SOTD: Saturday 12 - Friday 18 October 2024.

Agree with you on the soap…love it
 
Razor = Occam’s Oren ***
Blade = Feather Pro Guard ( 7 )
Brush = 26mm Highlander Le with Maple & Boar
Soap = Wickhams Russian Leather
With matching balm.
Splash = Vintage Imperial Leather.
British Shaving Soap Shave 7
Well another cracker & you know it lol
The Wickhams was a dream and i really like this scent in fact don’t take this the wrong way but im right in to Leather Scents.
I think the Blade is on its last legs as it was dragging a bit towards the end,
not its usual BBS but certainly good enough.
This Imperial Leather was a fairly new buy for me and according to where i got it the bottle had never been open,
Well i couldn’t get it open either so im to the shed and out with a pair off mole grips,
i wrapped it in rubber and job was a good in.
Not lost any of its scent
Super Duper.
@Tony'schin im doing the same as you tomorrow,
Service & Mot and probably a grand or two lighter.
Who needs cars ah
not me
 
Leather, mole grips and rubber?
And I thought I knew you
 
SOTD Wednesday 16 October
  • Razor Gillette British Rocket FlareTip
  • Blade Viking Sword – Super Stainless Steel – Polymer Coated
  • Pre-Shave Tricare Goats Milk
  • Brush Synthetic
  • Cream Traditional Barbers – Coconut extract
  • Post Shave Thayers unscented Witch Hazel
  • Aftershave Brut Splash
  • Balm Nivea – Sensitive Pro - Post Shave Cooling Balm

The Morning Shave.
The Viking blade was in my 1950’s Gillette British Rocket FlareTip today.
2nduse on this blade. Very comfortable head & face shave. 1 very minor weeper.
The Viking blade was very smooth, I shave daily so this is a typical blade for myself (YMMV).

Traditional Barbers cream is a budget cream in Australia, the scent is a little strong of coconut, however its very creamy once the lather is built.

 


the sharper blade sorted this razor right out and it gave me a fantastic, smooth, comfortable shave again. it still needs a light touch and no pressure but for the first few strokes, I had zoned out and wasn't paying attention and forgot to be overly careful and slow. even on autopilot, it was just gliding through the stubble smoothly and gave no scraping or raw feeling and no cuts.

the conventional wisdom is to use mild blades in an aggressive razor but I'm finding the opposite is what works for me. next up is this blade in the mellon to find out if vice versa is true, using sharp blades in mild razors.

sharper isn't always better or the only measure of a blade's performance but I'm concluding that my skin and hair doesn't seem to work with milder blades like astras and sharks, at least in aggressive razors.

most blades will probably be acceptable with middle of the road razors. it seems aggressive and mild razors are the measure of whether a blade is great or just ok.

I'll be keeping this razor around to use once in a while when I have the time to be careful, even if only to test out blades that are new to me.
 
Wed 16 Oct

CeraVe face soap, Proraso blue

Arko
Zenith 28 bleached boar
Mühle R41 with Maggard MR8 handle
Personna Med Prep

Alum, simple witch Hazel, Truefitt & Hill Trafalgar cologne

Good shave - really cannot fault Arko - works unbelievably well post shave for my oily skin. No balm needed.

I’ve been trying out a few different blades recently. Nothing special for me with the med prep (YMMV!). At the moment Gillette silver blues and Wizamet SI seem perfect for me across all my razors. The shark stainless was surprisingly good in my Fatip original OC. Personna platinum pretty good & for me better than med prep.

 
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