Twelvefret
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Late ‘50’s GEM “Push Button” /GEM PTFE blade
SOTD Saturday 17 January - Friday 23 January 2026
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N_Architect
Travel, See, Feel, Explore
Johnny Bravo
Love Guru to the stars.
23 January 2026
Overall Rating: ★★★★★ (Epic Shave!)
Smoothness: ★★★★★ (BBS Perfection)
Irritation: ★☆☆☆☆ (Zero Burn)
Time of Day: Morning
Blade Uses: 1
Passes: 3
Razor: Above The Tie S1 Slant Slant SB
Blade: Gillette London Bridge
Soap: Martin De Candre Rose
Brush: Yaqi Bali Beehive
Pre-Shave: Mr Myrsol Emulsion
Aftershave: Mr Myrsol Plastic Shave
Notes: A very Rose themed shave today.
I had a cracking three pass face shave and a single pass head shave and if I was any smoother, you would have thought I was the inspiration for Micheal Jackson's Smooth Criminal.
Enjoy the day folks.
CRISANTO
Forum GOD!
Friday, January 23, 2026.
Floid, pre shave oil. Saponificio Varesino 1945: a) Manna di Sicilia: Shaving soap & b) lotion aftershave, c) Two-band badger, hight mountain, cocobolo handle. Forgia Pizzi, Spanish point, K720 steel, Spanish point, 10/8, Indian wood scales. Shuhrah Pour Homme Rasasi, EdP.
Floid, pre shave oil. Saponificio Varesino 1945: a) Manna di Sicilia: Shaving soap & b) lotion aftershave, c) Two-band badger, hight mountain, cocobolo handle. Forgia Pizzi, Spanish point, K720 steel, Spanish point, 10/8, Indian wood scales. Shuhrah Pour Homme Rasasi, EdP.
purerockfury
Legendary Member
Fryday January Twenty-Third, Twenty Twenty-Six's Shave Of The Day was good...
PreShave: "oh yeah we have time to get a quick shave done"
Lather Gear: Yaqi Brush whipped up Sauvage IV in a Captain's Choice Bowl
Razor&Blade: Gillette Fatboy loaded with Shark SCSS 1 buffing WTG(3)
AfterShave Gear: Omega Alum Stick then Stirling Sport PSB
no problems and we're sniffing good...
try to have a good weekend and good SOTDs ATGSrs...
PreShave: "oh yeah we have time to get a quick shave done"
Lather Gear: Yaqi Brush whipped up Sauvage IV in a Captain's Choice Bowl
Razor&Blade: Gillette Fatboy loaded with Shark SCSS 1 buffing WTG(3)
AfterShave Gear: Omega Alum Stick then Stirling Sport PSB
no problems and we're sniffing good...
try to have a good weekend and good SOTDs ATGSrs...
Ghostbuster
Veteran
Fatboy Friday
Pre-shave: Hot shower, and bloom water.
Razor: 1960 Gillette 195 Adjustable ( setting 7)
Blade: Feather (12th shave).
Brush: Yaqi 26mm Bluish Violet.
Bowl: Arran Stone.
Soap: Noble Otter Rainroot.
Post shave: Noble Otter Rainroot Splash.
Today saw the end of the Feather blade experiment.
it gave me one last otherwise great 3 pass shave but it left me with a parting gift of a couple of weepers which lead to me having to use the alum block for the first time in quite a while.
So off it went to the blade bank.
It felt appropriate to break out the rainroot for the first time as it's been bucketing it down with rain all through the night here.
I'm usually fairly sceptical when it comes to scents claiming to capture the more abstract, but I have to give it to Noble Otter here.
They've worked some kind of magic and managed to capture a true Petrichor scent.
A very distinct and recognisable smell of wet earth and damp grass, the freshness of greenery and a hit of ozone.
it's an amazing scent.
Much like Neon Sun, it lathered fantastically, took plenty of water and built to a well hydrated but thick, rich and extremely slick lather.
The splash is equally good.
I didn't detect the usual aftershave splash burn with this one but instead, a nice immediate cooling hint of menthol.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Pre-shave: Hot shower, and bloom water.
Razor: 1960 Gillette 195 Adjustable ( setting 7)
Blade: Feather (12th shave).
Brush: Yaqi 26mm Bluish Violet.
Bowl: Arran Stone.
Soap: Noble Otter Rainroot.
Post shave: Noble Otter Rainroot Splash.
Today saw the end of the Feather blade experiment.
it gave me one last otherwise great 3 pass shave but it left me with a parting gift of a couple of weepers which lead to me having to use the alum block for the first time in quite a while.
So off it went to the blade bank.
It felt appropriate to break out the rainroot for the first time as it's been bucketing it down with rain all through the night here.
I'm usually fairly sceptical when it comes to scents claiming to capture the more abstract, but I have to give it to Noble Otter here.
They've worked some kind of magic and managed to capture a true Petrichor scent.
A very distinct and recognisable smell of wet earth and damp grass, the freshness of greenery and a hit of ozone.
it's an amazing scent.
Much like Neon Sun, it lathered fantastically, took plenty of water and built to a well hydrated but thick, rich and extremely slick lather.
The splash is equally good.
I didn't detect the usual aftershave splash burn with this one but instead, a nice immediate cooling hint of menthol.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Str8_Shaver
Forum GOD!
Jan 24, 2026
Prep: Hot water
Razor: Tatara Masamune Nodachi
Blade: Gillette Platinum (Light Blue/Russian)
Brush: Brush: Simpsons (Somerset) Duke 3 Best
Soap: Los Jabones de Joserra: Pipa Club Fumadas Hobbit
Post: Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Fragrance: Oud Tobacco by Montale
Prep: Hot water
Razor: Tatara Masamune Nodachi
Blade: Gillette Platinum (Light Blue/Russian)
Brush: Brush: Simpsons (Somerset) Duke 3 Best
Soap: Los Jabones de Joserra: Pipa Club Fumadas Hobbit
Post: Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Fragrance: Oud Tobacco by Montale
