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

Late Saturday night shave

7/8ths W&B wedge new mahogany scales by Josh
TM Latigo linen
Simpson PJ2 super
Tryphon permafrost
MB summer ASB
Styptic pencil

HWR
Conditioner
Hot towel
lather
strop 20/45
hot towel
lather
shave 1 pass down
strop 20 leather
shave 1 pass xtg on cheeks and up on neck
hot towel
shave another pass down on neck and up on cheeks

Good formula for a irritation free shave. Not quite as close as an atg pass but good enough for me! Couple very small nicks on the chin though.

Shavemac 2007 Custom Forum Brush
Penhaligon's English Fern Soap
Escher Touch Up
3" HandAmerican Red Latigo Old Dog Strop
8/8+ Chandler Damascus / Amboyna Burl Scaled
Pinaud Clubman Aftershave
Penhaligon's English Fern EDT


Very Nice Shave

Saturday Night Special

6/8 Double Arrow, with microbevel (double taped spine re-honing, stropping)
stropped 20x 0.5 micron diamond pasted leather, 20x newspaper
Sappo Hill almond soap + bentonite clay + dollop of Noxzema (nice looking and feeling lather, but it dried out before each pass, not good)
soaked beard in Noxzema while I made lather -> hot towel over Noxzema
lather -> hot towel over lather -> re-lather
1x N to S -> hot towel -> re-lather
1x XTG -> hot towel -> re-lather
1x ATG
warm water rinse and a little touchup
shower
cold water rinse
1:1 cocoa butter:Superior 70 bay rum

Nothing was bleeding after the shave, and it felt pretty darn smooth <Borat>Nice!</Borat>... I did restrain myself from pushing it at the end while touching up, and I'm glad I did!

Hot shower, olive oil soap prep
Trumper's Coconut SC in Georgetown scuttle
CE BBB
Henckel's 5/8 round point
TM RL x 50 laps
WTG
XTG
20 laps
ATG
Ray's mentholated skin food
TOBS No 74 Lime AS

Using:
Dovo 5/8 Ebenholz Silver Steel Round point
Adam Tracksler Silvertip brush
The Gentleman's Quarter Oak Moss sample (I really liked it!)

Quick Shower
Hot towel treatment
Lather
Hot towel
Relather
WTG/XTG mixed
Relather
Same
Cool water rinse
Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel
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Off to play some triumphant Madden on my Wii

Shavemac, Custom in finest badger, Knot Size 23 mm in black
Proraso Eucalyptus Shaving Cream
6/8 Puma #1938, Solingen, French point
"Tony Miller" Heirloom Artisan 3" Linen / Red Latigo Handled Strop, 10 / 50
WWR
Alum
CWR
Proraso AS
Proraso ASB

room temperature
13° Celcius

shower
Face wash + massage with Savon de Marseille (70% oil d’olive)

hot towel
2x Hot towel to open the pores (heaten in microwave oven for 1 min.)

pre-shave
none

razor
Filarmonica #13

brush
Omega boar bristle (soaked in water for approx. 3 min.)

bowl
Stainless steel lather bowl ‘au bain-marie’

lather
Arko ‘Komando’ shaving cream (almond)

Lather up

razor preparation
Dovo Strop
50x passes Leather side (alignment)

shave
Re-lather
1st pass WTG + WWR + hot towel + re-lather
2nd pass ATG + Touch Ups + WWR
Alum block
CWR to close the pores

finish
Hema aftershave soothing balm
Arko ‘Komando’ aftershave splash


Verdict: 8,5


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Becoming a big fan of the Arko products