SoS: April 11, 2016 - April 17, 2016

I forgot my razor....used the Maggard MR7 with the V3 head. Gillette Nacet blade on 3rd shave.

 

Tuesday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Los Angeles Shaving Soap-Woody Lavender
Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade: ASCO Red Super Stainless (2)
Brush: oscar11 TGN High Mountain White-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Country Club-Southern Oud

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

LASS Woody Lavender today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 HMW. Easy, thick, slick, lather. ASCO Red in the Red Tip. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with CC Southern Oud.

Bob

 

Nice setup...

 

beautiful setup!

 

WOLFMAN OC / UFO Titan L // The VARLET // RAZOROCK Sta. Maria del Fiore​

 

Hello ladies and gents! Good Morning! Here's a look at today's SOTD;

1930's Gem Clog Pruf Micro Matic.
Vintage Gem Reversible blade.
Chinese Badger hair brush.
Proraso Red shaving soap.
Nivea post shave balm.
Vintage English Leather as splash.
Vintage English Leather cologne.



This shave could have been better if I had used a modern blade. One side of the reversible blade was unusable. The other side must have lost its edge a little over the years. I stil got an SAS shave out of it though. I've gotten good results in this razor with other reversible blades, it is just that this one came out of an open pack. Thus it must have been exposed to some humidity. Anyway I enjoyed the shave. Have a good day everyone!


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That IS nice! Well done, Sir

Bill

 

Very nice layout, well done!

Bill

 

Thanks. You sir have a good eye...

 

Rob you have the coolest 'likes'. Thanks.

 

Nice post, Roby. I`ve been wondering about that razor, i see on ebay a lot, not sure, i already have 3 Injectors. Maybe in the future. Nice photo too. Best wishes.

Bill

 

Glad you like them Chris, trying to keep it fun.

 

Arko April in Russia!

April 12



Razor - Edwin Jagger DE89l
Blade - (1)
Brush - Wolf Whiskers Custom Silvertip
Soap - Arko
Post - Cold water rinse, Alum, The Veg

I had a request/suggestion to try and review the Dorco ST301 from @Douglas Carey who uses and likes the blade. Well, who am I to say no, especially since I have never used the blade. I've had it in my stash for a long time, alongside the 300 and the Prime but only used the Prime. I was underwhelmed with that one.

Recently, of course, I was challenged by @Keithmax to load up a Dorco AC blade in my Feather SS and see how much blood ran. To everyone's shock and surprise, the answer was not only no blood but a pretty nice shave. Given that the Dorco name (aside from sounding, well, dorky) is usually looked down upon as inferior blades I obviously have mixed emotions. I'll use the AC blades. I probably won't load another Prime unless it's for a special moment of insanity month (MAYhem, for instance).

So, given that the 301 has an admirer and I have a mixed view of the brand, it's three days on the 301 to find out what it's all about and give my opinion. I changed the Russian setup a bit for the trial, changing to the EJ DE89l (my usual razor for official trials) and I skipped over the Vie-Long 12705 in my brush rotation to make sure I had a brush I can consistently get the best lather from. I used the Wolf Whiskers instead.

Lather whipped and awesome and the first pass was, for lack of a better description.......meh. Now, the reason I say that is because it was a bit rougher than I tend to prefer, but not so rough that it was a real turn off. Audible feedback was awesome, but I like to hear the blade working. Just the feel was not my first choice. The result of the pass, though, was pretty darn good. Hmmmmm. Second pass, XTG and still a bit rough but better, still great audible and again, the result was pretty good. Neck is the area needing the most work but it's a trial so a full three passes is called for. Now, I did notice a bit of what I call "platinum pink" showing on my neck. Most platinum blades tend to create a bit of irritation for me, some worse than others. The Rapira PL is the best, along with the Sharp Star, and the St. Petersburg platinums tend to be the worst. Interesting to see where this goes. Went full ATG on the third pass with a very aggressive and steep slide on the neck. Felt smoother overall and the redness on my neck seemed to stay the same. The finish was, well, DFS but a bit worse on my neck. The blade just didn't finish quite as well there. My face is, honestly, at BBS. Neck not quite there.

Now, given that my neck shows irritation here comes the acid test. Or should we say alum test. Cold rinse, grabbed the alum and gave it a good coating. And, you know the rest. Oh wait, hold on. Hang on........waiting, waiting.......still waiting..........just the slightest of sting in a few isolated places. Overall not a sound out of the alum. I'm a bit more impressed. Three full passes, a Gillette slide that would scare most away and red showing on the neck and there is no apparent irritation to speak of. Outstanding.

Now, the result could be a bit better but I have a nice DFS shave and smell like the Veg. Not much better than that is possible, and the 301 has impressed on its first day. Two more days to see if it holds up.

I'm beginning to worry about my posse. Looks like they've had a rough trip across the plains over there. Got a message with a pic from last night....gibberish for the message, something about needing a shower, shave......maybe less vodka?!

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Two Pass Shaving Routine...

Hot Water prep & massage with Argan Oil
KROPP 6/8th
Kent BK2 Pure Badger
Vitos Tallow Soap
Thayer's Witch Hazel

I had a Great Shave today with my Kropp 6/8th ..One ATG & One WTG Pass..I like this Cheap as Chips Vitos Tallow Soap..It can hang about there & doesn't offer me any irritation as just about every Artisan Soap that I have tried does..I add a Wee bit of Glycerine to it & for me its the Dogs Danglies..Good Karma..

Billy..

 

Tuesday - Tech Tuesday
English Flat Bottom Tech / Gillette Silver Blue (1)
TTFFC Steel
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Retinol Men ASB
RazoRock Lime AS

A great shave. The GSB is an excellent blade and the TTFFC Steel soap makes excellent lather.



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Tuesdays shave.
A very quick but decent shave today. I was in such a hurry I never even took a photo.

Razor - Edwin Jagger DE89
Blade - Gillette Silver Blue
Brush - Razorock Plissoft
Lather - Proraso Blue
Aftershave - Nivea Sensitive balm