Thread: Sun July 31th - Sat August 06th

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Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W

Razor: Fontana

Brush: C2 - 2 band

Soap: B&B - QED

Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel

ASB: Sandalwood AOS

EDC: B&B

Summary: Today my shave was total bliss. The main ingredients being sandalwood and spruce. The sweetness of spruce mixed with the earthy woodsy fragrance of sandalwood. Pure heaven. The fontana razor got a nice refresh on my Karasu and gave me a very smooth shave. The 2 band badger brush from C2 is truly a great performer. It whipped up tons of lather in no time. The shave was a perfect ending of this gorgeous Saturday which I spend all day with the wife having fun.

August is around the corner so gents, lets enjoy every day this summer has to offer and let's bring on those awesome SOTD's.

Okay, my first ever SOTD.

Last night's shave (which is pretty much how I shave every time):

Boker Edelweiss 5/8
Simpson Beaufort B4 Pure Badger
The Body Shop Maca Root Shave Cream
Gillette Fusion After Shave Gel
TOBS Alum block (my astringent)
Pacific Shaving Nick Stick
Taylor of Old Bond Street Eton College Aftershave

Good morning friends!
(In this week in my personal SODT: knives and razors from their homeland)

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream

BRUSH: Shavemac D01 (24 mm) Extra Silver Tip 2 Band Version

SOAP/CREAM: QED Essentials Fresh Lime Soap

SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl

RAZOR: 6/8" HARTSTEEL BG

STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #30000

SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG / XTG

AS: Geo F. Trumper Lime SkinFood

COLOGNE: Clinique Happy for Men

RESULT: Fantastic, BBS

DECORATION; USA KNIFE: BUSSE SAR-3 SE, with an Orange/Black G10 handle.

Have a nice week,
Béla

Botanics face scrub
Merkur 34C-HD
Gillette super thin blade
Simpsons Chubby 2
TOBS Sandalwood cream
Alum + Distilled Witch Hazel
TOBS Sandalwood balm
TOBS Sandalwood Eau de cologne

Jamie.

Very satisfiying shave the Gillette super thin blade is up there with the feather blade, two pass shave minor clean up feeling great, spent a few hours yesterday setting up my Wifes new ipod touch, syncing with my computer and wireless router, downloading a new version of itunes, then registering, setting up a new e-mail account, what a pain all sorted now. PS love the knife Bela, being a custom knife collector myself, wouldn't mind seeing a few more of the guys knives included in their shave of the day, given me a idea maybe next week.

Pre-shave: Musgo glycerine soap
Brush: Plisson 18
Razor: DF
Strop: Old Traditional
Soap: AoS unscented
Bowl: Schwarzweisskeramiek XL
A/S splash: -
A/S balm: -
Moisturizer: -
Cologne: -
Alum: Yes
Comments: some of my favorite kit, BBS! DF stands for...anyone?

Good morning friends.

soap: Calani
brush: Muehle
razor: buddelized Castagnon
AS: Brut

Have a nice day

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Trumper's Officers & Gentlemens Shaving Soap
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Moreton & Langley's razor 13/16
ASB: Geo. F. Trumper west Indian extract of limes skin food
soundtrack: Anne-Sophie Mutter: Beethoven

Unhurried, relaxing ans comfortable BBS shave. Shaving to Beethoven is one of the finer things in life.

Pre-Shave: A hot day today, I needed a cool shower to get me started today

Brush: Rooney's Finest 25mm

Razor: Mastro Livi 8/8" Custom in ATS-34

Strop: Kanayama #90000, tri strop

Soap/Cream: Floris Elite shaving soap

Scuttle:Schwarzweisskeramik, Large White

Astringent: Thayer's Medicated SuperHazel

After shave Balm: Floris Elite ASB

EdT: Floris Elite

Results: A grand weekend shave! Not much to remove after yesterday's fine shave, but I was not gonna let that stop me Whatever was left got wacked down with supreme ease today! I love this big Livi, the edge it takes is unbelivable. Another software recommendation from Robert. You sure know how to tickle my AD's mate

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Enjoy your week guys!!

Thankyou for all your support yesterday, it helped a lot. I dont think I could have got through last year without the SOTD Brotherhood. I spent most of this afternoon just hanging out with Jacky Boy doing guy stuff.
It was really nice, therapeutic and fun. Just what I needed.
Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
Brush: Comoy Badger
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Razor: Wade & Butcher "For Barber's Only"
Astringent: Thayer's Original Witch Hazel
Balm: C.O. Bigelow Mentha
A/S: Old Spice
This was a fantastic combination for cleaning away 4 days of growth.
An effortless shave, 3 relaxing passes to BBS. Such a great way to relax on a Sunday night.

Thanks for all the great posts and pics gentlemen, some absolute beauties already this week.
Grant

Good morning friends!

Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Fonex boar
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Razor: Heljestrand MK 24, 4/8 french point
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: Bay Rum, house blend
Notes: I did not shave yesterday due to our meeting so today I woke up feeling like a hobo. This small Helje quickly altered that, smoothly and quickly. Great shave.



Have a brilliant week guys.