Merkur 1904 open comb razor Astra SP blade Maggards 22mm black synthetic brush Proraso Blue cream Old Spice aftershave
August 3 SOTD Schick Injector Canadian E3 w/black handle / NOS Dutch Schick (6) Palmolive shave stick Pinaud Clubman AS This Schick razor and the NOS Dutch blade are the dogs danglies. 6 shaves now and it is as sharp as the first shave. Have a blessed day gentlemen. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk
3 August 2016 * Muhle DE89 + Stork Aristocrat 2 Titanium * Iridium Super * Shavemac D-01 2-Band + Doug Korn Aquamarine Taca * Mystic Water Poggio dei Pini * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
SOTD: Razor - 1959 gillette fatboy set to 7 (i clearly need to go to 9) Brush - stirling soap co. Kong synthetic. It is a lather monster. Soap - mama bear's lime cilantro Additive - the shave Den's M-bomb Aftershave - stirling soaps margaritas in the artic Soap bowl - edwin jagger brushed nickel Lathering apothecary mug - van der hagen Moisturizer - bull dog
Wednesday Crown Shaving Co PPE Tiki Bar Fougere Schick G1/Pella coated injector (3) Bloc Osma Tend Skin L'Artisan Parfumeur Fou d'Absinthe Stay frosty,my friends!
Prep - Woods Of Windsor Cedar Woods soap / Pre-lather / 3 min steam Razor - Ever Ready 1912 Blade - Personna GEM SE Stainless (#1) Brush - Shavemac Raptor 26/52 DO1 3 Band Bulb Soap - Wickham's 1912 Parma Violet After - Floid Mentolado Vigoroso Result - Dolphin Smooth I've used over seventy soaps from all over the world This is simply better than any of them!
Wednesday's Finest with: TOBS Sandalwood shaving soap in a wooden bowl, Omega boar brush, Feather Artist SS razor w/Feather Professional blade, Sul Filo del Rasoio aftershave balm (with a little witchhazel mixed into it)
I wanted to shave with the PAL Adjustable again today to test out the impact of the soap on the shave. No surprise, the Haslinger out-performed the Sterling. No burn at all although I did get a small collection of weepers. I'm laying this more on the blade being at end of life than anything else. Normally 4 or 5 shaves is all I'll get out of a Schick and today's shave was number 5. Any user error is conveniently excused. Both recent shaves have left me super smooth with a super efficient shave that will outlast most anything else out there. With this shave I can now make the PAL Adjustable available for a pass around. I plan to post something on this in a separate thread in the next week or so. AOS Lavender PSO Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap T&H Wellington Super Badger PAL Adjustable Schick (5) AOS Lavender After Shave Balm Happy shaving everyone - Karl
Very gracious of you Karl! People jump on this! It's a funny thing for me with injector blades, when they are nearing the end of their service life I don't get a rough feeling from them like DE blades rather it just takes more work to get the job done.
I'll sign up to try it! I'm on both of Tom's injector pass-arounds at the moment, and will be trying Ben's Hussy in the pass-around as well. It's so much fun to try razors without any risk.
SOTD - August 3 Pre: Shower and NSS Old Grey Bristle Test Coconut Milk Pre Shave Soap Razor: ATT SE1 Blade: Feather Pro (5) Brush: Simpson Case Pure Badger Soap: NSS Lemon Basil & Mandarin tallow based "The Beef"
Thursday morning: Neutrogena Men Facial Wash Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster Parker R22/Shark day 4 Stirling Glacial Wintergreen S/S Stirling Glacial Wintergreen A/S Balm Stirling Glacial Wintergreen W/H This setup will keep me feeling frozen and feeling great all day in this hot weather!
Thanks - the vintage Kent performed really well - albeit being Kent-floppy and the Wickham 1912 Cashmere has become one of my favorite soaps.
