Thread: Sun November 28th - Sat December 4rd

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Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W

Razor: Wellington

Brush: Simpson Persian jar 3

Cream: Mühle - Aloe Vera

Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel

ASM: KD Creations - Unscented

EDT: Habit Rouge - Guerlain

The Wellington is a nifty, sharp little shaver. I don't have much info about it but it looks so close to the Red Imp 133 and shaves identical to my vintage c-mon. Aloe Vera shaving cream and KD creations AS milk with added Aloe Vera juice (amongst other super nourishing ingredients) made my skin feeling extremely nourished and healthy looking. The piece the resistance is my old time favorite vintage Habit Rouge de Guerlain. I'm happy.

Wishing all my brothers an excellent new week in our SOTD addiction.

This is my first SOTD :P
Sorry about the quality of the pic. Here goes nothing:

Razor: Simmons ,,Keen Kutter (made in Germany)Brush 1: I began with the Omega to build lather and lather for 5 minutes to exfoliate my skin.

I continue and finish lathering my face with brush 2: HJM Badger (made in Germany)
Cream: Proraso (green)EDT: Aqua Velva Musk

Result: Loved every minute of my 60 alone minutes (my me time)

Originally Posted by ri7ani

This is my first SOTD :P
Result: Loved every minute of my 60 alone minutes (my me time)

Congrats on your first SOTD. I will be looking forward to seeing more from you. Alone time is awesome. Shaving is also my only alone time.

Originally Posted by ri7ani

This is my first SOTD :P

And we hope not your last! Welcome to the SOTD. Looking forward to your future postings and shaves.

Thanks for the compliment René

And nice SOTD Jeff

Going DE today:

Merkur Open Comb HD
Feather Blade
QED Limes
Weleda Balm

QED is awesome.

Sunday 11/28/10

Geneva Cutlery Pyramid 5/8
New Forest 2211
Mitchell's Wool Fat ss
Thayers Astringent WH w/ aloe
Musgo Real a/s balsam
Woods of Windsor Edt

I managed to give myself the best straight shave I've had in a while. I think my face likes the Geneva Cutlery steel or else I just felt confident enough to really work on the final touch up strokes. The MWF lather helped provide a great medium for the razor and the Musgo Real balm remains one of my favorites. I had to follow it with the Woods of Windsor (another of my favorites). What a great start to the day.

Sunday, 11.28.10

Aura Glow
Mitchell's Wool Fat
New Forest #2201 Superior Badger
Bowdin's Wedge 9/16ths
SRD Premium I Strop .. 30 Linen/50 Leather
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea AS Balm
Aqua Velva Musk AS

A British inspired shave. Da' Fat led the way, whipped up by the New Forest (from England via China, but who cares?) 2-band badger. Today's choice of libation, again of British pedigree is the always warm and welcoming Harvey's Bristol Cream...

The wee Halloween punkin' has been touched by the frost, symbolizing the end of harvest and entry of a cold winter.. The little wedge blade is a test bed at the moment, and may be making routine appearances.

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

Today is the wedding anniversary shave.

Congratulations Jeff! May you have many, many more to come my friend! Cheers

Location: 40°46'48.93"N 73°57'47.93"W
Music: Ali Akbar Khan
Razor: Filarmonica 13 Doble Temple
Brush: Semogue 2009 LE #28
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat on a Stick
Astringent: Ogallala Bay Rum
AS: Aveda Shave Gel
Result: BBS!! I have finally done it. I have achieved an edge as effortless and comfortable as what I remember Max put on this very razor over a year ago. It only took a full run through the nagura hone method and 100 laps on leather. Words cannot express the joy of a 'student' finally achieving results similar to a 'master'.
Thank you so very much Max for setting the bar so high, not to mention bringing this razor back to life in one of a kind scales. Thanks also to all the fine gentlemen here with their fine photography and kind words of encouragement. That's why I love the SOTD!