SOTD September 28 - October 4, 2020

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SOTD September 28 - October 4, 2020

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So nice to be back with the favourite razors! 8/8 custom Zowada, AoS Lavender (tallow) soap, Simpson Major, Musgo Real original aftershave:

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SOTD MONDAY MORNING, September 28, 2020

RAZOR: Witte Copperhead 13/16 (Mug), Colonial General V2 Silversmith Handle (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rearden Razor 316L SS Synthetic
CREAM: Muhle Buckthorn
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin Soap followed by Pre de Provence Balm.
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Soap: Penhaligon's Lords
Brush: Kent BK4
Razor: Vintage Gillette
Post Shave: Trumper MOF AS and Penhaligon Lords Cologne

EDIT: I really need to get my photography skills in check, my photos often come out way too blurry, too dark and they probably suffer from many other problems as well. :wink:
Granted, I don't have the best camera on my phone though.
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SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, September 29, 2002

Talk about serendipity! I stopped at an antique furniture dealer to pick up a bench SWMBO purchased. When I entered I saw a bunch of old barbering supplies and tools on the cashier’s table. Chatted up the owner and discovered my old barber had passed and this guy had bought his old shop chair. In the pocket were two razors. One was an old Pearl Duck with a cracked blade and the other was a Frederick Reynolds with what looked like a black blade. I mentioned that my son was a bladesmith and could use the black blade.

I gave the guy $10 for it. Got it home, cleaned up the blade with some ultra fine steel wool. Discovered that the black material on the blade was old dried oil. Did some research and discovered it was a Victorian era razor from the stamp ‘R’ overlaying a ‘V’ standing for Regina Victoria. So I know it was made between 1837 and 1901. Further research revealed it had bovine horn scales, a little worse for the wear, but still usable. The blade edge was chipped along its entire length. Worked off the chips on a coarse DMT plate. The blade was crazy wavy! Spent close to 3 1/2 hrs setting the bevel and finishing the edge, and decided to shave with it next day morning.

Spoke to Glen Mercurio who is restoring another vintage straight for me, and mentioned this razor. When he heard I’d restored the edge without taping the spine he was horrified, telling me how I probably devalued the razor by doing so. Oh well, I don’t really give a hoot! I’ll let my son worry about my straight razors after I’m pushing up daisies. All I know is that I had probably one of the best straight razor shaves ever. The blade was lighter than I’m used to, but the Barber’s notch made two handed use on my neck very easy! Great mug shave followed by an excellent dome shave.

RAZOR: Frederick Reynolds Sheffield (Mug), Colonial General V2 w/ Silversmith Handle (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Rosewood Silvertip Badger #378
CREAM: Lush Prince
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin Soap followed by Pre de Provence Balm.
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Zowada custom 8/8, homemade soap in scuttle, Vulfix 2 band, Creed Virgin Island Water:

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Moving on the damascus Zowadas, here's the first with some TGR Standard Cream, used in the small scuttle with a Simpson Colonel, then Taylor's No.74 Original:

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SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Excellent lime shave this morning! I’m a very basic scent guy - lime, spice, peppermint and sandalwood are about all these barbarian nostrils of mine are capable of discerning. SWMBO never complains about lime or peppermint. So that’s really all I use, and I do it sparingly due to her fragrance allergy. My son’s straight razor collection (well over 100) consists of 80% Japanese, 10% Engstrom and Filarmonica, and the last 10% Reynolds, Rogers, and assorted other early UK makers (Bengall?). He helped me pick the NOS Diamond Hayashi 6/8 razor I shaved with this morning, and honed it for me exclusively on jnats. The model is called a Nigiri Tokusen (2 finger opening). If there’s such a thing as melting whiskers, that’s what I experienced. One very minor tremor-related ear nick, but otherwise a wonderful extremely close mug shave. I skipped the dome shave this morning. I find myself continually feeling my face, amazed at the closeness of this shave.

RAZOR: NOS Diamond Hayashi 6/8 (Nigiri Tokusen Model)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by Argan Oil
BRUSH: Alpha Shaving T-400 Tribute w/ 26mm Two Band Badger Ferrule
CREAM: Castle Forbes Lime
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Pre de Provence Balm.
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SOTN Wednesday
Chris' post the other day inspired me to try a Godrej Shaving round in a vintage scuttle.
This scuttle belonged to either my grandfather, or my great-grandfather. I'm not quite sure which.
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prep - shower with Caprina Fresh Goat’s Milk Original Formula bar soap
razor - Gillette Single-Ring Old
blade - Astra Superior Platinum (18)
brush - Simpson Special 1 in Best Badger
soap - Godrej Shaving Round
post - warm water rinse, DSA “Pure & Natural” alum, cold water rinse
aftershave - Chatillon Lux Pure Lavender
music - streaming Surf Rock Radio

It worked in spite of the lather being on the frothy side. I don't think you can expect (or need) tons of creamy lather pr0n with one of these.
I got a 3-pass BBS.
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brothers wrote: Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:24 am SOTD Tabac 090220.jpg
Is that a DIY stick (and label) of Tabac in a recycled Irisch Moos container, or did it come that way?
It looks way nicer than the plain white glue stick container I used for my stickified Tabac.
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SOTD THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 2020

The new C-Mon Special arrived yesterday, and like many vintage razors required a bit of a touch up. The edge was chipped requiring a new bevel set and the blade is not centering. As one friend (@Trigger) at TSD mentioned, after honing this C-Mon is now “wicked” sharp! What some might call ‘whisker-melting’ sharp. It systematically reduced my facial stubble in three buttery smooth passes (WTG, ATG, XTG) leaving me smooth clean and velveteen! I really like this razor. Still need to work on the blade-centering issue! When I began my dome shave, I remembered why I like the LaResche 51 so much. It plowed effortlessly through my noggin stubble shearing it right down to the skin line leaving me with a velveteen smooth dome to match my mug! Just a fabulous shave this morning to kick off Open Comb October!

RAZOR: C-Mon Special 11/16 (Mug), LaResche 51 (Dome)
BLADE: Polsilver
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by Argan Oil
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Pre de Provence Bergamot & Thyme Balm.
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TI Eagle 7/8, homemade soap, Simpson Polo 8, Floris No.127:

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The only difference within today's shave setup listed below was the changing of the blade from the Kai Captain Original after being used every day throughout September, and replacing it with a Schick Proline 30 for the next 31 daily shaves in the month of October.
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Zowada damascus 7/8 horn, homemade soap in scuttle, Omega synthetic, Penhaligon's LP No.9:

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SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 2020

My Monster Tuxedo Synthetic arrived yesterday from the MrEE Brush Research Design Works, and I love it! It’s my second from that elite facility and it truly lives up to its name! It generated monstrous swathes of rich, slick lather from the recently replaced tub of Baume.Be shave cream. The original was a hardened orange paste that resisted lather building. but the replacement featured a pale yellow cream that generated a very respectable slick, rich lather. I’ll have to go easy with this new brush; it’s probably the best lather builder in my limited brush rotation.

My mug shave featured one of my favorite straights, the Dubl Duck Goldedge. It performed in its usual exemplary fashion delivering an extremely close three pass (WTG, ATG, XTG) velveteen shave. My dome shave was also excellent with one of my favorite Gillette New models, the New Standard. The shave was a really luxurious two pass (ATG, ATG) that delivered that same exquisite velveteen result as the DD Goldedge did for my mug. I feel refreshed, smooth, clean and velveteen!

RAZOR: Dubl Duck Goldedge (Mug), 1928 Gillette New Standard (Dome)
BLADE: Polsilver (2)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Monster Tuxedo Synthetic
CREAM: Baume.be
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Royal Lyme AS/Cologne.
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Wow. That brush.
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drmoss_ca wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:27 am Wow. That brush.
Yes, anodized aluminum with a 30mm synth knot built by a friend by a friend for me at TSD. I asked that he use silicon adhesive so I can easily change the knot if I wish. It’s a great lather tool.
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Zowada damascus 7/8 lacewood, homemade soap, unbranded synthetic brush, Guerlain's Mouchoir de Monsieur:

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SOTD SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 2020

Really great shave on this bright, sunny, cool morning in the Philadelphia suburbs. I’m starting to favor this old Civil War era Sheffield straight razor’s edge. The buttery smooth three pass (WTG, ATG, XTG) to “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” was a true pleasure. The new @MrEEMonster Tuxedo Synth is a joy to use. It’s become my #1 head shaving brush, but also is spectacular on my mug! It again generated huge, billowing waves of Nuavia Blu lather, easily enough for three or four shaves. It’s a real soap eater. My two pass (ATG, ATG) dome shave with the French Famex Adjustable OC was every bit as good as my face shave! I feel incredibly refreshed, clean, smooth and velveteen!

RAZOR: Manhattan Cutlery Sheffield 13/16 French Point (Mug), Famex Adjustable Head on ATT Atlas Handle (Dome)
BLADE: Suneko DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Aluminum Monster Tuxedo Synth
SOAP: Panncrema Nuavia Blu
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with PAA Frost Byte Peppermint AS Splash.
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