Shavette Shave # 207

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Razor Retro Shavette
Blade: Kai Captain Pro Titan Pro Touch MG
Brush: Simpson Trafalgar T2 Sovereign Synthetic
Lather: Stirling Pharaoh's Dreamsicle
Aftershave: Stirling Pharaoh Dreamsicle
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm
Stirling Pharaohs Dreamsicle EdT

Thank you Joe.

Thank you John

Awesome shave and setup Joe. Enjoy your Sunday.

thank you Joe.

awesome Troy cool lc..

fabulous gents..

Thanks Gary.

27th August 2023.



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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Dove Men+Care Clean Comfort Body+Face Wash.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Pears with Mint Extracts Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Yaqi Sagrada Familia 24mm Synthetic.
Face Lather.
Lather: Tabac Original Shaving soap. (Tallow Version)
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium. (D2)
Razor: Yintal 9036-I TTO.

Post:
Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Face Rinse./Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse. /Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.3 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With 200ml of Care + Witch Hazel./Superdrug Forest Fresh ASL./Nivea Men Body shaving Anti-Irritation ASB.

A relaxing Sunday morning shave.

A wonderful performance from the Chinese Gillette super speed clone & Polsilver Super Iridium duo...I've forgot how smooth and efficient Polisilver are.

A enjoyable 2 pass + pick ups close comfortable shave with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Nivea Men Body shaving Anti-Irritation ASB.

My face is feeling super smooth & smelling divine.

Stay safe, and enjoy your Sunday ladies & gentlemen.

Superb dual shave Barry. What is the scent profile of the ML No. 3?

Sounds like a plan. Thank you John.

Wonderful PAA shave Terry.

Hope all is well James. Sounds like you have a good thing going. How many remaining soaps do you have left and what was the number at it highest? Just curious because it is going to take me about 12 years to go through all of my soaps.

Friday August 25th 2023

More of a rescue shave than a real shave

48 hours

Prep = usual Cold Water
Pre-shave = Jermyn street cream/tube
Soap / Cream = Mitchel Wool Fat failed, then switched to Arko
Brush = Semogue initially to start with
Bowl = White wide deep bowl first, then Timeless
Razor 1 = Gillette New OC restored
Razor 2 = M Progress (2|3) to the rescue
Blade = Gillette Platinum (2)
Passes = 4 with touch ups
Technique = Usual attack but the lather was not up to it
Post = cold water rinse, alum gave some slight stinging, cwr, Thayers, Nivea, Rinfrescante
Scent = Guerlain Pour Homme
Damage = felt slight nick central chin, but no blood

Comments = a bit of a struggle. The MWF only produced bubbles, not thick lather, I tried adding water, tried loading more onto the brush, tried taking it back to the Timeless bowl, all failed
Dragging dry non slick lather.

Plan B: Adapting on the fly :Reverted to Arko face lathering with Puro Tasso and finished the shave with the Merkur Progress
Score = 7/10
Salvaged the shave, rather than succeeded, need to revise my MWF approach
Took far too long. Will have to revise the MWF technique: too dry? Too wet? Wrong brush? Wrong bowl? I think the Timeless bowl with the grooves encourage aeration of the MWF esp if too much water was added too fast

Fabulous Cella shave Joe.

Very nice tTroy. Bigelow shave cream?

Excellent Tabac shave Barry

26 Aug 2023

Sticking with the MWF after reading the forums….

36 hours growth, 6 PM Saturday shave

Another Cold Water Shave

Three separate lathering up episodes for each pass varying the brush and loading technique

Initial passes the MWF felt too dry and draggy
Adding water only resulted in a copious bubbly mess

Started from the beginning again with the Omega 49, nice stiff boar bristles, loading from the puck and adding only a few drops of water at a time, finally reaching something looking like lather and not a bubble bath

Razor : my favourite Merkur Progress to be on the safe side
No damage, finally achieved a shave of some sorts…

27 Aug 2023

13 hour growth, 7 AM Sunday morning shave

Another Cold Water shave
Initially just thought I would only practice lathering the MWF, but nope, I just had to shave, even with only 13 hours growth
Razor = Gillette New replated OC
Brush = Semogue to start with, switched to the Omega 49
Blade = Gillette Platinum (3)
Was planning to just do a one pass ATG once I dialled in the lather

Better effort with the MWF today, just loading the tips of an almost dry brush, making sure there was no water in the knot, and then slowly dribbling in some water Gently mixing is better than aggressive lathering for me, because that just results in too many bubbles. Something approaching slick lather painted on to face, still a bit dry, dipped brush tips into water and adding to face finally gave me what I was looking for, slick protection

2 passes with the NEW, in all directions and ATG with a sensation of one minor slice on the chin but no blood

Post: CWR, Alum stung the chin, CWR, Thayers, 2 dollops of Bay Rum onto the hands, rubbed and air dried for around 5 – 10 seconds, minimal burning

Since I survived a 12 hour shave I think I will try this again, shaving 2x daily giving me more time with the MWF

MWF: needs blooming, thick loading into a still brush, small increments of water else the sweet spot is passed to quickly. Might try scooping some into the bowl next time rather than loading from the puck
Hope you are having a Super Sunday and Super Shaves

27 Aug 2023

Plan for tonight: 13 hour Growth, 8 PM Sunday Shave

I will go back to the Merkur, stick with the Omega 49 and give the MWF another crack with the Gillette Platinum day 4
Feeling more confident on where I need to go with this

Thank you Joe

Guess you were keeping with the adjustable theme but “on the fly”. I have great success using synthetic and boars for the MWF. Not so much with the badger.