Shave of the day 25th September 2023

Razor: Schick Type A

Blade: Schick Injector

Brush: Wilkinson Sword

Badger Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: B&M Latha Oceana

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 09 25

A nice Monday shave means a nice start on the week.

Fluffy and soft lather

Shave of the day 22nd September 2023

Razor: Schick Type A

Blade: Schick Injector

Brush: Omega #10048

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 09 22

Another fine Friday shave, featuring the Holy Grail razor, my first ‘real’ shaving brush, and the same cream I got when I started traditional wetshaving thirteen odd years ago.

It is a newer tube though…

Fluffy lather

Shave of the day 20 September 2023

Razor: Schick Type A

Blade: Schick Injector

Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012

Pre-Shave: Prep Original

Lather: GzD Shavestick

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

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Inexpensive soap does not imply unimpressive lather…

A wonderful Wednesday shave, with a magazine repeating razor, the first LE brush from The ‘Nook, and the remains of a Turkish shavestick pressed into a puck.

Shave of the day 18th September 2023

Razor: Schick Type A Blade: Schick Injector

Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 09 18

Another week and another shave, this time with the first model Schick.

Today’s lather; rich and fluffy and plentiful.

Spherical razor

Who says a razor blade have to be flat? What if it was a segment of a sphere, with four or more cutting edges? The blade would in effect be a self contained spherical razor.

I mean, there is a couple of glaring problems with the idea, but even so. It isn’t the first all edge and no point razor we’ve looked at.

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A magical adventure for your face!

I find that playing around with AI – and large language models in particular – can be fun. And as long as you know to take everything they generate with a trainload or ten of salt, they can be useful too. Like when I asked ChatGPT to explain traditional wetshaving to me as if I was five years old… and was told that traditional wetshaving was a magical adventure for my face.

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Shave of the day 30th August 2023

Razor: Schick E2

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Vie-Long #12705B

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Lemongrass & Eucalyptus

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023-08-30

Another Mike-y shave in the middle of the week. One of the thing’s I like about Mike’s is how long the tubs lasts. This one I’ve had for… a decade? A little over a decade? Still retains the scent and still makes lovely lather.