Thursday OCtober 24 So I decided to go "big" today. Pulled out my 1923 Big Fellow, used my largest brush, a 31mm M&F, and Stirling Deep Blue Sea A/S. Bowl/Scuttle - GP12 Soap - La Savonniere du Moulin (A+ in my book) Brush - M&F Arley Butterscotch Blade - Gillette Platinum (8) Razor - Gillette New Big Fellow 1923 Post Shave - OSMA Pierre alum, Stirling Deep Blue Sea A/S Shave rating 5 of 5 The Big Fellow provided an excellent, 2 pass shave. The first pass WTG was smooth with a little blade feel, and fairly efficient - DFS. The second pass, XTG and again was a very smooth pass with no blade feel and and finished BBS. I haven't used this soap since the beginning of the month; it is my favorite, just ahead of MWF. With an almond sized chunk, this soap generated enough high lubricating lather for 6 passes if if I wanted them. I got a 2 pass, nick and weeper free shave. The alum was a little vocal on my neck area and on my upper lip. I finished off with the Stirling Deep Blue Sea A/S. Overall, an excellent shave. Have a few more vintage OC razors to use before I break out my current OC razors for this last week of OCtober. Happy OCtober and great shaves everyone. - Ken
Friday 10.25.19 SOTD RazoRock Pre Barba Pre Shave Gel RazoRock Game Changer OC .84-P.HD Handle / Gillette Nacet (1) Yaqi R1730 Sagarda Familia Tuxedo RazoRock "What the Puck?!" Orange Sunrise Italian Barber Amici After Shaving Splash
October 25, 2019 Gillette New SC with Triad Aristocrat Ti Gillette 7 O’clock Yellow Rudy Vey Rover with TGN Finest Savonniere du Moulin Fine Fresh Vetiver Aftershave Guerlain Vetiver EdT
Went back to my trusty 2 piece #77 RFB. Used it today for my birthday shave. RFB GSB Shavemac 24mm 3 band silvertip Pannacrema Nuavia Blu Thayers Witch HAzel TSD Bourbon & Vanilla
Today's shave was with a very long-toothed lather catcher -- the Le Coq. I used a wedge-simulator/adapter on a GEM SS PTFE blade...I still need to hone the wedge blades it came with. The soap was Haslinger's Schafmilch lathered with RR 24mm Plissoft. This beauty definitely requires technique -- which I still need to perfect with it -- but I got a relatively close, moderately comfortable shave after 2-passes. \
OCtober 25th Razor: Blackland Blackbird OC Blade: Kai Super Stainless (2) Brush: Grizzly Bay Constitution Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat PAA Galactic witch hazel PAA unscented Star Jelly AS: Fine American Blend MWF on MWF OCtober Good morning!
1st gen British Aristocrat w/ Bic Chrome Platinum blade. Most likely a 1938 or 1939 model, Has pat no 400621 on the base plate and pat no 430030 on the handle. First go round with this razor and I have to say this or the 2nd gen British Aristocrat are the 2 most aggressive British Gillette razors I've used and also the 2 best shavers so far with BBS finishes with each. Tomorrow I am going to use this razor again with a Schick Twin DE blade and see how the shave differs.
