Shave of the Day Thread - 2020

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Date:- 06 June 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Declaration Grooming ~ 88 Chestnut Street
Razor/Blade:- Gillette Fatboy (7 & 5) G2 1961 / Gillette Stainless (red & white) #5
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10) / The Stray Whisker Aftershave Balm (Australian made)
Fragrance:- Proraso Wood & Spice

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Holiday said:
Pre-shave: Shower/Bloom Water
Brush: Semogue Owners Club - Limited Edition Boar
Soap: Ogallala - Bay Rum, Lemon, Limes & Peppercorn
Str8: Dubl Duck - Goldedge / Dovo - Solingen
Aftershave: Ogallala - Bay Rum, Lemon, Limes & Peppercorn

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Took the DD&Dovo for a spin today to compare to @bald as expertly honed razors.
Managed to cut whisker but not with the smooth ease and glide of a perfectly honed razor.
Cannot beat the smooth after shave feel of a straight BBS
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The DD should be nice and smooth. Always wanted one of those but they were stupid money back when I purchased most of my straight razors.
 
Ebonysw45 said:
The DD should be nice and smooth. Always wanted one of those but they were stupid money back when I purchased most of my straight razors.
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This one was a very generous PIF from @miner when I bought the PILS.
Both were very generous offers.
 
Pre: Hot Towel
Razor: Wolfman WR1,SB Standard Gap, WR2 Handle
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium
Bowl: Handmade bowl, Mk3
Brush: RazoRock Silvertip Synthetic
Soap: Squadron Ace
Post: Fine Platinum aftershave and balm
WTG, ATG, touch ups with adjusted angles for my beard.

 
Pbgoose said:
What’s Hippie Blend’ like?
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Very PG friendly.
I get loads of Jasmine and patchouli with a touch of sandalwood to round it off. To me it reminds me of spring when the flowers are out. Plus the performance of this soap is really great too. One of my favourites from down under.
 
Shower
Feather Artist club non folding
Feather pro blade (1)
Proraso red
Omega 48
Nivea ASB

Shaved off the three month isolation beard today. It ended up being more maintenance than shaving to keep it neat, as well as more itchy / painful, regardless of products used. Feels better now.

it came off in whole sheets with this razor, which was quite cathartic. A 3 pass WTG DFS+. There is definitely no better way to remove a beard than a straight...
 
Warm water , Olive oil soap
Plissoft
Game Changer .84 , Astra green 1
TOBS Royal Forest sample
Milkman aftershave " Winter Woods"
Ok shave but have used better creams
Astra pairs well with GC but Feather is far and away a better mix.
Milkman a/s ..fantastic..Aussie made and relatively cheap with very good ingredient list
 
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Brush: Simpson LE 19/150 Jubilee Shaving Brush
Soap/Cream: Mike's Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender shaving soap
Razor: Muhle Rocca
Blade: Personna 'Lab Blue' (1)
Post-shave: APR Lavender Violette splash
Fragrance: N/A

Just a good honest shave!

 
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Prep: Water to the face
Brush: WWB + Maggard 24mm SHD two band badger
Razor: Merkur 34c
Blade: Feather (1)
Lather: Wholly Kaw - King of Bourbon
Post: Ariana & Evans - Asian Plum
Post: Nivea Sensitive balm

Just a quick shave, had a headache, and that soap really made it a lot worse.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend folks

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Pre: Coconut Oil
Soap: Pb Green Dwarf (No:34)
Brush: Omega 10048
Razor: Boker King Cutter
Ahh, that's better. Had to do a rerun of the Boker with a different soap just to make sure my assumption of yesterdays sub par shave being soap related was correct. The other alternative was my honing of the blade Friday night. :cautious:
Today's shave was much better, with improved cushion and glide leading to improved confidence and efficiency.
The 10048 is slightly disappointing. It's like an old straw broom compared to my 10083 which is much more luxurious. Bristle quality in the 10083 appears to be superior though that didn't stop the 10048 producing a lovely lather with the Green Dwarf albeit with a couple of lost hairs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
Ebonysw45 said:
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Pre-shave:- Hot towel
Bowl/Scuttle:- Wade with an insert.
Brush:- Yaqi barber
Soap/Cream:- MDC
Razor/Blade:- 6/8 Bengall with custom huon pine scales
Fragrance:- vintage Royall Bay Rhum
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Now THAT is a bay rum ...
 
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