Thread: SOTD - Sun Dec 20th - Sat Dec 26th

Originally Posted by SiRed8

Razor test: Dubl Duck #1
Brush test: Omega #10275
Cream: CO Bigelow
AS: Pinaud Lotion
Cologne: COB Black Elixir

How do you like the Bay Rum Constanza?

My Xmas shave from yesterday (we're now at the end of Boxing Day, here in NZ).

Brush: Semogue 2015
Soap: TGQ Autumn Spice (I love this soap now I've worked out how to get good lather from it)
Razor: EJ 89 w. new Astra Platinum blade (travelled home for Xmas, so no straights for me - still trying to perfect my shaving with a DE too)
AS: Witch Hazel, Pinaud Clubman
The shave: BBS, no irritation, no weepers, a brilliant start to Xmas Day.

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King
Soap: TSD Mojito
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Mastro Livi 8/8 Bergam Damascus in Mammoth Ivory Scales
ASB: Caswell-Massey Number Six

Old picture from my album. To see the Martinez' custom brush click the link over.
Sound Track: Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Album
shave: Relaxing BBS

Not a bad shave, ,but could have been better, some irritation but good enough....at least the weather is good, I'll go out to the patio to do some reading...("The Road" by Cormac McCarthy)

SATURDAY

Gem Micromatic OC
Gem Stainless Blade
Red Devil Wrath No Foam Shave Gel
Williams Shave Soap
Omega Synthetic Brush
Sharps After Shave Balm
Drakkar Nois Cologne

Beard Prep: Hot towel/ proraso pre-shave
Razor: Vintage Kaufmann
Strop: Dovo 40/40 canvas/leather
Brush: Men-U Boar
Soap: La Toja
Astringent: Thayers Red
AS: Proraso Splash
ASB: Trumper Skin Food in lime
Result: BBS!

Conclusion: Shave On!

An all-French affair for (almost) the last shave of 2009!

GB Kent T4
Monsavon
Thiers Issard, SRP Limited Edition 6/8
Roger & Gallet L'Homme After Shave Balm
Roger & Gallet L'Homme Fraiche EDT

Real Shaving Company Sensitive (did not care for this one, the moisturizing version is better for me, so this will go into the box I send my brushes out in...)
RV Finest
Dovo 1516
Alum Block
Pen's Opus balm
Pen's Pus cologne

Boy, I won't forget Christmas 2009 for a long time. The wife got me a brand new Filarmonica Double Temple (I know...I know, I have already posted it my SOTD Dec 23 shave) I also got myself a tub of Truefitt and Hill Grafton shaving cream. I am still in awe, the creaminess and moisturing properties of this cream are outstanding. Boy, the English sure know how to make shaving creams...on the other hand the spanish steel looped off two days of stubble growth like dusting off lint from my pants. Here's how it went.

>>Prep: Hot shower + proraso pre/post cream
>>Strop: SRD red latigo. Stropped Filarmonica 40/40.
>>Razor: Filarmonica Double Temple.
>>Brush: Omega. Lucretia Borgia silver tip badger hair
>>Cream: T&H Grafton
>>Cream was wipped in my new SRD bulldog mug
>>Astringent: Thayers Lemon
>>AS: Italian Floyd
>>Eau de Perfum: Castle Forbes - Gentlemen's cologne

Adult drink: Crioss - Argentinian Malbec

Brush: Vulfix 21mm Pure Badger
Strop: SRD 3" Latigo
SS: CarrieM's BRV
Razor: Boker Elite
AS: Aqua Velva Musk

Love that Boker!