Thread: Sun March 11th - Sat March 17th

Hey Gents, this is my first SOTD post!

So today was a bit of an expirement, I'm 22 (porbably younger than most of you old farts on here ) and have just recently in the last couple months gotten into wet shaving. So I am still kind of figuring everything out.


But today's shave looked like this:

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap/Cream: Van Der Hagen and Taylor of Old Bond Street
Bowl: Vintage Amole Soap Shaving Mug and Van Der Hagen Bowl
Brush: Cheap VDH Boar Bristle
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89 for the first two passes (wtg, xtg) then my 1946 Gillette Aristocrat for the last pass (atg)
Post: A couple splashes of cold water and then a dab of Nivea for Men Post Shave Balm
Cologne: English Leather Black

It turned out to be one of the best shaves I've had so far in my Safety Razor Shaving Career! I don't have that much hair grwoth on the sides of my face or my neck but my gotee area can get pretty thick. Which is why I chose the DE89 for the first two passes, as I find it is a bit more agressive than the Aristocrat and chops off whiskers like nobody's business. Then do a final polishing pass with the Aristocrat for a BBS finish.

Originally Posted by tri33

Hey Gents, this is my first SOTD post!

Welcome to SOTD! And congrats on your success

Originally Posted by str8fencer

Welcome to SOTD! And congrats on your success

Thank you sir!

Hello friends!

Prep Hot water
Brush Semogue 1438
Cream Dovo shaving crema menta
Razor Mondesir Special 6/8"
Post Myrsol emulsión + Floïd vigoroso



Have a nice day, gents.
Cheers. Saludos
José Luis

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Mama Bear's Aged Spice
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Henckels Friodor 8/8 Spanish point w/ mammoth ivory scale
ASB: Mama Bear's Winter ASB Aged Spice

Comfortable shave.

Solgen | Mike's Natural Soap Co. Orange/Cedar/Pepper | Thäter Fan | Sabon ASB | Montale Red Vetyver

First outing with the new soap. It is an all natural soap made with tallow and lanolin. The scent of it is great. The orange/cedar accord gives it a great freshness and the pepper grounds it with a subtle spice. My first pass was not great because the lather I'd gotten was too airy leaving it thin and unstable. So I reloaded the brush and worked the lather between shaves. Pass two was great. The lather worked up to a nice creamy meringue with good structure and stability. After the second pass, I relathered as a post-shave and let the lather set on my face as I cleaned up the gear. By the end, my face was feeling very soft and incredibly well hydrated. I still need to spend some time with the soap, but I think it's a definite keeper. And with the orange and cedar notes, how could I tie it all together? Montale Red Vetyver has me smelling great!

13/3/2012

Pre : Aleppo Soap + Myrsol Emulsion
Bowl : Robert Becker Scuttle
Brush : Muhle Badger 21mm x 48mm
Safety Razor : ILe De France Slant
Blade : Rapira Super Stainless #1
Soap : Valobra Almond Lavanda Cream Soap
Post : Pvilches 2.0 Bay Rum After Shave

Originally Posted by tri33

Hey Gents, this is my first SOTD post!

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Welcome. Glad to see you decided to hang with the old guys here. LOL!

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

[center]Solgen | Mike's Natural Soap Co. Orange/Cedar/Pepper

Care to give us a link? I have been looking for a new tallow soap!

Prep: 3 mile run, Cuban coffee, a bowl of Granger, lukewarm shower
Razor: Wm. Elliot
Brush: Semogue 2000
Soap: TSD Coconut Lime Verbena
AS: Clubman Bay Rum
Finish: Pinaud Lime Sec
Tunes: Warren Zevon- Werewolves of London, Aerosmith- Sweet Emotion

What a great shave the edge on this razor is amazing and easily dispatched everything that loooked like a hair for a wonderful 2 pass CBS shave