SOTD : Saturday 4th August ~ Friday 10th August 2018.

Morning shave

Olive Oil Soap
Extro Lavanda Muschio
Omega 20102 Boar
Little Wren Pottery
Gillette Fatboy
Łódź Polsilver (4)
Myrsol Agua Balsamica
Czech and Speake Oxford and Cambridge EDC

I was preoccupied with thoughts of @Digimonkey during my shave. He's a dangerous drunk, reeking of ether and terminal psychosis. But somehow I managed to complete an excellent shave. Have a good day gents.
 
Wednesday 8th August



RSC facial Scrub and Pears Glycerine soap
Vitos Pre Shave Cream
Cella Soap
Omega 10049 Boar Brush
Giles Shaving Co Bowl
Feather Portable withan Iridium SI Blade
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Aloe Vera Gel
Floid (Vintage Italian) AS

The Feather Portable really is a great little Razor!

3 Passes for a perfect shave:)
 
Wednesday 8th August



RSC facial Scrub and Pears Glycerine soap
Vitos Pre Shave Cream
Cella Soap
Omega 10049 Boar Brush
Giles Shaving Co Bowl
Feather Portable withan Iridium SI Blade
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Aloe Vera Gel
Floid (Vintage Italian) AS

The Feather Portable really is a great little Razor!

3 Passes for a perfect shave:)
It really is a great little razor, I'm going to get mine out for tomorrow's shave :) P.
 
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Pre-Shave: SebaMed, cold water
Razor: Rex Ambassador (2)
Blade: Ladas Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Paladin Sumo Lapis
Lather: Mike's Bay Rum
Post-Shave: Alum, Thayers Original Alcohol Free Witch Hazel, South Australian Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil​
 
Sotd - Tuesday the 7th of August -

Razor - ATT Calypso - 'Maria' - on loan
blade - Schick Proline (2)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Barrister and Mann - Roam - sample
post - witch hazel
a/s - B&M - Roam tonic - sample
scent - B&M - Roam edt - sample.

Result - top end but weird and getting weirder -

I had commented recently on the experience of walking through a local park as the weather broke - vegetation and earth getting wet for the first time in weeks - an intoxicating event - such an over-overwhelmingly 'natural' smell - fecund - and I wondered out loud if you got shaving products that dallied into this part of the scent range - although I had never used it - Roam - was the only one I could initially imagine - as usual, ask a question here and you shall receive wise and sage guidance - thanks T. - @TomG - for your suggestions and particularly P. - @Blademonkey - who sent me the trio of samples to try. Weird - like no other product I have used - scent wise - it did remind me of my olfactory memory of the event - damp earth, grass, wet vegetation but with added wood smoke and campfires. Strange - to be honest - I didn't know initially whether I liked it or not but by the end of the shave it was rather growing on me - the soap base is superb - lathering, during and post - very good indeed. I think I will need to try it again - regrettably - my other half very much didn't take to it - along the lines of - you smell like you have been sitting with your mates in front of an open fire - at the side of a loch - for three days - not changing your clothes - drinking whisky and talking pish - coming back into my company having not had a shower. You can't please everyone. I will use it again - definitely a marmite smell. Thanks again P. A unique shave.

So the second run out of @Barry Giddens loaner Calypso - I probably don't need to tell you how much I like this razor - given the fact that I decided to call her Maria - cue West Side Story music -

'I've just met a girl named Maria
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me
Maria!
I've just kissed a girl named Maria
And suddenly I've found
How wonderful a sound
Can be!
Maria!'

I'm - self-evidently - smitten with this razor - I even gave her a name - my smittness - couldn't be deeper. It is the sort of shave you would get from a Cobra if it had a skirt and heels on. So I was thinking - that I would come up with some preposterous story - feigning my own death - in some bizarrely improbable way - so I didn't have to give it back - B. is a sensitive soul and there is no way he would hassle my grieving widow for the return of a razor - surely? Maria and I will never be separated. Then I realised a flaw in my plan - I've just said that all out loud - he's going to be suspicious - he'll read it. HE WILL UNDERSTAND - He's not stupid - WE ARE HIS FRIENDS - NOT LIKE THE OTHER ONES. (Then I came up with the solution - if I write in parenthesis - (like this) - he can't hear me - it will be our secret. Excellent - fool proof solution - let's go for it.) So excellent shave gentlemen - I hope you enjoy........ - what's that crashing sound at the front door of my flat? Someone or somethings are kicking their way in! Hordes of monkeys! (Do monkeys come in hordes? I'm not sure - Mongols come/came in hordes? - a troop, whoop or flange - is that better? A barrel - of course! To be honest I don't think this plan is going to live or die based on one dodgy collective noun.) Monkeys twisted on DANGEROUS DRUGS - they know no mercy - SAVAGE BARBARIAN SIMIANS - they know nothing beyond their next hit - what it is to be HUMAN! - I'm being robbed in my own home! Don't hurt me - take my camera bag - there's twelve grand of gear in there - my watch - take my watch - it cost £500 - you want money - I've got money! Not the face - not the face! They CAN'T BE REASONED WITH! These VILE SWINE are insatiable. It's just as well that I am A FULLY QUALIFIED DOCTOR OF JOURNALISM! - who can touch-type - otherwise this fast flowing narrative would be hard to keep up with in real time. No - please - don't take the razor - not Barry's Calypso - not Maria! Nooooooooooooooo..........

(Job done - he'll fall for that - hook - line and sinker. Yours one and all - I.)
Fantastic write up Iain.

It is the sort of shave you would get from a Cobra if it had a skirt and heels on.
As you have both under your roof, how about a breeding program?
Put me down for two.
 
Hi Pat,
Firstly. Is that you in your Avatar?

Secondly do you rate the OSP splash and can you try (always impossible I know) to describe the sent?

Cheers
Rob

Hello Rob,yes it's me climbing up a snow gully.
The Fougere Aftershave scent is similar to the soap,the only difference to my nose is that the clove comes through more in the Aftershave.If you haven't tried the OSP Fougere soap I'll send you a sample,it'll give you an idea what the A/S scents like.

Cheers
 
Wed 8th Aug
RazoRock Syn. 24mm
P & B Spitfire
ER 1914 [ 12T ]
Gem S/ S { 2 ]
Pitralon Original A/S Lotion

The 1914 is much less aggressive the the Streamline of yesterday. Though I prefer longer handled Razors, I somehow manage to adapt to its diminutive size and get a DFS. The 1914 Shaves very smoothly but quite noisily and quite rightly is a favourite among ER users. I have to find a user grade one so that I can try it with a longer handle.

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Maseto Memphis Finest Badger
Rockwell 6S
Ladas (3)
Stirling Soaps Island Man
BBA Post Shave Balm & Creed Virgin Island Water (Perfume Oil Clone)

I love the scent on this soap and the perfume oil clone, could be my favourite Stirling Soap. Nice to use a DE again, went all last week using the Razorock Hawk, though for me the Ladas blade is my least favourite of all the blades from that particular maker, I much prefer their Voskhod and Rapira blades. I'll try a Voskhod from tomorrow, can't remember when I last used one.
 
Pre: Cold water face wash,
Brush: Omega 11137 Boar
Soap: CRSW Bergamot & Bay
Razor: E-R 1914
Blade: Gem PTFE
Post: Cold water rinse, Benjamin's Mentholated ASL (sample)
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My third different Benjamin's sample and my least favourite of the three, although I do like them all.
The Pimento is the one for me, and if I buy a Benjamin's that will be the one.
Happy Shaving one and all.
 
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