🥅 🏒 🏈 ⚽️ ⚾️ 🏏 ⛳️ ⛷️ 🎣 🚴 “SOTD - Sports Theme Week - Show your local team colours” January 23rd, 2023 to January 29th, 2023

[ChrisPL68]

 

[saj]

Razor: MARS SE Modular Razor (Plate 7)
& Merkur 45 Bakelite
Blade: Leaf SE & Personna Platinum (Israeli)
Nivea Menmalist Liquid Shave Cream
Baxter of California Menthol Aftershave Balm

Brilliant shave, first time using the leaf se razor blade and the Israeli Personna Platinum not too bad all in all great shave

Don't really mind weight on razors but I really do enjoy these light razors

The Nivea mentalist shaving liquid cream is good, nice slickness, just applied it with my hands

 

[uptown]

Yaqi Sputnik
Gillette 7 O'Clock Black Wrapper
Prorasco Sandalwood Shave Cream
Q Shave Badger
Clubman Bay Rum

 

[ackvil]

Pre	Face wash with Neutrogena Liquid Face Soap
Soap/Cream	Martin de Candre
Brush	Yaqi 28mm Synthetic
Bowl	Captain’s Choice Copper
Razor	Feather AS-D2
Blade	Feather
Aftershave	Thayers WH & Proraso
Fragrance	TOBS Sandalwood
Rating	10/10
Comments	I am continuing to use MdC. This is the 7th shave with this wonderful soap. Today’s brush is a big boy: the Yaqi 28 mm synthetic. Since it is a large brush I had to be careful not to load too much soap and waste it! The brush made an abundance of lather. I switched razors today and went with the next one in my rotation: the Feather AS-D2 with a Feather blade. Close and smooth was the shave. Have a great day.

 

[awk_m4]

Saturday January 28, 2023
Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper Bowl
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts Incorporeal
Razor: Henson Ti22 V2 +
Blade: Feather (1)
Post: Osma Alum Block
Post: Southern Witchcrafts Carpathia

 

[Gian66]

 

[Sascoman]

Lambda Ares V2 // Nacet // Trotter Handcrafts handle w Longshaving Reserve IV Manchurian knot // Ethos

 

[hopper_64]

Saturday January 28 - SOTD

Gillette Super Click
Gillette Rubie (6)
Yaqi Red Marble 24mm
Mitchell's Wool Fat
RR American Barber

 

[Ron R]

SE SOTD, Saturday, January 28th 2023

Razor : Ever-Ready Streamline, 2nd generation- Mfg 1949-53, upper mid range, well built and it is eye candy to myself, it was one of the high end Ever-Ready razors they built. excellent shave this morning.
Blade : Gem Personna SS PTFE(10) very sharp, great longevity, smooths out nicely, predictable + safest blade to handle.
Soap : Razorock Classic, nice cherry almond scent with excellent lather qualities.
Brush : Yaqi "Sagrada Familia"22mm 2band badger, excellent lather generator, pillow like soft tips, excellent splay scrubber, great lather painter. Small handle might not be for large hands + great knot and one of my favorite badger brushes to use .
Pre shave : (Dedicated Cashmere synthetic)Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser with a dollop of clear Aloe Vera on the cleaned beard area.
Prep : Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. WTG + ATG + pickups.
Post shave : + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizing lotion(scentless).
Results :CCS,DFS,BBs + slight irritation + no weepers= excellent shave on my Ever-Ready streamline razor with a coated Gem blade. I toss the Gem blade after 10 uses regardless how well it is cutting because I averaged this blade years ago and this one needed to be tossed.

Have some great shaves!

 

[Beto Salatini]

SOTD January 28th
GRUME January 2023
BADGERary 2023
Semogue Saturdays

Great weekend and wonderful shaves, dear friends!

 

[arnuld]

• PREP: Warm water bath
• LATHER: LASER 3 Sports shaving Foam
• BRUSH: Ajay (locally manufactured but far better than what Gillette sells at double the price)
• RAZOR: Gillette Permasharp (green color). 100% plastic, tiny 3" handle, almost no weight (check pics)
• BLADE: Gillette Permasharp
• ALUM-RUB: Yes
• AFTER-SHAVE: Brooks Aftershave lotion and Bewakoof After Shave Gel
• MOISTURIZER: Patanjali Aloe-vera Gel
• MUSIC: Tony Bennet - Cold, Cold Heart

I changed 2 things in my shaving: very little pressure and I mapped by beard (where hair are growing in each direction? and then use the razor angle for WTG according to that).

Had been reading this forum since last few days. Have read 500+ posts I think and learned one of the most overlooked things in wetshaving: it's not about the razor, it's about your technique, it's about your skill of using almost no pressure and having a correct angle. It's not 30 degress for everyone and every razor, it changed with the razor and the person.

1. This time I had put very light pressure. Trying to refine my technique. Since the razor has almost zero weight, it's very difficult use the gravity to cut the hair . I still tried and ended with zero nicks. First time since I picked up Shavette and DE safety razor, I had no nicks and no blood . This is almost an accomplishment.
2. For the price, razor is extremely good. It's on the milder side. It was a 3-pass shave but on the chin, where I have thick hair, it took 4-5 passes to clean-shave. Since I was very cautious and alert about very light pressure, I have very very less irritation afterwards. Otherwise I always had sensitive skin after shaving. Even after 24 hours of shaving, skin used to be sensitive to touch. It's reduced by a great margin now.
3. Even though this is very mild razor, it still gives better clean-shaven look compared to Gillette Mach3, Presto and Guard
4. Little bit of alum-rub sting I had on chin + lower neck/throat area where hair are in strange directions and hence could not angle razor properly for every single hair.
5. Brooks aftershave is just average compared to Old Spice. Great thing about it is it's spray-nozzle. Spray from Brooks bottle comes out evenly, not more, not less, not in any direction except of where you aim. Can't say the same for Old Spice atomizer. Brooks does not make your skin dry but does not moisturize it either.
6. Bewakoof after shave gel: 100% non-greasy but has very less moisturizing effect. I have oily skin and I still have to put a lot to remove the post-shave dryness. DRACF aftershave lotion is actually better than this. Much better.
7. All the stuff is from INDIA

... A Better Day Today ...​

 

[Chard52142]

Sat 28 Travel SOTD
Soap & Aftershave Yaqi Musketeer Rapier
Brush Yaqi 24mm Cavern Lake 2 Band Badger
Razor Gillette Tech
Blade Gillette 7 O'clock Super Stainless 1st
The soap & splash smells very nice. The lather qualities are good enough.
This shave with the simplest of razors paired with an excellent blade was just great! 3passes for a bbs finish...

 

[Ted A]

Razor: Focus Dynamic
Blade: Timor (2)
Brush: Yaqi synthetic
Bowl: Captain’s Choice Copper
Lather: Stirling Baker Street
Aftershave: Bootleggers Perfecto
Balm: Duke Cannon

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Gillette The New Short Comb, Common Bar
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (German)
Brush: Elite Razor Kingman Turquoise, Manchurian White fan
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Noble Otter Lone Star
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented

 

[eezee]

1/28/23
Haslinger Schafmilch
H.L. Thater 4376/3 Silver Tip
5/8 Dovo-Inox
Tony Miller 3" Fast Bridle Strop
West Coast Shaving Alum Block
Speick
Nivea Sensitive Cool Balm
Versace Pour Homme

 

[motto]

SOTD 20230128
Prep: Myrsol Masaje Antesol
Bowl: Sapoificio Varesino Olive Wood
Brush: Saponificio Varesino 2.0
Soap: Moon Soaps Tabacco Flower
Razor: Lambda Athena
Blade: Sputnik
Post: Alum Rub
AS: Myrsol Masaje Antesol
AS Balm: Moon Soaps: Tabacco Flower

Best Regards
Marco

 

[PRobots]

SOTD // Wolfman Ti WR2 SB 1.65 WRH 3/7 // Grooming Dept Tobacco Oud Soap // ETHOS Clean Splash // Simpson M7 Manchurian Butterscotch // Captains Choice Copper Bowl // Perma-Sharp

 

[arnuld]

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Razor: Focus Dynamic
Blade: Timor (2)
Brush: Yaqi synthetic
Bowl: Captain’s Choice Copper
Lather: Stirling Baker Street
Aftershave: Bootleggers Perfecto
Balm: Duke Cannon

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Love the Razor

 

[wes1953]

1941 Gillette Ranger
Astra SP (6)
Sterling Black Cherry Soap
Hand Made Silvertip Badger Brush
Nevia AS Balm

 

[BroRat]

Gillette British Rocket / British Wilkinson Sword / Rubberset 26mm Boar / Mitchell's Wool Fat / Pitralon Classic AS​