Thread: SOTD Monday Feb. 11th - Sunday Feb. 17th

Shower, shave head

Hot towel
Boar Brush
Pirate Cove Bay Rum & Ginger
Griffon Carbo-Magnetic #60

2 x WTG
1 x ATG

Cold Water Rinse
Dickenson's Witchhazel
Lucky Tiger Menthol Disappearing Cream on the neck
Pinaud Vanilla AS
more of the Menthol Disappearing Cream...lousy shave, and a nice rash
razor is not up to par yet

Wed

Rooney 1/1 Finest
TM RL strop
Roger & Gallet L'Homme soap
Filly DT 13
Aqua Velva


Jordan

Hot shower
C&E BBB
Provence Sante soap
Joseph Allen 5/8 med hollow barber's notch
TM Red Latigo starter strop x 50
WTG, ATG
Aqua Velva
Skin Food

Hot shower, soak brush and lather bowl in sink
Lather up, apply lather to face, apply hot washcloth to face
Rinse face, relather, reapply
Shave with Sheafworks 6/8
WTG X 2, right hand mostly
XTG, right hand only
Only one spot of blood, could be closer
Hot rinse for face, cold splash to close
Styptic pen on blood spot
Olay moisturizer on whole face





Go downstairs to cook bento box lunch

First time with the Filly and the Wars cream. Mighty nice...

A fine new razor plucked from customs today so thought it worth spending some time getting to know it this afternoon.

Hot towels
Pre-shave oil
Dovo strop
Kent BK4
Proraso shaving soap
Shaving bowl made by my wife
7/8 Joseph Elliot Celebrated razor
Hot towels
Proraso liquid creme after shave

New razor but no new cuts - more good news! S'pose I should really do some work now!

As I sit here writing this I have to keep rubbing my cheeks, I sometimes forget how good some of these older styles actually shave... The one this morning, was in the second drawer, that means it is not in my normal rotation... But it does not mean they are bad razors, you only have so much room for your normal rotation and then you have move some out of there.... This second drawer razor shined this morning;....




Steaming hot towel prep x 4
Hot water rinse
Build the Uberlather using a 28mm Silvertip Ebony Shavemac

Violet Uberlather:
Geo. F. Trumpers Violet shave creme
Classic Shave Violet shave soap
Pure Glycerin

Hot water rinse
Lather up
Razor: A 5/8 Frame-back Joseph Elliot's Best Silver-steel
Strop Illinois #827 Russian
20 laps linen
30 laps leather
Steaming hot towel over the lather
Re-lather
WTG pass
Hot water rinse
Re-lather
20 laps leather
XTG on the cheeks
ATG on the neck
Touch up on beard lines
Hot water rinse
Cold water rinse
Coffee Time!!!! Write in the SOTD, Relax
Hot Shower
Cold water rinse
Aftershave: A nice refreshing splash of Old Spice!!!!





Have a Great Day!!!!

Thursday:
5/8 Red Imp
Rooney Alibaba 1 Heritage
Coates Rose sc
DR Harris a/s milk
C&S No.88 Edt.



HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Shavemac, Custom in finest badger
Saint Charles Shave Lime Rose, SCS Limited Edition Shaving Cream
7/8, Red Imp #133, Round Point
WWR
Alum
CWR
Royall Lyme AS
Saint Charles Shave Savory Rose ASM
Saint Charles Shave Savory Rose EDT

Happy Valentines Day

Just noticed that the last 3 posts all included some type of red razor

Valentines day??????