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Following the recent shave with "Sunday" from the WWII-era NOS 7-day set, I spent most of Monday refining all the blades and edges. I'd now rate the set pretty much 'shave-ready' and today took a ride with the Tuesday blade, which did excellent.

SOTD, Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 Shower + Ach Brito Glyce face lather and rinse Yardley shave soap + Rubberset badger brush Garantie Solingner unbranded "Tuesday" 5/8" straight razor Cool washcloth rinse Yardley Black Label aftershave

looks to be quite a slope down toward, i suppose, a ravine! icy or snowy? you might have been lucky not to break anything!

this tuesday morning, there were some breaks in the clouds before sunrise, so i was a little hopeful. turned out to be classic "sucker hole"!

give it a good stir and mix, just to see if the oils may have settled or separated.

welcome to B&B, Sir MtView! indeed, sad that T&H have discontinued their aftershave lotions! their lime a/s was one of my favorites.

Yes!

Pen's English Fern shave cream, now unobtanium.

there are quite a few artsy cream purveyors still around, just have to research. altho i'm still a little bewildered at that defines 'artisinal' and why that's so different from others?

So I succumbed to this auction item, NOS 7-day set, which was complete with the original customs declaration when it was shipped from Germany in 1948. Albeit missing one day. Required some minor work on sandpaper and stones to take out chips on a couple of the blades and re-set the bevel. The...

SOTD, Sunday, April 18th, 2021 Shower + Ach Brito Glyce face lather and rinse Opal shave soap stick + Rubberset badger brush Garantie Solingen unbranded "Sunday" 5/8" straight razor Cool washcloth rinse Trumper's Eucris cologne Succumbed to this auctioned 7-day set, NOS, which still required...

back to the routine walk this sunday morning.

Sir Claudio! I find no difference whether loading from soap puck, cream tub or a scoop! Enjoy your shaves!

SOTD, Friday, April 16th, 2021 Shower + Ach Brito Glyce face lather and rinse Opal shave soap stick + Plisson badger brush Puma 5/8" straight razor Santa Maria Novella aftershave balm + tobacco toscana cologne