SEptember 2015 - Discuss SE Safety razors

I know and I appreciate you letting me try it out in "Ocho". I will get a brush with that knot at some point.

 

9/23/2015 Single Edge September / Wool Fat Wednesday!

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Star 1912 pat., The Celebrated Hollow Ground straight razor
Blade: GEM PTFE coated SE (3)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
After: Home made ASB, Aqua Velva Musk after shave
Cologne: Prada - Amber Pour Homme Intense

Welcome to Wool Fat Wednesday! The Vie Long brush whipped up the MWF into a nice lather this morning. The Star paired with the GEM blade and The Celebrated Hollow Ground straight made short work of the stubble today. The AV and the Prada were a nice finish for this Darn Fine Shave.

Have a blessed day!

 

SEptember 23 - Williams Wednesday
Schick "L" Blue Handle / Schick (4)
Vintage Williams Tonsorial
Omega 10083
Retinol Men ASB
Aqua Velva Original Sport

 

If anyone were looking for one of these Schick injector models there are six available here - NIB. There were nine but three of them sold right away it looks like.

 

I snagged two of them. Must stay off tapatalk!

 

I'm hoping the remaining ones will be gone by this evening or I might cave in and get one for myself.

 

One to use and one to keep unopened?

 

[Re-post from single-edge party thread]

Had a very, very nice shave this morning with my new-old Personna Floating head II injector.
Two passes and I was as smooth as I possibly could be.

Now, the 'funny' thing is that I found the 'moving'/floating head design to require so much pressure that I never think I really 'activated' it. It was very much like shaving with a fixed head injector. Regardless, it was a great - and fun - shave that I truly enjoyed.

I did end up using a standard Schick injector blade as it was the first time using this razor..I might work up to a twin-blade in a few more shaves with it

The razor is in the medium-mild side for me - no real fear of cutting myself but it ended up delivering one smooooth, clean shave.
I really enjoyed it.

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I'm not sure yet. 1 to use for sure, and I might get rid of the other one.

 

I'll give you $15!

 

@mrchick will give you $16!

 

September 23, 2015

Business trip 250 miles across the state, overnight in the Spokane, WA.

I do this business travel often enough to need to put together a travel shave kit to just leave loaded in the car.

Just starting to test one out:

Soap: Arko (homemade travel stick)
Brush: Vintage Rubberset travel brush
Razor: Gillette Magazine Repeater Type C1
Blade: Schick Injector (China) (1)
After Shave: Proraso Green
Aftershave cream: Proraso



Early start with a hot morning shower, two-pass shave.

1st pass: Low-profile razor compared to the Gems I've been using lately. Quiet by comparison. Ok reduction XTG.

2nd pass: More feedback this way of course. Mostly clean on ATG. Avoided all the scar tissue around my mouth/goatee after yesterday's debacle so left a bit of stubble.

I will need to spend more time with this and my travel kit choices in order to get as comfortable with them as I have other razors. A month rule would probably be best. Two shaves just ain't enough.

Back to finishing with other SEs in the last days of SEptember.Looking forward to comparing my 1912 (favorite SE so far on the non-injector side) and the 1924 Shovelhead that I have not tried yet.

Cheers!
RT

 

This is/was a fabulous deal. Too bad I just scored a Schick Twin Injector and some blades from Japan, my RAD is quenched.

 

Planned Day 23 - SEptember 2015

30 Days with a Schick G



Schick G
Schick Injector Blades (1)
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
@TheSoapExchange - Barber Shoppe (Trial day 2)
Alum
TSD 2x Iced Floid Type AS

Have a triumphant Thursday!
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September 23, 2015

Homade PSO
Colonel Conk- amber
Omega Hi-Brush synthetic
Schick type J (courtesy of @Jayaruh)
Cold rinse, alum block, witch hazel
Pinaud Virgin Island Bay Rum.

This was my first experience with an injector. Thank you, Jim.
I haven't used my synthetic for quite a while and got it loaded with the Colonel with a dense creamy lather with great slickness. It was a very mild one pass ATG shave. The J was extremely mild and some buffing was required. Maybe a little too mild for me but will give it another try in a couple shaves.
I've been doing one pass ATG for the past three shaves and find it very comfortable to the skin on my handsome face. Between my knee and my back it's been hard to stand for any little bit of time and I found that the One Pass ATG is very agreeable to my skin.
All said, it was one comfortable shave with a very good results.

Next shave will be my first with a Schick injector type G that has been gifted to me along with a Schick Golden 500 by @Rufus T.
You guys are the greatest. I'm not worthy.
Dzia Dzia feels so loved.

 

Very cool! So glad you've joined in the fun. Kudos to @Jayaruh and @Rufus T. !

 

I've been using Gem MMOC with care and caution. The Schick was so much more mild I thought I was just removing lather.

 

The injectors are amazingly smooth!

 

09/24/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Triad SS Helix
Blade – Feather Super Pro (9)
Brush – Ever-Ready with TGN Finest
Lather – Strop Shoppe Baker Street
Post - Witch Hazel and Myrsol F/Extra

 

SEptember 24 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Stirling British Leather SS
Injector Type G
Stirling Unscented PSB
Stirling British Leather AS