SoS: July 18, 2016 - July 24, 2016

July 20 SOTD
Williams Wednesday
Gillette Red Tip / Persona dept store (2)
Williams modern
Gillette ASB
Aqua Velva Musk
As always the Williams Mug makes excellent lather. Slick, moisturizing, and protective, the Persona in the Red Tip left me BBS and AGAIG. Have a blessed day gentlemen.


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Wednesday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Mountain Man
Soap: Catie’s Bubbles-La Terre Verte
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Vintage Personna 74 Tungsten (7)
Brush: Ever-Ready 50R/TGN Premium Silvertip-20mmx55mm
Aftershave: Country Club-Frozen Vetiver

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Catie’s Bubbles LTV today. 20 seconds to load the Ever-Ready/TGN Silvertip. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna 74 still in the NEW SC. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with CC Frozen Vetiver.

Bob

 

SOTD July 20th


Merkur 34C
Baili Platinum Green
Stirling Executive Man
Satin tip the Purest

The Blade trials

I started this shave with a lot of trepidation fearing the worst from the Baili, I even had my G1 standing by at the ready. I'm happy to report that the shave was not nearly as bad as I had feared and I even managed to finish with the Baili. On the first couple of strokes I could tell that this blade is not sharp, noticed some tugging where there normally is none. Added a little bit of G-slide angle to the stroke and Ah, now its cutting more comfortably. A generous bit of buffing on the last pass and I was able to walk away with a very decent DFS. The alum was mostly quiet which was a nice surprise considering the buffing and as always the post shave feel of Stirling Soaps is amazing. My face feels smooth and hydrated and I am a happy shaver. Once again technique saves the day. Riding the cap + G-slide, now that is a powerful tool! One and done for the Baili, though not as bad as I expected it still did not rise to the level of something that I would want to use again. Have a great day my friends!

 

Awesome Pic!

 

Andrew, have a great day buddy.

 

Beautiful G-Bar and brush.

 

Very Nice!

 

I'm happy to know you're enjoying Stirling soaps Andrew. They make a fabulous ASB also....just saying.

 

July 20/2016 Wed.

Razor: Hashir 3 piece
Blade: Persona Stainless Coated (4)
Lather: Cremo
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade
Brush: VDH Badger
AS: Gillette Gel
AS Balm: Nivea
Newspaper Date: Feb. 2,1944

A good 2 pass shave, 1st pass, WTG all the way, smooth and easy. The 2nd pass, ATG/WTG/XTG, a small amount of clean up. No red spots on the Kleenex test. Resulting in a very good shave, nice and smooth all over. Hoping all did as well or better. Regards to all.

Bill

 

Love that brush. And the razor. And the photo.

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Route 66 Sweeney Todd
Stirling Finest Badger
Millikin Stub Tail
Alum
Thayers WH
Fine Fresh Vetiver AS
My first shave with this 210 year old beauty and it was a great shave. Two pass DFS.

 

Hello all, here's my SOTD today-

1941 Gillette Ranger Tech.
Vintage Gillette Blue Blade.
Proraso Red shaving cream.
Captains Choice Sandalwood aftershave lotion.
Vintage English Leather cologne.



Had a great shave today. I hope everyone has a great day!


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Wednesday


M&F Chief
Proraso PSC
TSD 2X Iced Pink Grapefruit Lanolin Soap
Satin Mongoose/Feather Pro Super (5)
Bloc Osma
Tend Skin
Escentric Molecules Molecule 01

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

In the Good Old Shavertime!

July 20

Grand Blade Trial

Razor - 1962 (H1) Gillette Slim (9)
Blade - (3)
Soap - Arko
Brush - Vie Long 12601
Post - Alum, The Veg

Final day on the Dorco Prime and that is a good thing. I will have to say that the shaves with this blade have not been horrible. Not even bad, really. More just "meh" shaves. Nothing special but they tend to get the job done.

Today with the Slim wide open I felt basically the same thing as the ST-300. And, I got good reduction and did actually finish three passes with a BBS. I also had a lot of irritation, generally all over the neck but also the face and a few really hot spots with the alum around the goatee. I also noticed near cuts on both cheekbones. A sharper blade would have opened me up.

The shave was smooth enough, but again just not fantastic feeling. At least it did achieve the BBS even if it was at the expense of a bit of comfort.

Tomorrow - the Zorrik Stainless Steel. A blade I've never tried and have found only bad reviews on. We'll see.

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*Dorco Pace Comfort Thin II
*Williams/Aramis soap

2 pass BBS, no issues. Very nice Atra handle. Cart is good too.

a/s: Barbasol green

 

Never seen that big bottle of Musk before!

 

Went with my first DE razor, my L2 Slim on #6 with a Voskhod blade and ended it with cold witch hazel and Avon after shave balm. A nice three pass BBS shave................

 

Thank you, Robert