SOTD - April 2023

[CDinVT]

   
Razors: Kampfe Bros 1880 Prototype ( HR-P1 Head) & 1901 Gem Junior
Bades:  Kampfe Bros Wedge & Gem Blue Star
Brush: Vintage Badger
Soap: Vintage Larkin Shave Stick
Post & After: Dickinson's Witch Hazel & Pinaud Clubman
Notes: My first attempt at a wedge shave and honing a wedge blade. I got it sharp but not shave sharp. Finished the shave with my gem 1901. Here is a Link to the shave. ( safe for Tost)

[RayR]

Razor: Ever-Ready Lather Catcher
Blade: Personna SS PTFE
Pre-Shave: RAZOROCK CHARCOAL/LIME CUBE
Soap:  eleven Intense
Brush:  CVS BLADE Boar
Post Shave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Rose Petal / alfred dunhill DESIRE After Shave Balm

[Jayaruh]

Menthol Monday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Tea Tree Body Bar
Jayaruh #41 Badger
Rolls Traveler
1953 Rolls Blade
CWR
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Osage Rub

The Tea Tree Body Bar lathered well with the Jayaruh #41 Badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Rolls Traveler Razor and a 1953 Rolls Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Dickinson's Witch Hazel and Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[RayR]

Razors: Kampfe Bros 1880 Prototype ( HR-P1 Head) & 1901 Gem Junior
Bades:  Kampfe Bros Wedge & Gem Blue Star
Brush: Vintage Badger
Soap: Vintage Larkin Shave Stick
Post & After: Dickinson's Witch Hazel & Pinaud Clubman
Notes: My first attempt at a wedge shave and honing a wedge blade. I got it sharp but not shave sharp. Finished the shave with my gem 1901. Here is a Link to the shave. ( safe for Tost)

That  Larkin Shave Stick must be really old.  I don't know when they stopped manufacturing soaps but what was left of the old Larkin Company, which originally started as a soap manufacturing company in 1875 in Buffalo, NY was sold and liquidated in 1942. Larkin was once a big deal in the early 20th Century as a manufacturer and mail-order company. Some of their manufacturing and warehouse buildings, which are pretty huge ( The old Terminal Warehouse building is 10 stories tall)  still exist and were eventually converted into corporate office suites and for small business use. I've been there.

[Jayaruh]

[Whiterook]

   
Razor: Gem Micromatic Open Comb Chrome
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE Stainless Steel Blade
Brush: Simpson Butterscotch Chubby 2 Synthetic
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Seaforth! Sea Spiced Lime
Aftershave: Shannon's 25th Street Lime splash
Additional Care:
  Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented

[Jayaruh]

Tabac Tuesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #41 Badger
Rolls Traveler
1953 Rolls Blade
CWR
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Tabac AS

The Tabac Shaving Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #41 Badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Rolls Traveler Razor and a 1953 Rolls Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Dickinson's Witch Hazel and Tabac After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[CDinVT]

Razors: Kampfe Bros 1880 Prototype ( HR-P1 Head) & 1901 Gem Junior
Bades:  Kampfe Bros Wedge & Gem Blue Star
Brush: Vintage Badger
Soap: Vintage Larkin Shave Stick
Post & After: Dickinson's Witch Hazel & Pinaud Clubman
Notes: My first attempt at a wedge shave and honing a wedge blade. I got it sharp but not shave sharp. Finished the shave with my gem 1901. Here is a Link to the shave. ( safe for Tost)

That  Larkin Shave Stick must be really old.  I don't know when they stopped manufacturing soaps but what was left of the old Larkin Company, which originally started as a soap manufacturing company in 1875 in Buffalo, NY was sold and liquidated in 1942. Larkin was once a big deal in the early 20th Century as a manufacturer and mail-order company. Some of their manufacturing and warehouse buildings, which are pretty huge ( The old Terminal Warehouse building is 10 stories tall)  still exist and were eventually converted into corporate office suites and for small business use. I've been there.

Wow, thanks for the info Ray.

[Whiterook]

   
Razor: Unmentionable 
Blade: Unmentionable 
Brush: Simpson Emperor 3 Super Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Long Rifle Hunting Lodge
Aftershave: LBCC Historical Bay Rum Aftershave
Additional Care:
  Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented

[Jayaruh]

Williams Wednesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #41 Badger
Rolls Traveler
1953 Rolls Blade
CWR
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Lustray Spice After Shave

The Williams Mug Shaving Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #41 Badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Rolls Traveler Razor and a 1953 Rolls Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Dickinson's Witch Hazel and Lustray Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...