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* **Prep:** Cold Water

* **Brush:** MOB- crooked handle Boti 20mm synthetic fan knot.

* **Razor:** Urkunet - Assassin 1.5mm base plate.

* **Blade:** Shark - Super Stainless. (1)

* **Lather:** WestMan Shaving - Gerês

* **Post Shave:** CeraVe- Moisturising lotion.

* **Post Shave:** Heinrich Hagner - Tobacco ASL.

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A very satisfying smooth shave with the Assassin & WestMan Gerês but the star of the shave is this ultra cheap German aftershave not a tobacco scent but more tobacco flower & herbal .

SOTD • 10 Jun 2026

Posting after a rather long hiatus.

The evening had promised an early night, office concluded at a civil hour, bed beckoned with uncharacteristic mercy. Alas, insomnia had other plans. Rather than stare at the ceiling, I decided to go for a late-night shave.

Mid-preparation I discovered my shaving brush had mysteriously vanished. A brief search yielded nothing, so I turned to Blinkit and was quite honestly, pleasantly surprised; they sell decent enough shaving brushes now. Progress, I suppose.
This was my first outing with the Urbanmooch synthetic brush. It is supposed to imitate badger hair, although I have never used any real animal hair brush so i’m not the best judge in this regard (hoping on getting on this year). Still, it lathered the vicco cream with impressive speed and produced a pretty rich and dense foam.

It has been some time since I’ve been active in the community. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed observing everyone’s excellent SOTDs from the sidelines. Decided that it was time to stop lurking and rejoin the ranks properly.
Sleep remains elusive, which explains this post at 2 AM. One must make use of the wakeful hours I guess.
I must confess I’m beginning to feel the familiar itch for a razor upgrade. The heart grows restless, even (or especially) in matters of wet shaving.
P.S. Reintroduced Tata cold-pressed coconut oil as pre-shave after a long while. The result was excellent

Details

Face Shave • 2 passes • BBS (WTG + XTG)

After shower

Equipment

Pre-Shave: Tata Cold Pressed Coconut Oil

Cream: Vicco Turmeric Cream

Brush: Urbanmooch Synthetic

Razor: Bombay Shaving Company DE

Blade: Dorco Prime Platinum (1)

Aftershave: Shavologist The Skull

Post Shave: Shavologist The Skull Skin Food

Until the next one, gentlemen. Happy shaving. 🪒

After a long wait since 15.05.2026, my Captain Nemo’s order has finally arrived! 😁
Pictured:
- Vintage Shaving Soap
- The Shepherd (Wool Fat Recipe) Shaving Soap
- Green Ice Aftershave
First impressions are excellent, and I’m especially curious to see how the two soaps perform in terms of lather, slickness, and post-shave feel.

Shaved with one of my favourite summer soaps! Freezes your face off and the fragrance is very nice too. Lather has loads of residual slickness and can take a lot of water.

I think I might need to get the Green Ice ASL to go with this.

Bayonetta is a deceptively efficient razor- paired with the 365 it mows down stubble effortlessly while being gentle on the skin. One of my favourite pairings so far, thank you to u/psychonaut7343 for this recommendation.

Cheers & Happy shaving!

Blade: Black Ninjas 2019 batch #1

Brush: T&H 03 band 24mm

Bowl: Ceramic Artisanal

Brush Stand: Thater SS

Razor: Knight helmet with Pearl/PAA handle...this was ultra efficient,smooth & deceptively aggressive with 1.65mm gap, hugh blade reveal, IMO more efficient/unforgiving than Top aggressive slant, need further testing!!!

Soap/Cream: T&H Ultimate Comfort

A/s: Denim Black

Fragrance: Coach Green EDT

Total Passes on face: 04, resulting in BBS

WTG

ATG neck & goatee

XTG Face & Neck

Total BBS!!

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* **Prep:** Cold Water

* **Brush:** DS Cosmetic - Boti 25mm synthetic badger .

* **Razor:** Ever-Ready - Streamline 1950s.

* **Blade:** Personna- Gem PTFE (4)

* **Lather:** Lider- Classic shave cream.

* **Post Shave:** CeraVe- Moisturising lotion.

* **Post Shave:** Lider - Classic ASL.

A fine refreshing shave after a long day .Some good good scents from the Lider which perked me up , the Streamline was perfect .

Greencult 1.1 + V12 + The Highland soap citri cicle+ Omega S108 + Cella red+ modified Yardley elegance with witch hazel and menthol

Razor : Yaqi Scalloped Head + Pearl Fatty Handle - This head blew me away. At first the blade exposure was kinda intimidating, a patient and slow technique with minimal pressure ensured there were no major injuries. It mowed down 2 day stubble growth like butter. Extremely efficient.

Blade : Gillette Wilkinson Sword

Brush : Yaqi Silvertip Badger - the first use of the badger involved face lathering. It was certainly impressive, but not mind blowing. It did create a lot of lather, which was creamy in texture, but it wasn’t really dispensing that lather properly and keeping it inside the bristles. Once or twice, I had to push the lather out by pressing the knot. This time I tried bowl lathering. I put the Godrej cream in the bowl, a little bit of water, then started swirling the badger around and within 3-4 swirls, the lather exploded like anything (2nd pic for reference). I had not seen such a lather explosion before, I had only seen it in YouTube videos and then I realized the hype. Now this does not mean everyone needs a badger, of course, but there is a certain charm to it. But synthetics also can create as much lather if not more, maybe not this effortlessly. So a good experience this time with lathering.

Cream : Godrej Cinthol Menthol - Amazing fragrance and cooling effect. Decent slickness.

ASL : Denim Original - Gifted by my dad after he heard he been getting more into wet shaving, very sweet of him 🙌🏼 classic barbershop fragrance.

Passes : WTG + ATG - I was apprehensive about the second pass after a cut-free careful first pass, went careful with the second pass as well but did catch a nick at the bottom of the nostril, mustache is easily my most challenging part of the shave as the growth direction is all over the place and end up nicking myself while chasing a clean shave there. Other than that, everything was baby smooth

Result : Almost BBS!

Thanks for reading, have a nice day all.

hey everyone I want to sell my Yaqi Ghost 90SB to make space for new razor

Condition- Excellent Like new ( haven't used more than 7-8 times because i am growing beard)

the razor has been cleaned and sanitized ( isopropyl alcohol)

price razor head - 2900

handle sold

Pre: Patanjali Aloe Vera Gel + Virgin Coconut Oil
Razor: Parker Semi-Slant
Blade: Parker Premium Platinum (3rd Use)
Brush: Den of Man
Cream: Park Avenue
Post: Alum → Bath → Rubab Balm (Gifted by u/okiedokiecool) → Minimalist HOCL

The Park Avenue cream lacked lather but made up for it with decent slickness. The Parker Semi-Slant and Parker Premium Platinum combo was exceptionally smooth.

2 passes (WTG, XTG) with a little ATG on the lower lip. Minimal alum feedback. Leftover lather was used as a face wash before the bath.

Result: DFS+, almost BBS.

@apex+ plate

@boti n3c

@Treet platinum 3x (a friend share sample blade)

@panta rei set

Just an experiment mode im used this blade with apex only , beyond my expecting, this blade very smooth and sharp equally gives me a very good shave without any after burn. 2 pass each time wtg/xtg/atg and 3 shaves total.

Very relaxing Sunday shave with this combination. Seville is a top notch soap in all respects- the base is amazing and the fragrance is quite well done.

Muhle blades have been the smoothest and most comfortable ones I have used so far. Very smooth, and sharp enough to cut cleanly without even a hint of a tug. Sadly, they cost almost Rs 50 a blade, and are therefore not good as daily drivers. This was only my 2nd use of the blade and paired with the Rocca, they are efficient and smooth as butter. So far the blade does not seem to have dulled at all.

I think I might save these blades for occasions when the skin is irritated and I still need to shave.

Cheers & a Happy weekend!

Today's shave (Pic 1)

- Growth: 2 days

- Razor: Blackland Blackbird

- Blade: Gillette 7sp

- Brush: Oumo Kirin

- Soap: Stirling MITA

- Splash: Clubman Pinaud Musk

Pic 2

- Growth: 4 days

- Razor: Green Cult 2.0 Plate 2 OC

- Blade: GWS

- Brush: Boti White Boar

- Soap: DG Dirtyver

- Splash: Proraso Green

Pic 3

- Growth: 3 days

- Razor: Muhle R41

- Blade: Feather (x1)

- Brush: Oumo Pigsy Boar

- Soap: Stirling Cool Blue

- Splash: Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Last 3 shaves combined in 1 post. One common denominator, aggressive razors paired with sharp blades. I was talking to someone the other day, and this topic came up as to how newcomers are often advised to pair Sharper blades with milder razors and milder blades for aggressive razors. But very often it also results in a habit where people then assume that that should also be.

For example, I personally feel, that R41 works best with Feather. The geometry and the Feather blade will work together to give you an irritation free shave where you don't have to buff, and hence no repeat strokes.

The work of late was quite hectic, and hence didn't get the time to post these SOTD's on the day of the shave, but have been lurking on the sub nonetheless.