SoS June 2020.

Event today
Time to get a little dressy. A touch of gold and a special 400, a great soap, and some sweet smelling after.
Hope y’all did as well, or better.

 

Thank you, gentlemen.

 

beautiful pic..

 

awesome shave and pic..

 

Shake Sharp mk1.0/twin Astra SP

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very cool.was a nickel valet autostrop vc3 or 4 ever produced? or just gold one..cheers..

 

QUOTE="Str8on2, post: 1807395, member: 18897"]Great looking kits & pics, Gents.... [/QUOTE]
Thanks, Gus

 

Was that meant for me? Not familiar enough with Auto-Strops to help there.

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Sunday's Shave

AutoStrop B1
GEM Stainless PTFE (3)
WCS Beacon Synthetic
Old Spice Lather Shaving Cream
Old Spice Classic Aftershave

 

yes,ok thank you..

 

fine shave and pic Andrew..

 

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Sunday - beautiful day here in the Bluegrass

Wholly Kaw Monaco Royale
EJ head
Dubl Duck c Tuxedo
Voshkod ⚀

Florida Water
JM Basil & Neroli

C U all tomorrow

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fine shave and pic T..

 

OK, down to serious business. Today’s shave was with the brass heavyweight set at 6 for the first pass. It was surprisingly smooth and easy on my face. I wasn’t going to shave the section between my lips and chin at that setting but it was no problem. Second pass I notched it down to 4. All went well, no surprises but I was feeling the blade just a bit more. But the surprise came with the third pass which I set all the way down to 1. I ended up with a number of weepers on the chin section which is often problematic as well as a few on my lips. What???

On all passes I was keeping a very light touch, letting gravity do most of the work and paying close attention to the angle. Like it’s lightweight aluminum brother, I found the brass razor to be very easy to maneuver and a pleasure to shave with. The only odd characteristic I noticed - besides the weepers at 1 but uneventful first pass at 6 - was the increased need to rinse the head at the higher settings. I’m sure it’s a function of the increased blade gap and greater visibility into what’s beneath the blade. But, in the end, it didn’t affect the actual shave itself.

Today’s shave:
Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
AOS Lemon Shaving Cream
Brass TARs 6, 4, 1
Schick Platinum Plus Teflon Coated (2)
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Thanks, Gary!

 

Here it is for Monday(8th):

prep-Nivea 4 Men Bodywash(Energy)in shower
shave-Bill Neumann sample soap(Heartwood)*
brush-Jayaruh#59
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot + DisposeABLE
A.S.-Stoylin Unscented Splash

*Wm. Neumann &Co. for those unfamiliar with my silliness, or the company(or BOTH lol)

 

Sunday Schick shave, June 7th 2020, I was reading a thread were one of the fellows when using a DE adjustable razor starts off at a low setting and then graduates up the dial. Well I have been using his method for some time and today for the first time tried it on my Schick injector M3. His thought was as the stubble gets smaller is harder to cut off so by increasing blade exposure you give the blade a better response to hitting the stubble. No science, just good old opinionated shaving theories.

Razor: Schick adjustable injector Model or M3- Mfg 1970-72, Dialed up 3,4,5,after each pass, excellent shave.
Blade: Personna SS PTFE (10)Excellent blade- I just like to use Personna blades in my single edge razors.
Soap : Nivea cream original - I use it with other soaps sometimes in my mixing bowl, nice scent, ok lather qualities.
Brush: Yaqi brown whiskers 26mm (Mew)- very enjoyable brush to use.
Pre-shave: Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a small dollop of Aloe Vera gel on beard area.
Prep: cold water after each pass of 3 + any pickups.
Post shave: Nivea refreshing aftershave + witch Hazel + Nivea sensitive balm. Great products IMO.
Results: CCS,DFS,BBS + no irritation + no weepers= excellent shave with my Schick injector adjustable M3.




Have some great shaves!

 

1930s candian new sc/thinhandle
7 oclock black
ds cosmetics tuxedo
taconic tequila lime
pinaud lime sec

 

Nice, Gary. Tell me about that soap.