SOTD November 16, 2020 RazoRock Blue Barbershop soap and splash Schick G5 injector Stirling Kong synthetic brush
Mon 16th November The Grosvenor-404 mixed Lea Classic soap Occam-Oren/ plate No3 Feather Proguard [ 6 ] Lea Classic A/S Lotion My 3rd Shave with an Occams Razor . This one is perhaps not as conventional as the others, but in fact is a very efficient Razor and can be used with precision to get the closest of Shaves. In fact is now my Travel Razor of Choice.
MMMonday, Nov 16th, 2020- Took out my ASR family member the Everready 1914 (AKA LLC)Little lather catcher for some folks who might not of heard that expression of this razor. Razor: Everready 1914 or LLC+ 1st generation blade stops-Mfg 1914 -17>, excellent mid range, Excellent razor with great audio feed back. Blade: Gem Personna SS PTFE(1) excellent blade in a lot of ways. Soap: Razorock Santa Marie del Fiore"Firenze" Excellent lather qualities with subtle mild vanilla tobacco scent that is addicting. Brush: Yaqi Rainbow brow whiskers 26mm- excellent lather creator with cloud like soft tips, great brush for big hands. Pre shave: Brush wash my whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of clear Aloe Vera on cleaned beard area. Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. WTG + ATG + pickups. Post shave: witch hazel + Nivea refreshing after shave + a dollop of Avon "True Gent" balm. Results: CCS,DFS,BBs + no irritation + no weepers =Excellent shave with my ER1914 with a new coated Gem blade. Have some great shaves! Stay & think safe in these times!
Monday's Shave Treet Razor GEM S/S PTFE Wild West Brushworks LEA Mentholated Shaving Cream Dickinson's Witch Hazel LEA Classic Aftershave
I did not know or realize that Mr.Connery had passed away, if I had I obviously would not make such a bad, distasteful comment and I apologize sincerely.
Thank you Gary. The Gem Jr Bar is a spectacular razor. Definitely one of my favourites for many reasons. This one came with a short wooden handle in great shape. I made this acrylic handle for it because I wanted a slightly longer handle and also wanted to persevere the original wooden one.
Tue 17th November Jayaruh Syn. No67 Tabac Stick RR S/S Hawk V3 -A plate Schick Proline [7 ] Tabac A/S Lotion Thought it was a good Shave yesterday but today was equally as good. This S/S Hawk V3 is a bit of a bargain compared with others around, and it delivers a consistently good quality Shave, with a Top Notch finish.
Tabac Tuesday's Shave Cold Water Rinse Tabac Shave Soap Jayaruh #419 Two Band Badger PAA Starling SE Personna GEM SS PTFE CWS Tabac ASB The Tabac Shave Soap face-lathered well with Jayaruh #419 Two Band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the PAA Starling SE razor with a Personna GEM SS PTFE blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
I can't get enough of these SE's and Injectors! It had been about five years since I touched my Schick E2 injector, until a week ago I picked it up again. I was originally inspired to get one after seeing the posts of Nick, or "wknicholas" (who sadly I haven't seen on these boards for some time). It shaves like a dream and it's good to be back. I realized if I keep the flat side to my face it's even better. I never thought to go by the directions included with the razor, but wow it makes for a great shave. Aces!
So I learned a valuable lesson the other day, hardware store razor blades don't really work SE razors that well the real bummer is that it was my first SE shave. Although I did finally get the handles and pinning kit and finally replaced a set of handles for the first time. Definitely not the best work but once I do it a few times and get the proper tools I'm sure I'll get better. I'll post pictures over in the straight razor acquisition thread, also check out my Wade and Butcher thread
Schick Type A repeater, (S)chick injector blade, shave 1 First time using this particular Type A repeater. There are 2 versions this one being the original one. Razor is deceptively mild, how much that has to do with using it with a sharp blade on a fresh edge remains to be seen in subsequent shaves. As it stands this particular repeater has given me the best overall shave of any of the Type A, B or C repeating razors I've thus far used and I've used almost all of them by now with the exception of the Type B3. End result BBS finish achieved. Here is the difference between the first and second versions of the Type A Earlier style guard on left, later T bar style on right
Tuesday's Shave GEM Pushbutton GEM S/S PTFE Wild West Brushworks 'Odin' Haslinger Schafmilch Shaving Soap Dickinson's Witch Hazel Alt-Innsbruck Aftershave
