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SOTD 20 - 26 April 2020

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25-APR-2020 SOTN

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PRE ........ Warm water wash and soak w CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser Bar
BRUSH ...... Omega EVO Marble Ovale (E1855)
SOAP ....... DG Massacre of the Innocents (MilkSteak)
RAZOR ...... RazoRock Hawk V3-A, Kai Titan Mild (3)
POST CARE .. ETHOS Mysore Santal Skin Food Splash
FRAGRANCE .. GFT Eucris EDT
 
"Z" is for Zingari Man The Blacksmith

Sunday April 26, 2020
2020 Shave # 124 ( 538 Consecutive Shave Days )
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Wizamet (?)
Brush: @Graydog Twinsie Quilt
Soap: Zingari Man The Blacksmith
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
Aftershave 2: Clubman Whiskey Woods
Fragrance: BVLGARI Man in Black Essence
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jgreenepa said:
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SOTD Saturday, April 25, 2020

Great shave yesterday with the Fine Accoutrements’s ‘Marvel’ razor. In that same spirit I decided to work through the rest of my rotation through the end of the month! For today’s shave I selected a wonderful razor that I learned of through my shave brothers at TSD, Classic Shaving’s “Occam’s DE Razor”. I purchased the full kit of three baseplates and two top caps on the run up to the Christmas holidays this last December, supposedly for my son, but after a series of rave reviews at TSD and elsewhere decided to give it a shot. Classic Shaving recommended the use of a Feather blade for it’s use. I was not disappointed! I prefer the aggressive plate with the ridged top cap, which purportedly is designed to help newer shavers master the correct shave angle. I just like it’s looks. In fact I enjoyed the razor so much, that I purchased the heavier gold embossed handle, and swapped the original for the awful chrome handle that came with the ‘Marvel’.

Mainstream shave products are sometimes looked down upon by collectors of high end artisan soaps and matching aftershaves. Pacific Shaving Co.’s caffeinated shave cream and aftershave, however, can’t be compared to the canned, pressurized junk, with the exception of Barbasol, of course. After my shower, I began my shave with the regular cold water rinse. After salting the shave cream with 6 drops of M-Bomb, my Jayaruh #372 Boar brush whipped up a great cooling lather which was then applied to both head and noggin. This would have been a bloodless shave, until my canine companion, Gromit, decided to drop his cold rubber chicken on my right foot in the middle of an ATG upstroke below my Adam’s Apple, resulting in me reopening the healing weep from a few shaves ago. In any case, despite the “Grom”, I ended up with a very pleasant BBS after 2 1/2 passes (WTG, XTG, ATG). I feel cool, smooth, clean, and refreshed.

RAZOR: Occam’s 316L SS DE
BLADE: Feather (2)
PREP: Cold Water rinse
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom #372 Boar
CREAM: Pacific Shaving Co.’s Caffeinated Shave Cream
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Thayers Lavender WH and Pacific Shaving Co.’s Caffeinated AS. Finished with A&E Post-Shave Serum
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Great shave! If a product works...a product works. It doesn't matter if it came from out of a bathtub, off the internet, out of a department store, or from the dollar store. I have herad from several people that the Pacific Shaving Co. stuff works pretty well. Easy to be had...so I might give it a try.

Gromet looks like a very strong willed, independent companion. Oh yeah, he's a dachshund! I was owned by a wiener dog in the past and I am owned by one right now. If there is one thing that I have learned about this breed is that a dachshund is going to do what he wants to do! Nevertheless...we love either in spite of this trait, or because of this trait! They are just wonderful family members! Sorry for the blood loss...but Gromet looks like he knows what he is doing! 🤪
 
Don:
i‘ve owned three dachshunds in my life, and have to say, they’re the best. Loving, stubborn, and tenacious. The “Grom” likes his routine, and was just reminding me. He’s laying next to me as I write this. Love this breed!
 
jgreenepa said:
Don:
i‘ve owned three dachshunds in my life, and have to say, they’re the best. Loving, stubborn, and tenacious. The “Grom” likes his routine, and was just reminding me. He’s laying next to me as I write this. Love this breed!
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They are awesome "little" guys! With BIG personalities!
 
Sunday SOTD
D-1 Toggle
NEW LC - "Rosie"
Feather x 2
Graydog Cocobolo and Purple heart 24mm 2 Band badger
Vintage Old Spice soap and cologne
The Silver Spoon just came to watch
One of my favorite Shaves of every week
Used the Toggle 3 days in a row and it is amazing, just in case you didn't know it doesn't Shave like a Fatboy at all :)
Much closer and smoother, definitely in my top 3 Razors 👍 and Rosie ain't to bad ether :)00000IMG_00000_BURST20200426092632735_COVER.jpg
 
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