SOTD "FREE WEEK" August 29th - September 4th, 2016

[ronweston]

Saturday Shave:

Weekends are reserved for straights!

Gold Dollar 66
C.O. Bigelow cream
Proraso Green Splash


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Something to really look forward too, I imagine.

 

[ronweston]

Saturday, 3 September, 2016

Pre: Shower w/ Shea Butter soap
Strop: Premier Black Latigo
Razor: Odeon 6/8"
Brush: Outback Magna Badger
Soap: Stirling Green
Post: Witch Hazel and Azzaro Pour Homme Aftershave

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Elegant looking shave, Doug.

 

[ronweston]

Saturday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Stirling Margaritas in the Arctic
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Brush: RazoRock/Zenith High Mountain White-24mmx57mm
Aftershave: Pitralon Classic

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Stirling MITA today. 20 seconds to load the RR/Zenith HMW. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette Silver Blue in the Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Pitralon Classic aftershave.

Bob

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A Stirling, HMT, a Slim, GSM, and Pitralon as closer ... what more to ask .... looks quite inviting.

 

[ronweston]

Saturday's Shave
Hot shower followed by:
Musgo Real Glycerin Soap face pre-lather
Saponificio Varesino Tundra Artica
L&L 2 band finest badger, 24mm "Black Hat Gold"
The Radium French/Swedish 5/8 Full Hollow
Alum block rub and cold-water rinse
Saponificio Varesino Tundra Artica After Shave
Lather Bowl from Symmetrical Pottery
Towels – Towel Emporium​

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Don't think you can go wrong with an SV shave, Dan. You know, I think the straights are beginning to call me...

 

[ronweston]

SOTD
9-3-2016

http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u626/markfry21/PhotoLab_app_Mysterious_Rays-2_zps2kpopkqf.jpgBain Amour Suds
Van Yulay AS
Van Yulay Pre Shave Oil
Ikon X3
Rapira PL
Semogue 830

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Hope your all having a fun Holiday weekend

Bathed in blue ... a real cerulean shave ... nice one, Mark!

 

[ronweston]

SOTD 2016-09-03

Hot shower
German Gillette Tech
Gillette Platinum blade (3)
Maggard 24mm synthetic marble handle
Rose of Bulgaria shaving cream
Rose of Bulgaria aftershave


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Great posts and photos today,gents!Enjoy your Saturday!

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You make me want to try that cream and aftershave, witeq ... nice presentation....

 

[ronweston]

Sundays Planned SOTD

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Razor Rocnel SE50
Blade: Feather Pro (D6)
Brush: IBLE 2012 Boar
Scuttle: Corbell Pedestal Bowl 4"
Pre Shave Scrub: Holy Black True Grit
Pre Shave Oil: AOS unscented
Shave Soap: CRSW Select Vetiver
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Country Club Frozen Vetiver
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Been meaning to say, that is one beautiful bowl! Looks like one dandy shave.

 

[ronweston]

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Low Cost shaving

Razor: WILKINSON SWORD Classic
Blade: GILLETTE Bleau Extra
Brush: SEMOGUE 830
Lather: LEA Stick antigua formulacion
Aftershave: LA TOJA loción
Addcare: LA TOJA PROTECT 7 bálsamo
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Nothing wrong with a low cost shave, especially when it looks like that.

 

[ronweston]

SEptember 3rd
Proraso Green Pre/Post
Mozingo Brushes 24mm Synthetic by Cousin-Eddie
Chiseled Face Summer Storm
Pat App'd for Ever Ready 1924 shovel head travel set / Gem stainless steel PTFE (4)
Thayers Superhazel with Proraso Green Pre/post followed with Proraso/Osage Rub splash

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I finally got the SEptember today; sometimes, I a little slow... looking good!

 

[ronweston]

http://i.imgur.com/0hIRkeg.jpg



Sahara Gold - Camel Rider
Henckels - Victoria Badger
Xpec
AoS AS
Diesel Fuel for Life Cologne

Nothing like cracking the lid on a new jar of Xpec - using a 1970 NOS badger brush not seen water in . . . 46 years - with sharp 1940-50's German steel . . . then biking along the ocean on a sunny morning . . . (a cafe visit and the nostalgic european lifestyle motif is complete)

Sounds like one fine morning; that razor is a keeper ... and the brush too!

 

[ram57]

Been meaning to say, that is one beautiful bowl! Looks like one dandy shave.

Thank you

 

[ronweston]

SOTD 03 September 2016
Year 1 Week 5 Day 6

In this shave month dedicated to my friends and beloved and wet shaving devotes. today SOTD is for Rudy.


Pre: shower
Brush: Omega 6783.Y
Razor: Fatip Testina Gentile Metal Black
Blade: Dorco ST-301 (2)
Soap: Barrister and Mann Night Music
AS:



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Have a wonderful shave and a fresh day to all gents!

A tip of the hat to you for that shave ... I used my Fatip Testia Gentile yesterday.

 

[120inna55]

Stirling Noir | RazoRock Black Mamba | Gillette 7 O'clock Black (1) | Ever-Ready 100T w/TGN Finest

 

[ronweston]

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Envious shave ... I really want to try the Dead Sea ... how is it?

 

[ronweston]

’55 Red Tip Superspeed / Feather
Rudy Vey Shavemac Silvertip 2-Band Fan
Tabac Shave Soap
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

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I'd take that shave in a minute, Phil ... this photo gives me an idea for a theme week sometime in the future.

 

[ronweston]

Stirling Noir | RazoRock Black Mamba | Gillette 7 O'clock Black (1) | Ever-Ready 100T w/TGN Finest

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Intriguing looking shave, Matt; how was the soap and aftershave splash?

 

[ronweston]

Saturday SOTD ::::: September 3, 2016

Pre-shave Oil: Floïd
Cream: Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes
Brush: Shave Revolution Metalloid HMW badger 24mm
Razor: Rockwell 6s (plate 5)
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless (6)
Post Splash: Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel
After Shave: Floïd Blue
Post Shave Balm: Nivea Sensitive


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This was a good, comfortable shave. The Rockwell performed as it always does and the Feather was still sharp on its 6th outline. I always enjoy using T&H creams and Floïd Blue is a great end note. But ... there was a but to this shave: the brush. I received the Metalloid from Shave Revolution's closing out sale. It is the second SR brush I own; the first is an Evolution synthetic. Also I have a Wolf Whiskers with an SR Manchurian knot. The brush is quite handsome and soft to the face but it lost at least 20 hairs. I've never had a brush shed more than three at a time. It's a tightly packed knot so it can easily afford to lose some but I'm hoping it not a trend for the brush.

 

[120inna55]

Intriguing looking shave, Matt; how was the soap and aftershave splash?

Sorry. Sometimes, I just like to just throw up a SOTD pic and call it done. At first, I admit, I missed the clay in Stirling's old formula despite its sometimes being finicky. The new formula does perform as well even if it doesn't have that uber creaminess from before. It's still quite slick and dense. Lathering is now a no-brainer. I like their splashes because they're simple and effective. The scent is pretty darn close to Drakkar Noir from the way I remembered it in my youth. The newer Drakkar Noir EdT is still awesome and still touches that memory, but there is something vaguely different from the vintage. Not enough to turn me off from it, however.

 

[Noire]

Friday's nearing an end and we've had some great looking photos today.


@Noire - muted color is so right for this photo

Thx - all the best in your new position at SOTD!

Gorgeous Straight!!

Thx - nice pic and Stark razor in your Saturday post as well!

Sounds like one fine morning; that razor is a keeper ... and the brush too!

Thx Mr Weston

 

[eezee]

9/3/16

3P Pre Shave Cream
Mike's Barber Shop
Vie-Long 12705
11/16 J.A. Henckels #415
Tony Miller 3" Heirloom Steerhide Strop
Shavex Alum Block
La Toja
Nivea Post Shave Balm
Versace Pour Homme
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