Thread: Sun June 13th - Sat June 19th

SOTD
First use of a straight for sometime now due to some issues of late that rehab and a procedure and recovery has now allowed.

So I thought I would return with A&E’s Kaizan
A new 26mm High Density Silvertip Manchurian Ultralux Badger ‘Red Forge’ from Rich Man Shaving
Made it three passes without issue.
whew.

Nice!

Decided on a mentholated shave for today.

Something cooling, refreshing.

Weather will get a bit warmer the next few days, so it’s time for the summer scents and non-oily balms.

I decided to pull out the trusty Shapleigh - Diamond Edge.

Not the most expensive straight I own (actually it’s cheap as heck)…but definitely one of the sharper edges.

It is so sharp, that I liken it to the harshness of a Feather Blade. But it’s not - it’s a straight razor.

With a good soap, a great balm, and a sensitive shave touch, it was a spectacular shave.

Feeling good.

Straight: Shapleigh -Diamond Edge
DE: Carbon Shaving Cx-316L (head shave)
Lather: Captains Choice “Nor’Easter”
Balm: Captains Choice “Nor’Easter”
Splash: Captains Choice “Nor’Easter”
Brush: Wolf Whisker (Shavemac Silvertip)
Bowl: Captains Choice (large)

My first SOTD.

After shaving with this razor for several years -- and in a rare moment of wisdom -- I decided to send it off to the Idaho panhandle for a vacay, complete with spa treatment package and full-body makeover. Thank you, Glen for the magnificent result. Shaves like a dream. (My poor photography surely does an injustice to Glen's work.)

Prep: hot shower
Soap: Williams puck
Brush: Omega Pro boar
BUS (Butt-ugly strop, my own creation, 3" bridle leather)
Razor: Gottlieb & Hammesfahr Pyramide
AV Ice Blue
Olay SPF 15 (pale Irish skin and the S. Florida sun don't play well together)

Two way tie for FSOTD. Great photos as always gents,

Nicholas Gervais razor, Antwerp
Scrupleworks strop
New Forest Tubby badger brush
Scheermonnik Barbershop test batch shaving soap
Proraso green tea and oats balm
Shea butter
Zarkoperfume Pink Molécule EdT

17 June 2021

RazorRock Lupo 95
Wizamet Iridium Super
WSP 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
Mystic Water Sardinian Honey
Unrefined Shea Butter
Bergamot/Vetiver EO

Thursday, June 17, 2021.
Geo F Trumpers, skin food limes pre shave balm. Tabula Rasa, Herbs, shaving cream, and After Shave Gel "Cool & Blue". Heinrich L. Thater, synthetic hair, butterscotch. Friedr. Herder Abr. Sohn 30, +7/8, Solingen. Hermès: Terre d’Hermès, EdP.

Fighting the Hot weather!



Razor: Gong (Solingen) - 5/8" FH

Thursday's Shave
'Wire & Bone'
Tripoli Boarhide Strop
ARKO
Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Nivea Shave Balm

Thursday Shave

Preshave: Argan Oil Soap
Soap: Pannacrema Nera
Brush: 26 mm TDR Synbad
Razor: Manaslu 205
Splash: Hega Original
Balm: Eau de Cedrat
EDT: Aramis Havanna