Phoenix Shaving Ascension DOC
Astra SS
Semogue SOC 2 Band
MDC Rose Vetyver & Agrumes Soap
Aloe Vera
A&E Asian Pear Aftershave
Astra SS
Semogue SOC 2 Band
MDC Rose Vetyver & Agrumes Soap
Aloe Vera
A&E Asian Pear Aftershave
“SOTD - New Gear Theme Week” DECEMBER 13th - DECEMBER 19th, 2021
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12/17/21 Shave of the Day
Face Wash with Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Tribute Argan Oil Body Soap
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Son of Honeysuckle Conditioning Shampoo Puck - Summer Seasonal
Phoenix Shaving 2021 Advent Shaving Soap #4 Tokyo Rose
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements The Star Wisp 26mm Stygian Synth Hybrid Knot Shave Brush
Creative Flame Pottery Stoneware Shaving Scuttle
Supply Single Edge 2.0 PVD Coated Matte Black Die-Cast Zinc Alloy Injector Razor
Supply White Label Injector Blade - 9th Shave
Lancaster Razor Works Lavender Black Sheep Shaving Towel
Phoenix Shaving No Slip Grip Alum Block with Rubber Grip Band
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Alum Block Dry Dock System
Thayers Alcohol Free Lavender Witch Hazel Toner with Aloe Vera
Phoenix Shaving 2021 Advent Aftershave #4 Tokyo Rose
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Epic 5% Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) Serum
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Awesome Sauce Natural Deodorant - Sport Strength - Homage To A Classic Italian Barbershop Scent!
Face Wash with Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Tribute Argan Oil Body Soap
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Son of Honeysuckle Conditioning Shampoo Puck - Summer Seasonal
Phoenix Shaving 2021 Advent Shaving Soap #4 Tokyo Rose
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements The Star Wisp 26mm Stygian Synth Hybrid Knot Shave Brush
Creative Flame Pottery Stoneware Shaving Scuttle
Supply Single Edge 2.0 PVD Coated Matte Black Die-Cast Zinc Alloy Injector Razor
Supply White Label Injector Blade - 9th Shave
Lancaster Razor Works Lavender Black Sheep Shaving Towel
Phoenix Shaving No Slip Grip Alum Block with Rubber Grip Band
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Alum Block Dry Dock System
Thayers Alcohol Free Lavender Witch Hazel Toner with Aloe Vera
Phoenix Shaving 2021 Advent Aftershave #4 Tokyo Rose
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Epic 5% Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) Serum
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Awesome Sauce Natural Deodorant - Sport Strength - Homage To A Classic Italian Barbershop Scent!
- Brush: Summer Break Soaps Zuma Tower B10 28mm
- Razor: Gold Plated Gillette Super Speed 47
- Blade: Perma-Sharp (1)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Island Man - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Ferox - Aftershave Balm
I don't believe you. 
| Pre | Face wash with Neutrogena Liquid Facial Soap |
| Soap/Cream | Ethos Lavender |
| Brush | Paladin El Dorado |
| Bowl | Captain’s Choice Copper |
| Razor | Gillette Red Tip |
| Blade | Astra SP |
| Aftershave | Thayers WH & L’Occitane ASB |
| Fragrance | Jimmy Choo Man Intense |
| Rating | 10/10 |
| Comments | Today I am mixing the old with the new. The old is my Gillette “Red Tip” razor – one of the first I bought after joining B&B. Previously, my razors of choice were adjustables – a Fat Boy and Slim I bought when I started shaving many years ago. The new is the Ethos Lavender soap – the last soap I bought. A decent shave but it confirmed my opinion that my face is not in love with the Astras as so many on B&B are. Nevertheless, with touch-ups, I was able to get a BBS shave. Have a great day and weekend, B&Bers. |
Friday December 17 - SOTD
Razor: Fatip Open Comb Slant
Blade: Schick Platinium (5)
Brush: Semogue 820
Soap: Cella
AS: Stirling Arkadia (New)
November restock, first use today.
Razor: Fatip Open Comb Slant
Blade: Schick Platinium (5)
Brush: Semogue 820
Soap: Cella
AS: Stirling Arkadia (New)
November restock, first use today.
Friday
Pre-shave: Eshu Skin Assist Face Wash /Baxter Beard Line-Up Shave Gel
Razor: Gillette Short Comb New
Blade: Voskhod
Brush: DS Cosmetic Ken Surfs 2020 Limited Edition 2-band
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Aftershave: Alum/Thayer’s Peach Witch Hazel/Alpha Unscented
Balm: Kiehl’s Facial Fuel
Pre-shave: Eshu Skin Assist Face Wash /Baxter Beard Line-Up Shave Gel
Razor: Gillette Short Comb New
Blade: Voskhod
Brush: DS Cosmetic Ken Surfs 2020 Limited Edition 2-band
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Aftershave: Alum/Thayer’s Peach Witch Hazel/Alpha Unscented
Balm: Kiehl’s Facial Fuel
Friday
Brush: Omega 13522 Pure
Cream: Derby Normal
Razor: '54 Z2 Super Speed
Blade: Indian Wilkinson
A/S: British Sterling
Cologne / Fragrance: Exceptional (??? a sample)
Mike
Brush: Omega 13522 Pure
Cream: Derby Normal
Razor: '54 Z2 Super Speed
Blade: Indian Wilkinson
A/S: British Sterling
Cologne / Fragrance: Exceptional (??? a sample)
Mike
2021-12-17
Ikea Bowl ¤ Vie-Long American Style ¤ Mühle R101 + Merkur Super
TOBS Tobacco Leaf ¤ Floïd 'The Genuine' ¤ Alvarez Gómez Barberia
Ikea Bowl ¤ Vie-Long American Style ¤ Mühle R101 + Merkur Super
TOBS Tobacco Leaf ¤ Floïd 'The Genuine' ¤ Alvarez Gómez Barberia
Blade: Kai (9)
Brush: Omega Mixed Midget
Bowl: Captains Choice copper
Lather: Cooper & French Santa’s Workshop
Balm: Neutrogena
Aftershave: Virgin Island Bay Rum
SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 2021
December is the cruelest month! I apologize to all my shave brothers and sisters for not posting the last two shaves, but besides losing a dear animal companion on Tuesday, I also lost a good friend’s wife to pancreatic cancer the next day. I’ve been spending the last two days with him, bringing over food and spiritus frumenti. After 7 decades we begin to lose the underpinnings (our wives) who provide the social platforms (friends and re’ships) for our lives. My good friend feels lost and adrift without his companion of 48 years. I do get it having been there myself.
Anyway, getting back to this morning’s shave. The German Import Act of 1879 put an end to the import of good Sheffield steel into Germany, and marked the rise of Solingen steel. This old 1840ish Boker & Co French Point cast steel blade always delivers a remarkable mug shave. I love the 9 Ball Slate touchup, just a few strokes followed by the constroption the night before. Two and a half passes, and I’m “smooth as a peach” to quote Hans, a Swedish shave bother. The Shake Sharp Mk 1.5 also delivered its usual two pass ATG noggin delight, leaving me velveteen smooth from shoulders to noggin.
RAZOR: H. Boker & Co. French Point 9/16 (Mug), Shake Sharp Mk1.5
BLADE: 2 Stacked Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE LE #007 Knurled Aluminum Handle Hybrid Knot
CREAM: Nancy Boy Signature Scent
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Nancy Boy Signature Scent AS Balm
December 17, 2021
Brush: Semogue Torga C5
Razor: Merkur 34C HD
Blade: Bolzano (4)
Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Stirling Green - Soap
Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Stirling Green - Aftershave
Ron R
I survived a lathey foreman
DE SOTD, Fri, Dec17th 2021
Razor: Yaqi 316 stainless steel head with a Yaqi Razzo Rocket handle- Mfg 2021, upper mid range(this head) 1st shave, the razor did a reasonable job of shaving, the machining of the head is not the best for centering blade 6.5/10, but the rest of the machining is very acceptable. It must be a hard to machine the top cap because I use to machine parts. There is enough blade feel that compensates for inaccuracies of centering the blade for my mature technique, but final results tell me that it is still a reasonable razor to work the face regardless IMO.
Blade: Gillette Atlas superior platinum(1)my test standard blade, sharp & smooth with good longevity.
Soap: Tabac, mild flowery scent with excellent lather qualities.(misted)
Brush: Yaqi Moka 26 mm 2band badger, excellent lather generator, pillow like soft tips, great scrubber + great painter.
Pre shave: Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of clear Aloe Vera gel on the cleaned beard area.
Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups.
Post shave: Razorock Emperor with witch hazel + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizing lotion(balm) + scentless.
Results: CCS,DFS,BBs + no irritation + 1 blemish weeper =
excellent shave with my Yaqi SS 316 head razor with a Gillette Astra SP.
Have some great shaves!
Razor: Yaqi 316 stainless steel head with a Yaqi Razzo Rocket handle- Mfg 2021, upper mid range(this head) 1st shave, the razor did a reasonable job of shaving, the machining of the head is not the best for centering blade 6.5/10, but the rest of the machining is very acceptable. It must be a hard to machine the top cap because I use to machine parts. There is enough blade feel that compensates for inaccuracies of centering the blade for my mature technique, but final results tell me that it is still a reasonable razor to work the face regardless IMO.
Blade: Gillette Atlas superior platinum(1)my test standard blade, sharp & smooth with good longevity.
Soap: Tabac, mild flowery scent with excellent lather qualities.(misted)
Brush: Yaqi Moka 26 mm 2band badger, excellent lather generator, pillow like soft tips, great scrubber + great painter.
Pre shave: Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of clear Aloe Vera gel on the cleaned beard area.
Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups.
Post shave: Razorock Emperor with witch hazel + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizing lotion(balm) + scentless.
Results: CCS,DFS,BBs + no irritation + 1 blemish weeper =
excellent shave with my Yaqi SS 316 head razor with a Gillette Astra SP.Have some great shaves!
Brush: Simpson T1
Razor: Gillette Heritage
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson
Soap: K Shave Worx Saratoga
Aftershave: Old Spice
Threw this little Omega into an order from Maggards on Black Friday. Turned out to be a good little latherer.
Friday 12/17 SOTD, a very nice DFS with two-passes, nothing amiss, simply really nice:
Pre-shave: just a shower
Razor: Maxwell June Twinned DE
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Green, Russian (2)
Soap: Stirling Varen
Brush: Vulfix 376 in Super Badger
Post-shave: cool rinse, and then a of decanted Clubman AS for Friday
Have a great weekend!
Pre-shave: just a shower
Razor: Maxwell June Twinned DE
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Green, Russian (2)
Soap: Stirling Varen
Brush: Vulfix 376 in Super Badger
Post-shave: cool rinse, and then a of decanted Clubman AS for Friday
Have a great weekend!
Razor: Valet AutoStrop VC4 Gold Single Edge Razor
Blade: Feather FHS10 single edge
Brush: Rudy Vey Badger & Blade 2020 Group Buy #4/30
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Shannon's Soaps Indigo Oud
Aftershave: Pinaud Lilac Vegetal
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Rose Petal
Imperial Leather Talcum Powder
SOD Friday December 17, 2021
Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Fendrihan
Pre shave: None
Lather: Proraso Blue (28)
Razor: Henson AL13 Mild
Face WTG-XTG-ATG
Head WTG:XTG-ATG
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock SharpEdge (1)
Razor: Gillette Styler
Post: Omega Alum Block
Post: Thayers Witch Hazel
Lotion: None
Balm: Proraso Blue Dopobarba
Have a great day!
Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Fendrihan
Pre shave: None
Lather: Proraso Blue (28)
Razor: Henson AL13 Mild
Face WTG-XTG-ATG
Head WTG:XTG-ATG
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock SharpEdge (1)
Razor: Gillette Styler
Post: Omega Alum Block
Post: Thayers Witch Hazel
Lotion: None
Balm: Proraso Blue Dopobarba
Have a great day!
SOTD, Friday, December 17th, 2021
Shower + Ach Brito Glyce face lather and rinse
D.R. Harris almond shave soap
D.R. Harris branded badger brush
Bacchus 6/8" straight razor
Cool washcloth rinse
Santa Maria Novella aftershave balm
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Shower + Ach Brito Glyce face lather and rinse
D.R. Harris almond shave soap
D.R. Harris branded badger brush
Bacchus 6/8" straight razor
Cool washcloth rinse
Santa Maria Novella aftershave balm
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17-12-2021
>> DecemBOAR, day 17 <<
Preshave: shower, frigid tap water
Brush: Semogue 1800
Soap: Ariana and Evans ~ Spartacus
Razor: Blackland Blackbird SS
Blade: Polsilver Stainless (7)
Post shave: frigid tap water, Ariana and Evans ~ Spartacus asl.
After having enjoyed a little site trip into SE-land with a bunch of great shaves provided by Blackland's Vector it was time to get back to a DE razor. And as expected, the combo of Blackbird and Polsilver provided a stunningly smooth and close shave. 2 passes, some touch-ups on my trouble spots - and my skin felt silky smooth again. Very nice!
Happy shaves!
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