Thread: Sunday September 6 - Saturday 12 September 2020

7 September 2020

* Charcoal Goods Level 3 OC + Stork Ex Brass
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* Shavemac Silvertip 2-Band Black
* Mystic Water Bergamot/Cedar/Juniper
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

Blasberg razor
Scrupleworks strop
J&T badger brush
Coate’s shaving cream
Proraso balm
Institut Karité cream
Sable Marocain EdP

Razor: Friedr. Herder 6/8 in bone
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Simpsons Polo 8 super
Soap: Zingari Man
Balm: OneBlade lavender
Finale: Halston
Coffee: Uganda
Music: Glazunov — The Seasons

Lavender shave today using my freshly honed NOS Gens 6/8. It took a beautiful edge with the nicest bevel.

Monday's Shave

Pre: African Black Soap
Brush: Shavemac 24mm Synbad
Razor: Filarmonica 13
Soap: Saponificio Varesino Felce Aromatica
Splash: Skin Bracer
Balm: Bart's Amber and Jasmine
Scent: X-Bolt from Lidl

Monday's Shave
'Blue Mosaic'

SOTD MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Yesterday’s shave was spectacular, but I’ve been troubled that my Feather SS razor was creating bad shaving angle habits. So I borrowed my son, Ben’s DX Barber’s Razor that was literally covered in dust. He hadn’t used it in years apparently, and had no interest in ever using it again. After shaving with it, I traded him an old Triumph Spitfire overdrive transmission of mine he’s wanted that I’ll never use and that he plans to adapt for his Triumph GT. It was just taking up space in my garage. We’re both happy. He’s got a 50 yr old gummed up transmission and I have a practically brand new Feather DX. As my friend Bill Morgan (@Edison Carter) said, it shaves and feels much more like a straight than the SS model I’d been using. After loading it and my Colonial General V2 with Feather Supers I was ready.

This morning I decided to shave both face and dome with Nancy Boy Signature shave cream. I still really like this cream, although it’s a bit thicker than I like for my mug shaves. Despite that all went well. The Feather DX is heavier in hand than the SS model, and without the SS lip surrounding the blade shaves at a much more natural straight razor shave angle.. This razor is a definite keeper. The shave was sharper than yesterday’s shave with the Nichiri Tokusen straight razor which I attribute to the Feather Super blade. Despite that, the three pass (WTG, ATG, XTG) sheared last night’s stubble right down to the skin line. I had one very minor set down error at the beginning of the shave because I began with the old Feather SS angle. Once I adjusted to a more traditional straight razor angle everything proceeded beautifully. The General delivered its usual flawless one and 1/2 pass (ATG, ATG) dome shave. I feel smooth, refreshed, cool, clean and velveteen! Enjoy your Labor Day shave brothers and sisters! Stay safe and healthy,

RAZOR: Feather DX Wood Scales (Mug), Colonial General V2 w/ Silversmith Handle (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC (Mug & Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: Alpha Shaving T-400 Tribute w/ 26mm Two Band Badger Knot
CREAM: Nancy Boy Signature
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash.

6/8 Potomac Hardware Co. ( German )
SRD Roo.
Castle Forbes, 1445
Ever-Ready, Black Badger.
Clubman Original.

Dovo Mammut
Zingari Man #7 With a 26 mm V7 fanchurian knot. Made by John at Grizzly bay brushes
Zingari Man The Watchman sample (great surprise when I opened my brush package)

Great new scent from Zingari man! (I think it’s not on the market yet couldn’t find it)

SOTD September 7
Erik Anton Berg Eskilstuna Sweden
Heirloom Razor and Strop Co. Old No.2 Horsehide
Saponificio Varesino TSC Brush
Stirling Soap Co. Margaritas in the Arctic Glacial Soap and After Shave