Bourbon
Balm: Nivea Men Sensitive

I really like the scents of "Mudder Focker" soap, but the performance is very much lacking. Its thin and causes blade/razor stutter. The other side of this is that I usually use PAA Cube 2.0 as a preshave and I think the Proraso preshave isn't nearly as good either. So those two things combined made for not the best shave this morning. A ton of razor stutter, lots of buffing, and just overall not so good. At least no bleeding today. This is day 2 on the Konsul, I think I like it, I'm just not sure what I like more, Ambassador or Konsul. I *seem* to get a better shave from Ambassador but maybe that's just practice, angle, or whatever. I'll continue trying different things. 

Thanks for reading. It is my sincere hope that all of my shaving brothers are blessed with health and happiness, and most of all, please keep looking up!

Blackland Ti Blackbird
Gillette Platinum New
PALADIN
Sterling Executive Man

Thursday, November 3, 2022 - Shave of the Day

Prep  ||  Cantu Pre-Shave Scrub
Brush  ||  Paladin Chief
Soap  ||  Hub City Ideal Man
Razor  ||  Timeless Razor Slim / Wizamet Super Iridium (3)
Post  ||  Witch Hazel
A/S  ||  Hub City Ideal Man
Growth  ||  87.0 Hours

SotD

Shavemac (Germany)- Shaving Brush
Areffasoap (Ukraine) Time Dragon - Shaving Soap.
New GreenCult 2.0 (Austria) with Base I from IV (0.45mm/0.05mm) - Safey Razor
Astra Green (St. Petersburg) - Blade
Areffasoap (Ukraine) Time Dragon - After Shave
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Today the new GreenCult 2.0 with the Base I was allowed to start its service.

The software comes from the Ukraine and aroused my curiosity when I discovered it 2 weeks ago.


I like the artwork a lot.

The ingredients of the soap and aftershave speak for themselves and you quickly notice: Hello, everything is of high quality.


About the shave: the soap smells nice. The aroma is reminiscent of sandalwood, leather, oud as well as flowers and bergamot. Very interesting is the hint of an animalistic leather scent, which is known from the tabac/leather scents from the 70/80. But this touch is very subtle.


Exciting. Incidentally, each soap comes with a small spoon, which makes it easier to portion the soap. As with any soap, you have to play with the water first. Too much and the soap becomes too thin, too little and you have a consistency like a Taylor shaving cream, which I didn't find so bad. After some time I had the perfect lather.


30 minutes elapsed between taking the pictures and shaving. After the shower, the shaving foam was still solid in the cup and hadn't dissolved or liquefied. A very positive aspect.


As always, the soap was allowed to soften the hair on my face for 4-5 minutes. Here, too, the shaving foam remained stable, did not form any bubbles and did not dry off either.


The new GreenCult 2.0 was allowed to work today with the mildest plate (I of IV). Due to the weight of the safety razor, little or no pressure is required. The acoustic feedback from the safety razor included a slight crackle. The base plate I is quite mild, thorough, easy to guide, but after my 2 passes including a final water shave (cleaning out), it delivered a clean, smooth shave.


I had no skin irritation or blood spots. Nevertheless, a certain degree of care is also required here. You mustn't press it and you have to guide it lightly. Of course there were a few under my chin where I had to go 2/3 over with the water shave to get a clean brush. Finally there was the aftershave. Here, too, the ingredients are convincing.


I like the scent very much. It reminds a little of a mixture of Oputnia, Aventus paired with the Spanish leather/wood scents and the old leather scents from the 1970/80s. However, not as dominant and strong. The scent is easy to perceive, has lasted quite a long time so far, but, as I said, its notes unfold without you smelling them extremely.


I am very satisfied with the shave and can recommend the products without hesitation.

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Thursday AM 2022-11-03
National Sandwich Day


Rooney 1/2 Ivory Finest (24/53)
Penhaligon's English Fern shaving soap (tallow) 
Paradigm 17-4/UFO Titan Fine
Wilkinson London Bridge (2)
Penhaligon's English Fern aftershave (vintage)

Thursday 3 AM

Razor: SLOC
Blade: Astra green (1)
Brush: AP 2BED
Pre-Shave: Proraso Green
Lather: TFS Ciatola Rossa
Aftershave: Captain's Choice Lime splash