S.O.T.D. Saturday 23rd June to Friday 29th June 2018

Pre: Cold water face wash
Brush: Omega 20102 Boar
Soap: Proraso Green
Razor: Rex Ambassador @4 (on loan)
Blade: Polsilver Lodz
Post: Cold water rinse, Proraso Green ASL
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My final shave with the Rex Ambassador and having only used it with very slick soaps, I wondered how it would cope with a decent middle of the road soap.
Also, while the brush was soaking and after the photo, I decided to shave one half of my face with the Gibbs No.15 (@4) loaded with an Astra SP.
As suspected the Gibbs glided more smoothly and the slimmer profile of the head made tidying up under the nose a bit easier, but the actual finished shave was identical and there was zero feedback from the alum block on each side.
Thanks again to Rob (@Blackmass) for letting me test drive this incredibly beautiful razor :cool::)
Happy Shaving one and all.
 
Boru62 said:
Pre: Cold water face wash
Brush: Omega 20102 Boar
Soap: Proraso Green
Razor: Rex Ambassador @4 (on loan)
Blade: Polsilver Lodz
Post: Cold water rinse, Proraso Green ASL
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My final shave with the Rex Ambassador and having only used it with very slick soaps, I wondered how it would cope with a decent middle of the road soap.
Also, while the brush was soaking and after the photo, I decided to shave one half of my face with the Gibbs No.15 (@4) loaded with an Astra SP.
As suspected the Gibbs glided more smoothly and the slimmer profile of the head made tidying up under the nose a bit easier, but the actual finished shave was identical and there was zero feedback from the alum block on each side.
Thanks again to Rob (@Blackmass) for letting me test drive this incredibly beautiful razor :cool::)
Happy Shaving one and all.
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Thanks for the tag. My pleasure mate. :)
 
Mon 25th June

Vulfix 404 mixed
Vitos Super Red
PAL injecto Matic
Schick Proline [ 8 ]
Massimo Dutti A/S Lotion

An outing today with one of my favourite short handled Injectors, that take a single blade only - The Injecto-Matic. Many find this Razor rather harsh, and I have started to use the Schick Proline blade in it which makes the Shaves much smoother. Today I completed an 8th outing, and had a very comfortable yet close Shave. I think I may get a couple more Shaves out of this blade.

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~ SOTD Monday 25th June 2018 ~

Razor - Merkur 38C
Blade - Rockwell Swedish Stainless Steel
Brush - YaQi 24mm High Mountain Silvertip
Cream - Extro Arzachena
Post - Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel
Aftershave - Extro Arzachena
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Same setup as my last shave apart from the razor & blade I wanted to use the arzachena again I just love this scent , the Rockwell blade worked great in the 38c no tugging just cut through my stubble with ease last time I used one of these I compared it to a rapira ss but after todays shave id say these are much better blades , the brush just gets better every time I use it its becoming one of my favourites ...

this was another excellent shave :)
 
Monday 25th June



Pears Glycerine Soap
Proraso Green Tea and Oatmeal Preshave Cream
OSP Grapefruit and Menthol Soap
Semoge SOC Taj Badger/Boar Brush
Cobra Classic with a Proline-P Blade
Dickinsons Witch Hazel
Aloe Vera Gel and Macadamia Nut Oil
Alcolado Glacial AS
Al-Rehab Sultan PO

An afternoon shave.....post night duty.
It was a 'Cobra Shave'.............just perfect:)
 
Monday AM 2018-06-25
Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Emillion 1 Porcelain Finest (24/51)
Windsor House shaving soap (vintage)
RazoRock Mamba/UFO Colibri
Personna 74 Tungsten (11)
Cigar Aficionado aftershave
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Sotd - Saturday 16th of June and Sunday 24th of June -

16/06

Razor - Rockwell 6c (2 plate)
blade - Iridium Super vintage (4)
brush - Simpsons Chubby 2 best
soap - Razorock Puros tallow
post - witch hazel
a/s - Vitos Tobacco
balm - Barts Amber and Moroccan Jasmine
scent - ADP Colonia leather.

24/06

razor - Cobra classic
blade - Proline 30 (no idea how many uses)
brush - Semogue 1305 boar
soap - Monsavon tallow
post - allum and witch hazel
a/s - Myrsol Formula K
balm - Barts Peppermint lotion
scent - Dior Eau Sauvage edt.

Result - both great in their own way.

I think this might have been a record hiatus - lacuna if you prefer - between shaves for me - since my wet shaving epiphany years ago. Wasn't feeling myself last week - not firing on all cylinders. So - eight days growth to come off - there could only be one razor for the job? Step forward the Cobra classic - actually a Cobra wouldn't step would it? - more slither - on account of the fact that snakes don't have legs - or arms for that matter. If they did have arms and hands - they could undo buttons - and hitch hike - which is a bit sinister? I consider myself fortunate to have this razor - I was just in the right place at the right time when Executive Shaving had one of their rare batches in stock. I used to use it with Feather Super Pros - but after lending it out to few members last year - and taking their advise - I changed to the Schick Prolines - what a difference. In my opinion it brings the razor to its full potential without the risk of accidentally hacking your nose off. I don't think you could ever truly tame this razor - it is always going to be assertive - but the Schicks make it an enjoyable experience as opposed to just nerve jangling. That being said I did actually cut myself - I would say an upper end graze but not a proper bleeder. The cold water rinse didn't stop the - slight - leaking of claret. Time for the allum trick - with a wet face - press and hold your allum block - stick in my case - firmly against the wound for 30 seconds to a minute. Works for me. It seems to sort out the problem of stemming the blood - but ordinarily - when you apply the aftershave and balm it just opens up again. If you haven't tried it - it is worth a go in my experience. I'm going to try to not leave such a gap between shaves in the future - apart from anything else - it looks like someone has emptied their lawn clippings into your wash hand basin. A pig to clean up. Yours all - I.

Oh - has anybody else had the experience - since the server change - of having all their pictures disappear? Does anyone know if this is a permanent state of affairs? I should maybe ask this question on another thread.
 
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