SOTD - October 2021

[GAW9576]

I had an excellent shave this morning with the Gem Junior Parade and my custom Schick G. The red handle on the Gem is actually from my Treet razor but I really like the brass and red together. The Novelist by A&E is a fantastic soap. I love the scent and the lather is wonderful especially when whipped up with the 28mm SHD badger. I'm wearing the Casio world time today which is one of my go to watches lately. 

Wow nice handles you got there...and the ones on the razors also!   (sarcasm emoji combination)

When you said before that you manufactured Schick handles, is that one of them? She's a beaut! That's a monster knot. Do the SHD badger knots suck up a lot of lather? Pretty good for face lathering I suppose. I think Dave in KY used a knot that large a couple of his videos back and I thought man, won't take long to lather the face with a brush that large!

Don't mind Dave in KY, you know he's got a thing with those baton handles! 

Mitchell’s Wool “Fat” Friday!
Cold Water Shave
Pre: Neutrogena Soap Face Wash, Noxzema Cream As Pre Shave
Razor: Ever-Ready 1912
Blade: Gem SS PTFE (8th Use)
Brush: Vulfix 374 Super Badger
Soap: MWF
Post: Osma Alum Block, T.N. Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, Clubman Pinaud After Shave, Nivea Sensitive Skin & Stubble Balm


A successful three pass shave. Giving some love to the Fat, as there was some good natured poo-pooing posted earlier!

Yes I made this Schick G handle as well as the brush handle. The SHD is wonderful. It holds a lot of lather too. I can load it then face lather (neck lather actually) and have more than enough for 3 passes. Even when I shaved my head there was more than enough lather for multiple passes. I don't bowl lather much at all anymore. I have a very heavy vintage mug that I pre-soak the brush in in hot water. Then I load the brush empty the mug and put the brush in the mugs between passes. The mug holds heat really well and I use it kind of like a brush scuttle.

That looks like a squat head Ever-Ready. Or is it just the angle of the picture?