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Wednesday, August 4, 2021.
Floïd pre shave oil. Antiga Barbearia di Bairro, shaving soap. Thater 4125-3, two bands badger, silvertip bulb, 28x56, Ivory. Beter, Celeste, +6/8. Prada, Infusion d’home: lotion, balsamo aftershave & EdT.

Dovo Bismarck
Persian Musk
Horse and wood custom brush
Homemade balm

Razor: Kikuboshi 13/16
Strop: Tony Miller; Mastro !ivi
Brush: Synthetic
Cream: St. James of London
Finale: Royal Copenhagen

TM Old No.2|G5|AOS Badger|Proraso|Rocca Solingen|ProrasoAS

This razor has one of the thinnest hollow grinds I own. Sounds like scraping toast! I can’t seem to find much information on it, but it shaves my face famously…lol!

Have a Great Wednesday Gents!

Wednesday's Shave
'Fire & Bone'
Tripoli Boarhide Strop
arko
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Wednesday Shave

Preshave: Argan Oil Soap
Soap: Saponificio Varesino Felce Aromatica
Brush: 30mm Synbad Hulk
Razor: Tanifuji Wogen 7/8
Splash: Floid The Genuine
Balm: None
EDT: Encre Noire

Great shave this early morning.

Wifey was off, so I wanted to try something different that she enjoys as well.

Pulled-out the trusty ole, “Druantia”.

It is a unique scent that intrigued the wifey when she read the scent profile…which was the reason for me purchasing it.

Once it arrived I liked it, but I was not flabbergasted by it. So I never pulled-out all the stops and got the matching soap as well. (Which is the reason I always have unscented soaps and balms on hand. So I don’t waste a bunch of money on a unknown scent soap/balm/splash set that I am not sure I will like…or not. I just purchase the splash if no samples are available).

But I enjoy it, and wear it for a change. (Scent notes are: Cedar, oakmoss, rosewood, cyprus).

Like I mentioned above, I paired it with an unscented soap and an unscented balm. (I NEVER mix scents)!

I used my custom Koraat for the shave.

Overall outstanding shave.

Straights give me the cleanest, closest, most non-irritating shaves of any kind.

They even smash the shaves of a great DE razor shave.

As an example, my straight razors give me a cleaner, less irritated, face shave than my Carbon Shaving Cx-316L DE razor. (Which I use for my head).

But since I am not playing with shaving my noggin with a straight razor, I use a DE razor for that.

On top of that, shaving my head with a straight razor would be a slower process, which would lengthen my shave regimen to unacceptable times. (If I lived in the 1800’s, it’d be a different story).

Anyhoo…great shave, great scent, and wonderful skin food.

Crushing Wednesday.

Staright: Koraat 14-2.0 (custom shortened)
DE: Carbon Shaving Cx-316L (head shave)
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts “Incorporeal” (unscented)
Balm: Soap Commander “Integrity” (unscented)
Splash: Southern Witchcrafts “Druantia”
Brush: WCS Beacon (synthetic)
Bowl: Captains Choice (large)

Thursday, August 8, 2021.
Geo F Trumper's, Coral skin food, pre shave. Tabula Rasa, August: Shaving soap & EdT; no scent, gel aftershane. Yaqi brush R1605S, resin tuxedo. Jose Monserrat Pou: Filarmónica, Doble Temple, 14.

Tanifuji 40 Maxfli Gold
Strop Martin J. Rubin 4601 New York
Morris & Forndran Beehive Antique Ivory & Tortoiseshell
Martin de Candre Rose Shaving Soap
Neil's Yard Rose Mallow Moisturiser
Jo Malone Tuberose & Angelica Cologne Intense
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