Thread: SOTD - Sun Feb 28th - Sat Mar 06th

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Location: 36° 10' 25.3416" - 115° 20' 33.198"

Razor: Sta-Sharp

Brush: Simpson Polo 10 - 28-58

Cream: Wars

Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel

A/S: Vétiver Carven

EDT: Vétiver Carven

Result: I'm in heaven

Location: 40°50'38.61"N 73°56'19.68"W
Music: Bill Evans What Is This Thing Called Love
Razor: CV Heljestrand MK No 42 of Eskilstuna and H. & J.W. King of New York
Brush: Rudy Vey Horn 2 Band
Soap: Penhaligon's English Fern
Astringent: Ogallala Bay Rum
AS: Aveda+444
Result: Big shave test, an old Swedish favorite in ivory (thanks gugi) and a new big Sheffield blade in gnarly-beautiful horn scales. I'll let you guess which one brought it on home.

Razor: John Hassall, 64 St Pauls Churchyard, 11/16 near wedge with bone/acrylic lined scales
Brush: Comoy Badger Hair
Soap: Proraso
Astringent: Witch Hazel
A/S: Nivea Replenishing Balm
Beard: 4 day growth
Shave: One Pass WTG
Result: Cant quite call it BBS, but smooth enough for a Sunday, I love this wedge

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger.
Soap: Mama Bear Aged Spice in my Granddad's shave mug.
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Mastro Livi 8/8 Bergam Damascus in Mammoth Ivory Scales
ASB: Mama Bear winter Aged Spice


Soundtrack: Anne Sophie Mutter - Mendelssohn
Slow, comfortable, relaxing BBS shave.
Have a great week!

Razor: ERN - Ator (Rescaled and restored by Max.. Again a fantastic job. It gave me one of the best shaves I have ever had. And what beautiful scales. The pins are perfectly tightened and the blade itself is out of this world. THANKS a million Max. You are truly a gifted man..

Prep: Lucky Tiger - Face Scrub / Proraso Pre-Shave Cream

Strop: Jemico

Brush: BOND of Oxford Street

Soap/Cream: Omega

Astringent: Proraso - Sul filo del Raso / Thayers - Lemon Witch Hazel / Proraso Post-Shave Cream

A/S: Lucky Tiger - After Shave & Skin Tonic

Moustache Wax: Lucky Tiger

Shave: WTG - XTG - ATG

It might seem like overkill to use the proraso astringent+witch hazel+post shave cream, and it might well be.. but I have found what is, for me, the perfect combination. I get absolutely no irritation, no red spots.. no burning.. just a fantastically smooth, healthy feeling face.

Pre-shave: Proraso Pre Barba Sensitive

Brush: Williams acrylic handle with Golden Nib silvertip knot

Lather: Godrej Shaving Round

Razor: Globusmen First Class #37 4/8"

Post-shave: Geo F. Trumper Extract of West Indian Limes Skin Food

Scent: Penhaligon's English Fern e.d.t.

SUNDAY

Merkur 1904
India Wilkinson
Tweezerman Badger
Ogallala Bay Rum Sweet Orange SS
Ogallala Bay Rum Cologne
Barbasol AS Balm

SUNDAY

Razor: Vintage Timor Special...Fantastic BBS!
A/s: Vegatal, after that I splash cold water on (I jst like the sting, not the smell). Then I slather up with some AOS Sandalwood..Pretty good stuff.
Shave soap: Ogallala Bay Rum w/Sandalwood..I can't get enough of this!

6/8 VIntage Sheffield Extra Hollow Razor (Tuesday from a 7 day set)
Soap: Speick
Brush : C&E Best Badger
Strop: SRD Premium IV
Thayers' Superhazel
Zirh AS balm
L'oreal Moisturizer

Kent BLK2 ~ Dovo Bergischer Löwe ~ D.R. Harris Arlington