Thread: Sunday August 30 ~ Saturday September 5

SOTD August 30
F.W. Soderen & Co. Eskilstuna Sweden
Heirloom Razor Strop Co.
Saponificio Varesino TSC Brush
Proraso Red

Blazeku razor
Scrupleworks strop
Proraso Omega boar brush
Menrock Black pomegranate shaving soap
Nivea balm
Sable Marocain EdT

M Hunter & Son
Dr Jon's
Thater
Institut Karite

This has been it since my last SOTD
Noxema preshave
Musgo Real soap
RazorRock brush reknot Ted
Henckels 14 in carbon steel
Horse strop
Pre de province balm

31 August 2020

* Blackbird Brass SB 101
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* WSP 2-Band + Oscar11 Aquamarine C7
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

Monday's Shave

Pre: African Black Soap
Brush: Shavemac 26mm Custom
Razor: Ern Ator 5/8 Straight
Soap: PAA Gondolier
Splash: Skin Bracer
Balm: Bart's Unscented
Scent: Lidl No.1

I rescued this little Ator 5/8 and cleaned him up , I have the larger version too, both are great razors.

Monday's Shave
'Blue Mosaic'

SOTD MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 2020

I’ll also launch Single Edge September a day early! Thanks to the largesse of my son, Ben, and several safety razor for straight razor exchanges, I now possess more straight razors than I ever expected to own. The roughest looking is this Tanifuji Airi which also happens to possess a simply divine, buttery-smooth blade. Yeah, Joes (@Trigger & @JACarbone), I think I finally get it! This Japanese Silver Steel blade really holds an edge. Ben has taught me the benefits of burnishing the edge prior and after shaving. My little jasper hone and this well-used Tanifuji make beautiful music together, and the three pass (WTG, ATG, XTG) result speaks for itself, another very comfortable VBBS mug shave.

The dome shave was every bit as good. Colonial Razor builds one heck of a blade holder. I own both their Silversmith and General V2. For today’s shave, I swapped out the General handle for the Silversmith. Kyle Evans, the designer with his twin, Kirk, points to Colonial silverware embellishment as one of his design cues for this Silversmith handle which replaced the original. Although a bit tea-pot looking the knurling and weight in combination with the General head feel great in hand.

The freshly palm-stropped Feather Super obliterated the 48 hrs of noggin growth right down to the skin line in its usual effortless fashion. The Rearden Razor synth brush did a great job whipping up the two different MWF lathers I enjoy for my morning shave . I shave with DEs, Injectors, Gems, and AC razors, and can obtain a VBBS with all, but must admit that easiest and most enjoyable for me (YMMV) arrival in VBBS land has always been through my AC razors. I am refreshed, cool, clean and AC-smoothed velveteen.

RAZOR: Tanifuji Airi (Mug), Colonial General V2 with Silversmith handle (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Rabid Banana Preshave Cube
BRUSH: Rearden Razor 316L SS Synthetic
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash.

SOTD 20200831 Cera Una Volta
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Nero Ardesia Luxury Shaving "Guerra di Piero"
Finest Badger HD, 24x55x110mm
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Saponificio Varesino 1945 "Felce Aromatica"
Beta 4.3 Reformulated, Aluminium Limited Edition 2017 / Dopo Barba Lozione
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FrankenRazor Katana Light
(Yaqi Single Edge Cobbled Half DE (SCHaDE) / Yaqi RAC 1712 Halo Aluminium)
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Personna Platinum Chrome Super Stainless #7
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
#WaxUponATime #CeraUnaVolta
#ShavingSoap #AUgust #Test



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