SOTD "FREE WEEK" August 10th-16th, 2015

Prep - Shower / Woods Of Windsor Cedar Woods soap / Pre-lather / 3 min steam
Razor - Gillette Ball End Tech
Blade - Sputnik Platinum Chrome (#3 and out)
Brush - Omega 20106
Soap - Arko soap & cream / Glycerine
After - Frozen towel / Alum & WH Mix
Result - BBS

Lovely comfortable shave tonight but I think three is enough for the Sputnik. I'll definitely keep them for the Techs though.
Spent the last day reading through my SOTD's and for someone who's never kept a diary in his life, it has made for really interesting reading. I love shaving, who knew??

SOTD - Saturday, 8.15.2015

Studio Z42 pink burl w/ Nathan Clark Silvertip
Gillette Old Type w/ Elite Razor handle
Gillette Silver Blue (5th use)
Jeeves of Hudson St Cherry Blossom
Phoenix Shaving Al Fin

Plisson L'Occitane synth
Mike's bay rum
Maggard MR1 w/ Polsilver SI
Master bay rum/Pinaud lime sec AS mix

Thank You Dave, Celestino and WiteQ!

witeq said:

Lovely photos at Saturday,gents!
Have a nice weekend

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gemini68j said:

Thanks Celestino, and you've nice pic here- again

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Thank you, gentlemen!

Made rite 54
Proraso red
6/8 Wester Bros 22
Old Spice Classic AS Lotion

Charlie97L said:

Wedding Day Shave:

With Humor... So I forgot my blades and had to shave with an extra Venus Cartridge today from a relative. Still a good shave!

Gillette Venus Cart
Plisson Synthetic
Stirling MITA Soap
RR Alum
Thayers Aloe WH
Stirling MITA AS

Heh.

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WHOA, Charlie! Is it Your Wedding?! If so, many congrats!

aramis4life said:

Where is the bowl from?

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It's a German bowl - I bought it at Manufactum in Germany a couple years ago, unfortunately they don't ship abroad (at least not to Australia):

http://www.manufactum.de/rasierschale-po...sierschale

There also a couple examples on amazon.de - just type in porzellan rasierschale - some are even much cheaper. But again, I don't know if they ship out of the EU...

Hope I could help

16.8.15

Musgo Real / Plisson La Maison du Barbier / Mühle R41 + Astra Superior Platinum / Myrsol Agua Balsámica

SOTD 16 August 2015
The Intercontinental All Italian Shave-Off
W2D2

We started with my friend SteveWY an interesting project:
The Intercontinental All Italian Shave-Off

Two of us Badger & Blade members from the USA and Italy are partnering in an Intercontinental All Italian Shave-Off!
Please read more here
http://bit.ly/1J1AVOz


Week 2 Day 2

We agreed with Steve to have the new shave off on the common ground of Proraso. Proraso Green, easy as it shaves.

Today had another great easy shave. The full green combo is a terrific combo. The freshness on my skin lasted over an hour after the shave.

Bolzano a high sharp blade and the Fatip flattened the beard very quickly today without any burn. The tiger is now a ***** that caress my skin and do the job effectively and without effort. First factor is finding the narrow angle, the second is zero pressure. Still don't know which is more important!

Pre: A good shower, and Proraso Green Preshave

Brush: Proraso Omega
Razor: Fatip Grande Gold
Blades: Bolzano SuperInox (2)
Soap: Proraso Green Tub
AS: Proraso Splash / Proraso Green Balm

Music: Daniele Silvestri - il dado

EDT: L'Erbolario - Periplo




Have a wonderful shave and a fresh day to all gents!

16.viii.2015

Sunday evening:

Razor: Redtip
Blade: Voskhod (2)
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Omega 10018
A/S: Nivea
ASB: Gaia Organic ASB

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
• Soap: Valobra
• Brush: Omega Syntex 90081
• Bowl: Old Barber Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi Double Carbon Damascus San Mai, 15/16 Full Hollow, Barber's Notch
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
• Post-Shave: Umbrian Extravirgin Oil
• After Shave: 4711 Eau de Cologne Aftershave

SOTD 2015-08-16

Hot water
Gillette Slim Twist with Gillette Stainless blade (4)
Semogue 830
Stirling Barbershop soap
Stirling Barbershop ASB
Florida Water Cologne

Great pictures today,everyone!
Enjoy your Sunday