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

SOTD 2023 09 20
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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Shave of the day 11th September 2023

Razor: Schick Type B2

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Vie-Long #13051M

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Pereira Shaving Soap Powder

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 09 11

Been a while since I last used Pereira’s powder soap, so I figured why not on a misty Monday?

Shave of the day 8th September 2023

Razor: Schick Type B2

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Cold River Soap Works Olfactory Hue

Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Tundra Artica

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 09 08

Another fine Friday shave with an Holy Grail razor.

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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