SOTD Saturday 13th December to Friday 19th December

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Bulldog Face Wash/Scrub
Simpson's Lavender & Vetiver Shaving Cream
Kent Infinity Silvertex
Jaguar Orca - Jaguar JT1/JT3 (2)
Gillette Super Speed (1950s) & Personna Platinum Chrome (4)
Hot Rinse, Cold Rinse & Alum Wash
Novaya Zarya Chypre

Face Lathered
Two Pass (Jaguar) - WTG
One Pass (Gillette) - XTG
 
Wednesday 17th December

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Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Bay Rum scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW Deluxe 2 piece (Made in England)
Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
DR Harris Bay Rum aftershave
 
Pre: Village Barber oil
Soap: Penhaligon's "Blenheim Bouquet" (old tallow formula) with Xpec unscented
Brush: Rod Neep Cocobolo Chubby #856 Extra Silvertip
Razor: Ikon DLC slant w/Bulldog handle
Blade: Personna Crystal (3)
Post: Thayer's witch hazel, followed by Myrsol Antesol
This setup was so good yesterday I repeated it today. But today I tried something different.
I added a pea-sized chunk of Xpec unscented to the bowl before I started.
10 second swirl on the Pen's then moved to the bowl to build the lather.
Holy crap that's a lot of lather! I was slopping it all over the place.
If you shave with a straight razor, I do NOT recommend this setup because the resulting lather is so slick on the face that skin stretching becomes impossible.
This photo was taken AFTER my 3-pass silky-smooth shave. That's a crazy amount of wasted lather!
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Wednesday

Evening, gents.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: EJ DE89
Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock SS (5)
Brush: Kabuki Bamboo
Shave soap: Mama Bear's Bay Rum
Aftershave: Pashana Bay Rum
Cologne: Versace Black Jeans

Smooth and very close.
 
Pre: Village Barber oil
Soap: Acqua di Parma
Brush: 22mm HMW custom birthday coin brush
Razor: Mongoose Satin w/Ikon SE handle
Blade: Kai Mild (4)
Post: Thayer's witch hazel, followed by RazoRock XXX
Got an easy 2-pass DFS, pushed it to BBS and got a single nick on my chin (go figure). This handle really suits the mongoose head. Perfectly balanced. Coming close to the end of this AdP. I haven't broken through to the bottom...but it's close. :(
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Thursday 18 Dec

Neutrogena Glycerine Bar
Pure Bristle brush
Ingrams Menthol
ER 1912
GeM [ 8 ]
Alum rub/rinse
Myrsol Antesol

Done 8 on blade,still good results though,taking a bit longer
 
Greetings

Thursday 18th December 2014
Prep: Shower
Razor: Joseph Elliot 6/8
Brush: Semogue OC 2012 SE Mixed
Soap: Vitos Extra Super (Red)
Aftershave: Astral Cream (light)
EDT: Tom Ford Extreme

This is without doubt my finest straight shave yet but I still have quite a long way to go before every part of my face is perfectly shaved.

I am really smitten with the Vitos soap, so much so that I have elevated it to my third personal favourite soap along with Speick stick and Tabac.

Regards
Dick.

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Been a while, hi there everyone

Prep - Hot towel
Soap - MWF
Brush - Rubberset 400-3 in 2 Band
Razor - Frankenrazor
Blade - Feather
Post - Pinaud Bay Rum & Zirh R-2

1 micro-nick on front of chin - damn!

Ratty

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