🪒 🪒 “SOTD - New Shaving Gear Theme Week” January 31st, 2022 to February 6th, 2022 🪒 🪒

[awk_m4]

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SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Today is my birthday shave, and this is a big one for me! Eight years ago I was informed by three medical schools in Philadelphia that my rare, extremely aggressive bone cancer was inoperable. They recommended I consider hospice and get my affairs in order. Since I’d just lost my wife of 38 yrs to metastatic breast cancer two years earlier, I didn’t feel like being cooperative!

I contacted my old team medic, now a retired Professor of Rheumatology and he hooked me up with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX., the oldest dedicated cancer research and treatment facility in the US. My problem was that my aggressive tumor had engulfed three ribs on my left side, the bottom lobe of my left lung and a third of my diaphragm.

As each of the docs I’d consulted in Philly explained, the cancer I had didn’t respond to chemo or radiation. The only recourse was surgery. And it wasn’t like they couldn’t excise the tumor, they just had no FDA approved means of putting me back together afterwards.

The really great thing about MD Anderson is that they aren’t generalists like most community oncologists. They’re all specialists, each headed up by a medical director with decades of experience in a particular cancer. In my case, my surgeon had specialized in my very rare bone cancer for almost three decades. They accepted me as a patient with the proviso that I agree to be a research subject for five years!

A team of four surgeons and 11 hours of surgery and the use of a non-FDA-Approved bovine nano mesh to put me back together and here I am eight years later. The date of my surgery was June 11, 2014. Two years later on June 11, 2016 I married my child bride who turned 65 yesterday.

I would like to express my gratitude to all the wonderful people I’ve met in this wonderful wet-shaving hobby we all share together. Thanks for your friendship and willingness to engage with this retired old guy missing three ribs, the bottom lobe of his left lung and a third of his diaphragm, regardless of your age, background or experience.

Anyway back to my 75th birthday shave! I selected my Iwasaki 33 11/16 for my mug shave this morning. It was advertised as shave ready, but not for this Mediterranean beard after taking the seller at his word on my first shave with it! I restored the edge on my coticule and finished it on the 9 Ball Slate and the Jasper stone. This morning’s shave was sweet! Two and a half passes and I was smooth as my great granddaughter’s behind!

I tend to prefer SE’s over DE’s, but my Eclipse Red Ring is no slouch and can definitely hold its own! This little DE is surprisingly efficient. Especially, when fitted with a new Kai blade which tends to be just a smidge wider than most DE blades and quite sharp! Two ATG passes put the baby to bed and in the process left yours truly smooth as a peach after his 75th birthday shave was completed to the Traveling Wilbury’s “Handle With Care”!

RAZOR: Iwasaki 33 11/16 (Mug), Eclipse Red Ring (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Pure Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys WH. Finished with Canoe Original EdT

That is so awesome!!! What a remarkable recovery!!! Happy Birthday !!!!

 

[wulf-dancer]

 

[SharpieB]

- Brush: Simpson Tulip 3 Super
- Razor: Razorock Hawk 3
- Blade: Feather Pro Super (1)
- Soap: First Canadian Shave MFer
- Aftershave: FCS MFer

 

[J-MN]

Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Lord, Platinum
Brush: Saponificio Varesino, 2.0 High Mountain White Manchurian
Soap: Saponificio Varesino, Dolomiti (in EJ container)
Post Shave: Duke Cannon, After-Shave Balm

 

[bubo_strix]

Head Shave~
Prep: Hot shower, Proraso rinfrescante beard wash and Proraso mint and rosemary beard scrub on beard and scalp.
Pre: micro lather from loading soap.
Soap: Cella SOTMC
Razor: FOCS
Brush: Semogue soc boar
Blade: Nacet (2) OBIF
Post: Warm rinse, alum, cold rinse.
AS: Thayer’s coconut water WH, Proraso red balm.
Beard: Luxurious Bastard’s Dark Bastard oil.
Soundtrack: Animal Collective - Time Skiffs (new today! )

3 passes, WTG, XTG, ATG + PU

I haven’t been doing three passes lately but today I felt like indulging in a little extra shave time. Feeling less and less feedback from the alum with each shave. Dolphin smooth. 10/10

 

[RenoRichard]

@Jgreenepa - Happy Birthday, and thank you for sharing your inspiring story- God bless you and your wife!

Friday SOTD- two passes to BBS-, super nice shave, no mishaps or irritation:

Pre-shave: an hot relaxing shower
Razors: Maxwell June twinned DE
Blade: Perma-Sharp Super (3)
Brush: DS Cosmetic 22mm super badger- pretty recent acquisition; a bit of a lather hog today, but it may loosen up some with use
Soap: B&M Seville- a nice lathering pleasant scented soap with good performance
Post-shave: cold rinse, then some Floid Black AS, my most recent AS purchase

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Wilkinson Bonded Razor
Blade: Wilkinson Bonded Single Edge Cartridge
Brush: Rudy Vey Badger & Blade 2020 Group Buy #4/30
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Shannon's Soaps Indigo Oud
Aftershave: Shannon's Soaps Indigo Oud Aftershave Splash
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Rose Petal
Imperial Leather Talcum Powder

 

[VisceralWatch]

February 4, 2022

Brush: Yaqi Rainbow Synthetic
Razor: Wolfman WR1 .80
Blade: Bolzano (7)
Lather: Penhaligon's - English Fern - Soap (tallow)
Post Shave: Penhaligon's - English Fern - Balm
Fragrance: Penhaligon's - English Fern - Eau de Toilette

 

[DBshaves]

- Brush: Simpson Tulip 3 Super
- Razor: Razorock Hawk 3
- Blade: Feather Pro Super (1)
- Soap: First Canadian Shave MFer
- Aftershave: FCS MFer

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How is the Hawk? I've been thinking about buying one

 

[eezee]

2/4/22
Reef Point Submariner
Semogue 610
Schick Eversharp Type G Injector Razor
Ted Pella (9)
Omega Alum Stick
Old Spice
Nivea Sensitive Cool Balm
Montblanc Starwalker

 

[sarimento1]

SOTD, Friday, February 4th, 2022

Shower + Ach Brito Glyce face lather and rinse
G.F. Trumper's sandalwood shave soap
Rudy Vey badger brush
Filarmonica 6/8" straight razor
Cool washcloth rinse
The Art of Shaving sandalwood aftershave gel + cologne

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[SharpieB]

How is the Hawk? I've been thinking about buying one

I highly recommend the V3 in stainless. It is an excellent shaver.

The aluminum v2 isn’t nearly as good. Too light, the head is huge and it just feels cheap IME. It IS inexpensive, but I never use my v2.

 

[Cal]

Brush: Shavemac "Kleiner Bayer" 14/42 D01 Silvertip 2-Band
Soap: Vitos Red
Razor: 1947 Gillette Flat Bottom Tech GT
Blade: Willy's (4)
ASL: Clubman VIBR

An excellent shave.
All is well in ZenShaveLand.


Happy shaves guys.

 

[dmshaver]

2/4/22 SOTD

Goodwill #160
Nacet
Turn N Shave handle w/ Elite Razor 26mm HMW
Ethos Lavender
Lucky Old Man

 

[timetofly]

Soap: The one loved by the world - Arko
Brush: RR 400
Razor: '61 195
Blade: Astra SP
AS: Pinaud Clubman

 

[ram57]

Saturday SOTD

Razor: Steampunk Gillette Slim Adjustable I-4
Blade: SuperMax SP Tiger (6)
Brush: Nathan Clark Envy White 27mm Anodized Bronze
Bowl: ShaveWorks 4.25"
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGLO Lavender
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Mojito
Shave Soap: Moon Soaps Trade Winds
Balm: Moon Soaps Trade Winds
Aftershave: Shulton Old Spice​

 

[ChrisPL68]

Razor: Gillette 1960 Fatboy
Blade: Silver Star
Brush: Made Rite #275, 24mm silvertip
Soap: Proraso Red

 

[Sig Solo]

Razors: Henson - AL13 Medium & Ti22 Aggressive.
Blade: Feather - Hi Stainless x2 (2) .
Brush: Yaqi - Ferrari - Cashmere 24 mm synth.
Shaving Soap: OSP - Barbershop.
After Shave: Stetson - Original.
After Shave Balm: Noxzema - Classic
Bowl: HC&C - Stainless Steel, Straight Walls - Black.

 

[Korn8]

New to me Kismet hair shaper style shavette with a new Kismet blade in it
Soap:MWF
Brush: Custom Doug Korn 24mm boar
Post: SV Dolomiti splash

 

[Serjames]