Friday March 15, 2024 Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Lather: Tabac Razor: Henson Mild Blade: GSB (1) Post: Tabac
The original TTO ‘Crat was always a razor that I drooled over. They are an art deco classic and a stunning example of the workmanship that used to go into these shavers. That being said, you’d both be disappointed in the shave results, imho. A NEW (LC, SC, Goodwill, deluxe, take your pick) or even the humble prewar Canadian Tech is a better weapon from Gillette in the same decade.
March 14th Gillette New Improved ‘Bostonian’ APShave Silvertip Fan / MrEE LE #007 Fine Platinum Classic SS & AS Thayers The soap is going down at a faster rate, it appears, as the end nears. It really has been 2+ months of fantastic lathers.
I was thinking about a Gifts and Care order. I see they have ABB products en masse. Anything in particular you’d recommend?
I have only tried the shave soap and the two aftershaves that I have. I would certainly recommend the shave soap. The Principe Real Aftershave has citrus top notes but dries down to a very warm scent. The Chiado has green sandalwood type scent that I find very classy. Here in the US the shave creams seem to be high priced so I might try to buy some while we are in Portugal this summer. Everything I have tried thus far is something I would repurchase. I am not sure I was much help.
if you want a 'crat that actually shaves differently i would try a 2nd and 3rd gen brit version.very efficient (aka brit red tip efficient) and smooth with lots of weight.the brit OC version is quite mild as well.the blade feel on the 2nd gen is very similar to the bostonian/NI razor.
Thanks for this. I can’t bring the splashes in from Spain, but the shave soap is reasonably priced from Gifts and Care-
no problem.i bought 1 each of the 4 generations for their different shave characteristics.the 4th gen(mid 1950s) is the mildest. brit 2nd gen.
It's the OC TTO that I find most attractive. If it shaves like the senator, than I would be more than satisfied.
Fine shave everywhere but S. Porcupine(chin). Just about the same result as yesterday. I thought the different brush ight change things for the better, bjt I decided to keep the same razor, for two more passes with it, and it cost me. I'm going to try to stick with my "2-pass" plan for each disposeABLE(equals one shave). I may also leave S. Porcupine alone for s shave ot two. It's a shame that my continuous S. Porcupine troubles ruin an otherwise fine shave. Time to perform experiments with that chin, no doubt. Fairly Outstanding.
March 15, 2024 Hone 15S Feather Omega EVO Antiga Barbearia de Bairro Shave Soap Antiga Barbearia de Bairro Chiado Aftershave Happy Friday at last. Today is the first of many tax deadlines this season. We have made it through thus far. Another very nice shave to start the day. I decided to go with the Omega EVO brush this morning. @jtspartan was correct the EVO and the Muhle STF knot are very similar. The EVO might be a touch bigger but I would be hard pressed to notice the difference during the shave. Take care and have a great day.
