SOS: October 2019

However, they should make a soap. That would be nice.

There's Modern Williams, and then there's everything else.
BigD

 

awesome shave and pic sir..

 

cool shave Perry..

 

Thanks, Gary!

 

thank you Douglas..

 

Amazing Jim!!

 

Good stuff Perry.

 

Thank you, Doug!

 

Your Perry. .

 

Pre: Warm water splash
Brush: Omega 20102 Boar
Soap: Eufros Badass
Razor: Gillette Single Ring 1918
Blade: Polsilver Łódź
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Pitralon Classic ASL

Excellent!
Smooth Shaves to one and all.

 

Excellent Kevin.

 

With or without the clockworks?

 

Sans clockworks.

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Thanks, Doug!

 

fantastic shave and pic Kevin..

 

Aaaand here it is for Friday:

prep-Nivea 4 Men (Maximum Hydration)-in shower
shave-Wet Shaving Products soap(Rustic Mahogany)
brush-Boston Celtics Mascot(Vanilla White knots, green&white handle)
A.S. Clubman Reserve Whiskey Woods**

** experimenting to see if this is a better match for the Mahogany.

 

I look forward for your conclusion.

 

Thanks fellas, much appreciated.

 

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

 

Thank you Doug. The brush is on the floppy side but still usable. Overall I think Swati did a good job picking bringing this one back from Australia as a gift.