SOTD "FREE WEEK" February 1st - February 7th, 2021

[ronweston]

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!​

 

[ram57]

Menthol Monday SOTD

Razor: Colonial Razors The General Brass
Blade: Schick Proline (D1)
Brush: Tipsoft Blonde Badger 26mm
Bowl: Prohibition Style
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Oil: Homemade Frosted Woodlands
Shave Soap: Frosted Woodland-Custom
Post: Saponificio Varesino Puro Burro di Karitè
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Colbeck​

 

[ajkel64]

1) Great Britain: Brush Simpson Special Pure Badger.
2) USA: Shaving Cream Gillette Pure Tube.
3) Multinational: Razor Gillette SkinGuard. Cartridge made in Germany, Handle made in Poland and assembled in Poland.
4) France: Alum Block Osma.
5) Germany: Aftershave Balm Nivea Men Sensitive Post Shave Balm.
6) Spain: Cologne Nautica Classic Cologne.
7) USA: Lather Bowl Captain’s Choice Copper Lather Bowl.

 

[ICS]

Hi! Shave #7:

Pre: homemade olive oil soap.
Lather: Fine L’Orange Noir.
Brush: Wild West Brushworks Belfour.
Razor: Merkur OC vintage.
Blade: Shark (#3).
Post: Fine L’Orange Noir.
Take care and have a nice day!

 

[Chard52142]

Mon 1st SOTD
Soap RazoRock Mudder Focker
Brush Yaqi 26mm Lucky Dice 2 Band Badger
Razor GEM Push Button
Blade GEM Stainless 10th Use!
Post & Aftershaves Ice Water + Thayers + Hyaluronic + Reuzel Wood & Spice
Super nice lather from the soap! A unique scent, thickly creamy and slick too!
Shave with razor paired with the well-used blade was still good, smooth, and comfortable enough for 3passes without any issues for a DFS to CCF result. Excellent aftershaves. Enjoyable SE session. Rating 9.5/10

 

[CRISANTO]

Monday, February 1, 2021.

Floid, pre shave oil. LEA: Shaving cream, lotion & balm aftershaave. Yaqi barber pole, synthetic hair. Hannover, 5/8

 

[BigD]

Alpha Outlaw and Modern Williams with Aqua Velva Musk.

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Williams Mug Soap
Razor: Alpha Outlaw
Blade: Dorco ST-301 (1)
Brush: Zenith S series
AS/EdC: Aqua Velva Musk

Monday is here. Get on it!

 

[EclipseRedRing]

Brush: Simpson Coates Fitzwilliam
Soap: Yardley in an OS mug
Razor: English Gillette Red Tip
Blade: Lord Platinum
Aftershave: Shulton Old Spice

My only remaining TTO razor, normally reserved for travel, but I don't travel much these days.

 

[Klinker]

Gillette ‘47 Aristocrat / Nacet
Yaqi Sagarda Familia Tuxedo
CF ‌Cedar & Spice ‌Shaving‌ ‌Soap‌
Reuzel Wood and Spice Aftershave​

 

[HarryAU570]

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Butterscotch 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Cella Red Tub
Razor/Blade:- Gillette New Short Comb 1930 / Gillette Stainless (red & white pack) #4
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- Davidoff Cool Water Wave

HOLY MOLY!! Finally using my Gillette New SC changing the razor over from the Fatip Testina Gentile, I should've gotten the vintage 1930 Gillette New SC instead of the LC years ago.
The vintage Gillette New SC has given me extra smoothest, extra comfortable and extra close DFS++completely irritation-free shave since I had the 1930 Gillette New LC was very uncomfortable to shave no matter what blade I choose.

 

[Multum in parvo]

Pre:-
Razor: R41 on G&F SS handle
Blade: Gillette Minora Platinum 3rd use
Brush: Simpson Captain 2 Best
Soap: Vitos Extra Super Coco
Post: Proraso Alum Gel, Witch Hazel, Floid
Result: BBS, 1 embarassing nick on my Adam's apple

I was expecting that the gap between the Minora stainless and the Platinum would be widening but no it's pretty much even now. I got a bit more bladefeel with this combination than the previous one. The result was again excellent and only marred by me losing focus a bit on my neck...

Final shaves will be with the Aristocrat.

 

[rapwedinger]

SOTD, Monday, February 1, 2021

My first use of the Gillette Nacet blade. Set the GSA to a mild 3 and went to work. Nice shave except for the cut I made on my nose. My own fault for not giving it the respect it deserves. Otherwise, a great BBS shave on barely a day's growth. Good day, gentlemen!

Rating: 4 / 5

Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable
Blade: Gillette Nacet
Brush: RazoRock Disruptor
Pre-Shave: Neutrogena Men Razor Defense Face Scrub
Lather: Long Rifle Soap Company Brown Bess
Aftershave: Stirling Executive Man
Additional Care:
Alum Block
Creed Aventus
Thayers Witch Hazel Astringent (unscented)
Neutrogena Men Triple Protect Face Lotion
cold water splash

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[uptown]

Jaws .84
Tatra Platinum
MWF
Omega Synthetic
Proraso Vitamin E Balm
Paul Sebastian

 

[ackvil]

Pre	Face wash with Neutrogena Liquid Facial Soap
Cream	GFT Sandalwood
Brush	Simpson Chubby
Razor	Wolfman WR2 SB 1.05
Blade	Personna Med Prep
Aftershave	Thayers Rose Petal WH & PAA Mysterium Serum
Fragrance	TOBS Sandalwood
Rating	10/10.

 

[PACO GALAN]

SOTD 01/02/2021


Paolo Barrasso is the historian "barber of Turin"To which the BBC has dedicated a documentary.
Second generation Master Barber, in his shop in Via San Secondo 16 - Turin - uses freehand razor and warm cloth. After his participation in March 2018, in the homonymous television broadcast of Rai 1, he has created by TFS a shaving soap, formulated with plant-based raw materials among which thelinseed oil.
To complete the shave, Paolo also wanted an alcoholic after shave with a structured olfactory expression that recalls an ancient but intense colony and contains amber and citrus notes.



Paolo Barrasso es el histórico " barbero de Turín " al que la BBC ha dedicado un documental.

El maestro barbero de segunda generación, en su tienda de Via San Secondo 16, Turín, utiliza una navaja de afeitar barbera y un paño caliente. Tras su participación en marzo de 2018, en la retransmisión televisiva homónima de Rai 1, hizo que TFS creara un jabón de afeitar, formulado con materias primas vegetales entre las que destaca el aceite de linaza .

Para completar el afeitado, Paolo también quiso una loción para después del afeitado alcohólica con una expresión olfativa estructurada que recuerda una colonia antigua pero intensa y que contiene notas de ámbar y cítricos.

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: NAVAJA HENCKEL 72 1/2 Friodur inox 6/8

Brush: SIMPSONS “Chubby 2"Super Badger”

Pre-Shave: Ducha caliente

Lather: PAOLO BARRASSO Il barbieri di Torino

Aftershave: TFS il solito ignoto BARBIERE PAOLO

 

[Mike R]

Monday

Brush: Omega 13522 Pure
Cream: Imperial Leather
Razor: '52 Super Speed
Blade: Q-Shave
A/S: Dollar Store Splash - Blue / "Fresh Scent"
Cologne / Fragrance: one million

Mike

 

[JAHE]

SOTD (032/2021)
01-02-2021

>> "One blade in February"-challenge <<

Preshave: frigid tap water.
Brush: WCS Two Tone Tall Synthetic 26/56
Soap: Stirling Soap ~ Orange Chill
Razor: Gillette Super Speed Flare Tip
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword China (01)
Postshave: frigid tap water; Stirling Soap ~ Orange Chill AS & witch hazel & psb.

Happy shaves!

 

[hopper_64]

Monday February 1st, SOTD

Razor: Schick (pre) Krona
Blade: Schick Super Stainless
Brush: Yaqi Tuxedo 24mm
Soap & Aftershave: Fine Platinum

 

[MilkCrate]

 

[blantyre]

JA Henckels 2 piece, Gillette spoiler, Mike’s coconut, early Ruby Vey butterscotch beehive, Speick balm.