Shave of the Day Thread - 2020

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Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Vintage butterscotch Simpson shaving brush
Soap/Cream: Stirling Soap Co Sharp Dressed Man shaving soap
Razor: Vintage Gillette L1 'Slim' (5)
Blade: Vintage NOS Gillette Super Stainless (4)
Post-shave: Stirling Soap Co Sharp Dressed Man splash
Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co Sharp Dressed Man EDC

Nice soaps

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Brush: Graydog Arizona Mesquite Maggard 28mm SHD Fan
Razor: Smart Helix Apollo 0.85mm Aggressive plate
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Yellow (5)
Soap: SV Felce Aromatica
Pre: Shower
Bowl: Rover bowl
Post: Nivea 2 phase A/S lotion + Sensitive post shave balm
WTG, ATG, Touchups = DFS+

Although it wasn't the smoothest shave I still managed a near BBS with no irritation. Super sharp but just didn't risk the trouble spots but overall a great shave. Love the brush, knot is dense but soft and soap lathered well with a refreshing scent...
Stay Safe & Happy Shaves!
 
34c +Feather..1
Aubrey Organics shave cream,brushless
APR Festivus
Aubrey balm
Huge menthol kick from the cream
Feather and 34c is a winning combination.
Who is in charge here,we now have a male King Parrot that will only eat front my wife's hand...Sigh
Cicadas are deafening..I love the Blue Mountains
 
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Pre: Hot water
Razor: Blackland Vector
Blade: Feather Professional (3)
Brush: Forgotten Art "Southern Skies" 30mm Snow Leopard
Soap: Noble Otter Hamami
Post: Shower

This brush is so sumptuous, I found myself grinning while I was lathering up. :) Another perfect BBS with the Feather Pro on its final day...

Pity about the photo, the colours have gone wonky :rolleyes:
 
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Pre: Shower
Razor: Rocca R96
Blade: Gillette 7’Oclock Yellow (3)
Brush: Yaqi 26mm Tuxedo
Soap: MdC Rose
Post: Chypre Rose Concerto Splash

I am in Rose heaven 😊

Just got a MdC Rose (thanks @tim33z for the heads up)

WOW!!! The scent alone is without doubt the purest Rose scent I have smelled that doesn’t come from an actual Rose. The scent from the container was quite mild but that all changed once I started loading and then again when face lathering, the entire room filled with rosey goodness

The soap was brilliant as usual, 10 second load resulted in an amazingly slick lather in no time..

The Rocca gave yet another solid performance teamed with a Gillette yellow on shave three resulted in all round BBS goodness

Topped of the shave with a nice dose of Rose Concerto.. simply and amazingly awesome shave all round :love::love::love:

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Gargravarr said:
Hmmm, I've been looking for something like that. Maybe I will give MdC a try after all. The Rose Concerto is not what I would really call a pure rose...
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If you like Rose I would highly recommend it. Rose Concerto is not way pure, more synthetic but after initial hesitation I found that I do really like the splash.. The soap, as far as I know, only used scents from essential oils which is why they smell so pure.. I also have Argumes and that is again a very nice pure smelling citrus scent.

This soap is also fully vegan, meaning no animal fats at all. I usually chase tallow soaps but the slickness on this is as good as any tallow soap I have tried.

For me, there is also gives it an advantage over tallow. In summer I find if I used splashes with lots of 'skin food' along with tallow soaps I can get a bit oily by days end (nothing major). But have found this soap doesn't cause that at all, especially when I used a more alcohol based splash like the RazorRock Range.

Cost is a big thing on this soap. Forget about ordering direct from the source, I worked it out and comes to around $130 (less VAT, but add shipping and Eur to AUD). Vshod stock these, but currently out of stock.. I believe he is getting stock in around 2-4 weeks and he sells them for $100 with free shipping. Even this sounds like a lot but, the cost per shave is much cheaper than the soft artisan soaps.

Believe me when I say you only need a 10 second load to get enough lather (with change) for a full three pass shave, and this is what brings the cost per shave right down. The other thing is if you load for say 30 seconds you will not get a good lather as the amount of water required to get the slickness is way to much and the lather you will need to produce will cover you for around 4 three pass shaves.

mate if you love Rose, get it............ probably best to email vshod and ask for one to be held for you when they come in
 
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Razor: Wolfman Guerrilla
Blade: Ladas Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Tony Forsyth Matilda Prototype Rhodium knots 2-band Silvertip
Lather: Stirling Bergamot Lavender
Post: EVOO

Lockdown has its upside - time to post a pic of my current favourite razor!

I hope you all have a terrific Thursday (y)​
 
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Razor: Wolfman Guerrilla
Blade: Ladas Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Tony Forsyth Matilda Prototype Rhodium knots 2-band Silvertip
Lather: Stirling Bergamot Lavender
Post: EVOO

Lockdown has its upside - time to post a pic of my current favourite razor!

I hope you all have a terrific Thursday (y)​
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What a way to mark your return to the SOTD/Lather Shots! Very nice... (y)(y)(y)
 
Thursday‌ ‌11.19.20 ‌SOTD‌
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RazoRock‌ ‌Pre‌ ‌Barba‌ ‌Pre‌ ‌Shave‌ ‌Gel‌
ATT Calypso Blue H2 plate / Astra‌ ‌SP
Yaqi Moka Express 26mm 2-Band Badger
B&M Reserve Spice Shaving Soap
B&M Reserve Spice Aftershave Splash
My first shave with the H2 (OC) plate was barely distinguishable from yesterday’s shave with the H1 (SB) plate -- maybe a little more efficient without being too aggressive. Again BBS in 2 passes, WTG & ATG.​
 
Date:- 19 November 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Ash Wood 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Lea Classic (tallow)
Razor/Blade:- Muhle Rocca R94 v4.0 / Gillette Stainless (red & white pack) #3
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (30 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- Tommy Hilfiger for Men
 
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Thursday‌ ‌11.19.20 ‌SOTD‌
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RazoRock‌ ‌Pre‌ ‌Barba‌ ‌Pre‌ ‌Shave‌ ‌Gel‌
ATT Calypso Blue H2 plate / Astra‌ ‌SP
Yaqi Moka Express 26mm 2-Band Badger
B&M Reserve Spice Shaving Soap
B&M Reserve Spice Aftershave Splash
My first shave with the H2 (OC) plate was barely distinguishable from yesterday’s shave with the H1 (SB) plate -- maybe a little more efficient without being too aggressive. Again BBS in 2 passes, WTG & ATG.​
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Great to see you enjoying the new razor and its different plates! (y)
 
SOTW - This week enjoying some Stirling shaves with a few quality brushes and Nacet blades
Pre-shave:- Shower
Brush:- Shavemac - Americana & TF Custom
Soap:- Stirling - Island Man
Razor:- Apollo Light - Mild Plate
Blade:- Nacet (2)
Aftershave:- Stirling - Island Man
I'll never judge a razor on just a couple of blades the difference between really good with this razor (Polsilver and Astra SP) to mediocre (GSB and Nacet) is chalk and cheese

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Brush: Yaqi 30mm tuxedo
Head: Leaf razor
Blades: Nacet & Polsilver (x3)
Razor: Rocca V4 R96
Blade: Wizamet SI (2)
Soap: MWF
Pre: Shower
Post: Alum block // Stirling Soap Co. Unscented balm
WTG, ATG, Touchups = BBS

Shaving bliss!!! :love::love::love:
Stay Safe & Happy Shaves! :)

 
Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Vintage butterscotch Simpson shaving brush
Soap/Cream: Stirling Soap Co Sharp Dressed Man shaving soap
Razor: Vintage Gillette L1 'Slim' (5)
Blade: Vintage NOS Gillette Super Stainless (5)
Post-shave: Stirling Soap Co Sharp Dressed Man splash
Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co Sharp Dressed Man EDC

Just as good today ...

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