SOTD 6-12 December 2020

SOTD SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 2020

This morning’s shave featured two of my favorite shave tools, the Dubl Duck Goldedge 11/16 and my Star DE which dates to the 1940s. It was developed by the American Safety Razor Corp. to compete with the highly successful Gillette Tech. This particular razor originated in a box of NOS found in a warehouse in Brooklyn, NY during a clean out where they’d been sitting for almost 70 yrs. The shave is a bit more aggressive than the Tech, and I have found that fitted with a Kai, which I shaved with today, or a Feather, delivers an exemplary noggin shave. There’s really not much more to say other than I retuned the DD Goldedge blade on my jasper stone last night. Stropping on pasted linen and then leather was just the ticket for today’s mug shave. Two ATG passes with the the Star DE on the dome and three (WTG, ATG, XTG) passes with the DD Goldedge for the mug left me refreshed, cool, clean and smoothly velveteen!

RAZOR: Dubl Duck Goldedge 11/16 (Mug), Star DE (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub.

Razor:  Gillette NEW OC Travel
Blade:   Astra Platinum day 2
Cream: ToBS Lavender
Soap:   Razorock American Barbershop
Brush:  Paladin WC XL Sommerset
AS:       Clubman

December 12th
Razor: H&S Co PO76 17-4 SS
Blade: Gillette Winner (1)
Brush: PAA Atomic Rocket
Pre-shave: PAA Cube
Soap: PAA Supreme Sandalwood Science
PAA Galactic Witch Hazel
PAA Supreme Sandalwood Science Star Jelly
AS: PAA Supreme Sandalwood Science

Good morning!



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December 12, 2020
Yates 921 H Plate
Gillette 7 O’clock Black
ATG LE Shavemac D01 2 Band
Savonniere du Moulin
Small Batch Shave Tonic Winter Reserve

Saturday, December 12, 2020 - Shave of the Day

Prep  ||  Cantu Pre-Shave Scrub

Brush  ||  Heritage Collection dubl duck

Soap  ||  Sir Henry's Black & Tan (sample)

Razor  ||  Blackland Sabre / GEM PTFE (2)

A/S  ||  Stirling Gentleman

Growth  ||  49.5 Hours

Saturday AM 2020-12-12
National Horse Day


Rooney Stubby 3XXL Ivory Finest (32/52)
Art of Shaving Sandalwood shaving soap (tallow) + a few drops Rose Geranium EO/Rose Hydrosol
Carbon Mokume-gane Brass/Triad Aristocrat Brass
Wilkinson London Bridge (2)
Barrister & Mann Cologne Russe aftershave

Saturday, December 12

Czech & Speake No. 88~~Simpson Rover~~Feather AC~~YSL Kouros

I would like to dedicate this shave to John churchilllafemme whose excellent "Fragrance Terms" thread should not be missed.
In that thread, I learned that two Nag Champa scents are my Czech & Speake No. 88 and theYSL Kouros.
They paired very well together.
Have a great day!

SOTD December 12

Parker Injector

Omega Proraso Boar

Ogalla Bay Rum

Dominica Bay Rum with Lime

This injector razor provided a DFS shave at the highest setting. 

I probably need to use it again to test my technique with this one as it seems to be on the mild side of efficiency for my beard.

I think this one a very good shaver to use for a beginner as one would have to work hard to get irritation.