SoS; January 2018.

Why not? Because of the time difference maybe it was still Friday somewhere! Nice razor!

 

January 6,2018 Saturday

Razor: Personna Floating Head
Blade: Gillette Twinjector (5)
Pre Shave: Homemade
Brush: VDH Badger
Lather: Proraso Green
AS: Aqua Velva/ Afta Musk
Newspaper Date: January 6,1943

Samo, samo with this combination, near perfect. A 2 pass, WTG/ATG with some clean up for a smooth, clean, close fantastic shave. Couldn`t be happier.
Such an easy, feel good experience. Wish the same for all members. God Bless.

Bill

 

Thank you Douglas. The Milord Tech is a great razor.

 

Head Shave 06Jan18

Razor - Rockwell 6c plate 4
Blade - Feather (1)
Brush - MERshaving Bama Brush
Soap - Soap Commander Love
After - Alum / Witch Hazel / Soap Commander Love Balm

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6 January 2018

* Karve Shaving Plate D
* Iridium Super
* MS 2-Band + Doug Korn Amber Taca
* Grooming Dept Ambrosia Tallow
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Sunday morning's planned action:

Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/Astra day 7
Stirling Frozen Tundra SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Krampert's Frostbite AS Splash
Bulgari Blu Notte EdT

I need those icicles in my face again!

 

Thanks.

 

Minus what? You're a better man than I am. Wow.

Herm

 

Very cool, never heard of the Flex Head.

Herm

 

Saturday shave

Razor: Cooper 3-piece
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Blue
Soap: Soap Commander Honor
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip
AS: Barbasol Brisk

First try with the Cooper. It's takes proprietary blades, but I jammed a modern blade in there and tightened it down. The blade flattened out just fine. The result was a fairly mild 2-pass BBS. Very nice.

Herm

 

Razor: Above The Tie Bamboo SE1
Blade: Feather Professional (1)
Brush: 30 Day Crew LE with MS 2 Band
Soap: Jeeves Of Husdon Street Turkish Bath
A/S: Lucky Tiger
Bowl: Pottersong Bowl

 

I know what you mean. Yesterday (at a certain time of day) it was 2 degrees colder here than at the North Pole.

 

GEM Junior 1912, Yaqi badger brush and the Grooming Dept. soap ... Very enjoyable shave

 

Good photo with a great looking brush.

 

No markings.but looks to be a Cooper (with Barbasol type baseplate). Decent but my least favorite of the three I have.

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Here's my plan for Sunday(1-7):

prep-Dove Care + Men bodywash(in shower)
shave-Rise Super Foam Regular*
razor-Pivot DisposeABLE from Gillette Sensor Deuce
A.S.-TSD Splash(Russian Leather)**

*-still have 2 more of these babies, plus the one I have out now
**-it's probably warmer in Minsk than Massachusetts

 

Shower Soap - Ralph Lauren Safari


Razor - Ralph Lauren Safari Collection
Blade - Personna Twin II Plus (with lubrication strip) *2nd Shave
Shave Brush - Ralph Lauren Safari Collection with Original Badger Hair Knot
Hair Brush - Ralph Lauren Safari Collection
Shave Soap - Ralph Lauren Safari
Aftershave - Ralph Lauren Safari
Post Shave Balm - Ralph Lauren Safari
Deodorant - Ralph Lauren Safari
Fragrance - Ralph Lauren Safari

*All products are Vintage 1990's produced by Cosmair

The old badger knot is fraying quickly. I'm not sure I'm into the badger hair smell and it has zero backbone (but it is very soft) which lends to some of the lather being wasted on the fringes of the fraying hair.

I once looked into whether Razor Emporium was able to change out the knot with info from PlanofMan about the construction of the brush. Razor Emporium had never changed out the knot in this brush and upon learning of the construction they opted to refuse the work due to being uncertain if they would permanently damage the brush handle. So, it seems a knot change is 'tricky' in this handle and I'm wondering if anyone knows of someone who has the courage and skill to put a synthetic knot in this Safari brush handle?

 

What material is the handle?

 

Here is the info PlanofMan gave me on the brush construction:

"The pewter brush was cast around a plastic core. It was plated in copper, then plated in sterling silver. The knot is from Korea and is attached via a dab of hot melt. A little elbow grease and anyone can pull it without damaging the knot and replace it with any knot sized for a 24mm opening...Also, 2 part epoxy does not bond well with the plastic core."

I gave this exact information to two different revamp-vendors (Razor Emporium & The Shaving Room UK). Neither of them would touch the re-knot project.

 

Same as pivot head. Actually, Personna calls it a "Floating Head". there are quite a few "pivots" out there, from the cartridge to the "one".

Bill