Shave of the Day Thread - 2022

[Holiday]

Pre-shave:- Shower & full body Sorbolene moisturiser
Brush:- Simpson Jubilee QEII 130/150
Soap:- P.160 - Tippo Morbido
Razor:- Filarmonica #13
Post-shave:- Cella

Don't worry about the ugly scales they are not staying. Filarmonica was in the same basket as CV Heljestrand 30 Series "must try but way too expensive" so kept an eye out for diamonds in the rough and after the CV being a complete lemon I was dubious of this Filly with celluloid rot, broken scale and tapered toe (repair job or bad honing) and wanted to try the blade before investing in some nice scales. The blade was easy to hone despite its tapered toe and finally mastered shave ready from 12K Shapton delivering a lovely 2 x WTG = BBS.

Now to find a beautiful pair of scales worthy of such a blade

 

[Dale.Whiley]

SOTD dedicated to @SpeedyPC and all other lovers of EXCELLENT shave soaps.

Preshave: who cares, I had ARKO
Brush: who cares, I had ARKO
Soap: ARKO, ARKO ARKO. I still got half a stick. So, so happy.
Straight: who cares, I had ARKO
Postshave: who cares, I had ARKO

You just know the lather was great. All that matters is ARKO still rules as the bang for buck king of soaps. Hip, hip hooray for ARKO.

 

[SpeedyPC]

SOTD dedicated to @SpeedyPC and all other lovers of EXCELLENT shave soaps.

Preshave: who cares, I had ARKO
Brush: who cares, I had ARKO
Soap: ARKO, ARKO ARKO. I still got half a stick. So, so happy.
Straight: who cares, I had ARKO
Postshave: who cares, I had ARKO

You just know the lather was great. All that matters is ARKO still rules as the bang for buck king of soaps. Hip, hip hooray for ARKO.

 

[SpeedyPC]

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Taj Resin 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mitchell's Wool Fat
Razor/Blade:- Golddachs (Timor G & F) TTO Titanium Short Handle / Wizamet SI #4
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for winter season)
Fragrance:- Proraso Wood & Spice

 

[Mark1966]

Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Vintage butterscotch Simpson The Duke shaving brush
Soap/Cream: Phoenix & Beau Spitfire shaving soap
Razor: Vintage Gillette British Aristocrat #15
Blade: Vintage NOS Schick Plus Platinum (3)
Post-shave: Phoenix & Beau Spitfire splash
Fragrance: Phoenix & Beau Spitfire solid cologne

 

[klinker]

Tabac Tuesday

RazoRock Hawk V3 / Schick Proline
Reknotted vintage Peerless 24mm Synthetic
Tabac Tallow Formula Shaving Soap & Aftershave​

 

[TroyTools]

Pre: Proraso red pre-shave cream
Brush: TF Customs 2 band
Soap: Shaver Heaven, Spiced Mahogany
Razor: Asylum, Evolution
Blade: Gillette Minora #2
After: Alum block, Henri et Victoria Terre d'Henri balm

Next on the way to the finished products sticky is this setup. I absolutely love the scent of this soap, but it's got the big donut hole, so down to spooning it out into the bowl until finished.

The balm is leftover after the matching soap recently finished, so it's in daily rotation now to make room for something else when it's done too.

 

[MadFlava81]

Brush: Maggard 24mm Black & White
Razor: Karve CB brass SB-C
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Un Jour Gris - Soap
Post shave: Nivea - Sensitive Balm
Fragrance: Penhaligon’s - OPUS 1870 EDT (Mensbiz sample)

Have a great day!

 

[Wilkshire13]

https://imgur.com/a/Ixxyx7n

House of Mammoth Embrace, Homelike Shaving CTAPT, Rapira Platinum Lux, TF Custom Phantom Nebula

 

[Holiday]

https://imgur.com/a/Ixxyx7n

House of Mammoth Embrace, Homelike Shaving CTAPT, Rapira Platinum Lux, TF Custom Phantom Nebula

Good to see Phantom Nebula in regular rotation @Wilkshire13

 

[Holiday]

The Baby Smooth does not get out to play often enough

Pre-shave: Shower/Bloom Water
Brush: Troycraft - Gold Cork 24mm 2 Band Bulb
Soap: Moon Soaps - Sorrento
Razor: RazoRock Baby Smooth Al - Electric Blue
Blade: Cloud (2)
Aftershave: Moon Soaps - Sorrento

 

[Gargravarr]

https://imgur.com/a/Ixxyx7n

House of Mammoth Embrace, Homelike Shaving CTAPT, Rapira Platinum Lux, TF Custom Phantom Nebula

That's a very benign and sheltered-looking garden you appear to have there, by comparison to our currently blasted landscape. There are times when I do sort of envy city-dwellers...

 

[neongas]

Well that was an awesome shave which in ended in the small tragedy below. After washing out my brush, gave it a bit of a squeeze to remove excess water and heard a click. I do have some epoxy somewhere so this will be good experience in setting a knot. Time to break out the dremel tool.

 

[Razorboy]

 

[Mark1966]

Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Vintage butterscotch Culmak shaving brush
Soap/Cream: Noble Otter Two Kings shaving soap
Razor: Vintage Gillette British Aristocrat #15
Blade: Vintage NOS Schick Plus Platinum (4)
Post-shave: Noble Otter Two Kings splash
Fragrance: N/A

A light touch is needed

 

[klinker]

Rex Ambassador @3 / Gillette‌ 7 O'clock Yellow
Oumo 20 Master "Ox" 28mm Lotus Manchuria SHD Badger
Ethos/CBL Fresh Lime Shave Soap / Ethos Greenfresh Aftershave

 

[Wilkshire13]

Good to see Phantom Nebula in regular rotation @Wilkshire13

It's a firm favourite @Holiday In my top 3 brushes for sure

 

[Wilkshire13]

That's a very benign and sheltered-looking garden you appear to have there, by comparison to our currently blasted landscape. There are times when I do sort of envy city-dwellers...

Small Country town at best here mate Sorry to hear about the (very) shit weather out your way, glad you escaped mostly unscathed!

 

[TroyTools]

Pre: Proraso red pre-shave cream
Brush: TF Customs 2 band
Soap: Shaver Heaven, Spiced Mahogany
Razor: Rockwell T2 #6
Blade: Gillette Minora #1
After: Alum block, Henri et Victoria Terre d'Henri balm

 

[SpeedyPC]

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Butterscotch 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mitchell's Wool Fat
Razor/Blade:- WEISHI 9306F Classic Chrome Short Handle / Gillette Spoilers #1
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for winter season)
Fragrance:- Tabac Natural Spray EDT

I blame @Errol and @Holiday why? I can't stop reaching the Chinese bloody cheapskate WEISHI 9306 superspeed, what have you guys done to my brain, get out of my bloody head.