SOTD Sept 20 - Sept 26 2021

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J, that sounds like a very close description of my #14 Novodur of the same ancestry. Spain can be proud of these wonderful examples of Spanish workmanship.
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SOTD on medium format film again! Late, because it takes time to develop, dry, scan and post-process. Hasselblad 500cm, Planar 80/2.8, 12mm extension tube, Ilford XP2 Super @200, Diafine, Nikon 9000 scan.

TI Eagle 6/8 Saturday, homemade soap, Somerset PJ3 Super, Trumper Eau de Quinine:
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Semogue SOC bristle
Palmolive shave soap
Gillette Red Tip DE
Perma-Sharp day #6
Dr. Galen Tonic a/s
Bentley Intense edt
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Tim

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TI Eagle 5/8 Special Edition, English soap scuttle, Trumper's Sandalwood soap and Cologne, Simpson B6 Pure badger:

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SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Well there's no longer any question, gang! I am slowly becoming addicted to little Swedish 4/8 razors. Yes, the steel is very hard. It takes some time to build an edge, but they take such an amazingly smooth and sharp edge. This little Neistrom #52 4/8 arrived from Poland tarnished and with a chip in the edge towards the toe. I cleaned away the tarnish, and after learning my lesson with the little Tornblom, pulled out the very aggressive Pride Abrasive water stones I use with my very hard steel Chef knives.

I began with the 220k stone and slowly removed the chip in the toe, then switched to 1k, 6k and 10k, before moving to the 9 Ball slate and finished burnishing the edge on the Jasper. From there I went to the 4 sided pasted constroption, finishing on the Roo-skin bench strop. The little Neistrom easily passed the styrofoam peanut test at that point. Stubble seemed to just melt away. The reputation these little Swedish razors have is well justified. Two passes left my face with the kind of smooth my hand will definitely be returning to for the rest of the day.

The noggin shave featured my British Gold Gillette Rocket. I’m generally not a fan of TTO safety razor head design, but this little razor has never let me down. I snagged it several years ago on the big UK auction site. I saw it just after it appeared with a very low Buy-it-now price. In fact it was so low, I suspected it might be a scam. Fortunately for me, it was just someone who wasn’t aware of what they had. A very knowledgeable TSD Gillette expert friend identified it. Loaded with a Kai or Feather blade, it always does the job as it did this morning leaving me velveteen smooth from the shoulders up.

RAZOR: Edward Neistrom #52 4/8 (Mug), British Gold Gillette Rocket (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE LE Aluminum Handle #005 with SynBad Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash.
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Semogue Torga C3 Mistura
Pre de Provence hard soap
Red Tip & Perma-Sharp #7
Dr. Galen Herbal Tonic a/s
Tom Ford Beau de Jour :-k

The Tom Ford wears well some days and not others. It's a sample. I won't be buying a bottle. In many ways it's a knockoff of Davidoff Zino but with modern woody aromachems in the base instead of patchouli, old-school sandalwood substitutes, and oakmoss. It's got a killer opening and good heart, but the base is too scratchy and lacks panache.
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Joris soap
Manchurian brush
General razor
Schick Proline blade
Superior 70 splash
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