Post your shave of the day for Thursday!
June 15, 2023
- Brush: AP Shave Co. 30mm SynBad
- Razor: Blackland Vector SS
- Blade: Feather ProGuard (AC) (11)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Mûir(e) Wood
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Lavanille
- Post Shave: Noble Otter – Bare
First headshave in a while. Two months with hair and it was already back to an itchy dandruff nightmare. Had a barber do a straight shave yesterday. It’s still crazy to me that I can do a 2 pass shave with a 2 week old blade and get a closer shave than the barber with a fresh blade.
June 15, 2023
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
- Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Kamisori
- Blade: Feather Pro Guard
- Lather: Abbate y La Mantia Marduk
- Post Shave: Mennen Le Grand Large
- Post Shave: Nivea After Shave Balm
I somehow feel that shavettes are much less dangerous than straight razors. I wouldn’t dare shaving with a straight at this time of the day.
Marduk whipped up with the soft horse works effortlessly.
Have a good night!
Regarding shavettes vs straights, my experience is that shavettes always cut me worse. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
June 15, 2023
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Brush: Wald Stratos Haunter 29mm A1
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Razor: Koraat 6/8" Full Hollow (Straight Shave 254)
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Lather: Pasteur|Master Soap Creations - Bloom - Soap
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Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
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Post Shave: Pasteur|Master Soap Creations - Bloom - Aftershave
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Fragrance: Tom Ford - Black Orchid - Eau de Parfum
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
Man! What a setup today! This razor and brush need no explanation. Both are terrific, and I use them a lot. MSC from South Africa is no joke. This is a killer soap base for straight razor shaving. It takes as much hydration as you want to give it and it has a silky, luxurious feel to it. It is similar but a little heavier to the feel of Zingari Man’s Sego base. The scent of Bloom is a Black Orchid dupe, so I used the real thing for fragrance.
Master Soap Creations is fantastic. If I didn’t have so much other stuff, I would load up!
I am in the exact same situation you are. I have a lot of soaps. I intend to buy another MSC soap, as well as a couple WestMan Shaving soaps, because I like including soaps made outside the US. But I badly need to thin my soap collection.
I really like WestMan soaps too, but I’m in the same boat.
Do you have recommendations for WestMan?
I used Gerês this morning, which is a a nice fougère with a vetiver undercurrent. Utopia is an warm, amber and pipe tobacco scent. My seasonal favorite so far is Alma. The scent notes: Red Roses, Passion Fruit, Passion Flower, Musk, Cedar, Oud
Thanks for the recommendations! Those are the three that I have been weighing. I have several other great fougère scents so I did not want to start with Gerês, and I am seasonal with scents so Utopia (which, frankly, is a given) probably won’t get used until the fall. My biggest question was about Alma. I like everything about that scent description but haven’t seen (or paid attention) when anyone used it.
If nothing in the scent description for Alma is a turn off then I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
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- Brush: Farvour Turn Crafts w/ C&H v12 Fanchurian
- Razor: Ralf Aust 6/8, Full Hollow Spanish Point
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Fú Dào
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Fú Dào Aftershave Splash
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Z Aftershave Balm
Fú Dào was the first HoM set I tried. The scent, as is the case with every scent, is not what I imagined. But it immediately had my attention. The scent was unique to anything I’d tried before and the Tusk base was just phenomenal. Tusk has become my favorite base, it’s just so agreeable with me, and Bens perfumery is just something that completely stands out as his own.
This Ralf Aust is a wondeful shaver. Light and smooth as butter. It gave me a close and comfortable shave, free of any nicks or irritation.
Tusk is really up there for me, too. I like how flexible it is, and the kind of creaminess and slickness it provides is just what I like.
Agreed! Top tier base.
#SOTD Thursday 15 June, 2023
- Prep: WDCB.org Chicago’s Home for Jazz
- Prep: Warm Shower
- Brush: Omega HI-Brush 146206 25mm Synthetic
- Lather: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag 1st of 10 samples (6 shaves so far)
- Bowl: Linkidea Shaving Bowl
- Razor: 1961 #Gillette 195 Adjustable Fatboy
- Blade: Shaving Revolution Platinum Series (11)
- Post: Nivea Men Maximum Hydration Moisturizing Post Shave Balm
- Post: Pinaud Clubman After Shave Lotion
I didn’t want to like the Midnight Stag. I wrinkled my nose when I first unscrewed the lid. There was no way I wanted this stuff touching my face. Now after six shaves I’m a fan. Great lather and unique fragrance.
Have a great day, everybody!
Edit: This: #sotd #shaveoftheday #wetshaving #shave #shaving #Gillette #vintage
A wetshaving prophet once said, “It only gets better or worse than Stag.”
I’m liking it.
Awesome prep! I love jazz.
My parents always listened to jazz. I remember seeing Stan Kenton live when I was about six. WDCB is a low power station, so I have to stream if I want to listen.
I grew up in Chicago listening to WDCB. My dad is a professional jazz pianist, still gigging in Chicago. He’s 100% on some of the songs that play on WDCB too.
I love low power stations. Is it community radio?
College of DuPage.
Bye, bye, England
A Geo F. Trumper gift bag next to an E-Bar razor and an Executive Shaving Co Medium Jock brush
- Razor: Ever-Ready Natural Angle (E-Bar)
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
- Brush: Executive Shaving Medium Jock
- Lather: Geo F. Trumper Rose shaving cream
- Aftershave: Southern Witchcrafts Carpathia toner
I went to Geo F. Trumper in Jermyn Street yesterday, next to Floris, Taylor of Old Bond Street, and D.R. Harris, and ended up getting their Rose shaving cream. It really smells delicious.
The shave was a quick very early morning hotel shave before getting to the airport, and I’m looking forward to repeating it when I have more time to enjoy the register scent.
Sounds fun! Hope you enjoyed it. I’m on a plane right now.
Yeah, it was a nice trip! Lots of corporate speak (which still baffles me after one year out of academia), but a few days in London with colleagues works wonders when you’re the new guy and need to figure out who’s who😅
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Jun. 15, 2023
- Brush: Chisel & Hound Bermuda Fanchurian V10 Badger
- Razor: Blackland Blackbird Ti
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Moon Soaps - Bixby - Soap
- Post Shave: Moon Soaps - Bixby - Aftershave
Beautiful shave with a fresh blade. You should try Bixby.
The word Bixby is hated in my house. My wife’s phone comes up at the wrong moments because of that app… hates it.
Samsung’s Bixby is a complete kluge.
15 June, 2023
- Brush: Omega - 10049 - Red
- Razor: Feather - AS-D2
- Blade: Gillette - Nacet (1)
- Lather: Proraso - Sandalwood - Cream
- Post Shave: Proraso - Sandalwood - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Catie’s Bubbles - Retreat - Eau de Parfum
Proraso Red++
June 15, 2023 – Funeral for a Friend
- Brush: DS Cosmetic KenSurfs 2021 Synthetic 24mm
- Razor: Gillette Tech Ball Handle Z-1
- Blade: Gillette Winner (1)
- Lather: Zingari – The Traditionalist
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Beaudelaire
Funeral for a friend today.
She was my age.
Passed away from a brain aneurysm.
Everyone was shocked to hear the news.
Zeal wanes as we bid our earthly adieu.I’m very sorry for your loss.
