SOTD “Obscure Shaving Gear/Den Diving/Archaeology Week” NOVEMBER 29th - DECEMBER 5th, 2021

[ouchyfoot]

Razor: Gillette 1952 Tech Bakelite Handle
Blade: Old Hickory - Red - 1930’s (3)
Brush: Henri et Victoria - Karma (synthetic) 25mm
Pre-Shave: CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser
Lather: Taylor of Old Bond Street - Sandalwood
Aftershave: Taylor of Old Bond Street - Sandalwood Aftershave Lotion
Additional Care:
Taylor of Old Bond Street - Sandalwood Luxury Gel

I’d rather fight than hickory switch
I’m having an aromatic TOBS morning. I think the Luxury Gel may be my favourite balm...very soothing. I really should pick up the sandalwood cologne as well.
My vintage Old Hickory blade gave me another fine shave. These old carbon blades really seem to like the 3 piece Tech razors…STAR DE as well.
I was thinking it might need to be binned after it’s third outing, but I decided to keep for another shave.

 

[VisceralWatch]

December 5, 2021

Brush: Semogue Torga C5
Razor: Karve Aluminum (SB-B Plate)
Blade: Dorco (2)
Lather: Noble Otter - Firefighter - Soap
Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Unscented - Liniment
Post Shave: Noble Otter - Firefighter - Aftershave
Fragrance: Australian Private Reserve - Carnivale - Eau de Toilette

 

[RenoRichard]

@ouchtfoot I just love your "Old Hickory" blade, never seen one before!

SOTD 12/5, two and 1/2 passes, plus a little clean up, an excellent shave with no issues:

Pre-shave: shower w/ goat's milk soap
Razor: Maxwell June twinned DE
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Black (1)- this blade did not feel quite as smooth as the green 7 but still a great shave, perhaps a tad sharper than the green 7; got this blade through the Great Blade Exchange- a wonderful B&B service overseen by member @dmshaver
Soap: Noble Otter Barrbarr- a sublime lather today with a fine scent
Brush: Simpson Duke 2 in Best
Post-shave: cool rinse, and then a nice splash of NO Barrbarr AS, just delightful

Have a great day!

 

[lasta]

Round 2 with the cyka blyat blade, not particularly enjoyable, but I've got 137 left, might as well put them to use.

Chinese Super Blue Tech head, custom handle, Classic Shaving badger (this thing is denser than Shavemacs), C&E Sienna, Mandom Lucido, Leningrad Krupskaya (production address, no idea about name other than "blade" "for technical use").

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Wilkinson Empire Model
Blade: Personna Gem PTFE modified for Wilkinson Empire
Brush: Jayaruh #163 White Queen in synthetic
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Caswell-Massey Newport
Aftershave: Duke Cannon Supply Company Ice Cold Balm
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
Imperial Leather Talcum Powder

 

[dmshaver]

@ouchtfoot I just love your "Old Hickory" blade, never seen one before!

SOTD 12/5, two and 1/2 passes, plus a little clean up, an excellent shave with no issues:

Pre-shave: shower w/ goat's milk soap
Razor: Maxwell June twinned DE
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Black (1)- this blade did not feel quite as smooth as the green 7 but still a great shave, perhaps a tad sharper than the green 7; got this blade through the Great Blade Exchange- a wonderful B&B service overseen by member @dmshaver
Soap: Noble Otter Barrbarr- a sublime lather today with a fine scent
Brush: Simpson Duke 2 in Best
Post-shave: cool rinse, and then a nice splash of NO Barrbarr AS, just delightful

Have a great day!

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That Maxwell June is a lovely razor!

 

[eezee]

12/02/21
Tabac
Shavemac Custom Silver Tip
11/16 Opinel
Tony Miller 3" Steerhide Strop
Omega Alum Stick
Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
Haslinger Sandalwood Balm
Dolce & Gabbana The One

12/03/21
Royal Otter Rawr
Muhle 21H 220 Rytmo Black Fiber
Muhle R41 (2013)
Gillette 7:00 Yellow (3)
Omega Alum Stick
Royal Otter Rawr
Nivea Sensitive Cool Balm

12/04/21
La Toja Shave Stick
Muhle Synthetic Silver Tip Travel Brush
Schick Type G Injector Razor
Schick Injector Blade (1)
Oleo Soap Works Bonaire

12/05/21
Reef Point Dragon's Blood
Vie-Long 14080
Schick Type G Injector Razor
Schick Injector Blade (2)
Omega Alum Stick
Floid Vigoroso
Pecksniff's Lemon, Cedar, & Amber Balm
Montblanc Starwalker

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[SharpieB]

Thanks for all of the great posts this week, all!

We are doing something a little different next week and the new thread will be up tonight.

Here’s a couple of hints…

 

[awk_m4]

Thanks for all of the great posts this week, all!

We are doing something a little different next week and the new thread will be up tonight.

Here’s a couple of hints…

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Take off eh!

 

[awk_m4]

SOD Sunday December 5, 2021
Second Shave of the day before heading out to a family event. Third shave with a Feather with amazing results!

Ever wonder how many shaves in each tub or tube of Proraso? See below in the Lather report!

Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Shave Nation
Pre shave: None
Lather: Proraso Red (72)
Razor: Henson AL13 Mild
Face WTG-XTG-ATG
Head WTG:XTG-ATG
Blade: Feather (3)
Razor: Gillette Styler
Post: Omega Alum Block
Post: Thayers Witch Hazel
Lotion: None
Balm: Proraso Red Dopobarba
Have a great day!

 

[Sinnbad11]

SOTD 12/5
Razor: Stirling Standard Plate
Blade: Nacet (11)
Brush: Zenith Boarzooka 31mm
Soap: Shannon's Coconut Lime
Aftershave: Coconut Lime Splash

 

[CapnPanther]

Sunday
Preshave: Eshu Skin Assist Face Wash / Baxter Beard Line-Up Shave Gel
Razor: Gillette Short Comb New
Blade: Voskhod
Brush: Yaqi High Mountain White
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Aftershave: Thayer’s Witch Hazel /Alum
Balm: Weleda After Shave Balm

 

[Vraad]

 

[dmshaver]

12/5/21 SOTD

RFB #44
Shick Plus Platinum
SOC
MdC Agrumes
4711

 

[ChrisPL68]

Razor: Gillette 1953 D-1 President
Blade: Gillette green
Brush: Made Rite #8 Custom boar
Soap: Proraso Red

 

[Gian66]

 

[Cal]

Brush: Shavemac "Kleiner Bayer" 14/42 Silvertip D01 2-Band
Soap: Vitos Red
Razor: 1947 Gillette Flat Bottom Tech GT
Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock Black (5)
ASL: La Rive Cabana

Another excellent shave.
I've settled back into my comfortable rut in ZenShaveLand again.


Happy shaves guys.

 

[RogerThat]

SOTD - Sunday Afternoon December 5, 2021

First Shave Haslinger Sheep Milk Shaving Soap! Very exciting!

Razor: 1953 Gillette Ball End Tech - mild but efficient vintage razor, nothing beats a Tech
Blade: KCG blade (2) - sharp & smooth winner! #2 on my Top 5 DE blades
Brush: Omega 10049 Boar Brush - my first brush, 3 years later, it's still one of my favorites
Soap: Haslinger Sheep Milk Shaving Soap - lathers easily, dense, creamy lather, stellar performer
Aftershave: Thayers Rose Petal WH, Pinaud Clubman A/S - Good combo and great scent
Growth: 50 hours
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG, cleanup
Rating: 10/10

Results: Relaxing Gillette Weekend shave. Mild razor, sharp blade, great soap, excellent shave!! Cold water, bowl lathered, smooth, comfortable BBS result. Very good cushion and protection. Good initial and residual slickness. No nicks, cuts, tugging or irritation. Excellent post shave skin feel, moisturized.

One of the Top Shaves Of The Year!!!

 

[SharpieB]

- Brush: Semogue SOC Mistura
- Razor: Wolfman WR2 1.35
- Blade: Dorco Prime (2)
- Soap: The Body Shop Maca Root and Aloe Cream
- Aftershave: The Body Shop Maca Root and Aloe Balm
- Post Shave: Thayers Rose AS Balm

Not THAT obscure, but you don’t see that many Misturas, Dorco Primes or Body Shop products.

Excellent Shave tonight!

BTW, the Canadian Themed SOTD thread is up. Join us tomorrow!

 

[Jgreenepa]

SOTD MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 2021

I own and prefer two types of replaceable blade barber’s razors, those using hair trimmer/hair shaper blades and those using Artist Club (AC) blades. My two favorites are the Tedalus Essence, which can also accommodate DE and injector blades, and my Feather DX, strictly an AC blade razor. Before the arrival of the Tedalus and the hair trimmer/hair shaper blade razors, my regular and only goto barber’s razor was the Feather DX, the razor I selected for this morning’s mug shave. When equipped with a Feather Super, there’s no straight razor on the planet that shaves closer.

I’ve owned the Feather SS barber’s razors, but never cared for the lip around the blade which never quite felt right to me. Although I’ve never shaved with the newer Feather SR model which came out a few months ago, I understand it is designed as a midpoint between the lipped SS and the lipless DX. The beauty of the DX model is that it was designed from the gingold to shave like a regular straight from a shave angle perspective, and that is what I like about it. After loading a fresh Feather Super it put the baby to bed in two and a half passes.

The collaboration between Schick and the International Silver company back in the 70s resulted in what has come to be called the Schick Type L “Paul Revere” model. I’ve always enjoyed shaving my dome with any of the Schick models that accommodate the Schick Twinblade, and Schick Injector models from the Type L onwards can do so. The “Paul Revere” model’s unique extended handle resembles what one might discover attached to a piece of silverware. It feels great in hand, and this morning completed a two pass ATG noggin shave that left your very happy narrator velveteen smooth from shoulders to dome.

RAZOR: Feather DX (Mug), Schick Type L “Paul Revere” Injector (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC (Mug), Schick Injector II Twinblade (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a 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 AC. Finished with Nancy Boy Signature Scent AS Balm.

 

[blantyre]

Timeless 0.95 Ti on Triad handle, Gillette spoiler, Tabac, Simpson Astor, Cade.