SoS: September 12, 2016 - September 18, 2016

Friday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Old Spice Fresh Lime
Jayaruh #18
Schick C
Ted Pella Injector
CWR, Asma Alum Block
T.N. Dickinson's WH
Pinaud Vegetal

The Old Spice Fresh Lime Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #18 silver tip badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick
C razor with a Ted Pella Injector blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with T.N. Dickinson's WH and then Pinaud Vegetal After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

After showering:

Pre-shave: Shave Secret
Razor: 1961 Gillette 195 Adjustable "Fat Boy” (WTG = 5, XTG = 5 & ATG = 3)
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword (1)
Brush: Patriotic, Bi-centennial handle with a 24mm TGN Finest knot
Soap: Italian Barber Amici with some Chiseled Face Cryogen
Water: Cold
Alum Block: Yes, and no wincing.
Post Shave: Thayer's Witch Hazel with Aloe
Aftershave: Italian Barber Amici with some Chiseled Face Cryogen
Result: A DFS and a cool face on a hot day.

 

Smells like a Drug Store SEptember!!

September 15

Grand Blade Trial
Razor - 1962 (H1) Gillette Slim (2)
Blade - (1)
Soap - Arko
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Post - Alum, Stetson

Onward and forward to the Qball today, another entry from Personna Israel. You'll notice I put up two pictures of the wrapper. The first one is the stock photo for the blade. The second one is what it actually looks like. It's another blue wrapped blade that says Platinum on it. And the blade is just stamped with the generic Platinum labeling as well. Now, if anyone is following me with this blade, I would like confirmation this is what you have as well. I'm extremely curious about this since I didn't get it in the "stock" wrapper.

My main concern is that it is identical in appearance to the Crystal that I just used and found to be an exceptional blade. Two possibilities here. The first is that the blade supplier labeled them wrong (but that has never been an issue before so unlikely). Still, not impossible. The second is that we have the exact same blade being sold under two different names, potentially for multiple markets. The stock cover says it's imported by Erina Co. Inc., which would most likely be the Japanese body products company. So, it's possible they import the blade for their customer base and it is shipped to other countries in the generic package. I'm just not sure.

What I am sure of, after the first shave, is that it feels the same as the Crystal on the first day. Audible but not overly loud, decent reduction, smooth, gave me a light DFS finish but nothing spectacular. If tomorrow's shave on 6 on the Slim is the same quality as the Crystal I'm definitely leaning toward a rebranded blade unless I find something to contradict that.

So, while it appears (by my observations) that the Personna Red may not be copied other than its generic clones, we may have found a blade that is simply being rebranded and wrapped for different markets. A couple more days should tell.

Friday is upon us and I hope you have great plans for the weekend. I'm working my usual then will be off for a week which means 9 days actually with my normal days off. More on that later.

 

Cold River Soap Works - Le Chypre Sombre
Zenith Manchurian
Gem 1914-1915 Damaskeene
Gem PTFE (1)
Stirling Noir


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I won this Zenith brush in an Instagram SOTD pic contest sponsored by RazoRock. Specs: Specs: 28 x 52mm 2-Band Manchurian with 65mm chromed copper handle. 145g total dry weight.

Pic I took before bloom:

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Bloom after one night's use:

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Great travel gear.

 

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Friday's planned shave:

TOBS Coconut shaving cream,
Samogue boar brush (I LOVE this brush! Well worth the 45 bucks!)
Feather Artist SS razor w/Feather Professional blade,
Captain's Choice aftershave.

 

Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable Short Handle
Blade: Racer (1)
Brush: Isana Pure Badger
Soap: Proraso Eucalyptus & Menthol
AS: Gillette Arctic Ice Bold

 

Fri. 9/16/16







Marvelous birthday shave this morning with PAL Adj.. Excellent creamy, protective lather from the KMF. Three easy refreshing passes for a dolphin smooth end result. Have a great day friends.

 

Fri 16th Sept
RazoRock Plissoft 22mm
Lea Classic soap
Ever Ready 1914
Gem [4 ] + 1/2 spine shim
Alum Rub/Rinse off
Lea Classic A/S

A case of 1914 V 1924. Today used the 1914 with shimmed blade, and found the Shave quality to be very good , similar to that achieved with the modified 1924. I am finding the handle on the 1914 to be a bit on the short side , though this offset somewhat by its weight , this handle though smooth has chamfered edges so there are no slipping problems. At the moment I seem to be favouring the 1924 over the 1914

 

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! TGIF!! SOTD 09/16/16

'59 Gillette 195 (AKA the Fatboy)
Big Ben (1)
E-Shave Badger
E-Shave Orange Sandalwood Cream
Three Passes,Cold Water Rinse
Alum Block,E-Shave PSB
Old Spice A/S

A Fine Friday Shave With BBS Results!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBY!!

 

Steve, have a great day buddy!

 

Great looking picture and gear @Hodge.

 

September 16, 2016
Mongoose B2 with Triad Ti
Feather Super Pro (5)
WDC-6 with Sunrise Synthetic
Route 66 Perfect Storm
Witch Hazel
Fine Platinum

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Some very nice pictures!

 

Happy birthday buddy!

 

Beautiful picture!

 

SEptember 16 SOTD:

Stirling Synthetic Brush
la Cigale SS
Schick Type G3
Stirling Unscented PSB
Old Spice Classic AS

 

Thank you!