Shave of the Day Thread - 2023

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Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Vintage buttterscotch Simpson shaving brush
Soap/Cream: Declation Grooming / Chatillon Lux Weinstrasse shaving soap
Razor: Blutt WR-1 razor (1.2 mm)
Blade: Wizamet Iridium Super (3)
Post-shave: Declation Grooming / Chatillon Lux Weinstrasse splash
Fragrance: Declation Grooming / Chatillon Lux Weinstrasse EDC

When your phone starts buzzing as you step out of the shower you forget to do things like take photos OF YOUR SOTD GEAR ... :(

Seeing other people use a product often inspires my choices of software - thanks @klinker !
 
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Mark1966 said:
When your phone starts buzzing as you step out of the shower you forget to do things like take photos ... :(

Seeing other people use a product often inspires my choices of software - thanks @klinker !
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You are welcome @Mark1966. But seriously, are you saying that you forgot to take photos of yourself in the shower? :cautious:
 
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Tuesday 02.14.23
RAZOR: Timeless Titanium 0.95
BLADE: Wizamet Super Iridium
BRUSH: Erskine Faux Ivory 20mm 2-Band Badger
LATHER: Declaration Grooming Fake Yellow Light Shave Soap
POST: Declaration Grooming Fake Yellow Light Aftershave Splash
 
MadFlava81 said:
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First shave with the Tech and I was genuinely surprised how good the shave was.
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I think that this is why @Errol rarely reviews vintage razors - doesn't want to show up the modern ones ...
 
neongas said:
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The mighty Minora is probably the best blade so far, but I wouldnt say it tamed the Dart. Still a very close shave with blade feel. Riding the cap mitigated the blade feel somewhat.
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The Blackland Dart's name always reminds me of those lines from Paradise Lost:

The other shape,
If shape it might be call’d that shape had none
Distinguishable in member, joynt, or limb,
Or substance might be call’d that shadow seem’d,
For each seem’d either; black it stood as Night,
Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell,
And shook a dreadful Dart...
 
Gargravarr said:
The Blackland Dart's name always reminds me of those lines from Paradise Lost:

The other shape,
If shape it might be call’d that shape had none
Distinguishable in member, joynt, or limb,
Or substance might be call’d that shadow seem’d,
For each seem’d either; black it stood as Night,
Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell,
And shook a dreadful Dart...
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I always think of the Goggomobile ads.

When he's on the phone saying "G O G G O, not the Dart, they always think it's the Dart".
 
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Pre-shave: Hot flannel, Pears soap
Brush: Forgotten Art "Tarkine" Ω piggy-wig
Soap: Vintage Yardley
Razor: Blackland Sabre
Blade: Personna GEM Stainless
Post-shave: Shower, Thayer's witch hazel w/- cucumber, homebrew moisturiser, La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF50+, Oxford & Cambridge cologne
COTD: Mocha Matari, Yemen

And there's this...
 

SOTD – Wed 15 Feb 2023​

Aussie Wet Shave:
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Shave Result: The “Faulding” cream is a budget cream found in many SuperMarkets and Chemist, I call this the “Faulding” cream as some years ago (more than 20) it was promoted by the old “Faulding” company with the same packaging & colours and many shops still list it as Faulding shave cream. The cream quickly produced a good bowl lather, it was plenty slick enough although the residual dried quickly so needed to keep it moist with a wet hand, I find this is common with many shaving creams. The scent smells woody green/herbal, about mid strength. Yaqi Razzo SE had more blade feel than I’m used to from the last few razors and for me above medium aggressive razor, despite that I was to achieve an excellent close shave with just one weeper and some minor irritation on the neck area.

The Gear:​

  • Pre Shave: Natio Men Shave Gel [A]
  • Brush: ShaveXDave “Rock Pool” with 26/56 Cashmere [A]
  • Soap: “Faulding” shaving cream (AU$2.65 at Woolies) [A]
  • Bowl: Whisper From The Woods [A]
  • Razor: Yaqi Razzo Lite SE (Katana head with AL Handle)
  • Blade: Sunny Supreme Stainless (1)
  • Splash: TN Dickinsons Witch Hazel with Menthol, T.Tree&Peppermint
  • Balm: Natio Men Calming After Shave [A]
  • After Shave: Imperial Leather AS (also from Woolies)
  • Moisturiser: Swisse Daily Face Moisturiser for Men [A]
[A] = Australian Made
 
JustUncleL said:

SOTD – Wed 15 Feb 2023​

Aussie Wet Shave:
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Shave Result: The “Faulding” cream is a budget cream found in many SuperMarkets and Chemist, I call this the “Faulding” cream as some years ago (more than 20) it was promoted by the old “Faulding” company with the same packaging & colours and many shops still list it as Faulding shave cream. The cream quickly produced a good bowl lather, it was plenty slick enough although the residual dried quickly so needed to keep it moist with a wet hand, I find this is common with many shaving creams. The scent smells woody green/herbal, about mid strength. Yaqi Razzo SE had more blade feel than I’m used to from the last few razors and for me above medium aggressive razor, despite that I was to achieve an excellent close shave with just one weeper and some minor irritation on the neck area.

The Gear:​

  • Pre Shave: Natio Men Shave Gel [A]
  • Brush: ShaveXDave “Rock Pool” with 26/56 Cashmere [A]
  • Soap: “Faulding” shaving cream (AU$2.65 at Woolies) [A]
  • Bowl: Whisper From The Woods [A]
  • Razor: Yaqi Razzo Lite SE (Katana head with AL Handle)
  • Blade: Sunny Supreme Stainless (1)
  • Splash: TN Dickinsons Witch Hazel with Menthol, T.Tree&Peppermint
  • Balm: Natio Men Calming After Shave [A]
  • After Shave: Imperial Leather AS (also from Woolies)
  • Moisturiser: Swisse Daily Face Moisturiser for Men [A]
[A] = Australian Made
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This used to be my dad's favourite shaving cream many many years ago back when it was decent but he stopped using it and went with Palmolive even though he wasn't as happy with it as he was this soap. This was all prior to me being old enough or into shaving. There was a time when wet shaving and the net wasn't what it is today so finding the soaps and creams was kinda blind luck. I know for a fact he used to use Proraso because I found an old broken glass jar with a metal lid (likely the pre shave/after shave) of it in the shed with some nails and screws in it. Strangely when I also used it for the first time many years later it brought back a familiar scent of maybe when he used it when I was really little.

It's a shame faulding couldn't keep it going as from all recollections I heard it was pretty good. I recall going shopping with my parents when I was a kid and my dad picking it at Franklins and tossing it in the trolley. lol

I find that Cella organic is much the same. It loses any residual slickness if you aren't constantly wetting it or being quick. Strangely I never hear people complain about it and go on about the slickness of it so maybe I just got a dud.
 
Rusty Bridges said:
I find that Cella organic is much the same. It loses any residual slickness if you aren't constantly wetting it or being quick. Strangely I never hear people complain about it and go on about the slickness of it so maybe I just got a dud.
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Adding a bit of water as you go of a fact of life with any soap, especially if you shave your head as well as your face, as it all takes a bit of time.
 
Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Vintage buttterscotch Simpson shaving brush
Soap/Cream: Stirling Soap Co Sharp Dressed Man shaving soap
Razor: Blutt WR-1 razor (1.2 mm)
Blade: Wizamet Iridium Super (5)
Post-shave: Stirling Soap Co Sharp Dressed Man splash
Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co Sharp Dressed Man EDT

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Brush: (not pictured) CRV, olive and resin, two bands.
Razor: Humongous Wade & Butcher 1/2 (possibly 3/4) hollow.
Soap: Catie's Bubbles "Black Bergamot" (R&B LE)
After: Catie's Bubbles "Black Bergamot"

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Doesn't get any better than this, although I slightly screwed up the lather. I tried a different progression with this razor, it was a very Frankensteinian hone, but it worked great nevertheless.
 
Mastropiero said:
Brush: (not pictured) CRV, olive and resin, two bands.
Razor: Humongous Wade & Butcher 1/2 (possibly 3/4) hollow.
Soap: Catie's Bubbles "Black Bergamot" (R&B LE)
After: Catie's Bubbles "Black Bergamot"

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Doesn't get any better than this, although I slightly screwed up the lather. I tried a different progression with this razor, it was a very Frankensteinian hone, but it worked great nevertheless.
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Wow, that blade certainly makes a statement :love:
 
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Pre-shave: Hot flannel, Pears soap
Brush: Troycraft "Opalesque" 28mm AP G5C
Soap: Stirling - Campania
Razor: ΑΛΦΑ Claymore Evolution
Blade: Schick Proline
Post-shave: Shower, Thayer's witch hazel w/- cucumber, homebrew moisturiser, La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF50+
COTD: Mocha Matari, Yemen

Always nice to come back to Stirling, even though I was reluctant to commit to a whole tub of anything this time around. But next year, I might just buy a whole bunch of samples like this, just to keep things interesting.
 
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