SOTD - November 2021

[Dave in KY]

Sunday November 28, 2021
Razor: Unmentionable
Blade: Unmentionable
Brush: Trotter Ida/2 Band Badger
Soap: Hub City Red Cabin in the Woods
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Nivea Deep
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,117

I may be going with Boar brushes and Unmentionables for a lot of DEcemBoar...........................if I can last without pulling out my beloved SE's

[Wchnu]

Beautiful razor!!!

Thanks!  It shaves just like a type J, which is what it is.

The J is not a favorite. But it does shave like a shick!!

[Wchnu]

Sunday November 28, 2021
Razor: Unmentionable
Blade: Unmentionable
Brush: Trotter Ida/2 Band Badger
Soap: Hub City Red Cabin in the Woods
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Nivea Deep
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,117

I may be going with Boar brushes and Unmentionables for a lot of DEcemBoar...........................if I can last without pulling out my beloved SE's

Hummm DElesscember is a better month.

[Wchnu]

Cold Water Shave w/ Hot Water Lather
Pre: Aloe Vera Glycerin Soap Face Wash, Noxzema Cream as Pre Shave
Razor: Gem 1912 Damaskeene
Blade: Gem SS PTFE (3rd Use)
Brush: Yaqi Green Obsidian Two Band Badger
Lather: Cyril R. Salter Cream (Indian Sandalwood), Face Lathered
Post: Generic Reformed Alum Block, T.N. Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, Nivea Deep After Shave, Nivea Sensitive Balm

I've been on a kind of unplanned shaving sabbatical, with many things going on over the Thanksgiving holiday. It'll take me a hot minute to catch up on folks postings! 

It's been a while since I've not shaved for three days, so I had four days growth. It was the first use of the Cyril R. Salter Indian Sandalwood shaving cream. Man does this stuff smell great! I have two Proraso creams in tubes, but this is my first cream in a tub. I debated for a while how I was going to load the brush and just decided to keep it simple and load the brush straight from the tub. I was a bit conservative with the load and for the second pass. It lathered well and did I say that it smells great! The shave went great and I even snuck in ATG on the cheeks on the second pass. Having had a good break to rest, my face felt great and I'm rearing to go again tomorrow!

Beautiful picture. I bet that smells amazing!!

[Jayaruh]

Lather Catcher Sunday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Strop Shoppe Unscented Shave Soap
Jayaruh 287 Synthetic
Triceratops 3D
Personna GEM SS PTFE
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk AS

Day 28 of 3D Printed Razor Month

The Strop Shoppe Unscented Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh 287 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Triceratops 3D Lather Catcher Razor with a Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[Whiterook]

Razor: Schick G1 Injector Razor
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Synthetic
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Caswell-Massey Newport
Aftershave: Proraso White Aftershave Balm
Additional Care:
  Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
  Imperial Leather Talcum Powder

   

[srqshaver]

Pre-shave: Warm water wash with Stirling's Executive Man bar soap
Razor: Unmentionable
Blade: Unmentionable
Brush: PAA Atomic Rocket
Soap: Hendrix Classics & Co "Badass"
Post-Shave: Omega alum stick
Aftershave: Clubman Pinaud After Shave Lotion

It was my first time using this particular unmentionable so I had some irritation and a few weepers in my trouble area under the jawline. It's a heavy razor so I misjudged the amount of upward pressure I was applying. The next shave with it will be better. Happy shaves all!

[Old Sarge]

Cold Water Shave w/ Hot Water Lather
Pre: Aloe Vera Glycerin Soap Face Wash, Noxzema Cream as Pre Shave
Razor: Schick Type J2
Blade: Personna PTFE Injector (1st Use)
Brush: Omega Pro 49 Boar
Lather: Cella, Face Lathered
Post: Generic Reformed Alum Block, T.N. Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, Clubman Pinaud Lime Sec EDC, Nivea Sensitive Balm

This razor was a Black Friday antique store score. BLUF...this shave will do nothing to minimize desire for future acquisitions of injector style razors!

First time shave with an injector razor was a successful two pass affair. I started out on the first pass experimenting with my technique. I quickly realized that "riding the cap" was not the optimal angle and adjusted to a less shallow angle. Even then, I still felt like I wasn't shaving off many whiskers. I also found myself rinsing the razor more often, as the lather port area appeared to clog up more easily. The shave came into its own on the second pass while going ATG on my neck. Though I feel like the Type J2 is a mild razor with minimal blade exposure (please correct me if I'm wrong), I was able to find the sweet spot that afforded an efficient pass. I was most pleased while going ATG on my chin and mustache, it just seemed to work well. The most odd thing I realized with this razor was during cleanup. I'm accustomed to removing all blades to do a quick cleaning of the razor...no such action required here other than rinsing off and drying.

I've been using a rubber o-ring on the Omega 49 for a short while to increase backbone. I added a second o-ring and it felt even better. Before soaking the brush, I slide the o-ring's down onto the knot. During clean-up, I slide the o-rings back onto the handle for storage and to allow the knot to dry out more easily.

This was also a first time use of Cella. I found it to work just fine, nothing spectacular...just solid. I think the Italians have the croaps nailed on!

As I've previously struggled with the Gem Featherweight, I'm announcing that beginning tomorrow I will be participating in the Festival of Featherweights. This will be a week long adventure where I attempt to become simpatico with these fine razors, much like srqshaver did in a recent shave. I see Grassy already started the pre-festival celebration with his Featherweight shave today! I'll be shaving with a Gen. I Deluxe on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday...a Gen. I on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday...and since I don't have a Gen. II I will use a Heavy Flat Top on Thursday.

Feel free to pull out a Featherweight this week and join in on the festival atmosphere! 

[srqshaver]

As I've previously struggled with the Gem Featherweight, I'm announcing that beginning tomorrow I will be participating in the Festival of Featherweights. This will be a week long adventure where I attempt to become simpatico with these fine razors, much like srqshaver did in a recent shave. I see Grassy already started the pre-festival celebration with his Featherweight shave today! I'll be shaving with a Gen. I Deluxe on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday...a Gen. I on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday...and since I don't have a Gen. II I will use a Heavy Flat Top on Thursday.

Feel free to pull out a Featherweight this week and join in on the festival atmosphere! 

Thanks for tagging me since I didn't know this was happening. The Feather Weight is really not my favorite but I suppose some back to back shaves might change that. I'm on the fence at the moment but will probably participate.

[Old Sarge]

As I've previously struggled with the Gem Featherweight, I'm announcing that beginning tomorrow I will be participating in the Festival of Featherweights. This will be a week long adventure where I attempt to become simpatico with these fine razors, much like srqshaver did in a recent shave. I see Grassy already started the pre-festival celebration with his Featherweight shave today! I'll be shaving with a Gen. I Deluxe on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday...a Gen. I on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday...and since I don't have a Gen. II I will use a Heavy Flat Top on Thursday.

Feel free to pull out a Featherweight this week and join in on the festival atmosphere! 

Thanks for tagging me since I didn't know this was happening. The Feather Weight is really not my favorite but I suppose some back to back shaves might change that. I'm on the fence at the moment but will probably participate.

Well, it's not really a thing...officially...the Festival of Featherweights is a figment of my imagination!  I'm just trying to get this razor figured out and a week of shaves ought to help. The old saying, practice makes perfect! If you wanted to shave with it once next week that would be great, Eric!