SOTD : Saturday 3rd. - Friday 9th November. 2018

Tuesday 6th November
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Yaqi Alu Tux - Speick Stick - Standard - Rapira Swedish SS #2 - Alum - Speick A/S - Dove Instant Hydration Cream
 
Sotd - Saturday - the third of November and today - the 5th of the month -

If swearing offends you - don't read this post. I've done my best to cover it up.

Saturday -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (16)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Squadron - Group Captain's Blend. Tallow.
post - witch hazel
a/s - Extro Tabacco
scent - Creed Tabarome parfum.

today -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (17)
brush - Yaqi - 24 high mountain white - the 'cloud on a stick.'
soap - Razorock Nomad - new formula - vegetarian
post - witch hazel
a/s - Razorock Nomad.

Result - in differing ways - excellent.

Saturday - easy enough - a relaxed morning shave - get picked up at two to go spend the night with my oldest friends just outside Perth - Scotland - not Western Australia. Time to bravely step up to the challenge of - a glut - of fine malt whiskies. Actually - I failed - stuck to red wine - felt all the better for it in the morning. I did - however - wake up in a guest room - with my head next to a tank of Amazonian - 'poison dart' frogs. I'm not joking - they were bright blue - the son of the house - apparently keeps them. Not a dynamic pet - they aren't going to fetch a stick for you. They lose their toxicity in captivity. Made me laugh - the frogs didn't react. They didn't do shit - not even blink - but - they did get me out of a plot hole recently in a made-up Sherlock Holmes story. Group Captain and Extro - ne plus ultra - tobacco wise for me at the moment.

Tonight - an excellent - but hard won shave - let me tell you about my day? So - long story short - the conclusion of a two or three week trial I have been working on - historic child abuse - what is out of the ordinary is - though - that you can legally connect it to one of the - two - main football teams in Scotland. Fair enough - the jury come back unhelpfully late. All hands to the pumps - need to get a lot of archive pictures legalled. Harsh day - conversations with idiots - Let's imagine a TV news channel - like Sky - for instance - or it might have been the BBC -

'Is that the right guy - in the picture?'

'No - I just photographed a complete stranger in the street - and branded him - a serial pedophile - for a laugh.' I thought but did not say out loud. 'Fu****g homoculus c**t.' - at this point channeling my inner Malcolm Tucker. 'Does your mum know that you aren't doing your homework? 'F**k off - fetus boy.'

So - harsh - let's look forward to a dram - put the day to bed - a nice evening shave? You would have thought so?

Go for a shave - the den light fails - not just the bulb - the whole thing nearly falls out the roof. F****ng c**t - I don't need this. So - first solution - shave by the light of a Petzl headtorch - I've done it before - but it doesn't work with a big mirror - you just blind yourself - as you check progress. Next option - shaving by candlelight. Sounds romantic? Yes - well. Actually a very good shave - I couldn't see shit properly - no glasses and a single candle. Tell you what - in my experience - it teaches you the value of of muscle memory - as close as any shave - but in the gloom. Know your face - it will be fine. The Nomad combo - helped just fine tonight. I'm less pissed off - the healing power of a good shave. Enjoy yours - all - I.

Fuc**** fuc** - fu** - 'that's an 'omni-shambles.'

Did anybody - that has got this far in this post - well done you - see the use of the same blade usage 16 & 17 referenced - no shit? It is all true - I'm not making this up.

Awfully well delivered foul language. My wife reckons swearing is for those who lack command in English. Fuck it I say and swear all you want...........as long as it is done tastefully
 
Sotd - Saturday - the third of November and today - the 5th of the month -

If swearing offends you - don't read this post. I've done my best to cover it up.

Saturday -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (16)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Squadron - Group Captain's Blend. Tallow.
post - witch hazel
a/s - Extro Tabacco
scent - Creed Tabarome parfum.

today -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (17)
brush - Yaqi - 24 high mountain white - the 'cloud on a stick.'
soap - Razorock Nomad - new formula - vegetarian
post - witch hazel
a/s - Razorock Nomad.

Result - in differing ways - excellent.

Saturday - easy enough - a relaxed morning shave - get picked up at two to go spend the night with my oldest friends just outside Perth - Scotland - not Western Australia. Time to bravely step up to the challenge of - a glut - of fine malt whiskies. Actually - I failed - stuck to red wine - felt all the better for it in the morning. I did - however - wake up in a guest room - with my head next to a tank of Amazonian - 'poison dart' frogs. I'm not joking - they were bright blue - the son of the house - apparently keeps them. Not a dynamic pet - they aren't going to fetch a stick for you. They lose their toxicity in captivity. Made me laugh - the frogs didn't react. They didn't do shit - not even blink - but - they did get me out of a plot hole recently in a made-up Sherlock Holmes story. Group Captain and Extro - ne plus ultra - tobacco wise for me at the moment.

Tonight - an excellent - but hard won shave - let me tell you about my day? So - long story short - the conclusion of a two or three week trial I have been working on - historic child abuse - what is out of the ordinary is - though - that you can legally connect it to one of the - two - main football teams in Scotland. Fair enough - the jury come back unhelpfully late. All hands to the pumps - need to get a lot of archive pictures legalled. Harsh day - conversations with idiots - Let's imagine a TV news channel - like Sky - for instance - or it might have been the BBC -

'Is that the right guy - in the picture?'

'No - I just photographed a complete stranger in the street - and branded him - a serial pedophile - for a laugh.' I thought but did not say out loud. 'Fu****g homoculus c**t.' - at this point channeling my inner Malcolm Tucker. 'Does your mum know that you aren't doing your homework? 'F**k off - fetus boy.'

So - harsh - let's look forward to a dram - put the day to bed - a nice evening shave? You would have thought so?

Go for a shave - the den light fails - not just the bulb - the whole thing nearly falls out the roof. F****ng c**t - I don't need this. So - first solution - shave by the light of a Petzl headtorch - I've done it before - but it doesn't work with a big mirror - you just blind yourself - as you check progress. Next option - shaving by candlelight. Sounds romantic? Yes - well. Actually a very good shave - I couldn't see shit properly - no glasses and a single candle. Tell you what - in my experience - it teaches you the value of of muscle memory - as close as any shave - but in the gloom. Know your face - it will be fine. The Nomad combo - helped just fine tonight. I'm less pissed off - the healing power of a good shave. Enjoy yours - all - I.

Fuc**** fuc** - fu** - 'that's an 'omni-shambles.'

Did anybody - that has got this far in this post - well done you - see the use of the same blade usage 16 & 17 referenced - no shit? It is all true - I'm not making this up.

Hope today was a better day; I am sorry you had to work on something so horrible.

Chris
 
Sotd - Saturday - the third of November and today - the 5th of the month -

If swearing offends you - don't read this post. I've done my best to cover it up.

Saturday -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (16)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Squadron - Group Captain's Blend. Tallow.
post - witch hazel
a/s - Extro Tabacco
scent - Creed Tabarome parfum.

today -

Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Aussie Spoiler (17)
brush - Yaqi - 24 high mountain white - the 'cloud on a stick.'
soap - Razorock Nomad - new formula - vegetarian
post - witch hazel
a/s - Razorock Nomad.

Result - in differing ways - excellent.

Saturday - easy enough - a relaxed morning shave - get picked up at two to go spend the night with my oldest friends just outside Perth - Scotland - not Western Australia. Time to bravely step up to the challenge of - a glut - of fine malt whiskies. Actually - I failed - stuck to red wine - felt all the better for it in the morning. I did - however - wake up in a guest room - with my head next to a tank of Amazonian - 'poison dart' frogs. I'm not joking - they were bright blue - the son of the house - apparently keeps them. Not a dynamic pet - they aren't going to fetch a stick for you. They lose their toxicity in captivity. Made me laugh - the frogs didn't react. They didn't do shit - not even blink - but - they did get me out of a plot hole recently in a made-up Sherlock Holmes story. Group Captain and Extro - ne plus ultra - tobacco wise for me at the moment.

Tonight - an excellent - but hard won shave - let me tell you about my day? So - long story short - the conclusion of a two or three week trial I have been working on - historic child abuse - what is out of the ordinary is - though - that you can legally connect it to one of the - two - main football teams in Scotland. Fair enough - the jury come back unhelpfully late. All hands to the pumps - need to get a lot of archive pictures legalled. Harsh day - conversations with idiots - Let's imagine a TV news channel - like Sky - for instance - or it might have been the BBC -

'Is that the right guy - in the picture?'

'No - I just photographed a complete stranger in the street - and branded him - a serial pedophile - for a laugh.' I thought but did not say out loud. 'Fu****g homoculus c**t.' - at this point channeling my inner Malcolm Tucker. 'Does your mum know that you aren't doing your homework? 'F**k off - fetus boy.'

So - harsh - let's look forward to a dram - put the day to bed - a nice evening shave? You would have thought so?

Go for a shave - the den light fails - not just the bulb - the whole thing nearly falls out the roof. F****ng c**t - I don't need this. So - first solution - shave by the light of a Petzl headtorch - I've done it before - but it doesn't work with a big mirror - you just blind yourself - as you check progress. Next option - shaving by candlelight. Sounds romantic? Yes - well. Actually a very good shave - I couldn't see shit properly - no glasses and a single candle. Tell you what - in my experience - it teaches you the value of of muscle memory - as close as any shave - but in the gloom. Know your face - it will be fine. The Nomad combo - helped just fine tonight. I'm less pissed off - the healing power of a good shave. Enjoy yours - all - I.

Fuc**** fuc** - fu** - 'that's an 'omni-shambles.'

Did anybody - that has got this far in this post - well done you - see the use of the same blade usage 16 & 17 referenced - no shit? It is all true - I'm not making this up.



Have to say Digimonkey. i love your posts :). Never stop writing
 
SOTD Tuesday 06 November 2018 :)

Pre-shave: Warm shower, Wright's Cold Tar Soap followed by warm water splash.
Soap: Cella.
Brush: Simpsons The Duke 2 Pure Badger.
Bowl: Streight from the puck.
Razor: FaTip Piccolo (special edition).
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (Day 2).
Post shave: Myrsol Balsmic Water.

I arsed around this morning; started watching some documentary on Blaze TV about a secret space programme and aliens. Decided to go for a Cella shave - it's what I do when in a rush; I find I can get a great lather from Cella in milliseconds, great protection and glide. After a superb shave yesterday I got away with a one pass shave today.

The Piccolo is a classic; god It would be amazing if they made a stainless steel version! A health splash of Myrsol balsmic and I was ready to go.

Hope all is good with everyone,

Chris
 
Prep: Hot shower with L'Oreal Hydra Sensitive Birch Sap facewash
Pre: Proraso White preshave
Soap/Cream: TOBS Jermyn Street
Brush: Omega 10019 Pure Bristle
Razor: Qshave Futur clone (3)
Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
Post: Cold water rinse
ASB: Nivea Sensitive
EDT: Davidoff Cool Water Happy Summer

Relaxed Tuesday evening shave. Missed out on a shave yesterday so 48 hours growth to remove. The day off really does help my skin recover and led to a really enjoyable close shave tonight. The QShave and Nacet work very effectively together with a trouble free 3 passes leaving me as close to BBS as I'm likely to get.
Finished off this evening with a splash of the limited edition Davidoff bought on honeymoon in 2007. Its citrusy notes compliment the Jermyn St really well. Sadly not much of it left.

Hope you all have a good evening.

Cheers
Steve
 
I dedicate this evenings shave to @Digimonkey and his tastefully delivered malidictions. In respect my theme for tonight was 'Toiletries and Toilet humour'.

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Marcel Duchamp - Ikon SB c/w an ATT Colossus handle and one of those Polish Polsilver blades
Ted 2 - Razorock plissoft 24mm on a shiny and rather large aluminium one of those things to hold things
Donald's Trump - Gentlemen's Tonic shaving cream
WC Fields - L'Occitane Cade aftershave balm
Mr Methane - Chanel Bleu

Viz? The leading publication printed purely to live in the bathroom next to the toilet. A very deserving British institution.

According to my wife I have always been a leading exponent in junk culture and those things which go with it. I just happen to like the trashy side of life whereas she sees life from a more traditional cultural point of view. I am confused, Mrs Satanfriendly is not. She has a single line directive in life and I have a street map of Paris in my head. One which has been scribbled on using an indelible black marker pen. Life is fun. And trash.

With three days growth to contend with there was only once choice of razor this evening, the Ikon SB. Surrender to the blade. Everything else aside this is slowly becoming my first choice razor and a kind of 'Jack of all blades'. It never fails to deliver and does so with great efficiency and confidence. I very rarely suffer any bleeding in whatever form and yet given its aggressive nature and form it should quite happily be seeing one in the local A&E. I really cannot praise it enough and until the day arrives where I change my mind again it sits firmly on my throne of razors. Which if it did exist would be one very uncomfortable place to sit.

The more I use this brush the more every other brush I have is becoming a redundant item. A real lather monster. Nothing subtle about and the handle gives a great firm grip allowing one to get lost in a mad whipping frenzy. I don't quite get those who say there is no need to add water to a shaving cream as I have tried that route and never got anywhere near the same quantity or quality of shaving medium. I am affraid I am a 'add water' man. Not excessive amounts but just enough to get things moving.

I am in so many frames of mind about creams. I absolutely love OSP but I do have to say every time the GT comes out the cupboard it does gives me grin value. Underated and understated it should be one of those 'try' items in the shaving world.

Cade aftershave because nothing reacts better with my skin. Goodness even my wife has now started using it as a moisturiser. I get marital complaints at one end about how much all this stuff costs and praise at the other for how good it all is. No wonder I get confused in life.

Chanel Bleu because I always have a bottle in the 'take away' toiletries bag as a just in case. Just in case of what I have no idea. Not my favourite scent but it is inoffensive and looks the part with the cleaners in Premier Inns.

To end this evening all I can say is I feel truly smoothly shaven, shiny and sexy. I am back at work with my salty arsed ship mates once again so overall a futile exercise. But hey, I feel good.

No profanities uses throughout and I shall sign off by wishing everyone a bloody wonderful evening...........but not a bloody shave

PS. If you have never heard of Mr Methane I do recommend you Google him, watch a video and then say 'Que?'. I once saw him 'sing' Happy Birthday (in a Mr Methane style) at a pub in Poynton Cheshire and my life has never been the same since.
 
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Tuesday 6th November


Le Pere LucIen Cologne Fouge're
YaqI Chianti 24mm Synthetic
Rockwell 6C R4
Vintage Schick blade (3)
Nivea 2 Phase Aftershave

The Schick blade on it's third use is showing no signs of degradation, still as sharp as new.
The soap performs well but lacks residual slickness. This can be forgiven though.
Nivea 2 Phase doing the business post shave
 
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