SoS: May 23, 2016 - May 29, 2016

May 24/2016

Razor: Pear Head/Elite Handle
Brush: VDH Badger
Blade: Personna Blue
Cream: Cremo Original
Pre Shave: Homemade
Thayer`s Witch Hazel
A/S; Nivea Balm/Brut Splash On
Newspaper Dat: Dec. 24,1943

2 pass ATG/WTG, resulted in a DFS, not bad, but I think that razor is too aggressive for me. Too many weepers to suit me, time to move on to another razor. Better luck to all.

Bill

 

Fat Tuesday - Tech Tuesday
Gillette Canadian Tech 38-45 /Feather (1)
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Comet Superfine Badger 28mm
Gentleman's Pride ASB
Gillette Cool Wave AS
Tuesday's are always a shave to look forward to. The Fat lather and a Gillette Tech always perform exceptionally to leave me Dolphin smooth. Have a blessed day gentlemen.


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Tuesdays shave.
A nice menthol shave today.

Razor - Edwin Jagger DE 89
Blade- GSB
Lather- Proraso Green
Pre shave - Proraso green
Aftershave - Williams Ice Blue

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Shower - Nivea 3 in 1 Men Cool Body Wash
Face Prep - Desert Essence Tea Tree Therapy Soap
Razor - Maggard V3 with Utopia handle
Blade - Wilkinson Sword Classic (3)
Brush - Razorock Tri-color Plissoft
Soap - Fuzzy Face Soaps 'Grass Stain'
Thayer's Lemon WH
Art of Shaving Lemon Essential Oil EDT​

 

Good to hear that Clint.

 

MAYhem 2016!!

May 24
Razor - Durham Duplex
Blade - (1)
Brush - Marvy
Soap - Arko
Post - Cold water rinse, Alum to check, Nivea

It's the @Rufus T. second round shave and it's a WILDCARD day. He landed on the Durham Duplex which I was hoping to get a chance on. Very interesting piece of gear. The company started in 1908 and began advertising in 1909. It is a "safety straight" razor with an open comb guard system on it. The one I acquired even has original blades with it, though I haven't tried one yet. They are carbon so I'm a bit gun shy. Or should I say rust shy.


Personna makes blades that fit the razor, though there is some discussion on if they are really "shaving" blades. There are others made for carpet cutting and, as I have learned here, pathology. Clearly a blade for a dead person doesn't have to be the sharpest. They probably don't complain much about the roughness. In 1920 the company claimed 9 million users, or roughly 1/3 of the shaving market in the U.S. They were so successful that Gillette actually sued them in the U.K. to keep them from being sold there. Clearly Gillette saw a potential competitor to be dealt with.

The hold on the razor is essentially that of a straight. These were an attempt, obviously, to provide a safer option to straights in order to woo the growing market that included Gem SE's and, of course, the Gillette Safety Razor. They also produced a hoe type razor that I still haven't been able to acquire, but it's on my short list just because of the novelty of these razors.

So, enough history. Let's shave. While the razor didn't bother me, the choice of brush did. The Marvy. YUCK. Small little irritatingly stiff brush that likes to shed some still. And I'm using Arko, per @Rufus T. so a face lather is essential. I can say I had a decent lather ONLY because of the Arko. I think you could whip up a lather with it using a feather duster, so the Marvy did the trick. Enough lather and slickness to do the deed.

The Durham is a comfortable razor and provides lots of audible feedback. What it doesn't provide is a really close shave. Whether it's the guards that keep it milder or just the blades available today, one pass doesn't produce enough reduction to ever consider stopping there. I did three full passes, same directions and passes as with a straight, and did finish with a barely DFS. I think that's as far as I got it the first time I tried it to. The blade either doesn't get enough exposure on the face or, more likely, just isn't quite sharp enough. It's not an uncomfortable shave, just less than ideal for result. Still, using it from time to time is really fun since it's a nice piece of the history of shaving.

Cold water, Alum to prove it's pretty mild. Just a bit of burn but I'm still roughed up from two days of the Blendax so no surprise there. Nivea to cool it off and make it a nice feel.

Also, for full disclosure, after my CJB head shave yesterday, I did "Heisenberg" my head today. (disposable in the shower) just to even things out. There were a few rougher patches this morning than normal.

With that shave in the books I considered ending my MAYhem shaves since I'm up against a very busy weekend. But......only four more to give everybody their second shot so I'm not stopping now.

@Drygulch - you're up! Give me the numbers and let's see what my back to work shave tomorrow is!

 

Today's shave thanks to
rmcintyre84



Proraso Pre-Shave
Gillette Ball End no date
Voskhod blade
Arko Soap
Whipped Dog Synthetic Brush
The Shave Den Aftershave Splash - Drakkar scent

 

MdC Fougere
BBS1+Stork Consul titanium
Azzaro EdT
Feather

 

Shavemac LE TSR 2016 DO1 2 band
LPL LE UKWSS
Koraat 8/8 near wedge
Pinaud Citrus musk

 

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

The One Blade
Feather FHS-10
Paladin PK-47
Route 66 Sweeney Todd

 

Beautiful photo Can, the EJDE89 is a beautiful razor.

 

Hart Steel
CRFTD-Ranger
Wolf Whiskers Juliet
Myrsol Emulsion (Pre-Shave)

Today's shave was not as smooth as I wanted, but I still got a close comfortable shave with 2 passes. I didn't want to push it and risk getting irritation. Hope you gents have a good one.

 

Wednesday morning's freeze - and it'll be a good one!

The tools:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Junjie/Derby day 3
Stirling Glacial Spearmint SS
Stirling Glacial Spearmint AS Balm
Osage Rub AS
Old Spice Cologne

How do you describe this setup? BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-COLD and beautiful!

 

Great shot Mark.

 

Razor: Gillette SS 1947 (wings) (birth year razor)
Blade: Dorco (3)
Brush: WDC-8 TGN Finest
Soap: Jeeves of Hudson Street Turkish Bath
A/S: Fine Platinum

A very close comfortable shave with this soap. It is very easy to lather and has a great scent, with a very slick, protect lather. Have an excellent evening.

 

24.05.2016

 

Good stuff.

 

Fantastic photo of an excellent setup.