Shave of the Day - 2025

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Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: BiC (4)
Brush: Ever-Ready 69
Soap: Shannon's "Aussie Ice"
 
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RAZOR: RazoRock Wunderbar Elite Kingman Turquoise Stone
BLADE: Personna Lab Blue
BRUSH: Moon Soaps "X-Mas '22" 26mm 2-Band Badger
LATHER: Moon Soaps Amaretto Speciale Shaving Soap
POST: Moon Soaps Amaretto Speciale Aftershave Splash
POST: Moon Soaps Amaretto Speciale Aftershave Balm
 
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Brush: Morris & Fondran Heritage Blonde Badger
Soap/Cream: Acqua di Parma Colonia
Razor: Gillette L1 (1966) Slim Adjustable (6)
Blade: Iridium Super - Wizamet (1)
Post-shave: Acqua di Parma Colonia aftershave splash
Fragrance: Acqua di Parma Colonia EDC

This was actually yesterday's shave, my first of the year after traveling back from Singapore departing 31/12 arriving 1/1.

 
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Pre-shave: Hot flannel, Valobra Glicerlanolina
Brush: TroyCraft "Opalesque" 28mm AP G5C
Soap: Czech & Speake (Valobra) - Oxford & Cambridge
Razor: Blackland Sabre V1 L2
Blade: Personna GEM Stainless
Post-shave: TND witch hazel, homebrew moisturiser, La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF 50+ Invisible Fluid, Oxford & Cambridge cologne

It has been a long time since I've revisited either of my Blackland razors, and this one was a very enjoyable treat. My setups have been very much restricted over the last few days, having to share Mme G's bathroom while an extended wedding party occupies the house. In a week or so, everything should report to normal, and I can breathe and shave like a human being again.
 
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Brush: Paladin McInroy Legacy shaving brush
Soap/Cream: Noble Otter Italian Summer Soap
Razor: Gillette L1 (1966) Slim Adjustable (6)
Blade: Iridium Super - Wizamet (3)
Post-shave: Noble Otter Italian Summer aftershave splash
Fragrance: N/A

Nice

 
@Mark1966 How do you find the Italian Summer soap? I love the scent, but find the base a little gooey (for want of a better word): it requires a little bit of effort to rinse off after the last pass. Great slickness, but I wonder if this is just my reaction? I'm on tank water, so right down the soft end of the scale.
 
silverlifter said:
@Mark1966 How do you find the Italian Summer soap? I love the scent, but find the base a little gooey (for want of a better word): it requires a little bit of effort to rinse off after the last pass. Great slickness, but I wonder if this is just my reaction? I'm on tank water, so right down the soft end of the scale.
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First use, so hard to really say, but seemed like the usual NO base to me. I'll pay more attention next time I use it!
 
Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC Two Band Finest Badger in Jet Black 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Arko (4 shaving sticks grated into a 250ml plastic tub) .... :yuck: :vomit:
Razor/Blade:- Merkur 34C / Gillette 365 Stainless #3
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 Glycerine (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- Versace Pour Homme Dylan Blue
 
Pre-shave: Hot Shower / Man Towel exfoliate (aka Japanese 'body towel') / Cetaphil
Brush: P&C Matilda 2020 LE, Fan knot
Soap/Cream: Blue Devil Shave Co 'Summertime Breeze'
Razor: Rockwell 6S, 3 plate
Blade: Polsilver Brown/Gold/Blue (1)
Post-shave: Alum on 30 sec & towel pat dry, Nivea Sensitive Balm

New year, new blade. Shaved on NYE and nothing since. Polsilver was a box I grabbed out of my blade stash along with a few others (Vintage Wilkies, Personna Reds, Feathers) to stock up the cabinet with. And actually had a really nice shave with it, although it is not to the sharpness of the Wilkies and Feathers that I have been using in more recent times. Nice comfortable shave.

Really enjoying Summertime Breeze for a while now as my daily, nice slickness to it and certainly can take some water. An overall nice summery scent with just a touch of menth, but not enough to satisfy the P&C Menth Heads. While I bought it in his shutdown clearance, I only started using it in about October last year. I am a bit sad that @CraigE stopped making what is a really good soap, and I was stupid not to grab some prior to the shutdown happening. Would have loved an AS in this scent.
 
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