SOTD 5-11 January 2020

Saturday, January 11, 2020
Trufett & Hill, oil pre shave
Floris, Elite: Shaving soap, lotion & balm aftershave, EdT
Simpson, best badger 22x34, M6 handle
Richard Abr. Herder, Solingen, carbon steel 6/8.

Lupo :: Shavemac Unique :: Razor Emporium Sandalwood :: Lucido

Sotd 11 January 2020
Blackland sabre
Polo 10 manchurian
Mike's natural soap orange cedarwood
LPL orange cèdre

Wolfman razors ( Guerrilla )+ custom handle
Zenith 506A Manchurian brush
Derby Premium
Portus Cale Shaving Soap Black Edition
Aftershave Weleda

Razor: Wacker 6/8
Strop: Tony Miller/Mastro Livi
Brush: Custom 24mm silvertip
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Martin de Candre
Balm: Castle Forbes lavender
Finale: Terre D'Hermes

Homelikeshaving Start 1.18
Astra superior platinum
Cremo bourbon shave cream
Nivea post shave balm
Clubman bay rum

GILLETTE SLIM / POLSILVER / MORRIS & FORNDRAN / MIKE’S NATURAL SOAP / CHATILLON LUX 

SOTD 01/11/20

Well, I have to admit, the Occam’s DE is one heck of a shaving tool. I have the full set with both caps and the three plates. The least aggressive plate is apparently a clone of the Muehle R89. I selected the most aggressive plate which appears very similar to the plate on my Eclipse Red Ring. Directions on Classic Shaving’s site recommend the use of a Feather blade in this safety razor. So that’s what I used. I fell back on my favorite soap, MWF and PAA’s Preshave Cube coupled with my Viking Silvertip Badger to provide a known ideal lathering platform for my first pass with this new razor. The razor is beautifully balanced in the hand and an incredibly smooth shaver that reminded me of my AS-D2, albeit with a much more generous sweet spot. I understand why people like this razor. Two clean effortless, bloodless passes on the face and one and a half on the dome and that’s all she wrote! The razor was allegedly designed for new DE shavers. A 316L SS safety razor based on a MIM process with these kind of tolerances, three plates and two caps was an amazing buy for under 65 dollars during their pre-Christmas pricing. This is one excellent shaving tool. I’m really going to be enjoying my shaves with this razor over the next few days. I feel clean, refreshed, and oh so very smooooth!

RAZOR: Classic Shaving’s Occam’s DE 
BLADE: Feather 
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Preshave Cube 
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger 
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat 
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Royall Lyme AS Splash

Saturday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Crowne & Crane Thuringian Forest
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (6)
Brush: Honey Farm Designs/TGN Premium Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Stirling Executive Man w/Menthol
 
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
 
Crowne & Crane Thuringian Forest today. 20 seconds to load the Honey Farm Designs/TGN Premium 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 Executive Man aftershave.
 
Bob                                   
 

Occam’s Hiram/Schick Proline/Semogue #1305 Boar/Shannon’s Barbershop Soap
Shannon’s Barbershop after shave splash/Guerlain Vetiver Extreme Eau de Toilette 

The Hiram and the 3 dot plate actually gave it a nice boost in feel and feedback......