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SOTD "FREE WEEK" February 10th - February 16th, 2020


It's another "FREE WEEK" ladies and gentlemen.

It's time to be creative.

Please feel free to post any photo, with any gear and any style you chose, or contribute by telling us what you used in your shave, with comments on the shave, if you desire.

Color, B&W, sepia or a photograph with any type of artistic touch you wish is always desired.

HAVE FUN!
 

Menthol Monday SOTD

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Razor: Parker Variant
Blade: Super Iridium (D1)
Brush: Omega 11126 boar
Bowl: TW 3D Printed
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: TSD Iced SubZero
Shave Soap: Grooming Dept Aether
Balm: Organic Shea Butter
Aftershave: TSD SubZero
 
Spicy Sunday on a Monday Shave;
  • Carbon Shaving Co Cx-316L
  • Derby Concord (3)
  • Stirling Soap's Spice
  • VDH Bowl
  • Fine Lather Bowl
  • Zenith M1
  • Gentleman Jon's Alum Block
  • Old Spice AS
  • Old Spice EdC
  • Stirling Soap's Spice ASB
  • Homemade Peppermint Hair Tonic
  • Old Spice Classic Deo
  • DAX Short and Neat Pomade
  • Clubman Whiskey Woods Body Powder
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Date:- 10 February 2020

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:- Declaration Grooming ~ Darkfall (milksteak base)
Razor/Blade:- Karve CB Matte SS 'SB-C' / Vintage NOS English Wilkinson Sword #3
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10)
Fragrance:- Hugo Boss (Original)
 
Super excited about this brush! Exactly what I was looking for. Has more fibers than the Razorock Plissoft (by the way, also a marvelous brush!), is soft, great backbone and holds water just like a badger brush due to the new technique that’s been used. Love this one! 😊

SOTD : 10-02-2020
Cream : Antiga Barbearia de Bairro – Principe Real
Razor : Rex – Ambassador
Brush : Omega - EVO Silvertip fibre - Special Veteran
Aftershave : Antiga Barbearia de Bairro – Principe Real
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Monday
Pre-shave: Imperial Glycerine Soap/Stirling Bergamot Lavender Pre-Shave Oil
Razor: Gillette Flare Tip Rocket
Blade: PermaSharp Super Stainless
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap: Bath House Spanish Fig & Nutmeg
Aftershave: Alum/Baxter Herbal Mint Toner/Ogallala Bay Rum
Balm: Clinique for Men Broad Spectrum Moisturizer
 
Monday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Sandpiper
Soap: Ghost Town Barber Summer Storm
Razor: Vintage Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Blue Super Platinum (11)
Brush: RazoRock/Zenith Chubby Extra Silvertip-28mmx51mm
Aftershave: Clubman Whiskey Woods

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

Ghost Town Barber Summer Storm today. 20 seconds to load the RazoRock/Zenith Chubby Extra Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette Blue Super Platinum still in the vintage Gillette Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Clubman Whiskey Woods aftershave.

Bob


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Razor: Viking Chieftain TTO (1st shave with it)
Prep: Liquid hand face soap
Brush: Omega 11126
Blade: Viking Mild
Soap: Van der Hagen
A/S : Pinaud Clubman
Rating: 10.0+ I can't believe the shave quality this razor and blade combination yielded. The heft of the razor makes WTG passes a breeze. XTG passes for the neck and under my jaw are nice. I heartily recommend this razor and blade combination to all, however the YMMV caveat applies.
 
Monday, 2/10:

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Razor - Rex Ambassador
Blade - Astra SP
Brush - Maker Brush No 6 24mm silvertip
Soap - Gillette Pure
A/S - Proraso Blue

Oh wow, this shave was *fantastic*. I can't stop saying good things about the Rex. I swapped out the Shark I'd been using out for an Astra SP, and wow, I thought it was smooth before? Oh man was I just cruising with this. Setting 3 for the first pass, then down to about 2.25 for the second seems to be about perfect for me. So comfortable, so smooth, just ridiculous. And it was definitely made possible by the surprise of the shave: Gillette Pure cream. I have to admit, I wasn't expecting too much, but this cream actually makes a very nice lather. Thick, creamy, actually some shine to it, slickness/residual is excellent. The scent is decent, sort of a standard big-company-men's-grooming-products scent, but it's nice. Today's shave was super close, the razor was very efficient, and my face was glass-smooth and comfortable afterwards with no redness. Just an awesome shave.
 
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