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SOTD January 2024

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Razor: British Ever-Ready 1912
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (D7)
Brush: Wolf Whiskers Beehive w 24mm Black Wolf
Bowl: Creek Road Pottery 5½”
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Ice Cube 2
Pre-Shave Oil: Taconic Bay Rum
Shave Soap: Pyrate's Cove Bay Rum
Balm: Viking Soaps Bay Rum
Aftershave: Captain’s Choice​
 
21 January, 2024

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Great shave to start the day. I had been looking for a couple of extra pucks of the old, tallow formula Fat, but none of my searches proved fruitful. So I finally broke down and got a puck of the new, non-tallow soap to try (Kent label). Used it this morning and I was pleasantly surprised! Guys, this stuff is still great! I could detect no drop in quality of either lather slickness or cushion. If anything, it seemed a little easier to build the lather compared to the original version. Shavepocalypse averted? Possibly. The mere presence of tallow doesn't guarantee a great soap (Czech & Speake's shave soap proved that). At the same time, the absence of tallow doesn't mean that a soap is bad / not as good (Martin de Candre & Saponificio Varesino have proven that).

Two passes (plus touch-up) with the '56 Gillette Super Speed and I finished with Lustray "Blue Spice" after shave splash.

Hope you have a great day. :)

Kent Shaving Soap / Zenith B33 Boar Brush / '56 Gillette Super Speed
Gillette Platinum / Alum / Lustray "Blue Spice" After Shave Splash

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Menthol Monday SOTD
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Razor: iKon DLC Slant/Jurgen Hempel Ti
Blade: SuperMax Sunrise (D1)
Brush: Semogue 2040 HD
Bowl: Supply Provision Marble 4.5"
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Ice Cube 2
Pre-Shave Balm: Vitos
Shave Soap: Barrister & Mann Terror
Balm: Nancy Boy Cooling
Aftershave: Barrister & Mann Terror​
 
22 January, 2024

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Great shave this morning. Returned to Martin de Candre and their excellent "Nature" shave soap. Excellent lather built with the Wild West Brushworks "REM Cycle" ST badger brush for two passes (plus touch-up) with the '61 Gillette Fatboy and I finished with vintage Skin Bracer "Cool Spice" after shave splash and Chanel "Platinum Égoïste" EdT.

Hope you have a great day. :)

Martin de Candre "Nature" Shaving Soap / WWBW "REM Cycle" ST Badger Brush / '61 Gillette Fatboy
Gillette Platinum / Alum / Skin Bracer "Cool Spice" After Shave Splash / Chanel "Platinum Égoïste" EdT

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22 January 2024
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Razor: Gillette English Flat Bottom Tech
Blade: Wilkinson Sword , 13th use
Brush: Wald Princess Peach A1 Fan
Bowl: Captain’s Choice Standard “Rawhide” Bowl
Preshave: Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Cane Soap
Soap: Geo. F. Trumper Officers And Gentlemens Puck
Aftershave: Aqua Velva (Williams) Fresh Control Loción Aftershave
Balm: Proraso Pelli Sensibili Balm
 
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