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thank you sir..you were missed..

 

'62 Slim 10/10/19

 

Thank You Sir!

 

OCtober 10th
Razor: Gillette NEW LC
Blade: Gillette 7o'clock Permasharp Stainless (2)
Brush: 30DC LE V2/SHD badger
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: GD Sandalwood Fig Musk
PAA Galactic witch hazel
PAA unscented Star Jelly
AS: Fine Santal Absolut

Good morning!

 

1955 Diplomat w/Triton R3 Stirling Sharp Dressed Man Soap and AS

 

Good looking shave sir!

 

Very nice!

 

Great looking diplomat!

 

Thank you!

 

Thank you..

 

Thanks @jluc !! About how much did u spend on the enamel paint?

 

awesome shave sir..love the diplomat..

 

Mail call!! 1957 SuperSpeed , 1932 Fat Handle Tech made in Canada, wagon coach Avon aftershave!!! Beleive it or not I’m actually more excited to try out the tech never shaved with one of them but I did use a 1949 SuperSpeed b4

 

awesome..

 

very cool..the tech is a nice shaver..

 

That was some time ago. I have no idea.

 

Thanks, Gary!

 

Thursday OCtober 10

Ok, so on Monday I started using my European made vintage razors and I'm going to continue with European made razors for the next week or so. Today, I shaved with my British single ring, British Patent #28763.02, serial #H105553. Based on the serial #, I think this was made around 1915 which makes it more than a century old. I'm not sure what the "H" in the serial # means or if the serial # is actually "serial". H could mean that it was made in Britain for another country like Germany or that it was made in Germany for Germany. I don't know where it was made or what country it was made for. All I know is I have it and it's a GREAT shaving razor for 104+/- years old.

Bowl/Scuttle - GP12
Soap - Cold River Soap Works Glide Morning Ghost
Brush - Dubl Duck #2 Boar
Blade - Feather HI SS (7)
Razor - 1915+/- Gillette British Single Ring
Post Shave - OSMA Pierre alum, Cold River Soap Works Morning Ghost A/S Splash

Shave rating 5 of 5

My hand is still bothering me so shaving is a bit of an issue; I'm not shaving every day. I get my stitches out tomorrow, maybe that will help - I can't get it wet, movement is still compromised, and there is still some pain. I can't stretch my skin in my neck area so I am having some problems there.

I did a 2 pass shave today. First pass, WTG was DFS and I could have stopped there. I really liked how this razor was shaving me. It felt very solid, a little blade feel which I liked. So I did a second pass XTG on my face but WTG again on my neck area as I wasn't going to try to get really close there as I can't stretch my skin there. Comparing this razor to my other single rings, this might be a half notch below my 1906 that I shaved with on 10/1 but shaved and felt better than the other single rings and the Bulldog. Seventh shave with this blade and it still feels ok. I thought the brush might be a little too floppy but it wasn't really. The soap and brush worked up a real nice lather. This soap and A/S has a real nice complex scent. Earthy and woodsy but at different times as I was shaving, I could smell some different scents, like it was changing a bit. I'm not sophisticated enough to know what each scent I picked up was but there were several different scents I smelled at different times during the shave. I hope the same happens with the A/S too. If it does, I'll look into getting the EdT (if they make one).

Overall, a really good shave. Have a few French razors that will be the razors for my next few shaves this weekend and next week.

Happy OCtober and great shaves everyone.



- Ken

 

Excellent looking shave sir!

 

Thank You!