Sotd : Saturday 9th to friday 15 November 2019

Prep: bath and washed hair and beard with head and shoulders 2 in 1 shampoo
Pre shave: Proraso white
Shaving cream:squirt of Palmolive
Brush: Omega 49 boar for bowl lathering
Razor/blade: Feather AS-D2/ feather blade(3)
3 passes followed by cold rinse and alum block
Washed bowl and brush before final cold rinse and pat dry
Balm: 1912 classic
Aftershave: splash of Tabac
Comfortable and relatively quick shave (for me) with no cuts or nicks.
 
Date:- 11 November 2019

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Stirling ~ Sunflower Fields
Razor/Blade:- Karve CB SS 'D' / Wizamet Polsilver Brown Stainless #5
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- Tommy Hilfiger for Men
 
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Prep (sample).
OUMO Brush / OUMO Brush imitation finest 2-band synth.
Razor Master "Ari" shaving soap.
Merkur 39C.
Racer Super Stainless (4).
Homelikeshaving "DejaVu Cool" ASL.
 
Mon 11th Nov

Cyril Salter/ MS ED2band
Faena Sandalwood
ER “ Streamline “
Gem S/S ( 3 )
Puig Quorum A/S Lotion

Provided that you take your time and concentrate , the “Streamline” delivers an extremely close all round finish such as the one I had today. Most modern AC/SE seem rather tame after using this Classic Razor

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11/11/19
Pre: 1912 Classic 24
Brush: Alpha Titanium Outlaw G4
Soap: 1912 Classic 24
Razor: Ever Ready 1914
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (8)
Post shave: Alum Block, cold water splash, Homemade Witch Hazel
Balm: Bart's Balm Lime Lotion and Balm
Aftershave: 1912 Citrus Musk

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A very nice close comfortable shave today with the 1914.
Big smiles all round.
Enjoy the rest of the Day all.
 
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Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap,Antica Barbieria Colla Almond Oil Pre-Shave Cream
Brush: Tony Forsyth P&C LE 2017 Platypus High Mountain White Badger
Soap: Declaration Grooming Trismegistus
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Vintage NOS Gillette 'Swede' (4)
Post: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel, Antica Barbieria Colla Almond Oil Balm
Scent: Terre d'Hermès EdT

A beautiful shave. Muscle memory is kicking in with the relatively narrow sweet spot of the AS-D2 - three passes and only a couple of touch-ups for a BBS result.
 
11/11/19

Soap - Palmolive Stick
Brush - Omega 80265 (other one)
Razor - Fat Handle Tech
Blade - Astra SP (6)
Post - Witch Hazel
Balm - Nivea Replenishing
AS - Benjamin's Bay Rum Mentholated

Yesterday I made a fairly decent effort to revive one of my 80265's so I turned my efforts in attempting to revive my other 80265, which in comparison to the other 80265 this one has a denser knot & softer tips but it was a brush I could never really get to hold a lather and had issues with the brush shedding as well.
I soaked the brush in distilled water and gave it a shampoo and test lather and used the brush for today's shave and the brush was better than I expected but it still ate a bit of lather, and at the end of the shave I gave it a comb through and couldn't quite believe how tangled the brush was! It was a brush I used before discovering shaving forums, and I imagine the huge number of tangles might have been down to aggressively mashing the brush to poor lathering technique.
The shave itself was a pretty good one, the ASP worked a lot better in the FHT than the BET I used yesterday.

Anyway chaps, have a good start to the week.
 
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