What's new
The Shaving Cadre

Welcome to The Shaving Cadre, a forum dedicated to gentlemanly discourse about wet shaving and other topics of common interests. Membership is always free so register today and join in the fun

SOTD November 8-14, 2021

Status
Not open for further replies.
Sat 13 SR SOTD
Soap PAA Solstice
Brush Yaqi 26mm Orange Black
Razor P Hospital Le Grelot Thiers
Aftershaves Stirling Witchhazel Orange Chill + Clubman Brandy Spice
A really top-quality soap. Pleasant herb & grassy scent with a rich, creamy and slick lather...
Another excellent shave with this razor stropped on pasted balsa. Keen yet very smooth and comfortable. 3passes for a dfs+ finish. I only realized this razor doesn't sound like a hollow grind at all. In fact almost silent like a heavier grind. Aftershaves were great.
20211113_135645.jpg
 
Saturday SOTD

puRYtR2.jpg


HUSARIA Monocero Closed Comb / Personna‌ ‌Platinum‌
Vintage Ever Ready 200 new 26mm Oumo SHD 2 band
Ethos Grooming Essentials/CBL Fresh Lime Shave Soap
Ethos Grooming Essentials Greenfresh Skin Food Splash​
 
F6A765FB-AA87-4E92-BBC6-B826564B5E8D.png
SOTD SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 2021

RAZOR: Weck Sextoblade (Mug), Shake Sharp Model 1.5 (Dome)
BLADE: Original Rehoned Sextoblade Blade (Mug), 2 Stacked Feather DE
(Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE LE #005 Aluminum Handle SynBad Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with PAA Frost Byte AS Splash.
 
Very nice fall aromas and a great shave. Think the razor might need a touch up.

SV Desert Vetiver is my favorite so far. Woody, with what I smell as eucalyptus. Quite nice and much more my speed.

Razor: Curtain and Clark Cutlery Company KCMO
Brush: Yaqi 22mm badger
Soap: Saponificio Varesino Desert Vetiver
Splash: Cigar Aficionado
Scent: Commodity Vetiver EdP

20211113_101346.jpg
 
OpusX said:
Very nice fall aromas and a great shave. Think the razor might need a touch up.

SV Desert Vetiver is my favorite so far. Woody, with what I smell as eucalyptus. Quite nice and much more my speed.

Razor: Curtain and Clark Cutlery Company KCMO
Brush: Yaqi 22mm badger
Soap: Saponificio Varesino Desert Vetiver
Splash: Cigar Aficionado
Scent: Commodity Vetiver EdP

View attachment 66994
Click to expand...
The Cigar Aficionado AS is great. CHEAP as Chips and punches way above its price point. The pourer is awful. Never did I NOT slobber down the side of the bottle.
 
primotenore said:
How you liking that ABC?
Click to expand...

I really like the soap. It is very very hard which makes the price a touch more acceptable. The soap has a very faint almond scent. I really can't smell it so I am going on Swati's comment. I have found it easy to load and lather. The lather is very slick with an excellent post shave feel. Having said all that, I am not sure it really adds anything to just going with Mitchell's Wool Fat.
 
13 November, 2021


Good morning Cadre. Hope you're having a great weekend.


Fantastic shave this morning! I must admit, I have a bad habit of overlooking Stirling's soaps in favor of other, "sexier" brands. And a lot of shavers have the attitude that Stirling is a great soap "at the price". But Stirling's products are damn great! Some of the best I've ever used. Period! Their price point only adds to it. Today I went with "Hipster" soap and splash. This setup was courtesy of @BarberDave from the Artisan/Retailer Appreciation Shave Week drawing (thanks again, sir!). Great lather and scent. Three passes with the Feather and I finished with the matching splash (plus skin food). Wonderful! Now I gotta go.. Bama's playing!! Roll Tide!! 🏈 🐘

Hope you have a wonderful day. :)


Stirling Soap Co. "Hipster" Shave Soap / Simpson "Chubby" 2 Best / Feather AS-D2 / Wizamet Super Iridium
Alum / Stirling Soap Co. "Hipster" Aftershave Splash (+ Skin Food)


IMG-7676.jpg​
 
Saturday AM 2021-11-13
National Sandwich Day (birthday of John Montagu, who claimed to have invented the sandwich, 1718)
Yx13ycT.jpg


Rooney Emillion 2 Tiger Stripe Finest (24/53)
Penhaligon's Castile shaving cream (vintage)
Wolfman WR2-SB 0.95/Triad Aristocrat Brass & Stainless Steel
Personna Super Platinum Chrome (4)
Floid Blue aftershave

The Floid Blue worked well following the Castile lather; both seem to have a powdery barbershop tone. And the blade is unusually smooth, almost like a P74.
bDSvYDu.jpg
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top