SMF

Monday

Brush: Simpson Chubby 1 Best
Soap: Williams
Razor: '54 Z2 Super Speed
Blade: Lord Platinum
A/S: Musgo Real A/S Splash
Cologne / Fragrance: Aspen

Mike

Tuesday

Brush: Rooney Stubby 1
Cream: Yardley Gold
Razor: '54 Z2 Super Speed
Blade: Lord Platinum
A/S: Power Stick (Dollar Tree balm)
Cologne / Fragrance: Aspen

Mike

Wednesday

Brush: Rooney Stubby 1
Cream: RazoRock XXX
Razor: '54 Z2 Super Speed
Blade: Lord Platinum
A/S: Power Stick (Dollar Tree balm)
Cologne / Fragrance: Vintage Shulton Old Spice

Mike

My 91 yr old Gillette New Standard delivered a comfortable three pass DFS to both dome and face today on day four of Decadent December. This is a reliable, well-balanced razor that I can always count on for a good shave.

SOTD 12/04/19

RAZOR: Gillette New Standard
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse of dome and face followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48
SOAP: Grooming Dept Unscented Donkey Milk
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash of face and dome w/ brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Snake Bite AS Splash

SOTD WEDNESDAY
Prep: proraso green
Brush: apshaveco synbad synthetic
Soap: A&E social hipster
Razor: ATT SE2
Blade: KAI Protouch
Post: Alum
AS: A&E social hipster

Great lavender shave today. Day 5 of Decadent December featured my Gillette New LC which delivered a very comfortable noggin and face BBS. I really like the Grooming Dept Scentless Donkey Milk soap salted with 5-6 drops of M-Bomb I’ve used for the last two shaves. It provides a slick, thick, nourishing lather that was a pleasure to wash and rinse with after the shave. I feel smooth and refreshed!

SOTD 12/05/19

RAZOR: Gillette New LC
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a face and dome scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48 Boar
SOAP: Grooming Dept Scentless Donkey Milk
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Lavender Pour Homme AS Splash

Friday

Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Best
Cream: Imperial Leather
Razor: '54 Z2 Super Speed
Blade: Lord Platinum
A/S: Power Stick (Dollar Tree balm)
Cologne / Fragrance: Georgio Red

Mike

It’s day 6 of Decadent December, and time to break out one of my favorite Vintage Gillettes, my 1905 Silver Plated Old Type. Looks pretty good for a 114 yr old lady! And boy does she deliver the goods! BBS on both dome and face. Great shave all around! My favorite Cream, mentholated Kapo spiced with 5 additional drops of M-Bomb whipped up to a thick, slick protective lather by my favorite brush came close to putting it in the Cryogen class of cold, but not to that tearing head-shaking level of my wonderful Cryogen. Anyway, the result left me feeling cool and refreshed! Great shave!

SOTD 12/06/19

RAZOR: 1905 Gillette Old Type
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a face and dome scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48
CREAM: Kapo Fresh
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash of face and noggin w/ the brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Snake Bite AS Splash

Good morning to all on this sunny Pearl Harbor Day 2019. I’m referencing WWII because today I shaved with my father’s Gillette Slim. My dad was a WWII Navy vet, who passed in 2013 at age 99. I’ve had this razor since I went through his things after his death. This morning was my first shave with it. It was a process of trial and error, but I finally found setting 7 to be the right one for my whiskers. The shave was a smooth and close DFS. In any case, after completing my favorite activity to start each day, I feel smooth, clean and refreshed.

SOTD 12/07/19

RAZOR: Gillette Slim Adjustable
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by Grooming Dept Preshave
BRUSH: WCS Best Badger
SOAP: Mike’s Natural Hungarian Lavender
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel and finished with Fine Snake Bite AS Splash

Loeffler & Sykes razor, T&H Lavender, Omega Boar, Taylor's Lavender Water:

SOTN Dec 7

razor - RazoRock Hawk
blade - KAI Captain Titan Mild (2)
soap - Saponificio Varesino Stella Alpina
brush - Stirling 2-Band Synthetic
post - warm water rinse, "Pure & Natural" Alum stick, cold water rinse
AS - Reuzel
music - none, tonight. SWMBO went to bed early.

drmoss_ca wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2019 9:26 am

Ooh. Nice scales.

Lazy day on this 8th day of Decadent December, led to a late morning shave, featuring one of my more efficient vintage razors, my Cooper Monobilt. Despite a late start, the razor delivered a dome and face BBS that has me continuing to feel that incredibly closely shaved dome. I feel smooth, clean and cool thanks to my Cryogen AS and M-Bomb additive to my shaving soap!

SOTD 12/08/19

RAZOR: Cooper Monobilt
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a face and dome scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48 Boar
SOAP: Declaration Grooming Sellout salted w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Ciseled Face Cryogen AS Splash

SOTN Dec. 8
razor - British Aristocrat Junior
blade - QShave Titanium (16)
soap - TOBS Mr Taylors
brush - Omega 10086 Travel Brush - my favourite boar, even though it's tiny.
post - warm water rinse, "Pure & Natural" Alum stick, cold water rinse
AS - vintage Stetson AS balm

I'm gonna have to order some more Mr Taylors soon. I think it's my favourite TOBS cream that I have tried so far.