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Shave of the day for 15th December '25 to 15th January 2026

SOTD: 12/29/2025

Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable - Black Beauty
Blade: Gillette Minora, 1st use
Brush: Heritage Collection Shaving dubl duck - Clear Emerald & Black SHD Badger
Bowl: Yaqi Lather Bowl Bowl
Soap: Wild Fox Rituals Santa’s Snack Croap
Balm: Wild Fox Rituals Santa’s Snack Balm
Additional Care: Osma Alum
Additional Care: Thayers Facial Toner: Rose Petal

For today’s (still) holiday shave I grabbed my birth year Black Beauty and Wild Fox!

I received this as an early Christmas present (November) but felt like I should wait to use it until Santa’s birthday (or whatever) came. Wow, what a shave! I love my gillettes but this might be my favorite so far. And it’s my birth year! And it’s re-plated by Razor Emporium in prospector! What a gift! I got a decent family I think!

And Santa’s birthday came and he didn’t eat the snack I left out for him! Maybe because it was shaving soap and some balm to wash it down! This holiday scent from one of my favorite new artisans is insanely good! It’s everything about the season in a scent! It’s warm, sweet and balanced with an outdoorsy winter vibe I’m getting! Outstanding!

An amazing extended holiday shave! Have a great week!

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December 29, 2025
Overall Rating: ★★★★★ (Epic Shave!)
Smoothness: ★★★★★ (BBS Perfection)
Irritation: ★☆☆☆☆ (Zero Burn)

Time of Day: Evening 🌙
Blade Uses: 2
Passes: 2

Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Kamisori
Blade: Feather Professional Soft Guard
Soap: Ariana and Evans SoCal Hipster
Shaving Bowl: Marshall Made Woodshop Old Pine
Brush: Marshall Made Woodshop Old Pine
Pre-Shave: Van Der Hagen Unscented Shave Soap
Aftershave: Thayers Unscented
Aftershave 2: Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Star Jelly Unscented
Scent & Oil: Hoffmans Atlantis Beard Oil

Notes: Another "FIRST" tonight, and what a game changer. I've been wanting to try s Kamisori style razor, and it was worth it. It has such a natural feel to it, and the Feather Professional Soft Guard blade made it a BBS on 2 passes.

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Shave of the Week Starting 12/29/2025

Razor...................EJ DE89
Blade...................Personna Gem PDG
Soap...................Goodfella Smiles Shibusa 2
Brush..................WD Synthetic
Post....................Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
A/S.....................Goodfella Smiles Shibusa 2

Mighty fine shave to start the week with. Got the Goodfella Smiles stuff for Christmas. I like it a lot. Everything else cooperated and all is well. My face is happy. Now go enjoy your day folks.


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What a great setup mate and lovely soap and aftershave combination.
TGS products punch way above their weight in my opinion.
Cheers.
 
SOTD: 12/29/2025

Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable - Black Beauty
Blade: Gillette Minora, 1st use
Brush: Heritage Collection Shaving dubl duck - Clear Emerald & Black SHD Badger
Bowl: Yaqi Lather Bowl Bowl
Soap: Wild Fox Rituals Santa’s Snack Croap
Balm: Wild Fox Rituals Santa’s Snack Balm
Additional Care: Osma Alum
Additional Care: Thayers Facial Toner: Rose Petal

For today’s (still) holiday shave I grabbed my birth year Black Beauty and Wild Fox!

I received this as an early Christmas present (November) but felt like I should wait to use it until Santa’s birthday (or whatever) came. Wow, what a shave! I love my gillettes but this might be my favorite so far. And it’s my birth year! And it’s re-plated by Razor Emporium in prospector! What a gift! I got a decent family I think!

And Santa’s birthday came and he didn’t eat the snack I left out for him! Maybe because it was shaving soap and some balm to wash it down! This holiday scent from one of my favorite new artisans is insanely good! It’s everything about the season in a scent! It’s warm, sweet and balanced with an outdoorsy winter vibe I’m getting! Outstanding!

An amazing extended holiday shave! Have a great week!

- Shared from My Shave Den for iOS
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You’re right on the money there mate. What a beautiful Christmas present and the first
Black beauty on SOTD.:love:
 
Not really SOTD it was last saturday shave..

Razor: Outlaw Evolution 316L
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: PAA Atomic Rocket 26mm Synthetic
Soap / Cream: PAA Hotel Cecil
Aftershave: PAA Hotel Cecil

This is one of the razor forever on my rotation list and will never get put back in to the box, because when i use this razor i know i will get DFS..Every Time..(y):sneaky:(y)
 

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30 December 2025
Brush: Chisel and Hound, Redwood Giant, V20 Fanchurian
Software: Ariana and Evans & The Razor Company Equus Viridis
Razor: Aylsworth Razors Apex-Ti Elite
Blade: Tatra Platinum (2)

I’m going through a bit of the flu, but I felt good enough to get this shave in. What a fantastic scent and incredible label art done by none other than @s_0_g_6. 90A2D2B8-38B7-4D03-80F9-1C9C74BC77DB.jpg


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