Saturday October 229, 2016 El Druida Barberpole Fine American Blend Wolfman Wri-OC .74 Gap With TRIAD Helix Hex Titanium Personna 74 #24 Fine American Blend
October 29, 2016 Timeless OC .95 Gap with Triad Ti Feather (2) Elite Razor “Tres Amigos” Beehive with Envy White Mystic Water Eucalyptus & Spearmint Witch Hazel Myrsol F/Extra I prefer to use MW soaps in shave stick form. Many find MW soaps finicky to lather. However once mastered I find the performance of the soap among the best I have tried with excellent slickness and post shave feel. The Tres Amigos brush is a true joy to use. The Envy White knot has as much backbone and scrub as my boar brushes which made lathering the MW Eucalyptus & Spearmint easy. Going with a traditional 3 pass shave, I had a near perfect shave going. I let my mind wander and placed the razor against my face much to quickly. Not a good idea with this blade exposure. So operator error messed up a great shave. I finished off with a splash of Myrsol F/Extra. I hope everyone has a fantastic Saturday.
October 29 SOTD: Stirling Synthetic Brush Wholly Kaw Jamestown Gentleman SS Gillette Old Type Stirling Unscented PSB Wholly Kaw Jamestown Gentleman AS
Razor: Gillette OC w/Hempel Handle Blade: Feather Platinum (2) Brush: Elite Razor Tres Amigos Desert Ironwood Beehive w/Envy White Soap: Route 66 Perfect Storm Aftershave: Floid After Shave. Close comfortable 3 pass shave this afternoon. The Elite Razor brush is an amazing brush along with the Route 66 soap it whips up a great lather in no time.
Sunday OCtober 30, 2016 Doug Korn D-7 Omega Boar Nuavia Verde Timeless OC .95mm Gap with Stork Aristocrat 2 Titanium Personna 74 #24 Folsom & Co. Shambala
October 30, 2016 Wolfman WR-01 Ti OC with Hempel Ti Personna 74 (1) Elite Razor “Tres Amigos” Beehive with Envy White Reef Point Dragon’s Blood Witch Hazel Fine Platinum Aftershave While continuing with OC October, I am starting part of next month's focus today. @Boojum1 , Mark sent me a couple of vintage Personna 74 blades to try. Thank you Mark for the opportunity. They were made from Tungsten Steel and many report them to be exceptional long lasting. So with that in mind, I loaded the Personna 74 into the Wolfman OC with increased blade gap and proceeded with my normal morning shave. The blade had a similar face feel to a modern Feather while being perhaps a touch smoother. Sticking with traditional 3 pass shave and minimal touch ups ended in a my normal near BBS. Overall I would grade the shave as a solid "A" for smoothness and closeness. Finished with a splash of Fine Platinum. I hope everyone has a fantastic Sunday
October 30 SOTD: Stirling Synthetic Brush MdC Gillette Old Type Stirling Unscented PSB Wholly Kaw Chypre Rose Concerto
Razor: Gillette Goodwill 1930's Ball End Open Comb (Made in Canada) w/Hempel Handle Blade: Feather Platinum (3) Brush: Elite Razor "Tres Amigos" Desert Ironwood Beehive w/Envy White Soap: Route 66 Cavendish Aftershave: Floid After Shave. OCtober Focus Today is my final shave in my OCtober focus. It's been a great month using some OC razors that haven't had much attention and my Timeless OC. The Gillette OC and Gillette Goodwill 1930's Ball End both turned out to provide excellent shaves. My blades where Gillette Silver Blue, Platinum, and Feather Platinum. The blades all performed outstanding. The extra work with the Timeless OC, not to mention some good advice from members went from good shaves to great shaves. The using of different handles provided excellent feeling between stainless steel, aluminum, and Ti and how they helped or took away from great shaves with different heads. All in all learned very much and had a good time reading posts and getting advice. Thanks one and all.
Great picture Doug. I've enjoyed following your posts this month as you tried the different handles and razors.
Thanks Clint, and thank you for your advice on shaving with the Timeless OC 0.95. It was much appreciated.
October 31, 2016 Wolfman WR-01 Ti OC with Hempel Ti Personna 74 (2) Elite Razor “Tres Amigos” Beehive with Envy White MdC Fougere Witch Hazel Fine Lavender Aftershave Whipped Shea Butter Ended OCtober with another great shave. Everything just worked well together. Finished with a splash of Fine Lavender and I think I am ready for the day. I hope everyone has a great Monday.
My recap and observations from Open Comb October. During the month, I used 4 open comb DE razors. Each of the 4 delivered excellent shave when I did my part. In particular the Timeless OC with 0.95 blade gap and the Wolfman with the increased blade gap, deliver shaves comparable to shaves I get with SE razors. I prefer OC razors to the solid bar DE razors because I find them more efficient. I enjoyed following the posts this month. The variety of OC razors used through the month provided a never ending series of eye candy. Luckily I have managed to keep my RAD in check. Take care and thank you for participating.
Halloween Shave Monday, OCtober 31, 2016 Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic Mystic Water Barbershop Wolfman WR1-OC with Darwin Deluxe Titanium Personna 74 #25 Barrister and Mann Reserve Cool
I finished off OCtober with my Gillette New. Lathered Proraso Blue cream with my synthetic Omega Hi-Brush which I haven't used for some time. PolSilver on its fourth shave, one ATG pass with minor buffing gave me a BBS shave. For the month I used my Gillette and the 1904 and am particularly fond of both. They will be seeing regular use in my rotation of razors as both of these have become favorites. I'm an open comb fan. The 1904 performed very well after switching to my go to blade, PolSilver. I have loved and admired each of your set ups and photos thanks for another beautiful OCtober to all. Don