SOTD 5-11 January 2020

Ariana and Evans / Asian Pear

Simpson CH2 Synthetic

MÜHLE R41 / Wizamets Super iridium

The Club / Oriental Oud

Razor: Bartmann 504, 15/16
Strop: Tony Miller/Mastro Livi
Brush: Simpsons M7, 22/50mm Super Badger
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Wholly Kaw
Balm: Penhaligon's Endymion
Finale: Dior for Men

Muhle Rocca R94
Personna super platinum
Omega synthetic boar
Gillette Pure shave cream
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman brandy spice aftershave

Friday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Stirling Agar
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (5)
Brush: John’s Brushes Silvertip-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Stirling Agar w/Menthol
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Stirling Agar today. 20 seconds to load the John’s Brushes Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna Med Prep still in the vintage Gillette NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Stirling Agar aftershave.
 
Bob                                   
 

Friday, January 10

I Coloniali~~Mondial 26mm~~Dovo~~Alt Innsbruck
Have a great day!

Friday January 10, 2020
2020 Shave # 11 ( 431 Consecutive Shaves )
Razor: Gibbs Adjustable
Blade: GSB (2)
Brush: Saponificio Varesino 2.0
Soap: CBL Tonsorial Fresh Lime 3017 (11)
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla
Aftershave 2: CFG Ghost Town Barber

Friday,  10 January, 2020:

RazoRock .84-P Game Changer
Rapira Platinum Lux 
Kent H4 Faux Horn Best Badger 
Simpsons Luxury Shaving Cream Vanilla & Rose
Geo. F. Trumper Spanish Leather Aftershave

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John

Mitchell's Wool Fat

Shavemac Colonia No.1 Unique 

Le Grelot 14

Kanayama 50000

Chatillon Lux La Foret de Liguest

SOTD 01/10/20

It’s Fatboy Wool Fat Friday. Broke out my 1960 Fatboy (datecode F1) and whipped up my favorite soap, MWF, and proceeded to have a decent shave. Not really a fan of this razor. Cranked it up to 9, while protected by a glistening, thick Fat lather supplemented and enhanced by PAA’s Preshave Cube for that first pass. The razor delivered a decent whisker reduction, but still needed two more passes for an acceptably close shave. Cranked down to 7 for the final two passes leaving me with one or two areas in my typical trouble spots which weren’t as close as I’d like, but I know from experience with this razor that I should stop to avoid any bloodletting. This razor is typically a one and done. Tomorrow I’ll shave with the Occam’s DE razor, originally purchased as a Christmas present for one of my sons, who as it turns out is in love with his OneBlade. So I kept it after reading all the positive reviews. Today I feel clean, somewhat smooth and refreshed, and that’s the story for Friday, and I’m sticking to it!

RAZOR: Gillette Fatboy (9,7,7)
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave 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 Royall Lyme AS Splash

Weds January 8

My first shave in 2020. I took a break from shaving for a bit, last shaved Christmas eve. Needed to use a good OC to knock down 2+ weeks of growth and picked my Leresche #54.

Bowl/Scuttle - GP12
Soap - Le Pere Lucien
Brush - Alpha Outlaw Titanium v2 Fanchurian
Blade - Feather HI SS (5)
Razor - Leresche #54
Post Shave - OSMA Pierre alum, Stirling Mountain Man A/S

Shave rating 5 of 5

Happy New Year, best of luck and health in 2020 and great shaves everyone.



- Ken