S.O.T.D - Saturday 27th September to Friday 3rd October

Greetings

Monday 29th September 2014
Prep: Shower
Razor: Schick G8 Injector
Blade: Personna Stainless Coated
Brush: Semogue 620 Boar
Soap: Bea Stick Grated
Aftershave: Astral Cream (light)

Regards
Dick.

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Monday xxix September, 2014

Prep: Hot shower, Zirh Alpha Hydroxy Face Wash
Pre: Splash of cold water
Brush: Neep Dreadnought '67
Soap: MdC Fougère
Razor: Gillette M3 Slim Adjustable
Blade: Feather Seikan #2
Post: Alpa Fougère
Fragrance: Knize Forest Toilet Water

Result: Little bit of a shocker this morning. The blade was exceptionally tuggy, until I realised the doors weren't shut tightly. After that it was plain sailing...

All the best,

Jon
 
Monday AM

Fat Handled English Tech
Derby Extra (2)
Vulfix Grosvenor 404 Bodger
BS Maca Root Cream

Nivea ASB
Cerrutti 1881 EdeT

Three pass, face lathered.

Really enjoying the Derby blades, scary eh? I get the odd weeper but they are really half decent once you get used to handling them. Their problem is that they are generally the first blades we get during the learning and slicing stages.

A bigger worry is that my beloved 404 Bodger has shed 6 hairs this morning; I'll need to keep a eye on this.

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Face wash with Pears soap
Merkur Digress HD B / Vintage Perma-Sharp
Simpson “Chubby” 3 Manchurian Cobalt
Martin de Candre Fougère
Myrsol Agua Balsamica
Surrati Black Aoud


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After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

vintage rebranded butterscotch Simpsons best
1958 Executive/Super Iridium
RL Safari SS
Lucky Tiger AS and Face Tonic
RL 'Safari' EdT (vintage juice)

Today is my 8th anniversary of using a DE razor regularly. Yep, started off with a Super Adjustable in 2006 and never looked back. Pretty crazy ride.....so far.

Great razor/blade combo and excellent soap for my old geezer birthday shave this morning.

BBS results,

Martin
 
Monday September 29, 2014

Monday September 29, 2014

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Mastro Livi Damasco "100 layers", 13/16 Extra Hollow, Square Point​

What I love about this razor is the smell of the scales. Juniper wood with its very intense aroma really adds an extra pleasure to the Mastro Livi experience. Not to mention the smoothness of this carbon Damascus steel, personally made by Mastro Livi and made of a total of 100 layers. Smooth, very smooth, absolutely pure velvet, it is a joy to shave with. And, yes, the aroma of juniper wood is absolutely wonderful!​

  • Pre-Shave: Simpsons Pre-Shave Oil
  • Soap: Simpson Luxury Shaving Cream
  • Brush: Omega Boar Brush 48 Gold
  • Bowl: Gerby Bowl
  • Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm Stropping
  • Razor: Mastro Livi Damasco "100 layers", 13/16 Extra Hollow, Square Point
  • Post-Shave: Argan Oil
  • After Shave: Simpsons Aftershave Balm
 
Monday 29th September

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Warm shower
Hot flannel
Soap Commander Confidence bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Fat Handle Tech (early model made in USA)
Personna Lab Blue (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Old Spice Sensitive aftershave
 
Blyth Spirit said:
Really enjoying the Derby blades, scary eh? I get the odd weeper but they are really half decent once you get used to handling them. Their problem is that they are generally the first blades we get during the learning and slicing stages.
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I haven't used a Derby blade for years, and had cleared the house of them. However, I recently received some in a SoTD transaction as an "extra", and I'm going to try one just to see if I or they have improved.

Ian
 
Tried Derby's again a few weeks ago after a couple years practice with other blades. The first one out of the pack was excellent. I was surprised! However the rest were awful. I now use them for scraping algae off my fish tank and model making.
 
Monday

Afternoon, everyone.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: EJ DE89
Blade: Shark SS (3)
Brush: Kabuki Bamboo
Shave cream: Super-Max classic
Aftershave: Iris Sauvage
Cologne:

A quick one-pass ATG gave a DFS. QED.
 
merkur hd
silver star
proraso pre
omega 81054
proraso green tub
boots no7 post shave balm
trumpers spanish leather cologne

a nice smooth shave and now off out to see these freaks at northumbria uni...

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