Injector & SE Party !!!

Today's Shave: Tuesday August 16, 2016

Schick E2 (Early model)
Japanese Schick blade (6)
The Grooming Co. synthetic brush
Chiseled Face Groomatorium Santa Paula Citrus soap & aftershave

The Japanese Schick blade continues to impress me. Six shaves and still doing its best impression of a good NOS American Schick blade - a nice smooth close 2 pass shave.

--Bob

 

Wed. 8/17/16







Wonderful shave this morning with the PAL Adj.. Rich, creamy lather from the IB Milionario shave soap and a lovely scent. Three easy passes for a dolphin smooth finish. Have a great day friends.

 

Excellent picture Rob!

 

Thank you buddy! Ben I highly recommend the "Dutch Danglies" blades. They are unlike any others. Karl is the man that seems to locate them from time to time if you're interested.

 

Hard to plan for those blades. I've gotten lucky twice. One was a tip off from @Billyfergie and the other was that seller coming back to me later to see if I wanted to buy his lot before he put them on eBay. There is a razor on etsy at the moment that has a pack of Dutch made Schicks included but other than that, I've never seen them on a US site.

 

Just saw it Karl. A type G with transparent handle. The seller knows what he has with those blades and it's priced accordingly steep...too steep!

 

August 17 SOTD:

Stirling Synthetic Brush
Route 66 Ghost Town
Gem Junior Bar
Stirling Unscented PSB
Proraso AS

 

Jim your razor is ultra !

 

Thank you, Roby! Have a great day!

 

These were Indeed Designed for Hollow Ground 0r Stropping Blades...This Bar Junior takes Both..Some has Stropping Handles & Some Not..

Billy..

 

He does know what he has. I wrote him to see if he had a line on getting just the blades. He loves them and uses the Dutch blades personally but said he only finds them on occasion. I figure he's pricing them at about $2 to $3 a blade and about $15 for the G6 amber Schick. Not a steal but, if you need a nice G6 and want the blades, there aren't a lot of other choices out there.

 

I've got that same razor, Jayaruh. It's one of the few that *won't* go to my grandson.

 

not ready to to give up I took the Rapide blade back to the film. Started at the 5 micron and spent some good time working it until it was sharp enough to pop arm hair mid way from the skin. I then took it to the 3 micron and worked a good number of X strokes. Its very zen and calming honing a blade. I still need to take it to the 1 micron film but at this point it is very sharp and managed to shave a small patch of hair below my sideburn. I will finish up the progression with the 1 micron film tonight and then I will just have to wait for my strop so I can give it a go.

 

Aye...Sounds Good..A Wee Tip..You Don't Need to Look for the Edge being that Crisp or Sharp on Every Hone..I used to Do this that's & Why I am Mentioning it..Its Great You have got this Result as its Early Days..You will have a Killer Edge there by the Sounds of it especially After a Stropping...I am getting into the Subtleties..Once you can Sharpen a Blade its another Skill to get One that is Comfortable at the Same Time..

So..There is No Need to have the Blade that Sharp from the Hone at that Stage..I Learned to Have it Just a Tad Less Sharp at that Stage..On the 5 Micron, 3 & 1 Micron its Tempting to Over Do the Sets & End Up with a Real Killer Edge but Unforgiving Edge..Especially on Hard Steel SE Blades such as these..Less Sets is More..

Congrats Tho..Its Sounding Good..Well Done..The Proof is Always in the Shave..Get a Strop Man..100 Sets After Coming off the Hone..

Billy..

 

SOTD August 17, 2016

Blade: Chinese Schick
Razor: Schick Type H
Brush: Vulfix 2006c badger
Lather: La Toja shave stick
Post: Witch hazel splash, TSD Russian Leather, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up

A much better shave today than the past two days. I put in a new blade which seemed to help tremendously. First pass reduction was more in line with my other single edge or injector passes. A little touch-up on the neck and jaw line and I was as smooth as normal. It's still awkward on my top lip but I'm coming at it more across the grain and that's helping.

A good shave all in all. It's fun to try out new razors! Have a great day!

 

Today I had a shave with an Ever Ready/ Gem Push Button!

Had it 12 months before I noticed that head was stamped Ever Ready-made in USA ,and mounted on the Gem Push Button Handle.

 

Schick G paired with a Personna blade works very well and always delivers a three pass BBS shave.

 

Wednesday Shave

Brush- AOS Fine Badger
Razor- Schick Adjustable (5)
Blade- Schick Twin
Soap- Route 66 Barbershop Hop
Post Care- Crystal Alum
Thayers Witch Hazel
Stirling Barbershop

First shave with the Schick Adjustable on pass around from @twhite and I got an excellent shave. This was also my first time using a twin blade and does it ever perform great. Three passes and I'm dolphin smooth. I'm really liking this badger brush and it lathered the Route 66 soap beautifully. Not even a whisper from the alum and the Stirling Barbershop aftershave started my day off right. Have a great day folks!

 

Today's Shave: Wednesday August 17, 2016

The Single Edge by Supply Provision w/aggressive base plate
NOS Personna 74 Tungsten Steel blade (4)
The Grooming Co. synthetic brush
Yeti Snot soap
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal aftershave

Over the past few days I've revisited my 4 favorite injector razors which are, in no particular order: PAL Adjustable, PAL Injecto-Matic, Schick I1 w/Twin blade, Schick E2 (early model). Today I jumped into the 21st century with The Single Edge.

Well sort of, since it was loaded with a 1970's era Personna 74 tungsten blade.

The Single Edge does not feel like any other injector - it really doesn't feel like an injector at all. This is primarily due to the weight. With its all stainless steel construction The Single Edge weighs in at just under 4 oz, more than 3x the weight of the typical injector.

This is not a bad thing, just different. The razor feels great in the hand and after a bit of a learning curve delivers a great shave. Today's shave was simply outstanding, BBS with just 2 passes.

Of course, the blade may have had something to do with that.

--Bob