SOTD 8-14 May 2016

SOTD-12may16:
Parker 87R / Polsilver Super Iridium DE Blade
Vie-Long Beehive Silvertip Shaving Brush
JabonMan Eufros Vetiver de Haiti Shaving Soap
Fine Fresh Vetiver AS

I've been using this brush over and over again to try to whip the funk out of it. It feels good and works great, but man did it stink! 3 shampoos and 3 shaves in & I think it's just about defunkified. If I knew where the Nuavia Blu was hiding, this brush would smell much better already!

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10 days on the road, this will be the travel set. Flawless shave this evening, I look forward to more!


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Pre-Shave: Occams pre-shave soap, cold water
Razor: BBS-1
Blade: Ladas (2)
Brush: Nathan Clark Envy White
Lather: Mystic Water
Post-shave: Alum, Barrister & Man Kyovu Original, South Australian Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Cumulative SOTD 20160510-11-12

05/13/2016
Mongoose B2 with Triad Ti
Feather Pro Super (6)
Simpson CH2 Synthetic
Route 66 Perfect Storm
Witch Hazel
Fine L’Orange
Whipped Shea Butter

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[align=center]Chiseled Face - Pine Tar | BSB-Ti w/HMW Extra Dense | Mongoose B3 w/Triad Rolling Hex 316 Stainless Handle | Kai Captain Titan Mild (1) | Barrister and Mann - Roam Kyovu

For those that don't know, I had a complete left distal biceps tendon rupture a couple weeks ago. I had surgery to reattach the tendon last week and had been in an immobilizing bulk dressing (essentially a cast without the plaster) since the surgery. The dressing was removed yesterday. I'm not supposed to lift anything heavier than a coffee cup for 6 weeks. I'm also not to begin physical therapy until then as well. I can do active range-of-motion, but I am to stop before it is painful. As of today, I can straighten my arm to about 160°, but I can only flex it to about 90°. Thus I cannot touch my face with my left (dominant) hand. The bulky dressing was preventing me from shaving because I couldn't even hold the puck with my left hand. Since I'm out of the dressing, I decided I would try to shave. I only have about 50% supination, but I was able to hold the puck with my left hand and load with my right (non-dominant) hand.

This was my first shave since my surgery, so it was 12 days of "stubble". This is why I chose the Mongoose for this belated head and face shave. I know it would have been advisable to knock it down with clippers first, but I knew the Mongoose was up to the task. I hadn't used the Mongoose since January, but it felt quite natural, especially with the Triad Rolling Hex handle. In light of the extra dense stubble, I made 2 WTG passes and I skipped the XTG pass going straight to the ATG pass. Shaving only with my right hand made the left parietal region awkward, but the long handle Triad and the Mongoose's easy-to-find angle resulted in weeper-less, irritation-free, BBS regardless. Success! It feels so good to be bald again!!!

Glad to see that you are getting better. I hope you have a full and speedy recovery.

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Shaverjoe TGN 2 Band finest 

GEM Junior 

GEM PTFE blade 

Sapone Di Paolo Bosco soap

Sapone Di Paolo Bosco balm

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ATT M1 Triad
Gillette Silver Blue
Rudy Vey Malachite Beehive 28mm Romera Manchurian
I Coloniali
Folsom & Co Muir
Ralph Lauren Supreme Oud