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SOTD/SOTN: May 20 - June 20
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Thursday's Cold Water Shave
Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Shave Soap
Jayaruh #425 Synthetic
Pal Injecto-Matic
Vintage PAL Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Brut After Shave
I started with the cold water rinse. The Williams lathered well with the Jayaruh #425. I did one quick pass with the Pal Injecto-Matic razor with a Vintage PAL Blade. After a cold water rinse, I finished with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Brut After Shave. I am now clean, smooth, and refreshed.
June 4, 2026
Face
Razor: Alpha Shaving Outlaw Evo TI
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Soap: Cremo Silver Water & Birch
Brush: Asylum Shave Works Butterscotch Half Hive
Pre-Shave: Hot Water
Aftershave: Thayer's Rose petal witch hazel
Aftershave: Barbasol 1919 Aftershave balm
Suzumasa 888 7/8 Frameback - Semogue 820 - Acqua di Parma Cream - B&M Seville Splash - Sukin Moisturiser
SpeedyPC
He Who Must Not Be Named !
Pre-shave:- Cool Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice Handmade Ceramic
Brush:- Semogue 2016 Foro Afeitado Limited Edition Finest Badger 25/50mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mitchell's Wool Fat (tallow)
Razor/Blade:- Weber PH with MR11 Bulldog Handle / Vintage Gillette US Super Stainless (spoiler) #6
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Plunkett's Vita E Pure with Rosehip Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerine (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for autumn & winter season)
Fragrance:- Milkman Oud Noir (Australian made)
Deodorant:- Milkman Oud Noir (Australian made)
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice Handmade Ceramic
Brush:- Semogue 2016 Foro Afeitado Limited Edition Finest Badger 25/50mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mitchell's Wool Fat (tallow)
Razor/Blade:- Weber PH with MR11 Bulldog Handle / Vintage Gillette US Super Stainless (spoiler) #6
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Plunkett's Vita E Pure with Rosehip Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerine (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for autumn & winter season)
Fragrance:- Milkman Oud Noir (Australian made)
Deodorant:- Milkman Oud Noir (Australian made)
Damn fine scraper.
Suzumasa 888 7/8 Frameback - Semogue 820 - Acqua di Parma Cream - B&M Seville Splash - Sukin Moisturiser
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Pre-shave; Warm shower, face rinse with MWF bar soap.
Brush; Rudy Vey, “Vermillion Eagle” stabilised Padauk timber handle, clear coat finish with a 25mm Muhle STF ++ Synthetic fibre knot at Rudy’s loft setting.
Soap; Wholly Kaw, Timmermann Green Label 1869
Razor; Atelier Durdan, La Faulx ‘’The Scythe’’ AC razor with ++ plate. L.E 3/20 “Criniere Ardente” Fiery Mane.
Blade; Schick, Proline P30.
Post-shave; My Concoction; Wholly Kaw, Timmermann Green Label 1869, splash
Cologne/EDP;
Moisturiser;
Attar (Perfume Oil);
Shave; Very nice shave with the ‘Timmermann Green 1869 Soap/Splash (From the P&C Cancer Charity Auction) This is the 1st Wholly Kaw product I have used and after 1 shave I’m impressed with the slickness (Kamisori tomorrow will tell) and post shave feel. I’m not a ‘’nasal’ connoisseur but this smells like a fainter MDC Vetiver with a Sandalwood when lathering, if that makes sense?
SWMBO reckons the A/S splash is the nicest I have (Der wrong O/S Vintage is obviously)
Overall a very nice shave and to be honest after reading some WK reviews wouldn’t mind trying their Oud.
Friday's Cold Water Shave
Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Shave Soap
Jayaruh #425 Synthetic
Pal Injecto-Matic
Vintage PAL Blade
CWR
Brut After Shave
I started with the cold water rinse. The Williams lathered well with the Jayaruh #425. I did one quick pass with the Pal Injecto-Matic razor with a Vintage PAL Blade. After a cold water rinse, I finished with Brut After Shave. I am now clean, smooth, and refreshed.
June 5, 2026
Razor: Rex Supply Envoy
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Soap: Proraso Nourishing Shave Cream
Brush: Carbon Shaving Co. TI
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Aftershave: Thayer's Rose petal witch hazel
Aftershave 2: Proraso Balm
Fragrance: YSL Homme
Head
Stuartganis
Zen Shaver
Gillette Fatboy / Gillette 7o'clock Super Stainless
Hotoffthelathe Silvertip
Route 66/Barber Shop Hop
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Route 66/Barber Shop Hop
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195GilletteGuy
Active Member
Date Night!
Proraso pre-shave, Wild West Brushworks, Ethos Break the Chains soap & splash, Original (BRG tuned) Gillette 195 E1, Tatra blade, Omega alum, HAGs Faceless balm. Awesome three pass shave.
Proraso pre-shave, Wild West Brushworks, Ethos Break the Chains soap & splash, Original (BRG tuned) Gillette 195 E1, Tatra blade, Omega alum, HAGs Faceless balm. Awesome three pass shave.
Glenn S.
Active Member
SOTD - 6/5/2026
Subtle Art Soap Company Draconis Glacialis
Merkur 500 Progress With Antique Brass Knob Handle
The Varlet - Royal Blue Hash - Beehive - 29mm XD
From the Subtle Art website:
A low, crystalline wind swept the ridge, carrying the pale scent of crushed winter herbs and the faint metallic tang of frost. From the blue-white glare of the glaciers sheathed in moonlight, the Ice Dragon’s lair can be seen. Inside, the dragon lay at rest. Its body not leathery like dragons of the south, but latticed, translucent, and rimed in spires of hoarfrost that chimed in the cold air with each breath. Each scale was a shard of glacial ice, impossibly clear and edged with silver. Muscles of pale blue and pearl flexed beneath the crystalline armor; when he moved, the light caught, fracturing into a hundred cold shards that danced over the snow.
Legends called the Ice Dragon guardian and omen both. To shepherds he was mercy: a presence that tamed storms, smoothing blizzards into manageable drifts, sealing crevasses with crystalline seams. To those who sought his hoard he was a judgment: treasures frozen into the glacier — jeweled with permafrost and kept beneath the weight of ancient winters — were guarded not by malice but by an indifferent, elegant calculus. Pillagers found themselves turned to statues of snow, their hands and tools encased in a tribute of ice that the dragon released only when he deemed their repentance true.
Those who encountered the dragon learned a subtle language of gestures. A tilt of the head suggested truce; a sweep of the tail presaged a sudden whiteout. Children told stories of the dragon laying a single, perfect snowflake upon the forehead of newborns, a blessing that lent them steadiness and an affinity for cold. Hunters carved tiny icons of the dragon’s likeness and left them at the mouths of frozen caves; his absence from the skies was a warning of imbalance, his presence a slow correction.
Scent Notes: Bergamot, Verbena, Mint, Coriander, Cedar, Amber
Subtle Art Soap Company Draconis Glacialis
Merkur 500 Progress With Antique Brass Knob Handle
The Varlet - Royal Blue Hash - Beehive - 29mm XD
From the Subtle Art website:
A low, crystalline wind swept the ridge, carrying the pale scent of crushed winter herbs and the faint metallic tang of frost. From the blue-white glare of the glaciers sheathed in moonlight, the Ice Dragon’s lair can be seen. Inside, the dragon lay at rest. Its body not leathery like dragons of the south, but latticed, translucent, and rimed in spires of hoarfrost that chimed in the cold air with each breath. Each scale was a shard of glacial ice, impossibly clear and edged with silver. Muscles of pale blue and pearl flexed beneath the crystalline armor; when he moved, the light caught, fracturing into a hundred cold shards that danced over the snow.
Legends called the Ice Dragon guardian and omen both. To shepherds he was mercy: a presence that tamed storms, smoothing blizzards into manageable drifts, sealing crevasses with crystalline seams. To those who sought his hoard he was a judgment: treasures frozen into the glacier — jeweled with permafrost and kept beneath the weight of ancient winters — were guarded not by malice but by an indifferent, elegant calculus. Pillagers found themselves turned to statues of snow, their hands and tools encased in a tribute of ice that the dragon released only when he deemed their repentance true.
Those who encountered the dragon learned a subtle language of gestures. A tilt of the head suggested truce; a sweep of the tail presaged a sudden whiteout. Children told stories of the dragon laying a single, perfect snowflake upon the forehead of newborns, a blessing that lent them steadiness and an affinity for cold. Hunters carved tiny icons of the dragon’s likeness and left them at the mouths of frozen caves; his absence from the skies was a warning of imbalance, his presence a slow correction.
Scent Notes: Bergamot, Verbena, Mint, Coriander, Cedar, Amber
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