8 November 2020
Blackbird Brass SB 101
Wizamet Iridium Super
WSP 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
Mystic Water Bay Rum
Unrefined Shea Butter
Bergamot/Vetiver EO
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8 November 2020
Blackbird Brass SB 101
Wizamet Iridium Super
WSP 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
Mystic Water Bay Rum
Unrefined Shea Butter
Bergamot/Vetiver EO
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Double Duck ~ Satin Wedge
Castle Forbes ~Lime
Fendrihan Tuxedo
Late today due to commitments
Thanks to Celestino for starting the new week
Have a great week everyone
For 08 Nov to 14 Nov 2020
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Soap - Van der Lovett/Dutch Blue
Brush - Simpsons Chubby 2 handle/Maggards SHD 2 band badger knot
Razor - Kama
AS - Pinaud Clubman
No prep cold water 4 pass face lathered shave
Bob
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Tanifuji 40 Maxfli Gold
Strop Martin J. Rubin 4601 New York
Semogue TSN LE Boar
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Viktor & Rolf Spice Bomb Extreme Balm
Viktor & Rolf Spice Bomb Extreme Edp
Henckels 14 razor
Scrupleworks strop
Proraso Omega boar brush
Frankensuds
Nivea balm
Institut Karité Shea face cream
Phaedon Sable Marocain EdT
Leaves are turning brown gents.
Autumn in full swing.
Tunes: Miles Davis - Miles in the sky (1968)
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Iridium Super
Brush: Silvertip
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: Plisson
Balm: Penhaligon’s Endymion
Finale: Penhaligon’s Endymion
Coffee: New Guinea
Music: Rimsky-Korsakove — Scheherazade
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Max Sprecher 8/8 Spanish Point
Ethos Dragonsbeard
Mozingo ZT3
Sunday Morning
Dovo Best Quality 6/8"
Neil Miller-2.5"Latigo Leather
Simpsons Chubby 2, Synthetic
C&E Sienna, soap
Geo F. Trumper’s Sandalwood Skin Food & Cologne
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SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Today’s mug shave features a Chinese Gold Monkey razor obtained from Slash McCoy of Crescent City Razor. I've modified the original edge by killing it on the corner of my jasper stone and refinishing it in a series of decreasing slurry dilutions. The original edge shaved just fine, but my jasper stone has spoiled me. I’ve learned in my open edge journey that there are degrees of sharp, and the original edge pretty much defined the hard edge of the sharp spectrum. The refinish yielded that buttery smooth soft sharp edge I've grown to appreciate. In any case the star of this shave is the beautiful new Sapele wood/acrylic brush graciously built and provided to me by a friend at TSD. A new Omega Pro48 was the knot donor.
The new brush is an awesome lather machine. I own several Badger brushes, but my favorite brushes tend to be boar. While this brush has a way to go to be broken in, it still easily provided the two types of MWF lather I enjoy - the thinner, wetter lather for my mug shave and the thicker more yogurty lather I like for my head shaves. The Gold Monkey delivered an extremely smooth three pass (WTG, ATG, XTG) mug shave and my 2011 R41 equipped with its Weber handle felt great in hand and did the same for my two pass (ATG, ATG) dome shave. I feel velveteen smooth, cool and refreshed!
RAZOR: Gold Monkey 666 5/8 (Mug), 2011 Muhle R41 w/ Weber Handle
BLADE: Feather DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Sapele/Acrylic Handle w/ new Omega Pro48 Boar Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Osage Rub.