SOTD - February 2022

[Dave in KY]

I had an excellent shave this morning with my Pat. 1898 Gem lather catcher. I've been wanting to try a wedge adapter in a lather catcher for a while. The modern blade with adapter shaved quite well in this beautiful old razor. It was a tight fit though. The vintage Williams soap lathered quickly and abundantly with the Zenith boar brush. Aqua Velva finished off this fantastic shave.

What a great looking setup Greg !

[mlb 549]

Razorock ECO, Williams Mug Soap, Omega 1049 boar brush, AV!!

[Zykris]

Wilkinson 7 Day Razor
Soap: Williams Mug Soap
Brush: Horse Synthetic
A/S: Witch Hazel

Great two pass head shave!

[kyle3rv2]

Sadly my shave was a fail today. Still got a socially acceptable shave but there was an issue. I accidentally stropped my kampfe blade at the wrong angle. During the shave I thought man this blade is dulling out. But I forgot to reset the angle on my edge pro and stropped at too high of an angle. I restropped twice as much as the proper angle so hopefully that fixes the issue. The blade was still sharp enough to shave more or less and push cut paper. If not I'll try rehoning just using high grits to reset the edge. Anyway the shave was barbasol pacific rush followed by witch hazel spray and then Tommy Bahama cologne. No irritation just very tuggy and a small blood drop. But compared to what I'm used to it was rough.

[GAW9576]

I had an excellent shave this morning with my Pat. 1898 Gem lather catcher. I've been wanting to try a wedge adapter in a lather catcher for a while. The modern blade with adapter shaved quite well in this beautiful old razor. It was a tight fit though. The vintage Williams soap lathered quickly and abundantly with the Zenith boar brush. Aqua Velva finished off this fantastic shave.

What a great looking setup Greg !

Thank you. I really like the razor, it's beautiful and the shave was fantastic but I'm going to have to make a better handle for it.

[GarnerPW]

I have gotten into the habit of using the same setup for a month. This has a couple of benefits, one being that I only have to decide what to shave with once a month. Secondly I no longer have to keep track of how many shaves are on a blade. The first of the month a new blade goes in & at the end of the month the blade goes in the trash.

February is my birth month so I wanted to go with something a little specials.
With all that being said here is my setup for the month of February. 

Brush: Kent, Pure Silvertip Badger
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Superior Safety Razor
Blade: Pal Super
After Shave Treatment: Alum Block
Aftershave: Avon Tai Winds

Beautiful razor. And that's a cool Avon bottle. They had some really interesting designs for there bottles.
One blade each month, do you shave every day?

I shave about twice a week. That's why my blades last a month

[Dave in KY]

Saturday February 19, 2022
Razor: Weck Med Prep
Blade: Hair Shaper
Brush: Graydog Quilt/Synthetic
Soap: Ethos Custom Pineapple Coconut
AS 1: Thayers Original
AS 2: Nivea Deep
Fragrance: Paco Rabanne 1 Million
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1200

   

[Jayaruh]

Saturday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Cella Shave Soap
Semogue 1305 Boar
Provision Supply V2
Personna Injector
CWR
Cella ASB

The Cella Shave Soap lathered well with the Semogue 1305 Boar Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Provision Supply V2 Razor with plate three and a Personna Injector Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Cella ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[Tony'schin]

19/02/22
Pre       -  Shower
Brush   -  Silver Birch Brushes - Cocobolo
Soap    -  OSP Sandalwood
Razor   -  Unmentionable SE
Blade   -  Unmentionable SE
Post     -  Cold water Rinse, TC's infused Witch Hazel
Balm    -  Proraso Red
A/S      -  OSP Sandalwood

A very nice shave, 2 passes with a few touch up areas for a very smooth, comfortable finish.
We seemed to have got away with the brunt of the storm yesterday, our area has been very lucky compared to some.
Luckily, the weather was not too bad today and we managed to get the chimney swept, a Wire balloon fitted on the chimney stack making ready for the new fire to be fitted Monday.
Stay safe and enjoy your day all.

[Whiterook]

Razor: Star Bakelite Unmentionable 
Blade: Yup
Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Synthetic
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Noble Otter The Noir et Vanille
Aftershave: Maurer & Wirtz 4711 Aftershave
Additional Care:
  Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Rose Petal
  Imperial Leather Talcum Powder