S.O.T.D. Saturday 1st April to Friday 7th April 2017

SOTD - Wednesday 5/4.

Razor - Slim Aristocrat - G4
Blade - Polsilver - Wizamet Lodz (1)
Brush - Vie Long 75th anniversary two band
Soap - Agua de Colonia Barberia cream
Post - Allum & witch hazel
A/S - Floid Mentolado Vigoroso L/E
Balm - Agua de Colonia Barberia moisturiser.

Result - outstanding, I really enjoyed that. Smoother than a lightly buttered otter - to paraphrase somebody else's catchphrase . Spanish themed because - last night - myself and my other half booked a trip to Alicante and Valencia for the end of the month. Happy days. I don't know why the Colonia Barberia cream doesn't have a higher profile. It's outstanding in every way. The match of any other top-end cream I've used. Thick protective lather, superior slickness and great post-shave skin feel. The scent is beautiful - opens with citrus which moves onto more herb notes, set on a base of wood and musk. It smells - well -Mediterranean. If that sounds good for you, try it. You get a big 200ml tub for your money and it has an air tight inner lid - underneath the usual screw cap - that keeps everything fresh. Finished off with matching balm which is great, although it's - relatively - quite expensive but works well for me. It's got goji berries in it apparently - I have no idea what a goji berry is. Quite pricey it seems. Finally - I was inspired by the many great pics today of Slims to reach for mine. It's a G4 gold slim - so, fourth quarter 1961? It was gifted to me by a now retired work colleague. He knew I was an old-school wet shaver and somehow mentioned this to his wife - the razor was her father's daily shaver and she had kept it after he died. She wanted it to go to someone who would use it and value it - which I do. I was deeply touched. The Slim was not far off mint - a couple of wear marks on the plating of the 'bomb doors' - just from years of use - not from damage and some slight loss of the paint on the adjustment ring. Beautiful. It shaves like a dream. I wouldn't have offended him with an offer of money but he retired shortly afterwards and I got them a significantly good bottle of Highland Park malt. Honour satisfied. He also gave me another razor that is unique. That's another story. Enjoy your shaves gentleman. I.
 
Digimonkey said:
SOTD - Wednesday 5/4.

Razor - Slim Aristocrat - G4
Blade - Polsilver - Wizamet Lodz (1)
Brush - Vie Long 75th anniversary two band
Soap - Agua de Colonia Barberia cream
Post - Allum & witch hazel
A/S - Floid Mentolado Vigoroso L/E
Balm - Agua de Colonia Barberia moisturiser.

Result - outstanding, I really enjoyed that. Smoother than a lightly buttered otter - to paraphrase somebody else's catchphrase . Spanish themed because - last night - myself and my other half booked a trip to Alicante and Valencia for the end of the month. Happy days. I don't know why the Colonia Barberia cream doesn't have a higher profile. It's outstanding in every way. The match of any other top-end cream I've used. Thick protective lather, superior slickness and great post-shave skin feel. The scent is beautiful - opens with citrus which moves onto more herb notes, set on a base of wood and musk. It smells - well -Mediterranean. If that sounds good for you, try it. You get a big 200ml tub for your money and it has an air tight inner lid - underneath the usual screw cap - that keeps everything fresh. Finished off with matching balm which is great, although it's - relatively - quite expensive but works well for me. It's got goji berries in it apparently - I have no idea what a goji berry is. Quite pricey it seems. Finally - I was inspired by the many great pics today of Slims to reach for mine. It's a G4 gold slim - so, fourth quarter 1961? It was gifted to me by a now retired work colleague. He knew I was an old-school wet shaver and somehow mentioned this to his wife - the razor was her father's daily shaver and she had kept it after he died. She wanted it to go to someone who would use it and value it - which I do. I was deeply touched. The Slim was not far off mint - a couple of wear marks on the plating of the 'bomb doors' - just from years of use - not from damage and some slight loss of the paint on the adjustment ring. Beautiful. It shaves like a dream. I wouldn't have offended him with an offer of money but he retired shortly afterwards and I got them a significantly good bottle of Highland Park malt. Honour satisfied. He also gave me another razor that is unique. That's another story. Enjoy your shaves gentleman. I.
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Smoother than a lightly buttered otter! Ha, reminds me of " wetter than an otters pocket"! :) great write up.
 
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-Boker King Cutter 5/8"
-Honeyfarm Designs 24mm Finest
-Stirling Glastonbury Soap and Splash

If everyone had as enjoyable of a shave as I did today, we could probably have world peace. [emoji1]
 
05.04.2017

Glyce Musgo Real
Maggard Razors Synthetic 24 mm
Phoenix & Beau Solaris
Gillette Slim
Derby Premium
Thayers Rose Petal + ASB Weleda

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Absolutely lovely shaving tonight. Solaris has an exquisite scent that's still lingering, slowwwwwly fading away. So nice! I used a suribachi again to lather and it was another lather explosion like yesterday. I think I'm enjoying this almost too much...
 
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Date: 06 April 2017

Brush: - Semogue SOC 2 Band Badger in Ash Wood 24/53mm
Lather: - Stirling Baker Street
Razor: - Merkur 34C
Blade: - Feather #1
Post Shave: - T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent / Australian Private Reserve 'Mycroft' Aftershave Splash

My neck feels a lot better and I'm ready to get back onto my Feather AC SS shavette again this Saturday shave.
 
SOTD: April 6th 2017.

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Prep: hot shower:/Dove-Cool Fresh body & face wash / warm wet flannel to my face.

Pre:

3 Drops of Wilkinsons Shaving Oil: / Fruits: Rhubarb & Vanilla Body Butter.

Brush:Wilkinson Sword.

Face Lather.

Soap: Proraso Sandalwood.

Blade: Gillette Silver Blue. (1)

Fatip Grande.

Warm wet flannel/ cold wet flannel to rinse my face.

Post:

Lavender oil & Witch Hazel Mixture./ Proraso Sandalwood A/S.

Morrisons Aloe Moisture Lotion.

Greetings,
let me start by saying after my 'sotd' on tuesday 4/4/2017. disaster struck in my shaving den!:eek:..as always after i've finished my shave i always clean my kit, i had my Parker 22R twisted open upside down, to get the excess water & moisture out of it before i put it back into it's storage box,then by pure accident it fell off the windowsill and buckled one of the doors which was beyond repair.:(..a lesson of which i hope won't happen again...the razor has now went to the DE graveyard to be recycled, luckily i have a 3 more parker razors,so i don't have to rush out and purchase another..oh well, you live nad learn.
Back to today's shave..my fatip grande/gillette silver blue duo is a wonderful match, resulting in a 3 pass + pick ups silky smooth shave with no errors to report.The proraso sandalwood soap & a/s splash is such a excellent match leaving my face feeling smooth fresh, and smelling devine.Enjoy your day,ladies & gentlemen.:cool:








 
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