Thread: Sunday November 15 ~ Saturday November 21

Wow...the body needed more sleep than I thought.

Slept a crazy 10 hours last night, and now I’m super enjoying my Tuesday off from work.

Wifey also happens to be off, so she handled the baby in the early morning. (Which is why I got to sleep-in so long).

Took my time and enjoyed a super long shower (which I normally never do), and had a crazy nice bowl lather.

This PAA “Blue Samhain” is soft and lathers incredibly well. And because of its softness, I use the synthetic brush with it, which gives me the perfect duo.

The soap scent is incredible and soft/smooth to the nose. But the splash is considered an aftershave and cologne mix...which makes the scent strength super strong and almost too harsh.

So a trick I do for splashes with super strong scents, is to squirt enough UNSCENTED balm in the palm of my hand (enough to cover my face and noggin), and then place a small amount of the splash in the same palm, and then rub my hands together to mix them well.

THEN I apply the mixture to both my head and face.

It works perfect, and gives me a very controlled amount of scent evenly distributed.

Anyhoo...shave today was spectacular with my custom Koraat.

Head and noggin are ready to meet the world.

Straight: Koraat (customized) 14-2.0
DE: Carbon Shaving CX-316L (head shave)
Lather: PAA “Blue Samhain”
Balm: Wholly Kaw “Bare Naked” (Unscented)
Splash: PAA “Blue Samhain”
Brush: WCS (synthetic)
Bowl: Captains Choice (large)

SOTD November 17 [ I guess I would categorize this as a stunt shave]

Razor: UpCircle Safety Razor
Blade: SuperMax
Brush: Boar
Soap: Bogue Milksoap - Chiefs Peak Blend No.17
AS: Aqua Velva

18 - November - 2020
SV Cosmo/ Voigt&Cop/ Gem Featherweight/ SV Cosmo As

Riga razor
Scrupleworks oil tanned strop
Thater shaving brush
Tabac shaving soap
Tabac aftershave

Wednesday's Shave
'Fire & Bone'
Tripoli Boarhide Strop
Noble Otter 'Lonestar'

SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 2020

RAZOR: Feather DX Wood Handle (Mug), Blackland Tradere (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC (Mug), Feather DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub.

Wednesday's Shave

Pre: Argan Oil Soap
Brush: Shavemac 28mm 2Bed
Razor: JA Henckels 6/8
Soap: Signature Soaps Coria
Splash: Cien Aqua
Balm: Bart's Lavender
Scent: Chanel Pour Monsieur

SOTD November 18

filarmonica No.13 Muleta

Tony Miller's Heirloom Notovan Old No.2

Omega's Proraso Boar Brush

Mr. Fine Green Vetiver Soap

Mr. Fine Green Vetiver Aftershave

Dominique Ropion Vetiver Extraordinaire edt

18 November 2020

Blackbird Polished SB
Wizamet Iridium Super
3-Band Super + ZenShave Snakewood C7
Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose
Unrefined Shea Butter
Bergamot/Vetiver EO

19 November 2020

Blackbird Polished SB 101
Wizamet Iridium Super
Maseto Shaving XD 2-Band + Oscar11 Amber Barbeiro
Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose
Unrefined Shea Butter
Bergamot/Vetiver EO