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-Friday-
g-4 slim
jr #282 zebrawood badger
cooper & french
burberry

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-The-Weekender-
gold new rfb
jr #282 zebrawood badger
a & e
burberry london

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Vintage - Vintage Shave #2

1953 “40s style” Superspeed
1952 (X-1) Gillette Thin blade (2)
Proraso Green
Skin Bracer​

A smooth, close, comfortable shave.

 

Thursday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Vintage Life Morning TOST
Semogue 1305 boar
1914 Gillette Pocket Edition
Gillette Super Blue Blade X3
Cold Water Rinse
Duru Cologne

The Vintage Life Morning TOST Shave Soap lathered well with the Semogue 1305 boar brush. Two passes and touch ups with the 1914 Gillette Pocket Edition Razor and the Gillette Super Blue Blade X3 gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Duru Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Friday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Vintage Life Morning TOST
Semogue 1305 boar
1914 Gillette Pocket Edition
Gillette Super Blue Blade X3
Cold Water Rinse
Duru Cologne

This if the fifth day this week using this razor/blade combination. It weighs in at 2.1 oz with the blade and has a very nice feel in the hand. The razor is 110 years old and the blade is 62 years old. They have been absolutely marvelous shaves.


The Vintage Life Morning TOST Shave Soap lathered well with the Semogue 1305 boar brush. Two passes and touch ups with the 1914 Gillette Pocket Edition Razor and the Gillette Super Blue Blade X3 gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Duru Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Vintage - Vintage Shave #3​

Pre-War Tech
1952 Gillette Thin blade (3) ​

Arko stick​

Pinaud Clubman​

The 72 year old carbon blade continues to perform very well on its third shave, maintaining both its smoothness and sharpness.

Paired with the razor that was most likely made at least 83 years ago, it produced a very close yet comfortable shave, right there with the best shaves I ever had using modern blades and razors.

 

very impressive @Jayaruh cool looking razor, will you take the blade to more than 5 days?

 

Gillette Fatboy / Gillette Stainless

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I will definitely take to more than five days. It is still plenty sharp. I may even strop it with my Twinplex stropper.

 

-The-Sunday-Shave-
brit valet vc3
feather
rubberset 400-3
fendrihan lemon soda
whiskey woods

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1962 Gillette Slim @5
Treet Platinum (1)
Arko stick
Pinaud Clubman

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Gillette Blue Tip / Gillette Stainless

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Gillette Slim / Kai blade

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-Monday-
brit valet gc3/feather
mr.ee custom omega 10098
wilkinson stick mix
voyage

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-Tuesday-
rocket HD/suneko
soc boar
maca root
burberry

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Menthol Monday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
PSC Caffeinated Shaving Cream
Semogue Owners Club Boar
1905 Gillette Double Ring
Gillette Super Blue Blade X3 (6)
Cold Water Rinse
PSC Caffeinated After Shave

I am continuing this week with the Gillette Super Blue Blade from 1952. Today is the sixth shave with it. As long as it is shaving good, I will use it. Then I will strop it with my Twinplex Stropper. Here we go with the 72 year old blade and the 119 year old razor.

The PSC Caffeinated Shaving Cream lathered well with the Semogue Owners Club Boar brush. Two passes and touch ups with the 1905 Gillette Double Ring Razor and the Gillette Super Blue Blade X3 gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with PSC Caffeinated After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Gillette Gold Tech / Kai blade

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-The-Midweek-Shave-
#22
omega
vito's
floid

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Tabac Tuesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shave Soap
Semogue Owners Club Boar
1905 Gillette Double Ring
Gillette Super Blue Blade X3 (7)
Cold Water Rinse
Tabac After Shave

The Tabac Shave Soap lathered well with the Semogue Owners Club Boar brush. Two passes and touch ups with the 1905 Gillette Double Ring Razor and the Gillette Super Blue Blade X3 gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

1966 (L-3) Superspeed
Feather (2)
The House of Mammoth Kryptonite soap
B+M Cool Splash​

This is my birth year / quarter razor that was just delivered yesterday.
As any Superspeed I ever used, it's both mild and efficient. Also in very good shape, save for a few micro scratches.
One of these days, I'll do a shave-off between this razor and my 1956 Superspeed to see if there's any perceptible difference. The older version has a taller head profile. I believe Gillette changed to the slimmer head design in 1962 when they launched Slim Adjustable.

To date, I've used 40's style Superspeeds, flare tip Superspeeds, pre-war Tech, post-war Tech, Slims, Super 84 and 109 adjustables, and New LC. Out of all these razors, I think flare tip Superspeeds represent the pinnacle of razor design. Mild, efficient, easy to load, not very sensitive to shaving angle, built like tanks, well balanced, a great choice for both a novice and experienced wet shaver.