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SOTD MAY 2025

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Shavemac 'Crushed Mud' Resin 24/52mm Fan G5C Premium Synth.
Soap/Cream:- Noble Otter ~ Eros’ Ambrosia
Razor/Blade:- RazoRock Goat SS (borrowed) / Wizamet Super Iridium #5
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Plunkett's Vita E Pure with Rosehip Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerine (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for autumn & winter season)
Fragrance:- L'Occitane Baux
Tonight Tipple:- Guinness

I'm returning the RazoRock Goat SS back tomorrow, it's been an interesting experience, I'm glad to see RazoRock has created a razor in stainless steel version of a similar or closer to the original Merkur 34C HD. That, a lot of wet shavers have experience and owned the Merkur 34C or 34G in their own den, it's a love and hate two piece razors, as YMMV some wet shavers find it, it's just right, and some find it's too mild as we all have different experience.

I've owned the Merkur 34C since I first started wet shaving many moons ago in my 30s, straight out from cartridge razors and airy can goo crap.

I've also owned a Weber razor awhile back since I've been hunting them online for years, which is a very close and near precise version of the Merkur 34C, however, it's a real shame the Weber razor isn't in production anymore when they offer their stainless steel version due to quality control issue back somewhere in 2010 or 2011.

RazoRock Goat SS gap is slightly wider, and the blade exposure is NOT neutral according to their website at all when comparing side by side with the original 34C. The blade exposure feels like double the rate, because, the RazoRock Goat blade exposure is one step higher against the original Weber razor I've owned in my den, when comparing them side by side against the Goat SS.

The Weber razor gap is the same as the 34C, with a slightly more blade exposure, just one step under against the RazoRock Goat blade exposure.
I find the Weber razor the most comfortable and the most enjoyable razor I've owned against the Merkur 34C and the Goat SS, the Goat SS blade exposure is a bit too much against the 34C for beginners, who never experience real traditional wet shaving with a double edge blade.

IF, RazoRock Goat drop the blade exposure slightly down a notch, keep the gap the same, and this new Goat SS razor well become near precise as the original Weber razor version.

My rate level blade exposure from high to low.
1. RazoRock Goat.
2. Weber razor
3. Merkur 34C & 34G
 
Saturday 5/24 Shave
MODERN MAY 2025 Day 24
All Modern Razors - All Month

Two Full Passes with the Kamisori
Very small but effective cutting surface
The Angles are going to take practice
APEX ALU finished the clean up
Overall a prodigious BBS shave

Razor: Henkotsu Kamisori

Blade: Henkotsu Asymetric (2X)
Clean Up: Aylsworth APEX ALU
Lather: Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary
Brush: Semogue OC Butterscotch Mistura
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix

Post Shave: Williams Aqua Velva Aftershave

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24 May, 2025

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Great shave this morning. Weather's been steadily getting warmer and so I've been reintroducing my summer soaps / creams back into rotation. Today I returned to Taylor of Old Bond Street and their excellent "Grapefruit" shave cream. Fantastic scent with super thick and slick lather built with the Rich Man Shaving ST badger brush for two passes (plus touch-up) with the '56 Gillette Super Speed and I finished with alum, Quinn's Pink Grapefruit and Orange Rind witch hazel, Master Soap Creations "Grapefruit Zest" aftershave splash and Pecksniff's Grapefruit and Citron talc .

Hope you have a great day. :)

Taylor of Old Bond Street / Rich Man Shaving / Gillette / Quinn's / Pecksniff's

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SUNDAY SHAVE
RAZOR: Above The Tie Windsor SE
BLADE: Schick Proline
BRUSH: Zingari Man 26 MM V11 fanchurian
LATHER: Ariana & Evans Asian Plum Shaving Soap
POST: Ariana & Evans Asian Plum Aftershave Splash
 

Sunday SOTD
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Razor: ATT X1 SE/Calypso Slant
Blade: Schick Proline (7)
Brush: MS Faux Horn Memphis 24mm
Scuttle: Woodhead Medium
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Enigma Machine Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Balm: 3P
Shave Soap: Mystic Waters Sweet Briar
Balm: PAA Cavendish
Aftershave: PAA Cavendish
 
May 25, 2025

Prep: Hot towel
Razor: Barbaros TR-1
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum
Brush: Simpsons Berkeley 46 Best (‘The 46’)
Soap: Savon Mystere: Full Throttle ( ASA 2.1 )
Post: Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Fragrance: Beau De Jour Eau de Parfum
I don't know whether the TR-1 is neutral or -ve exposure, but Oh my days, what an outstandingly smooth/efficient shave that was.. glorious.


Shaving.. to be enjoyed, not endured.
 
Sunday 5/25 Shave
MODERN MAY 2025 Day 25
All Modern Razors - All Month

Just a great combo of items this morning
KENT Hard Puck is a great MWF substitute
Aggresive Stirling DE finished great
Overall an amazing Sunday shave

Razor: Orange Scale AC Shavette

Blade: Feather SoftGuard (7X)
Clean Up: Stirling DE WarHammer Handle
Lather: KENT Luxury Shaving Soap
Brush: Semogue OC Butterscotch Mistura
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix

Post Shave: Ariana & Evans SIAM Aftershave

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25 May, 2025

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

First use of the new Floris No.89 shave soap this morning and it was wonderful! Fantastic old-school scent with superb lather built with the Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements "The Peregrino" synth ST badger brush for three passes with the '49 Gillette Executive and I finished with alum, Thayers cucumber witch hazel and the matching aftershave lotion, talc and EdT.

Hope you have a great day. :)

Floris London / Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements / Gillette / Thayers

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Memorial Day SOTD
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Razor: Charcoal Goods Gen3 L3
Blade: Tomac Super Stainless Steel (1)
Brush: Paladin PK-47 26mm Blonde Badger
Bowl: Captain's Choice Seafoam green
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Oil: Stirling Island Man
Shave Soap: Ethos Tortola F Base Iced
Balm: HTGAM Coconut Bay Rum
Aftershave: Ethos Tortola
 
Monday 5/26 Shave
MODERN MAY 2025 Day 26
All Modern Razors - All Month

MDC MONDAY - Memorial Day
Thank You Who Gave the Greatest Sacrifice
A pretty quick two pass shave
MDC Sample just lasts forever
Overall a Wonderful BBS Shave

Razor: Feather SS Kamisori
Blade: KAI ProTouch MG (4X)

Clean Up: RazoRock Hawk V2
Lather: Martin de Candre Absinth Sample
Brush: A P ShaveCo 22mm MIG Synthetic
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix

Post Shave: MSC Frosted Spearmint

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