Sun February 13th - Sat February 19th
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Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W |
Razor: Sta Sharp |
Brush: Vintage Boar |
Cream: GFT Sandalwood |
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel |
ASB: AOS Sandalwood |
EDT: Calvin Klein - Obsession |
Summary: My Sta Sharp needed a light touchup so I decided to give it some 'Karasu' love followed with 50x on my leather strop. Amazing razors those Sta Sharps. They take such a wonderful edge. I also, finally, got my Nikon Micro-Nikkor lens back from repair so I took it out for my SOTD. It's one of my favorite and I had missed it dearly. |
Wishing averyone a great upcoming SOTD. |
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Sunday Morning, New week, New Razor !!!
First off, Happy Birthday Grant !!!!
Welcome to the SOTD Alpine :)
My newest acquisition, a 50mm Iwasaki Kamisori...
I had been wanting my very own for awhile, thankfully the itch wasn't unbearable, but when this beaut came up in the Classifieds I decided it was time...
The edge is really nice already, but I think a bit of Nakayama loving will make it sing in a bit higher key :)...
The lather was Prairie Creations Tallow Tahitian Amber, whipped up with a restored solid brass 22 mm sliver tip...
25/50 on my Nichiri Pelican strop
A very very light touch 2 pass shave yielded a DFS
Followed by a huge splash of Lucky Tiger Bay Rum..
I am ready for some Buckwheat Pancakes doused with real Maple Syrup, not that imitation junk, and it is going to be a great Sunday :D
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Sunday Dome and Face Shave
Hot Shower
1960 Gillette Super Speed
VDH Boar
Mitchells Wool Fat
Alum Block/Witch Hazel
CK In2U
Blade began to show it's age after mowing down a week's worth of dome stubble. While it made it through 3 passes on the dome and 3 passes on the face, and gave a passable to pretty darned good shave, I doubt I'd care to use this blade for another shave. Happy to be moving back to straights tomorrow. Eighteen of my next twenty one shaves will be straight razors. I'm ready. My safety razor shaves this week have been good but I've missed the straight razor shaves.
Week of February 13 SOTD - Sunday
A SPECIAL SHAVE
Pre-Shave: Hot shower |
Brush: 24mm Morris & Forndran Blonde Badger |
Razor: 13/16" G. Wostenholm "Original Pipe Razor", Full Hollow, Spike Point, Blue Paua scales (Restored by Max) |
Strop: 5/10 (Torolf linen/Premium IV leather) |
Überlather: Al Raz "Cloves, Orange, Cinnamon" Shave Creme |
Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel (Rose Petal, no alcohol) |
Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-free Moisturizer |
After Shave Splash: Floïd Italian Blue |
Cologne: Creed Original Santal EdC |
Results: In preparation for a gala/fundraiser that my wife and I are co-hosting, I used a very special blade for today's shave...Last night, in consultation with my beloved, we unanimously decided that this Pipe razor along with the Morris & Forndran brush, should be the tools for the job for today...This blade is one of seven restored and rescaled by Max...Thank you Max :bow. They were all worth the wait. I for one, am proud to own and showcase this "Maxterpiece" (word of the day :p) in today's SOTD. In fact, each day of this week will feature one of these "Maxterpieces":y. Needless to say, this razor delivered an astonishingly close and extremely comfortable and irritation free shave (of course, it was honed by Max). Now, on to helping my wife in the preparations for tonight. We have a lot on our plate. |
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Have an FABULOUS Sunday guys:tu.