SOTD - Sun April 4rd - Sat April 10th

Prep: Splashes of cold water on face
Soap: Knize Ten
Brush: Trumper's Ivory
Razor: Filarmonica 14 Doble Temple with RW carbon fibre scales
Aftershave: Proraso
Result: Pretty darn close for only one pass. I think also has to do with cold water shave which I am really enjoying. Especially since I live in a relatively hot climate. I have five stitches in the back of one hand that means I wasn't going to do with or against just yet as I didn't want to get the cut wet. Surprisingly the cut was not a from a razor! Managed well and boy do I love this razor.
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PREP: hot shower and face scrub
RAZOR: RED IMP 132
SOAP: uber with ogallala sandalwood/bay rum and AOS sandalwood
BRUSH: Tweezerman
ASTRINGENT: Thayers Superhazel
AFTERSHAVE: Bay rum and Sandalwood
BALM: Nivea
COLOGNE: Mama Bears vanilla sandalwood(seriously this stuff is awesome! )
RESULT: nice and relaxing

Location: 40°46'22.50"N 73°58'18.77"W
Music: Elgar Variations and Sibelius N. 3
Razor: Juan Vollmer S.A. Palmera 14
Brush: Rudy Vey Ivory 2 Band
Soap: Penhaligon's English Fern
Astringent: Ogallala Bay Rum
AS: L'Occitane Cade
Result: Easily one of my best shaves yet.

I don't know about you gents, but I have a great Easter day. I played in Central Park for 3 hours with a sax buddy of mine for all the beautiful people in their best dressed, the weather was great, the tips were great, I felt great all day. Only way to cap such a day off is with a hot shower and a shave.

Thanks to Max this is the sturdiest and classiest razor in my rotation. It's also obviously the sharpest, in a single stroke putting to shame the 3 other razors I was shave testing. Back to the hones!

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Razor: who knows...:confused:
Soap: Conk Bay Rum
Aftershave: Dominica Bay Rum

First time using a DE and pretty much destroyed myself lol. Who would think that my first post to the SOTD would be a DE :shrug:

UPDATE: Found out it's a 1960 Fatboy.

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Razor: G. Wostenholm Pipe in tortoise scales
Brush: Selfmade brazilian ebony long-handle
Soap: D.R. Harris Marlborough
Aftershave: Clubman Pinaud Bay Rum

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
Imperial 5/8" Extra Hollow
Semogue 2000
Palmolive Shavestick
Mentholated WH/CHL
Aqua Velva Classic
Acqua Di Gio

Looks like I've finally got the edge on this razor sorted out. After the initial hone, the shaves were just OK. I stropped it for a while, then finally after a so-so shave on Friday, decided to take it back to the hone. Apparently that was the ticket. BBS shave this morning and I think my neighbors could probably hear the feedback.

John C. C.ockhill's Celebrated Razor, 6/8" ~ D.R. Harris ~ Kent BLK-2

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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: TSD Coffee
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Revisor "Müngstener Brücke" 8/8 with ebony scales
ASB: Caswell-Massey number six
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MONDAY

37C Slant
Iridium
Surrey Badger
Palmolive SC
Skin Bracer AS

Last day off this Easter.

Prep: Long, hot shower, TGR-The standard pre-shave oil
Soap: MWF, Lush-Shave the planet cream, 3 drops of Glycerol.
Brush : Simpson PJ2 Super badger
Razor: Juan Vollmer S.A. #14 Palmera
Astringent: Alum-block
A/S Balm: Biotherm Recharge
EdT: Prada Amber por Homme
Result : Smoooth!