SOS: November 2019

Ralf Aust
Jayaruh #315 Silvertip Badger Badger
Grooming Department Soap
Sandlewood Preshave Oil
Pinald Clubman Aftershave


Enjoy your evening gentlemen!





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Wednesday’s Shave


Razor Merkur Progress
Blade: Feather (2)
Brush: WDC7
Soap: Palmolive
AS: Thayer’s WH

This was my first go with my Progress. I set it to 3 to start. I took a couple of strokes and dialed up to 4. This razor is a nice hefty razor. I first thought that it might be a bit head heavy. No so in the slightest for me.

Anyhow did my first 2 passes on 4. Then went down to 2 for my final pass. I only had to do a few clean up strokes on my neck where there are creases. This was one of my best shaves in months.

I think I might do a weeks worth with this razor to see how repeatable these results are.

Tom


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fine shave Jason..cool bowl..

 

cool shave Tom..cool Razor..

 

cool shave and pic ,nice razor..

 

fine shave and pics Jim..

 

Thursday SOTD



Razor: North Shore Razors Gillette Slim (I2)
Blade Super Iridium (D9)
Brush: Zen Shave Crossbones 24mm Romera Manchurian
Bowl: Creek Road Pottery 5½”
Pre-Shave Scrub: Ginger Garden Enigma
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Chamomile & Lemon
Shave Soap: Grooming Dept Ingress
Balm: Luxx Jasmine Lime
Aftershave: Black Ship Grooming Captain's Reserve
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fine shave Jon..

 

awesome ..

 

fantastic set ups and pics gentlemen..

 

very cool..

 

lovely shaves and pics gents..

 

thursday shave
#27 flat bottom tech set
platinum
eveready 150
proraso sandalwood

 

Thanks Gary!

 

Great photo and gear Celestine. Very nice as always my friend.
Steve

 

NOVember 2019

November 6

Razor - 1955 (A4) Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade -
Soap - Stirling Bay Rum
Brush - I#V10 Hybrid Boar/Badger in Mesquite
Post - Alum

Nice relaxing day at home today. We had a mid-day brunch of pancakes, bacon and eggs and just generally hung out all day. Time to shave and start thinking about tomorrow which starts a four day run for me. Since I had used two SS razors the past two days I decided to stay in Superspeed mode and go with the 1955 Red Tip. The most "aggressive" of the SS razors it was the "heavy" offering when Gillette introduced the three versions. This particular one is near-mint condition and was acquired from the classy and incomparable @Primotenore . Just an absolute beauty. I chose the Ladas Russian blade from Moscow. It's a Super Stainless blade that gets lots of love around here and for good reason. Soap is Stirling Bay Rum and the brush is the Moreau. Such a great feel and function to this brush. Can't get enough of it.

Three full passes and they were all smooth and left me with a BBS. No irritation and the razor handled just like it should. Perfectly. I could make this one a daily shaver if I ever decided to go minimalist. Don't panic. The chances of that are much closer to never happening than actually happening. Hope you had a great Wednesday!! Now onto Thursday and another day closer to the weekend!

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cool red tip set sir..

 

Thanks, Steve.

 

7 November 2019

* Charcoal Goods Level 3 OC + Stork Ex Brass
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* Shavemac D01 2-Band + Doug Korn Faux Vintage Ivory C7
* Mystic Water Bergamot/Cedar/Juniper
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Beautiful razor. I have the same one myself. I think overall, it might be the greatest razor of all time. Quick-draw blade change, a very easy shave and gives consistent results. I think a few of the modern designs might have more of a bullet-proof shave (ie, no nicks, irritations) such as the DE89 head and the OneBlade system and I'll toss in the Rex Ambassador, however, the old, venerable Super Speed gives fantastic shaves and the design is perfect for someone trying to get a quick, effective shave but with a classic, attractive razor. It's not my favorite looking razor, or my best pure shaver, but all-around a big argument can be made for it being the best of all time.