Shave of the Day Thread - 2022

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Hard to go past this -

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Pre-shave: Hot water, Pears soap
Brush: Forgotten Art "Southern Skies" 30mm Snow Leopard
Soap: Castle Forbes Lavender
Razor: Blackland Vector
Blade: Schick Proline
Post-shave: Shower, homebrew moisturiser, Avène Sunscreen Aqua-Fluid SPF50+, Oxford & Cambridge cologne
COTD: Mocha Matari, Yemen

Castle Forbes still has by far the most perfect pure, bright and intoxicating lavender scent expression I have ever come across in a soap, and there will always be a place for it in my den.
 
1870's George Butler "Shakespeare" No. 3.
Face lathered with tallow Tabac and Chinese synthetic brush.

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The resultant shave result was up to my expected DFS+ result, however the edge was not quite up there with most of my other SR's. This was noticed, particularly in the mid-half of the edge, only when doing the fool's pass. This blade has a noticeable smile. Maybe I am favouring the ends of the edge when maintaining on 0.1μm hanging balsa.

The correct the slight deficiency in this blade's edge, after the shave I put it through a full diamond pasted balsa strop progression; 0.5μm, 0.25μm, 0.1μm and hanging 0.1μm. I paid particular attention to not favoure the ends. I will again shave with this SR tomorrow and see how much it has improved.
 
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/ Blue Devil Huon Pine Tuxedo
/ Long Rifle Co Bay Rhum
/ Gillette Tech on Levend handle
/ Euromax Platinum (3)
/ The Ordinary Mandelic Acid
/ Nivea Skin & Stubble

The suribachi gave a great uniform lather. The trick was to let the ridges do all the work for you. Using it like a normal shaving bowl where you press the brush down to splay created too much drag, and this is probably how some would think it’d be hard on the brush. A bit of light, even pressure during motion was all that was needed. And if you scoop (which I do), spreading the soap made lathering really quick. Should have gotten a bigger size bowl though.

Mod Edit - Addendum: the ridges and whole inside of the bowl are unglazed, contributing to the high friction as well.
 
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Hard to described the Timmermann, but certainly very enjoyable -

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This morning's shave was performed with the same gear as yesterday, however the blade was put through a full diamond pasted balsa strop progression beforehand. This resulted in a noticeable edge improvement.

I will put this SR through another full balsa strop progression before putting it way to "rest" (Dovo would love me). That should do it for this SR.

Tomorrow I will start working my way through my Titan ACRO T.H-70 M7DS.
 
neongas said:
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/ Blue Devil Huon Pine Tuxedo
/ Long Rifle Co Bay Rhum
/ Gillette Tech on Levend handle
/ Euromax Platinum (3)
/ The Ordinary Mandelic Acid
/ Nivea Skin & Stubble

The suribachi gave a great uniform lather. The trick was to let the ridges do all the work for you. Using it like a normal shaving bowl where you press the brush down to splay created too much drag, and this is probably how some would think it’d be hard on the brush. A bit of light, even pressure during motion was all that was needed. And if you scoop (which I do), spreading the soap made lathering really quick. Should have gotten a bigger size bowl though.
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Addendum: the ridges and whole inside of the bowl are unglazed, contributing to the high friction as well.
 
SOTD – Sun 13 Feb 2022

Sunday shave with Black Ship Grooming Co – CLASSIC, a vegetal soap base with a short ingredient list. Scent described as: “A warm spicy oriental blend of orange, lemon, jasmine, anise and vanilla…just like men used to wear”. Black Ship Grooming is an older Artisan that’s been around since 2008.

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Shave Result: First time using Black Ship grooming soap, soap texture was soft almost cream and I used my normal generous half teaspoon of soap. Lather produced was rich, low to medium structure, shiny and stable. Lather gave top performance for slickness, protection/cushion and residual, even the AS feel was good, I’m very impressed that such a short ingredient list can perform this good. For the scent I get a very pleasant classic aroma that is reminiscent of Old Spice to my nose, lather scent strength was a medium 5/10. The mild Yaqi “Mellon” head was a bit too mild for the slickness of the soap as pressed a bit to compensate which resulted in some weepers and minor irritations, overall a pretty shave though.

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The Gear:
+ Pre Shave: Verde Glycerine Activated Charcoal bar soap (A)
+ Brush: Blue Devil Shave Co “Blackheart Sassafras” with Yaqi 24mm Plisson (A)
+ Soap: Black Ship Grooming Co - CLASSIC
+ Bowl: Dscosmetic plastic Flower bowl
+ Razor: Yaqi “Mellon” head with Lobster handle
+ Blade: Gillette 7’oclock Green SuperStainless (1)
+ Splash: TN Dickinsons Witch Hazel with menthol
+ Balm: Lucky Tiger Vanishing Cream
+ After Shave: Old Spice Classic
+ Moisturiser: Sukin for Men Facial Moisturiser (A)

(A) = Australian Made
 
JustUncleL said:
... Lather produced was rich, low to medium structure, shiny and stable. ...
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I've seen that term "structure" applied to lather a couple of times, but I'm a bit unclear as to what it is or does. I'm aware that most of my milled soaps don't product a ½-inch layer of lather on the skin, unlike many of my artisan soaps or croaps. But their lather is usually incomparably slick. Is that what you're talking about? And are there any advantages to such a thick layer, given that the soap that's actually doing the lubrication is probably only a fraction of a millimetre thick?
 
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Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap, Myrsol Emulsion
Brush: DR Harris H3 Best Badger
Soap: Barrister and Mann The Full Measure of Man
Razor: Blackland Blackbird
Blade: Vintage NOS Personna Super Platinum Chrome (1)
Post: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel, Barrister and Mann Leviathan Aftershave Lotion
Scent: Santa Maria Novella Acqua Di Cuba

Lovely shave. Full Measure of Man has a scent reminiscent of Lavanille, but upon comparison, is a little spicier and with a tobacco note.
The vintage Personna blade is a sheer delight.
 
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Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap, Myrsol Emulsion
Brush: DR Harris H3 Best Badger
Soap: Barrister and Mann The Full Measure of Man
Razor: Blackland Blackbird
Blade: Vintage NOS Personna Super Platinum Chrome (1)
Post: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel, Barrister and Mann Leviathan Aftershave Lotion
Scent: Santa Maria Novella Acqua Di Cuba

Lovely shave. Full Measure of Man has a scent reminiscent of Lavanille, but upon comparison, is a little spicier and with a tobacco note.
The vintage Personna blade is a sheer delight.
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LOVELY return to this thread!
 
Gargravarr said:
I've seen that term "structure" applied to lather a couple of times, but I'm a bit unclear as to what it is or does. I'm aware that most of my milled soaps don't product a ½-inch layer of lather on the skin, unlike many of my artisan soaps or croaps. But their lather is usually incomparably slick. Is that what you're talking about? And are there any advantages to such a thick layer, given that the soap that's actually doing the lubrication is probably only a fraction of a millimetre thick?
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I only started using the "structure" term recently and when I seen it used by others it basically describes the lather density: low structure lather refers to a high density low volume lather and a high structure refers to a low density high volume lather. Maybe I should just use "density" descriptor, less confusing, I'll adjust my future reports.
 
TomG said:
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Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap, Myrsol Emulsion
Brush: DR Harris H3 Best Badger
Soap: Barrister and Mann The Full Measure of Man
Razor: Blackland Blackbird
Blade: Vintage NOS Personna Super Platinum Chrome (1)
Post: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel, Barrister and Mann Leviathan Aftershave Lotion
Scent: Santa Maria Novella Acqua Di Cuba

Lovely shave. Full Measure of Man has a scent reminiscent of Lavanille, but upon comparison, is a little spicier and with a tobacco note.
The vintage Personna blade is a sheer delight.
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Great to have you back here (y)
 
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