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SOTD APRIL 2025


Sunday SOTD
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Razor: 1948 Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Gillette Spoiler (14)
Brush: Omega Vintage Edition MB1922 Elite 26mm
Bowl: Black Ship Grooming 4.5"
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Oil: Taconic Bay Rum
Shave Soap: Pyrate’s Cove Bay Rhum w Ginger
Butter: Inspired Naturals Bay Rum
Aftershave: Freyja"s Magic Thor's Hammer Bay Rum​
 
SOTD - 4/13/2025

Phoenix Shaving Holliday
Phoenix Shaving Quantum Safety Razor
Grizzly Bay Chubb Cub XXL EVO

From the PAA Website:

We all know Doc Holliday to be the perfect balance of Southern Gent and gun-slinging swagger, a true role model when it comes to being a Badass, no? So with that in mind, I tried my best to reflect this spirit of the West in a refreshing, citrusy, earthy, blend of pure essential oils and hydrosols. Lime, Patchouli, Mint = EPIC!
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13 April, 2025

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Williams Mug Soap Challenge: Day 68

Another exceptional shave today from the Williams. It's starting to whittle down and I anticipate perhaps another week or so of shaves should do it for this puck. Two passes (plus touch-up) with the '56 Gillette Super Speed and I finished up with alum, & Ogallala "Bay Rum, Limes & Peppercorns aftershave lotion..

Hope you have a great day. :)

Williams / Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements / Gillette / Wizamet / Ogallala

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Sunday 4/13 Shave
VINTAGE APRIL 2025 Day 13
All Vintage Razors - All Month

Much Better Shave Today
Stropped 60 Laps helped a lot
Very Smooth and Comfortable Three Pass
Touch Ups on the usual suspects - jaw & neck
Overall a Great BBS Shave

Razor: HERO Razor - Germany
Blade: Extra Hollow Ground - Adam Edge (2X)
Clean Up: GEM Flat Top (1950s)
Lather: Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary
Brush: Maggard 24mm Timberwolf Synthetic
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix
Post Shave: MSC Vintage Lapidus Aftershave

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14 April, 2025

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Williams Mug Soap Challenge: Day 69

Wonderful shave this morning! By now you know how I feel about the lather produced by this soap. Superb in every way for two passes (plus touch-up) with the '57 Gillette Red Tip and I finished up with alum, & Dana "English Leather" aftershave lotion and EdC. This frag, along with Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur, IMO has the least drop-off with regard to scent quality when compared to vintage versions of the same.

Hope you have a great day. :)

Williams / Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements / Gillette / Wizamet / Dana

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Monday 4/14 Shave
VINTAGE APRIL 2025 Day 14
All Vintage Razors - All Month

Continuing with the Straight Razor
Very Smooth Two Pass Shave
Touch Ups with the Super Speed
Overall a Very Nice BBS Result

Razor: HERO Razor - Germany
Blade: Extra Hollow Ground - Adam Edge (3X)
Clean Up: Gillette Super Speed
Lather: TOBS Lime Zest Cream Sample
Brush: Simpson Trafalgar 2 Synthetic
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix
Post Shave: Proraso Azure Lime Balma

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Supply SE Max pivoting head razor that uses schick style injector blades (proprietary Supply injector blades) with their starter kit.
Soap is a really soft cream that lathers well. Hs decent slickness. But almost no residual slickness. Aftershave is Witchhazel based I believe (could be wrong), no alcohol sting
Razor pivots pretty effortlessly unlike the 1 blade or Proof razor. Gets under nose real good gor trimming mustache area. Very efficient comfortable shave. Very good autopilot shaver for fast on the go shaves with cremo latherless shave cream. If you modify the razor by grinding middle bump off you might get a standard schick injector blade to work better. Played with putting a schick injector blade in it. Blade ljes to misalign because it doesn't sit sll the way down because it doesn't have middle hole to git middle bump, but if careful it might work. That will be my next shave with this.
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