SOTD November 21 through November 27, 2011

[SRD]

November 27

Simpson Chubby 2 in 3 Band Super
T&H Rose Cream
Gillette NEW with a Treet Durasharp
A/V A/S
Trumper's Spanish Leather cologne

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Dave

[Squire]

Sunday morning:

Jagger Georgian brush
Woods of Windsor shave soap
Jagger Chatsworth razor
Gillette Bleue Extra blade
Trumper Ajaccio Violet used as aftershave

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Regards,
Squire

[ShadowsDad]

Sunday AM:

Blazingly hot towel 4x
Semogue 1438 Boar
KMF cool mint w/added menthol kick, face lathered
Gillette Black Handle SS
Polsilver Super Iridium (7 and canned)
Menthol AS

Some blades are pure pleasure to test, others are like driving wood splints under the nail. This was the former. A very nice blade for me. First I tested it in the mild razors with a good showing, then in the Slim set to 9 where it worked OK, but I got too many weepers with it. So I put it back into this razor to use the blade to 7 shaves or it got dull. It reached my limit of 7 shaves long before it got dull. I have no doubt I could have kept going to rack up more shaves from the blade.

Todays shave was an easy 2 pass + touchups BBS, and it was just as comfortable a shave as the first. This blade is on the very short list of DE blades I will buy. The others are Gillette 7O'Clock Yellows and Med Preps. All of my best blades have a few traits I insist on (in no particular order since they all must exist in the same blade) sharpness, smoothness, longevity. Obviously YMMV.

[BullGoose]

Sunday, November 27th

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Thater Stout 1
Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Soap: DR Harris Arlington
A/S: Floid Suave

I enjoyed another excellent shave with the Futur/Polsilver combination. By the end of the shave the blade was showing subtle signs that it was nearing the end of its useful life. I'll change the blade tomorrow. If I could only have one soap from here on out, I would be content to use DR Harris Arlington. It is excellent! The Floid aftershave felt great for what is turning out to be a very warm fall day (80 degrees).

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- Phil

[CJS]

Gillette TV Special
Astra SP (1)
Rooney 1/1 Super
Gentleman's Best shave soap
Harris Pink

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-Chris

"I'm sorry, I thought this was America!"

[brothers]

Sunday

RazoRock XXX
no name big brush
Filarmonica 14
444 After Shave Balm

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Gary

[desertbadger]

SATURDAY

Schick Injector N2 (black handle)
Schick Platinum (NOS)
Green Pond SC
Chubby 3 super 2 band
GFT Skye EdT.



Regards,
David

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Gotta have the "Fat"!

[CMur12]

Sunday Night:

iKon Bulldog razor with safety bars
Super Iridium blade

NOS Ever-Ready 300PST in badger
Cella soft shaving soap

Lather made in a bowl, as always.

Dickinson's Witch Hazel, blended with a bit of lather and massaged into the skin.

- Murray

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Give me Soap or give me death!

[Mike R]

Saturday

Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Best
Soap: Arko
Razor: Gillette '59 (E-2) HD Adjustable
Blade: Lord Super Stainless
A/S: Proraso Liquid A/S
Cologne: Knize Ten

Mike