S.O.T.D. Saturday 22th June to Friday 28th June 2013 ...

Palmolive Lemon
Edwin Jagger boar
New with Personna Lab Blue (2)
Boots Freshwood balm

Blade doesn't seem to work as well as I expected. Not as sharp as I hoped and quite scratchy. Still got a decent shave but face a little hot.
 
Tuesday night

Razor : Feather Popular
Blade : Feather (2)
Soap : Palmolive stick (soap of the week)
Brush : Omega Pro 48
Splash : Old Spice whitewater

Better shave than the previous night. Decent 2nd shave with the Feather blade but ditched it afterwards as it started to drag a touch towrds the end of the last pass.
 
This morning:

Prep: Cold rinse
Razor: ERN 13/16"  "Crown & Sword", extra hollow
Brush: Neep #1059 soapstone chubby 26mm super silvertip
Soap: Cella
 
Greetings

Wednesday 26th June 2013
Prep: Shower
Razor: Pal Adjustable
Blade: Gillette Platinum Plus NOS
Brush: Semogue OC Boar
Soap: Klar Kabinett
Aftershave: Astral Cream (light)

A really nice shave.

Regards
Dick.

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Wednesday morning

Gillette face wash
Proraso pre
Kent bk2 brush
TOBS Sandalwood soap
Merkur 39c sledgehammer
Bolzano blade (2)
Witch hazel gel
Old spice after shave

Good two pass shave, second shave with the sledgehammer and better result this time, need to get that angle right!
 
Afternoon, all.

Wednesday:

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: EJ89 with iKon Bulldog handle
Blade: Polsilver SI (5)
Brush: Ecotools Kabuki
Shave soap: QED Lemon and Cedar
A/S: Pashana Bay Rum
Cologne: Iceberg Twice

An excellent, accidental BBS.
 
Hot flannel
Proraso pre, green
New Forest 1901, MWF
Merkur Progress (#3), Rapira Swedish (1)
Cold splash, alum block
Clinique post-shave soother

No shave yesterday... today's shave, unimpeachable!

Really fancied the old-school soapiness of MWF today, and wasn't disappointed. Now I'd like to use it all up, so I can... erm... buy some more!
 
Wednesday 06-26-13. MUSIC: Steve Winwood - Arc of a diver.

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Soap from Aleppo - Morris & Forndran 28X56 blonde badger - Merkur 11C - Astra green #2 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving soap Haslinger Honey - Alum block - Thayers Oroginal Aloe - ASB Institut de Karité - ASL Florida Water.
 
Wednesday 26th June

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Warm shower
Hot flannel
Speick cream scuttle lathered
Simpson Colonel X2L best badger brush
Gillette 1922 New Improved silver OC
Polsilver super iridium (1)
Cold rinse
Witch hazel
Speick aftershave

A clean shave with the New Improved and the Polsilver. This razor is on the aggressive side compared to the Red tip superspeed I used yesterday. With care a fine shave resulted.

Brian
 
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Simpson Polo 8
Razors: Friodur + GEM SE for head
Soap: Dr Harris Almond + Proraso
AS: Blue Floid
Edt: Penh English Fern
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean :D
This super lather combo's truly the best I can get (soft water area), great glide and a pure joy to use.
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Today's shave

GEM G BAR
GEM Blade
TOBS Sandalwood shaving cream
Geo.F.Trumper Sandalwood SkinFood
Kent Bk4 Brush
Old Spice Champion Splash

Result BSS WTG. A refreshing shave :)
 
WEDNESDAY EVENING



Prep: Cold rinse
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat #16
Blade: Polsilver (1)
Brush: Thater 4124
Cream: GFT Sandalwood - scuttle lathered
Post: Witch hazel and T&H 10 balm

Very nice shave indeed. Though got a couple of nicks around the mouth due to cockiness!
 
Prep: Cold Water Splash
Razor: Rhodium NEW Short Comb with UFO Kaiser Short
Blade: 7 O'Clock Black (1)
Brush: SOC Boar
Soap: Lea
Post: Proraso Menthol Post Cream
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Ice Blue Splash
 
A lovely, 2 pass, cold water, face lather shave.
 
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