SOTD: Saturday 15th - Friday 21th December 2018.

Date: 18 December 2018

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Badger in Cherry Wood 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Stirling ~ Autumn Glory
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Razor/Blade:- Gillette Rocket HD500 made in England 1950's / Vintage NOS England Wilkinson Sword #4
Post-shave:- Thayers Witch Hazel & Tea Tree Oil / Lucky Tiger Aftershave & Face Tonic
Fragrance:- Davidoff Cool Water Wave
 



SOTD : 18th December 2018.


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Shaving recipe for today.



Prep: Hot shower:/ L'OREAL~ Hydra Sensitive Birch Sap Shower Gel.

Pre:

warm wet flannel to my face.

Pears ~ Transparent Soap.

Brush: Chinese Synthetic.

Bowl Lather.

Cream : Arko Maximum Comfort.

Blade: Dorco ~ Prime Platinum .(2)

Razor: Parker 87R.

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

Post:

Cold Water Face Rinse./ Homemade Lavender + Tea Tree Oil Witch Hazel Mixture./ Arko ~ Comfort ASL + Aftershave Balm.


Greetings,

I've only got 3 more days at the mill then it's eleven days of Christmas holiday bliss, of which i'll be spending with family & friends..and catching up on some well earned rest.YEAH!!!!!

Another early morning shave, i've only recently started to add the Arko shaving products more regularly into my shave set ups, every thing worked superbly resulting in a wonderful 3 pass + pick ups silky smooth shave with no errors to report.

The Parker 87R/ Dorco Prime platinum was a wonderful match, one of my favourites to date, very smooth sharp & efficient...A very comfortably smooth near BBS shave.

Finishing the shave off with a generous dollop of Arko Comfort Aftershave Balm.

My face is feeling fresh super smooth, & smelling devine.
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Enjoy your day, ladies & gentlemen.
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Pre-Shave: @nsavage pre-shave, cold water
Razor: Hoffritz Travel Slant
Blade: Ladas Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Doug Korn D7V
Lather: Stirling Bergamot Lavender
Post-Shave: Alum, Thayers Original Alcohol Free Witch Hazel, South Australian Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil​

My first true BBS shave was many moons ago with a beaten up Hoffrtiz travel slant. I loved the razor, but was always afraid it would one day crumble in my hands and so passed it on.

Naturally I was very excited, when I had the opportunity to obtain a near mint copy of this stellar razor. And the shave with it was just as wonderful, as I can remember. The handle these days is of course way to small for me, but I just wanted to relive those sweet memories. The perfect Stirling lather certainly helped and the shave was just blissful.

Now if any machinist wants to make me an exact stainless steel copy of this razor head, please contact me - I am still too worried the razor might crumble one day and therefor will not use it too often.

I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday
 
Tuesday 18th December
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Jayaruh #289 - Chinese Cologne Soap - Schick G1 w/Jayaruh Handle - Schick Proline B #6 - Alum - Superdrug Forest Fresh A/S - Dove Nourishing Cream

This soap has always given me great results. It produces a lovely creamy thick lather with ease. It has great residual slickness, which is a feature I particularly like.
It's transparent and also melts easily. In fact there are two tablets in the above tub. So I'm assuming it being glycerine based. There were no listed ingredients, which I suppose is a negative.
The other positives are, it is quite inexpensive, it doesn't leave much residue in the sink, and it is not drying post shave.
 
Tuesday 18h December



Pears Glycerine Soap
Vitos Preshave Cream
Meißner Warm Woods Shaving Paste
Yaqi 26mm Rainbow Brown Synthetic Brush
Turkish Copper Shaving Bowl
Ikon SBS (Least Aggressive Configuration) on a Windrose Damascus Steel Handle
Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge Blade
Alum and Rinse
Thayers Witch Hazel
BBA ASB
Oud 24hrs EDP

27hrs after yesterday's Weishi shave...I was still presentable but needed a 'tidy-up'. The Ikon SBS is a much heavier setup and delivered a fuss free BBS in 3 passes. The Warm Woods Paste has a wonderful scent and paired nicely with the Oud 24hrs.
 
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