SOTD Saturday February 22 - Friday February 28 2025

[Ron191]

Merkur 1904 razor
Astra superior stainless blade
Van der Hagen deluxe badger brush
Arko shaving soap
Jade East aftershave

Prep:
Crew cut with Wahi clippers and a No. 2 plate (1/4")
Hot shower with Tommy Bahama 3 in 1 wash

I usually avoid haircuts in the winter. It feels like an invitation to colds but we are having a warm spell so I chanced it. The advantage of doing it at home is I can hit the shower instead of having the cut hair irritate all day.

Haircut out of the way and hot shower cleaning everything up I proceeded to whip up a slick dense lather with the Arko. Two full passes and a little buffing on the trouble spots and it was time to visit the exotic East. I'm now ready to tackle the adventures of the week.

 

[Maaa]

Wolfman WR2 1.65
Gillette 7 o'clock super platinum
AP Shave Mühle STF XL
Mystic Water Soap Poggio dei Pini
Lea 3in1 Balm

 

[jphelan81]

Tatara Masamune with Nodachi head.
Tatara Blade
Tanz Brush
MDC Nature

 

[jphelan81]

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After a while of using comfortable AC razors (the Amakuni and the Spirit) the open comb Hawk with a Feather Pro was a bit of a shock! After just two passes and a few touch ups I’m glass smooth. Finishing off with Benjamin’s Bay Rum was a pleasure.

That handle . A great match.

 

[LazarosTZ]

#SOTD

•𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝟓𝟎𝟎 - 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬
•𝐘𝐚𝐪𝐢 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐒𝐒 - 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬
•𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟗𝐦𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫
•𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭 "𝐄𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭"​

 

[Jim Kleinkauf]

RAZOR: Paradigm Shaveware Salient
BLADE: Personna Lab Blue
BRUSH: Oumo Venus Kaleidoscope 26mm SHD Badger
LATHER: Declaration Grooming Massacre Of The Innocents Shave Soap
POST: Declaration Grooming Massacre Of The Innocents Aftershave

 

[Ram57]

Menthol Monday SOTD

Razor: 1958 Gillette Super Speed T.V. Special
Blade: Gillette 7 O’clock Yellow (1)
Brush: Shavemac 82 handle Synthetic 31mm
Bowl: Doug Smith 5"
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Balm: 3P
Shave Soap: Chiseled Face Cryogen
Balm: Nancy Boy Cooling
Aftershave: Chiseled Face Cryogen​

 

[koenfucius]

Shield GEM aluminium
Personna GEM
Zenith Boar Aluminium
Extro Cosmesi Isola
Nivea sensitive balm

 

[n-doc]

Simpson Chubby 2 Emerald/Candy Platinum Fibre/Aion Skincare Maxima Shaving Soap Vetiver/Lambda Athena Bronze/Gillette Perma-Sharp

 

[Danny]

SOTD 24-02-2025

Safety razor : GC 0.68p
Blade : Rapira Platinum lux
Brush : De Vergulde Hand
Shaving soap : TOBS Sandelwood
Aftershave : TOBS Sandelwood

 

[Ventastic]

Test razor T10 | Gillette Rubie | Pachamama bowl | Semogue Mistura 26mm | Lainess Bandi

 

[Levi]

- Aylsworth The APEX - Personna Lab Blue - Shavemac Black 26mm - HC&C Bowl - Barrister and Mann Seville -

 

[Tonyschin]

24/02/25
Pre - Pears Transparent Original
Brush - Simpson Commodore X1 Best Badger
Soap - Stirling Soap co. Sandalwood
Razor - Lambda Athena
Blade - Polsilver Super Iridium (4)
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Proraso Red
A/S - Proraso Red

Well now, this Polsilver is really impressing me, 4 really smooth shaves and i will take it for another run later in the week.
It had to be my early (poor) technique. I am glad i have given them another go.
Enjoy your day all.

 

[Electrif]

Monday 24th February
Ever Ready Natural Angle HFT + GEM Stainless #4 - Yaqi Red Marble + Vitos Red Super + Williams Aqua Velva AS + Aloe Vera Gel

 

[MPF9]

Mon 24th February

Aleppo soap - Shave pre wash
Stirling Syn 26mm
MWF
Schick O “ Clone “
Schick S/S Twin- Japan ( 7 )
Pitralon Classic A/S Lotion

Not sure that the blade in this Razor has been hanging around without use for too long, as performance was mediocre.Smooth enough but did not deliver the usual finish that I would expect from this. O “Clone “.