SOTD: Saturday 22 August Friday 28 August

[lu20vt]

SMN Tobacco Toscano // Nord Freyja Standard // Wald A1 The Calyx // SMN Tobacco Toscano AS

 

[Jim Kleinkauf]

RAZOR: Above The Tie Atlas S1 (sb) Slant
BLADE: Personna GEM Platinum Diamond Glide DE
BRUSH: Elite Ivory over Bubinga 26mm Manchurian White
LATHER: Captain Fawcett's Shaving Soap
POST: Williams Aqua Velva Aftershave (Spanish Version)

 

[lu20vt]

Great picture

Many thanks mate!

 

[CRISANTO]

Monday, August 24, 2026.

Essential oils (aloe vera, jojoba, castor oil, lavender & santal) pre shave. Lea: Shaving soap & lotion aftershave. APShaveCo., synthetic hair Tuxedo 24 mm, lagoon blue resin handle. Gil Thiers, special pour barbe dure, 6/8. Bonté, lotion & balm aftershave.

 

[Mike Smart]

Razor = Occam’s Oren ***
Blade = Feather Pro Guard ( 1 )
Brush = Yaqi Cavern Lake
Soap = Hags Eulogy With matching splash
Balm = Loccitane Cedrat

A Brilliant shave with a relatively poor soap

 

[AndThatsARockFact]

8 • 24 • 26

Feather blade.
Muhle Purist R89 razor.
Mondial Crosby ecoSilvertip brush.
D. R. Harris Marlborough soap.
Antica Barberia Original Citrus aftershave.

10/10. No drama head shave.

 

[FatBoyFan]

18 months ago this week I used my first Artisan Shave soap. It was Stirling Soap Company Sandalwood, I did not care for the scent and have given the soap away. However, I was completely hooked on the thick rich protective lather. It was unlike anything I had used in almost 50 years of wet shaving. Stirling came out with a limited release called Arance Mandarini, to this day it is my absolute favorite scent profile. I still use Stirling soaps regularly, they are by far the best value I have found in shave soaps.

Proraso pre-shave, Stirling Soap Company Arance Mandarini soap, Omega EVO, Timeless Razors Ti .68 OC/SB combo, Tatra platinum, Omega alum, Thayers Toner, Stirling Arance balm and EDP. Shaves like this make the expenses all worth while.

 

[Randy]

Pre-shave:- Cool Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice Handmade Ceramic
Brush:- Whipped Dog High Mountain Badger in Tall Ivory Resin 24/55mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Cyril R. Salter (lavender)
Razor/Blade:- Rockwell 6S - R3 / Gillette Super Thin with Japanese Flag #1
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 Furiously Nude Unscented (Australian made)
Tonight Tipple:- Jack Daniel's Old No.7 mixed with Stone's Ginger Wine on the rocks

This Milkman, why is it so cheap?
Did they have summer discounts?

I showed this to my milkman and from that moment, stopped bringing me milk.

Who knows.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

24 August 2026
Overall Rating: ★★★☆☆ (Solid Shave)
Smoothness: ★★★☆☆ (Pretty Good)
Irritation: ★☆☆☆☆ (Zero Burn)

Time of Day: Morning
Blade Uses: 1
Passes: 1
Razor Setting: 2

Razor: TATARA MURAMASA Adjustable
Blade: Fiat Lux Flexor.
Soap: Mike's Natural Soaps Bergamot, Orange, Ylang-ylang
Brush: Simpson King Charles Coronation Chubby 3 Sovereign fibre
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Virginia Island Bay Rum

Notes: Just a quick single pass shave tonight.

 

[Mark12]

Monday 24th August...

Decided to try this shavette from Captain Fawcett. Not sure whether I was more excited with the free beer mats the Captain sent me than with the shavette itself though He even has his own envelopes!

Anyway, the shavette is lovely and very well made but it does sit at the wild end of the 'Mild to Wild' spectrum I was once introduced to at the start of my shaving journey. This shave tonight definitely shows how far I have come with shavettes. Extremely pleased. I would have lost an ear lobe with this a few months ago.

N.B. Home Alone Factor 9/10

Nighty night...

 

[Twelvefret]

Monday 24th August...

Decided to try this shavette from Captain Fawcett. Not sure whether I was more excited with the free beer mats the Captain sent me than with the shavette itself though He even has his own envelopes!

Anyway, the shavette is lovely and very well made but it does sit at the wild end of the 'Mild to Wild' spectrum I was once introduced to at the start of my shaving journey. This shave tonight definitely shows how far I have come with shavettes. Extremely pleased. I would have lost an ear lobe with this a few months ago.

N.B. Home Alone Factor 9/10

Nighty night...

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Sleep well.

 

[jfim88]

24/08/2026

- HAGS Baby Blue Cooling Pre-Shave
- APShave Co 24mm Tuxedo
- HAGS Abyssal Lagoon
- Lambda Athena Titanium
- Wizamet (1)

 

[Bauhaus]

Razor = Occam’s Oren ***
Blade = Feather Pro Guard ( 1 )
Brush = Yaqi Cavern Lake
Soap = Hags Eulogy With matching splash
Balm = Loccitane Cedrat View attachment 181460A Brilliant shave with a relatively poor soap

Taking a SOTD in environment like that seems like a high-risk sport!

 

[Mike Smart]

Taking a SOTD in environment like that seems like a high-risk sport!

Just a little bit of fun with Ai nothing exciting as sport.
i’m almost out of breath writing the word sport

 

[Ram57]

Tuesday SOTD

Razor: Charcoal Goods Gen3 L2
Blade: Gillette 7 o’clock Black (2)
Brush: Semogue 2016 LE 2 Band 24mm
Bowl: Castle Shave 4 1/4"
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Ice Cube 2
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Mandarin and Cardamom
Shave Soap: Black Ship Grooming Thomas Tew
Balm: Black Ship Grooming Thomas Tew
Aftershave: Black Ship Grooming Thomas Tew​